FroGG_NeaL Posted August 24, 2006 Report Posted August 24, 2006 Cool deal, man. I wish I could make it, but I'd have to go visit some relatives in WV that live in an area like the one you just described, then go from there to SC to just to go to an ECW PPV. I just can't justify that shit.
goldengreek Posted August 24, 2006 Report Posted August 24, 2006 AUGUSTA???!!! Why not Chicago??!! Or even Detroit? Whatever
NoCalMike Posted August 24, 2006 Report Posted August 24, 2006 It WAS scheduled for Chicago, until Vince didn't like the ECW crowd at Hammerstein Ballroom, acting like an ECW Crowd.....I think he will be in for a suprise when he realizes ECW fans will travel for a PPV Card.
Hunter's Torn Quad Posted August 24, 2006 Report Posted August 24, 2006 There's more than a touch of irony in WWE naming their next 'ECW' PPV after one of the few ECW Arena cards never to get released on video.
tominator89 Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I realize a lot could happen between now and December, but will this be a showcase for the WWE midcard rejects like Test and Holly or will they allow some ECW originals on the card like ONS 1&2?
benn Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I'd say there's more than a good chance that the only ECW originals you'll see will be RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Dreamer. Maybe the FBI and someone like Justin Credible if you're lucky.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 Live from the James Brown Arena! Thats gonna be the funny part.
mfn Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 The whole state of wrestling really depresses me sometimes... How could something that I love so much get so bad?
FroGG_NeaL Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 A few guys that were major marks for themselves got way too much power in the back, and it went to hell.
RepoMan Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 It WAS scheduled for Chicago, until Vince didn't like the ECW crowd at Hammerstein Ballroom, acting like an ECW Crowd.....I think he will be in for a suprise when he realizes ECW fans will travel for a PPV Card. Are they going to travel for a WWECW PPV though?
tominator89 Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 At this point, I really think the original ECW fans are long gone.
cabbageboy Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I am baffled at the logic of this. First off it would be on PPV, so who cares what the crowd does? Second, they only reacted that way to the WWE outsider guys like Cena or Batista. There's no point in moving the show....just don't book Raw or SD guys on it.
chaosrage Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I'd say there's more than a good chance that the only ECW originals you'll see will be RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Dreamer. Maybe the FBI and someone like Justin Credible if you're lucky. So it's possible that the card could be all heels except for 4 or 5 guys? I think I'd buy that just for the crowd response.
Scroby Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I am baffled at the logic of this. First off it would be on PPV, so who cares what the crowd does? Second, they only reacted that way to the WWE outsider guys like Cena or Batista. There's no point in moving the show....just don't book Raw or SD guys on it. The problem is that Vince doesn't want the "smart" or "ECW hardcore" fans anymore. He wants the sheepish/Mark fans at his shows. He wants the fans to boo the heels and and cheer the faces and he knows that the smart fans won't always do that and Vince doesn't want that. Vince wants his fans to believe in kayfabe, which is ironic since he came out and said that wrestling was fake and just entertainment, fucking up the wrestling buissness and helping fans want to smarten up to understand how excatly its entertainment.
FroGG_NeaL Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I'd say there's more than a good chance that the only ECW originals you'll see will be RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Dreamer. Maybe the FBI and someone like Justin Credible if you're lucky. So it's possible that the card could be all heels except for 4 or 5 guys? I think I'd buy that just for the crowd response. I don't see Credible sticking around long. Vince loves Roadkill, but took away his Roadkill character, and I see him being around for a while, if you want to count him. If Benoit does return, I could see him going to ECW at least for a little while. I think Richards and Snow won't wrestle much longer, so yeah. RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Dreamer and the FBI is about it. Nunzio has been in the WWE for a while now, and they'd be stupid to split up Guido/Mamaluke, so I'd expect them to be around, too.
benn Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 I thought repackaged Roadkill was debuting on Raw within weeks.
FroGG_NeaL Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 He is, that's why I said "if you want to count him."
Ultra Violence Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 If Benoit does return, I could see him going to ECW at least for a little while. Maybe in kayfabe they'll trade him for Angle.
Guest DRH 502 Posted August 25, 2006 Report Posted August 25, 2006 Why does anyone want to see the old ECW dudes?? Maybe i'm not remembering correctly, but I only saw a hand full of matches out of ECW I would go out of my way to see again, and they were mostly all from outsiders anyway.
benn Posted August 26, 2006 Report Posted August 26, 2006 If Benoit does return, I could see him going to ECW at least for a little while. Maybe in kayfabe they'll trade him for Angle. Benoit needs to stay on SD. The main event is getting thin again without Angle or Henry and now with Mysterio going out for knee surgery soon.
Ravenbomb Posted August 26, 2006 Report Posted August 26, 2006 do they even have a big enough roster for a PPV?
Jingus Posted August 26, 2006 Report Posted August 26, 2006 do they even have a big enough roster for a PPV? Are you kidding? They've got a roster that's so big they could run a month of TV without ever having the same guy wrestle twice, especially with the constant guest stars from Raw and Smackdown. Why does anyone want to see the old ECW dudes?? Maybe i'm not remembering correctly, but I only saw a hand full of matches out of ECW I would go out of my way to see again, and they were mostly all from outsiders anyway. Um... maybe because the fans would much rather watch guys like RVD, Sabu, Dreamer, Guido, Mamaluke, and other similar wrestlers who actually go out there and take chances and work their asses off, instead of the traditional WWE "superstar" whose main talent are shooting up with roids and looking real menacing as long as they just stand still?
Ravenbomb Posted August 26, 2006 Report Posted August 26, 2006 Oh. Well it's hard to tell since they have the same guys wrestling every week
Placebo Effect Posted August 27, 2006 Report Posted August 27, 2006 Speaking of the roster, it's nice to see that Funk, Trinity, and Angle are still on ECW's site.
mfn Posted August 27, 2006 Report Posted August 27, 2006 Why does anyone want to see the old ECW dudes?? Maybe i'm not remembering correctly, but I only saw a hand full of matches out of ECW I would go out of my way to see again, and they were mostly all from outsiders anyway. what ecw matches were you watching?
Guest Connzilla Posted August 28, 2006 Report Posted August 28, 2006 I really hope this PPV has atleast one highly camoed match like at last years One Night Stand as I thought it was pretty cool and differant than other WWE PPVs and this PPV needs something to stand out so people don't shit on it too bad, because we all know it will be shitted on no matter how good it is
godthedog Posted August 28, 2006 Report Posted August 28, 2006 i grew up in augusta. that's a terrible place for an ECW pay-per-view.
cabbageboy Posted August 28, 2006 Report Posted August 28, 2006 ECW did run a PPV in Georgia once before though, I believe it was Wrestlepalooza 1998. It's an arbitrary and odd place for this one however. What bigger sheep are there than the ECW audience? No, really. I don't really recall too many instances of ECW fans reacting contrary to what Heyman was communicating. The fans shit on Dreamer early in his career, but that was the point of the angle. Dreamer was a "pretty boy" punk that was trying to earn their respect. I'd even say the various WWE guys that have been crapped on were by design. Cena was fed to the lions at the PPV, but that was the whole point. Ditto Orton. Batista is the only guy that was sent there that made no sense. The fans crapped on him but it runs contrary to what we see every week on SD. Fans on Raw already boo Cena on a 50/50 basis. Orton is a heel anyway. But Batista is supposed to be a monster that is wildly over with the fans on SD....and they sent him to ECW to get ridiculed?
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