ECW's next PPV 'December To Dismember'

[King Cucaracha 0]

However, Bryan Alvarez is saying that EVERYTHING on D2D, as well as the decision to promote just the two matches, is down to Heyman and he's been in complete spin mode since Sunday night.

 

See, that wouldn't surprise me. That was Heyman's MO, book the main event and a couple of grudge matches, throw the rest of the undercard together (a lot of the time in 'impromptu matches', which was ALWAYS garbage booking) and let them wrestle.

 

The only difference I see, if this is true, between now and then is that a) Back then, there was limited TV coverage so people weren't used to seeing the thrown together pairings so much. Now they have a weekly TV show, so they can't just throw random guys out there in random matches on a PPV. And b) Back then, the fans gave (more of) a shit about the roster from top to bottom. If the show had been held in the Hammerstein, the crowd might have been a bit more responsive (probably too much, but still) and it might not have seemed quite so bad.

[EricMM 0]

See, from what I can tell, the damage wasn't done by the scant few promoted matches, it was done by having piss-poor results in the card.