ECW, the old days

Marco · 18th May 2003, 04:36 PM

Is it me, or was ECW better on it's own? I mean yeah I realise they had no real choice but to join the WWE.

But that aside, i used to never miss ECW on bravo, despite the fact it wasn't till the end of it's run you started to see good matches.

New Jack (not much of a wrestler) but one hell of an entertainer!!!

Davey · 18th May 2003, 04:44 PM

ECW never really "joined" the WWE. Paul Heyman filed for bankrupcy in early 2001 and went to work for the wwe. The name was used as part of the invasion angle but vince doesnt own it, they had an agreement with the the brokers where they paid a nominal amount to try and alleviate some of the debt in exchange for use of the name. I think vince owns the video library now tho.

But yeh, i miss ECW too

Absinthe Minded · 18th May 2003, 04:46 PM

Awaits Gary V1's (probably rather long) response!

Gary V1 · 18th May 2003, 04:52 PM

EC Dub EC Dub EC Dub

I never even watched ECW when it was still in business. Since then when I saw what some of the talent like Tajiri, RVD and Foley were capable of I got interested and am now the proud owner of about 25 ECW videos, They were so entertaining and barely ever had a bad PPV or even a match where the talent didnt try their hardes to put on a good show

New Jack was a crappy wrestler but a crazy entertainer and some of ECW's most memorable moments were basically hism jumping form crazy heights.

Rob Van Dam in ECW was possibly about the most over wrestler ever and last night I was watching my new Anarchy Rulz 99 vid and Lance storm and Jerry Lynn put on an absolutely brilliant match. Im not picking this one in particular but its just because these are 2 guys who havent been used at all well in WWE. And in JLs case was released without ever getting a chance.

Only 4 videos to go now till I have all 21 ECW ppv vids!

Yay!

Davey · 18th May 2003, 04:57 PM

anarchy rulz 99 is actually the only ecw ppv i own !

fuckin class tho, the lynn/storm match, crazy/guido/tajiri match, awesome/tanaka/taz(z) and sabu/credible are all fuckin awesome

Gary V1 · 18th May 2003, 04:58 PM

I stopped at at the start of the cruiser 3 way dance.
I have Barely Legal, the 1st PPV available for sale if you like?

Bouff · 18th May 2003, 05:24 PM

Ecw was well quality - from the in ring action to the atmosphere of the crowd it was amazing. I got into Ecw in 95 through teh Magazine Powerslam and got videos from Rob Butcher, who at that time was the assistant editor.

Can anyone remember wwf tryin to cash in on Ecw in teh late 90's with shotgun saturday night? Such great gimmicks as teh flying nuns were born!

Vince doesn't own the ecw video library because of something stupid like Joey Styles Tradmarked his voice and therefore won't allow wwe to use his voice!!!!!!!

It's something fvcked up like that anyway.

PS............ I've got an ecw t shirt (just thought i'd brag)

Davey · 18th May 2003, 05:35 PM

holy shit really? joey styles is a tit! i thot vince bought the rights.. ach well.

Shotgun was ace! remember when marlena/terri whipped her chebs out!? yuss!

Powerslam is indeed an insitution, but its not as good as it used to be. The decline kinda started after Rob left

. Fin Martin still writes good stuff but some of the writers are just poop

I won a hulk hogan t shirt in a competition in 1993.. just thought id brag

Gary V1 · 18th May 2003, 05:40 PM

I just won wrestlepalooza 98 and the night the line was crossed, woooooooo
And im so jealous of the ecw t-shirt! Where did you get it?! I want one

Haha and I remember the flying nuns but Dont remember Shotgun Saturday night. Was it basically WWE trying to offer an ECW like product?

Bouff · 18th May 2003, 05:43 PM

i thought joey styles was hilarious as a commentator! He got well into the matches and knew his stuff. Though i must admit that he did get a bit too excitted at times.

I've got a pretty gay old school Shawn Micheals t shirt from 1995ish. Its a big picture of shawn on the front with his mullet!! Its got an all over print of peace symbols with glitter, its really quite bad. The old woman in thr front row of Survivor Series 95 is wearing it if anyone as free timme and wants to see just how bad it really is. Thinking about it, i might wear it at my next gig.

i used to have 2 pairs of bret harts pink glasses but i canny find them now.

Bouff · 18th May 2003, 05:46 PM

I got the ecw t shirt from Rob Butcher. He was going to the states to a few ecw shows and picked it up for me.

Power slam really opened my eyes and taught me a hell of alot about the world of wrestling. It is suffering now but i still get my copy every month.

Davey · 18th May 2003, 05:49 PM

yeh i still buy it regularly.. i guess the problem is .. they dont have much good to write about at the moment

i had so many different stupid stuff, i had a roddy piper t shirt, a bulldog t shirt, hitman sunglasses, a foam hacksaw jim duggan 2x4 and foam tatanka tomhawk, and a wcw foam world title.. o shit!.. ive still got an old bandana that i got at a show in 1993! haha.. i came across a bunch of old PWI's and wwf poster magazines from 91-94 a few months back!

crazy shit

kj · 18th May 2003, 06:00 PM

one thing i noticed when ECW was its own entity was the amount of violence. it had more than the wWF at the time and it looked pretty much flashier too. Does Vince McMahon own the ECW also?

Its been a while since i watched it so the whole WWE has prolly changed since that last time i watched it on Sky.

Marco · 18th May 2003, 06:01 PM

I remmember getting my hands on the infamous king of the death matches video.

It was a bad picture, but at least i got to see the thing start to finnish.

A friend (who i no longer like) taped an earlier backlash PPV over it. I still have the last match where cactus beats funk in the barbed wire rope/barbed wire board/exploding ring match.

so theres that at least. cactus jack was the main man. his book isgreat. And hell yeah i used to get power slam!

i saw someone mentioned terri runnels up there, what was better? her marlena character or terri?

Absinthe Minded · 18th May 2003, 06:02 PM

I had 2 pairs of Bret sunglasses too! I got one when they were at the SECC in 1993 (still got my ticket!) and i got another when they did a promotion where if u sent away a flyer they put inside a wwf video they sent you a mystery gift. Got them within 2 weeks of each other! I've never been so dissapointed with a free gift ever! I'd wanted a pair for ages n then got 2 in a few weeks. I was dead pissed off at the time!

18th May 2003, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Marco Scream for me Norwich! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 2,765 Band: Darkened Place	ECW, the old days Is it me, or was ECW better on it's own? I mean yeah I realise they had no real choice but to join the WWE. But that aside, i used to never miss ECW on bravo, despite the fact it wasn't till the end of it's run you started to see good matches. New Jack (not much of a wrestler) but one hell of an entertainer!!!

18th May 2003, 06:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,138 Band: A band of merry men	more violent one thing i noticed when ECW was its own entity was the amount of violence. it had more than the wWF at the time and it looked pretty much flashier too. Does Vince McMahon own the ECW also? Its been a while since i watched it so the whole WWE has prolly changed since that last time i watched it on Sky. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

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18th May 2003, 04:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Davey Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,317	ECW never really "joined" the WWE. Paul Heyman filed for bankrupcy in early 2001 and went to work for the wwe. The name was used as part of the invasion angle but vince doesnt own it, they had an agreement with the the brokers where they paid a nominal amount to try and alleviate some of the debt in exchange for use of the name. I think vince owns the video library now tho. But yeh, i miss ECW too

18th May 2003, 04:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Absinthe Minded Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kirkintilloch Posts: 279	Awaits Gary V1's (probably rather long) response!

18th May 2003, 04:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gary V1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cumbernauld Posts: 1,808	EC Dub EC Dub EC Dub I never even watched ECW when it was still in business. Since then when I saw what some of the talent like Tajiri, RVD and Foley were capable of I got interested and am now the proud owner of about 25 ECW videos, They were so entertaining and barely ever had a bad PPV or even a match where the talent didnt try their hardes to put on a good show New Jack was a crappy wrestler but a crazy entertainer and some of ECW's most memorable moments were basically hism jumping form crazy heights. Rob Van Dam in ECW was possibly about the most over wrestler ever and last night I was watching my new Anarchy Rulz 99 vid and Lance storm and Jerry Lynn put on an absolutely brilliant match. Im not picking this one in particular but its just because these are 2 guys who havent been used at all well in WWE. And in JLs case was released without ever getting a chance. Only 4 videos to go now till I have all 21 ECW ppv vids! Yay!

18th May 2003, 04:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Davey Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,317	anarchy rulz 99 is actually the only ecw ppv i own ! fuckin class tho, the lynn/storm match, crazy/guido/tajiri match, awesome/tanaka/taz(z) and sabu/credible are all fuckin awesome

18th May 2003, 04:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gary V1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cumbernauld Posts: 1,808	I stopped at at the start of the cruiser 3 way dance. I have Barely Legal, the 1st PPV available for sale if you like?

18th May 2003, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bouff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 649	Ecw was well quality - from the in ring action to the atmosphere of the crowd it was amazing. I got into Ecw in 95 through teh Magazine Powerslam and got videos from Rob Butcher, who at that time was the assistant editor. Can anyone remember wwf tryin to cash in on Ecw in teh late 90's with shotgun saturday night? Such great gimmicks as teh flying nuns were born! Vince doesn't own the ecw video library because of something stupid like Joey Styles Tradmarked his voice and therefore won't allow wwe to use his voice!!!!!!! It's something fvcked up like that anyway. PS............ I've got an ecw t shirt (just thought i'd brag)

18th May 2003, 05:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Davey Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,317	holy shit really? joey styles is a tit! i thot vince bought the rights.. ach well. Shotgun was ace! remember when marlena/terri whipped her chebs out!? yuss! Powerslam is indeed an insitution, but its not as good as it used to be. The decline kinda started after Rob left . Fin Martin still writes good stuff but some of the writers are just poop I won a hulk hogan t shirt in a competition in 1993.. just thought id brag

18th May 2003, 05:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gary V1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Cumbernauld Posts: 1,808	I just won wrestlepalooza 98 and the night the line was crossed, woooooooo And im so jealous of the ecw t-shirt! Where did you get it?! I want one Haha and I remember the flying nuns but Dont remember Shotgun Saturday night. Was it basically WWE trying to offer an ECW like product?

18th May 2003, 05:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bouff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 649	i thought joey styles was hilarious as a commentator! He got well into the matches and knew his stuff. Though i must admit that he did get a bit too excitted at times. I've got a pretty gay old school Shawn Micheals t shirt from 1995ish. Its a big picture of shawn on the front with his mullet!! Its got an all over print of peace symbols with glitter, its really quite bad. The old woman in thr front row of Survivor Series 95 is wearing it if anyone as free timme and wants to see just how bad it really is. Thinking about it, i might wear it at my next gig. i used to have 2 pairs of bret harts pink glasses but i canny find them now.

18th May 2003, 05:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bouff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 649	I got the ecw t shirt from Rob Butcher. He was going to the states to a few ecw shows and picked it up for me. Power slam really opened my eyes and taught me a hell of alot about the world of wrestling. It is suffering now but i still get my copy every month.

18th May 2003, 05:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
Davey Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,317	yeh i still buy it regularly.. i guess the problem is .. they dont have much good to write about at the moment i had so many different stupid stuff, i had a roddy piper t shirt, a bulldog t shirt, hitman sunglasses, a foam hacksaw jim duggan 2x4 and foam tatanka tomhawk, and a wcw foam world title.. o shit!.. ive still got an old bandana that i got at a show in 1993! haha.. i came across a bunch of old PWI's and wwf poster magazines from 91-94 a few months back! crazy shit

18th May 2003, 06:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
Marco Scream for me Norwich! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 2,765 Band: Darkened Place	I remmember getting my hands on the infamous king of the death matches video. It was a bad picture, but at least i got to see the thing start to finnish. A friend (who i no longer like) taped an earlier backlash PPV over it. I still have the last match where cactus beats funk in the barbed wire rope/barbed wire board/exploding ring match. so theres that at least. cactus jack was the main man. his book isgreat. And hell yeah i used to get power slam! i saw someone mentioned terri runnels up there, what was better? her marlena character or terri?

18th May 2003, 06:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
Absinthe Minded Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kirkintilloch Posts: 279	I had 2 pairs of Bret sunglasses too! I got one when they were at the SECC in 1993 (still got my ticket!) and i got another when they did a promotion where if u sent away a flyer they put inside a wwf video they sent you a mystery gift. Got them within 2 weeks of each other! I've never been so dissapointed with a free gift ever! I'd wanted a pair for ages n then got 2 in a few weeks. I was dead pissed off at the time!