One and Only "ECW: One Night Stand" Thread

[Jobber of the Week]

I sat and thought about it, and doesn't it seem to someone else that this concept could work well enough with WCW? It would also probably draw a bigger buyrate (although have a lousier crowd reaction, of course) than this show.

 

I think they could work the same magic at such a show, if they planned it right. No crappy booking. Get a number of guys who never worked for the company, that will be easier once TNA is dead. Get more guys that didn't make the buyout and let the cruisers do what they want to do. Include a HOF-style appearance and tribute to some old NWA legends.

 

An invasion angle like it was done tonight wouldn't be necessary, they did enough sportz entertainment style stuff during the first time they tried it. Instead, the card should mostly be some of the best WCW matchups that we either haven't seen in a while because of the brand extension or seem rather fresh (in other words, Eddy VS Rey is a no, but Booker VS Benoit would be a yes.)

 

In addition to this, they should use the WWE guys minimally to put together matches between guys who otherwise would have never met. Sting VS either Cena or Benjamin immediately jumps to mind. Try to keep it the WWE presence to the newer guys, because there's no need to have Shawn Michaels run in and go over more guys so close to his retirement.

[Guest The King]

I sat and thought about it, and doesn't it seem to someone else that this concept could work well enough with WCW? It would also probably draw a bigger buyrate (although have a lousier crowd reaction, of course) than this show.

 

I think they could work the same magic at such a show, if they planned it right. No crappy booking. Get a number of guys who never worked for the company, that will be easier once TNA is dead. Get more guys that didn't make the buyout and let the cruisers do what they want to do. Include a HOF-style appearance and tribute to some old NWA legends.

 

An invasion angle like it was done tonight wouldn't be necessary, they did enough sportz entertainment style stuff during the first time they tried it. Instead, the card should mostly be some of the best WCW matchups that we either haven't seen in a while because of the brand extension or seem rather fresh (in other words, Eddy VS Rey is a no, but Booker VS Benoit would be a yes.)

 

In addition to this, they should use the WWE guys minimally to put together matches between guys who otherwise would have never met. Sting VS either Cena or Benjamin immediately jumps to mind. Try to keep it the WWE presence to the newer guys, because there's no need to have Shawn Michaels run in and go over more guys so close to his retirement.

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I'd LOVE that, but I dont know if it would go over too well with the boys, alot of them dont want to relive those days AT ALL. It wuld pop a buy rate, but WcW being what it was, such a conglomeration, and the locker room strife alot of the guys felt--might not work. Id love it though.

[Hunter's Torn Quad]

It wouldn't work with WCW. WWF/E spent years burying WCW before Vince bought it, and they did a masterful job of burying it even after Vince bought it. Not to mention that all the WCW fans who might have tuned in to see a WWF/E version of WCW already did that when WCW was first purchased, and they got burned and tuned out, and I don't see them coming back.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Think about who you would need to do the same thing with WCW, and it's just not feasible at all in the end, especially with the Goldbergs and Stings of the world.

[Jobber of the Week]

It wouldn't work with WCW. WWF/E spent years burying WCW before Vince bought it, and they did a masterful job of burying it even after Vince bought it. Not to mention that all the WCW fans who might have tuned in to see a WWF/E version of WCW already did that when WCW was first purchased, and they got burned and tuned out, and I don't see them coming back.

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That was when ECW was "owned" by Stephanie and Paul was just about kissing her feet, right? We'll have to see what this show's buyrate is to be sure on just how burned out everyone was by that angle.

 

Still, I guess the question is whether Vince thinks that his own personal vendetta with WCW is more important than money.

 

Think about who you would need to do the same thing with WCW, and it's just not feasible at all in the end, especially with the Goldbergs and Stings of the world.

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Goldberg main-evented in WWE for a full year and fought almost every WWE-only guy of his caliber, including Rock and HHH. Furthermore, these matches didn't draw, and he and management started getting angry at each other because of it. He doesn't want to work with WWE again. I think they may have to focus on everything but Goldberg because of attitudes and because he was a non-draw without 60 squash matches of buildup.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

I seriously thought about this bit there is a reason ECW is ECW. ECW was unique by using the hardcore style of wrestling and distinguished itself from WCW and WWF. What did WCW do to be different than WWF other than Wargames? The WWE already uses the name the "Great American Bash" Would a WCW or AWA (I know, too old) work? Nope because WCW and WWF/E were almost identical.

[The Czech Republic]

WWE is a little too much like WCW as it is, in terms of tired rehashes, production errors, and dead crowds. Course, they don't know it.

 

But man, I can't get over this ECW show. You know it's a special show when the wrestling curmudgeons of the board like me are coming out to actively praise it.

 

Benoit-Guerrero felt so phoned in though. I never would've dreamt, especially in an ECW atmosphere, that Eddie Guerrero had to have a match dragged out of him. Is he okay?

[Papacita]

Just wondering what everybody thought of the Gertner stuff with him begging Bischoff for a job. I didn't really like it at first, but it really cracked me up watching it the second time around. Just the fact that he actually came to Eric with a tape and everything seemed pretty funny to me.

[Fartsauce]

someone on the classics board said they were in contact with Meanie, and that it WAS a shoot with Bradshaw at the end. Pretty interesting.

[The Czech Republic]

Just wondering what everybody thought of the Gertner stuff with him begging Bischoff for a job. I didn't really like it at first, but it really cracked me up watching it the second time around.  Just the fact that he actually came to Eric with a tape and everything seemed pretty funny to me.

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Yeah there was a lot of stuff I had to catch on the replay because I missed it the first time around, like Gertner having the tape there.

 

(deep voice) "I can announce"

 

JBL doing Fred Sanford was pretty funny.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Think about who you would need to do the same thing with WCW, and it's just not feasible at all in the end, especially with the Goldbergs and Stings of the world.

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Goldberg main-evented in WWE for a full year and fought almost every WWE-only guy of his caliber, including Rock and HHH. Furthermore, these matches didn't draw, and he and management started getting angry at each other because of it. He doesn't want to work with WWE again. I think they may have to focus on everything but Goldberg because of attitudes and because he was a non-draw without 60 squash matches of buildup.

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... and that's exactly the point I was making.

[The Czech Republic]

You: "you just made my point for me"

 

Him: "....buh?"

 

I'm tellin' ya, works every time

[Fartsauce]

Dave posted this about 5 min ago..

 

 

[email protected]

 

Several people live, as well as WWE sources, have confirmed that during the brawl at the end of tonight's ECW PPV, that JBL went after Blue Meanie and threw several real punches at his face, bloodying him up. A lot of the wrestlers who were in the ring and saw this looked really mad. Reports were Al Snow, who trained Meanie, visually looked the most upset. The two have heat dating back to Meanie's days in WWF, and JBL cut a promo on Meanie on Smackdown which was edited off the show a few weeks back.

[strummer]

JBL is certainly taking advantage of the fact that management loves him

[Hunter's Torn Quad]

The result of JBL being a pussy.

[JJ Johnson]

[email protected]

 

Several people live, as well as WWE sources, have confirmed that during the brawl at the end of tonight's ECW PPV, that JBL went after Blue Meanie and threw several real punches at his face, bloodying him up. A lot of the wrestlers who were in the ring and saw this looked really mad. Reports were Al Snow, who trained Meanie, visually looked the most upset. The two have heat dating back to Meanie's days in WWF, and JBL cut a promo on Meanie on Smackdown which was edited off the show a few weeks back.

 

As opposed to what? Anally looked the most upset?

[Hunter's Torn Quad]

Does that post even have a point to it?

[Guest nokia]

In the minds of wwe management;

 

"Jbl was just protecting wwe for invading ecw guys and got a little out of hand...we sit down and have a talk with him some day"

[Adam]

Man, further enhancing JBL's reputation as a fucktard.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Holy shit what is it with you guys and posting the EXACT SAME news report 5-7 times over the past 3 pages.

[Enigma]

Wow, JBL is a piece of shit. Someone has really got to do something about jackasses like JBL and Bob Holly legitimately beating the shit out of people.

 

Apparently, JBL still has a beef with something The Blue Meanie did when Meanie was in WWE in 1999. What exactly did he do to him?

[Enigma]

Benoit-Guerrero felt so phoned in though. I never would've dreamt, especially in an ECW atmosphere, that Eddie Guerrero had to have a match dragged out of him. Is he okay?

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Eddie Guerrero really looked like he didn't want to be there. I could feel the energy from Chris Benoit, but Guerrero didn't seem into it at all.

 

Paul Heyman promised a Japanese style match on Byte This, but this was WWE style all the way.

[Precious Roy]

Wow, JBL is a piece of shit. Someone has really got to do something about jackasses like JBL and Bob Holly legitimately beating the shit out of people.

 

Apparently, JBL still has a beef with something The Blue Meanie did when Meanie was in WWE in 1999. What exactly did he do to him?

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likely something extremely trivial that only a self important bitch like JBL would make a big deal out of

[Silence]

Even though I liked ONS, I obviously think that WWE should quit doing Benoit/Eddie matches for a while because their matches always end up being WWE-style spots anyway. The fact that they're much older now (with more injuries over time) than they were when they used to have much better matches in WCW and Japan is another factor, unfortunately.

[Enigma]

Eddie's too roided now to be the Eddie Guerrero we're all used to anyways.

[Adam]

Perhaps Meanie was the guy that the Hardys were talking about in their book that not a lot of guys like Taker and Bradshaw liked in early 1999.

[Exslade ZX]

The result of JBL being a pussy.

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....JBL packs one hell of a punch.

[LucharesuFan619]

Found this from Master Yoda on the Oratory forum (RajahWWF.com), thought it was interesting:

 

HOLY SHIT! I was just re-watching the PPV, and I spotted The Wildcards (Eddie Kingston and Jack Marciano) in the audience! (They can be seen during one of the crowd shots just after Joey Styles enters the ring and takes the mic.)

[Guest wildpegasus]

Reading deathvalley and I hear that JBL even suckerpunched Meanie.

[Adam]

Yep, I'd go back and read the last couple of pages to find out more about that.