Monday Night War - Ep 7 - The War Gets Extreme
Added 2024-09-16 21:43:12 +0000 UTCWatch: https://streamable.com/8gih0z
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WCW did to ECW the exact same thing that WWF did to the NWA territories. The difference is, WWF made a lot of promotions run out of business, WCW did not do that to ECW.
Paolo
2024-09-22 04:08:41 +0000 UTCThese episodes are kinda cozy, and fun watching it "with you". βοΈπ©·π I agree Paul kinda changed the business π©·
Jennifer Lindgren
2024-09-19 19:55:30 +0000 UTCOh yes. We did. ;) I remember paying all of my allowance to get tapes from traders sent across the globe to see stuff from AJPW, NJPW, IWA Mid South, CZW, Mexico, ROH and so on. It was a crazy time when there were just a small portion of fans who actually had some kind of an overview. You read a lot of course, but trading tapes was the key for understanding the whole game. I think Tony Khan was also one of "us" posting in forums and trading tapes. He was an ECW fan back in the day, so you know how many of us lived through all these weird phases of wrestling and how we ended up where we ended up.
yeahokgood
2024-09-17 23:06:41 +0000 UTCThere is one thing to remember watching these reviews of history: it is a WWE production, so they are of course telling the story from their perspective. I truely am no WCW fan, but of course they retell the story in a way to make look WWE a certain way and the other companies a different way. Sure, they had house made problems and WCW was also a big competitor that used their ideas and talents (but so did WWE in different ways, kind of as the "big poach"), but I remember watching this series and I felt the WWE POV very strongly. Just like in "actual" history: those who win write the books and they would always try to make themselves shine a little bit more. If any, I was an ECW fan but too young to understand all the stuff behind the scenes.
yeahokgood
2024-09-17 22:28:12 +0000 UTCA good amount of Heyman's scouting came from tape trading. My understanding is on the early internet there where these forums you could join and people would trade tapes that fans recorded from the audience. Paul would send tapes of ECW and in exchange he would get matches from Japan,Mexico and indie promotions around the US
Drew Or Die
2024-09-17 21:36:22 +0000 UTCIn 1995, WWF staged King of the Ring (in Philadelphia). This ended up being one of, if not the worst, shows in WWE History. During the show, as the quality became apparent, the crowd started chanting for ECW. Thereβs stories that this is where Vince first heard of ECW and started asking around. If thatβs true, I wonder how much that bad show changed wrestling history.
Will Humphries
2024-09-17 18:02:58 +0000 UTCFun fact. Dean Malenko now works backstage at AEW. He's had Parkinson's for a little while now so he's not involved in anything in the ring but he's still very highly respected by everyone.
BazMan01
2024-09-17 17:52:27 +0000 UTCECW's position was very similar to current NJPW in the sense that WCW and AEW respectively used the companies as a substitute for financing and building well functioning developmental system and putting in creative effort to organically build their own stars. Granted, WWE did the exact same thing to the NWA in the 80s, and they would also sign ECW wrestlers, but they mostly went for the big ECW stars, not also midcarders to pad out their roster
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2024-09-17 12:09:50 +0000 UTCEXTREME! CHAMPIONSHIP! WRESTLING!
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-17 05:54:28 +0000 UTCECW was the 1st company to highlight cruiserweights and hardcore wrestling to american audiences so alot of what we see today is thanks to ECW.
SwantonAtomBomb
2024-09-17 04:07:30 +0000 UTCπ
Dport
2024-09-17 00:03:30 +0000 UTCwtf you aren't allowed to skip
John Martinez
2024-09-17 00:01:25 +0000 UTCAnother great video with my favorite wwe content creators!
Vansonny
2024-09-16 23:43:17 +0000 UTC
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