ECW 1997-99 Era Appreciation Thread

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Scust at this turning into a who is the biggest wrestling nerd argument.

No one gives a fukk about your vids nikka this was an ECW appreciation.

Back on topic though Heatwave 98 was my all time favorite ppv in ECW. You had Taz/Bigelow, Tanaka/Awesome before they did it for a full year straigh and one of my all time favorite tag team matches RVD & Sabu vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa

 

[Singh]

Keep it trill, 95 and 96 need to be appreciated as well

 

[Black Thunder]

Scust at this turning into a who is the biggest wrestling nerd argument.

No one gives a fukk about your vids nikka this was an ECW appreciation.

nikka what the fukk you know about ecw?? when ecw was poppin you was probably hooked up to a machine that had to breathe for you

 

[Prez]

I miss ECW. RVD Vs. Sabu, RVD vs. Jerry Lynn. Sandmans 20 min entrances, Rhino kicking the shyt out of sandmans wife etc. I don't remember exactly what years those were but wrestling was still dope to me in those days.

 

[Newark88]

Back on topic though Heatwave 98 was my all time favorite ppv in ECW. You had Taz/Bigelow, Tanaka/Awesome before they did it for a full year straigh and one of my all time favorite tag team matches RVD & Sabu vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa

Heat Wave 98 was a classic ppv. Truth be told, between 97-99 ECW had the best all around wrestling performances out of the big 3.

 

[Newark88]

Taz vs Tajiri at Heat Wave 99>>>>>>

 

[RaidenS]

Back on topic though Heatwave 98 was my all time favorite ppv in ECW. You had Taz/Bigelow, Tanaka/Awesome before they did it for a full year straigh and one of my all time favorite tag team matches RVD & Sabu vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa

 

[krackdagawd]

nikka what the fukk you know about ecw?? when ecw was poppin you was probably hooked up to a machine that had to breathe for you

Those are cool and all but coming from someone who looks like this.

I ain't even mad.

 

[COQWAVE]

Keep it trill, 95 and 96 need to be appreciated as well

those were the goat years in ecw in terms of storylines.

 

[patscorpio]

Back on topic though Heatwave 98 was my all time favorite ppv in ECW. You had Taz/Bigelow, Tanaka/Awesome before they did it for a full year straigh and one of my all time favorite tag team matches RVD & Sabu vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa

thats the GOAT ECW ppv..it still holds up....tanaka powerbombing awesome out of the ring through a table to the concrete had me like

 

[patscorpio]

Keep it trill, 95 and 96 need to be appreciated as well

94-96 was ECW's true prime

 

[GollyImGully]

the raven & sandman fued was >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Singh]

those were the goat years in ecw in terms of storylines.

94-96 was ECW's true prime

Let it be known brehs

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

8-2-1998 ECW Heatwave Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa vs RVD & Sabu - YouTube

Hayabusa became my favorite wrestler ever in this match. Hadnt seen his stuff before this. I knew the other three were dope but this opened up a new world for me as i got into puroresu.

thats the GOAT ECW ppv..it still holds up....tanaka powerbombing awesome out of the ring through a table to the concrete had me like

That match was PHYSICAL. I remember watching them like they were killin each other. Then the powerbomb you mentioned, Awesome landed square on the back of his head!






Franchise was really good as color commentary too

 

[Kid Kash]

That Tanaka-Awesome match is one of the reasons I hate watching wrestling nowadays. Strange that I still mark out to matches that happened pre '02, even though I already know what is coming, while if there is a PPV now, I can;t even be bothered to watch the match without using FFWD.

I mean, no headlock, chinlocks, silent crowds. These guys put it all on the line and the crowd sounded their appreciation. Too bad ECW is long gone, as it would've kicked WWE's and TNA's asses in the ratings.