WWE Untold: The relaunch of ECW, Narrated by Paul Heyman drops today at 12 pm EST

[Silkk]

That one week that Hardcore Holly got over

Then they fukked it up

 

[Chris Cool]

i thought Macho had next.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

When I was younger, I didn't understand why ECW wasn't getting treated as well as RAW and SmackDown. The ECW Championship was only defended once at WrestleMania, and the match was eight seconds. They were consistently being left off pay-per-views, especially near the end of the brand's run. All these years later, I look at 205 Live and I realize it's the same thing.

Had they played their cards right, ECW could have been what NXT is now. The foundation was there with all the new wrestlers getting their start (CM Punk, Lashley, Miz and Morrison) and all the older wrestlers getting their careers revitalized (Christian, Matt Hardy, Mark Henry). There was also the talent exchange with SmackDown so those two brands could have crossed over and had storylines intersect more often. It could have also been a case of the originals getting the spotlight in the beginning, but then the torch is gradually passed to the new generation.

But because it was called "ECW," people were expecting something different. After a while, it became just like RAW and SmackDown and the company started to ignore it as much as they could until it was dead.

 

[Kid Kash]

December To Dismember was the biggest crime. The crowd was molten hot for RVD and CM Punk, and they had them eliminated first, completely killing the crowd. Lashley vs Big Show were the final 2, and the crowd was NOT having it with Lashley having a come from nowhere win. They tried having this big Eddie at WM like celebration, and the crowd wasn’t buying it at all. This brand went from trying to restore the feeling to Sunday Night Heat 2005 in no time.

Don't forget that they did an injury angle on Sabu during the PPV
Instead of him trying to kill himself or someone else with crazy spots, we had hardcore holly take his place...

 

[snikt6384]

I fukking loved the Christian run on WWECW. Regal in the Ruthless Roundtable, the Kofi and Bourne debuts. Swagger was looking promising. Zack Ryder actually had an interesting heel run and was...treated somewhat seriously. Goldust was on there looking great before he came back to the bigger shows later on and surprised ppl who hadn't seen ECW. It actually felt like NXT when folks like Tyler Breeze, Tyson Kidd, and Neville were around. They just never should have called the thing ECW.

I'm definitely gonna have to give this a watch though. Because they REALLY shyt the bed hard while Paul was around it. I've heard him comment on it quite a few times, but not at length, not on WWE TV, and it hasn't been beaten into the ground like old ECW stuff.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Gotta peep later.

 

[Bonefan32]

So no links available or what

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Doc was

 

[Bonefan32]

Somebody drop a link and some eggs when it comes out

Spoiler

Here you go
WWE.Untold.E02.The.2nd.Coming.of.ECW.720p.mp4 | openload

 

[Yade]

I liked it in the very beginning
It was suppose to include random sci fi gimmicks(the zombie) , and there was talks of bringing back Gangrel for a vampire stable

I remember stalking the wwe ecw wiki page to see who was going to debut

 

[Carl Tethers]

I remember that time that he stood on the stage with his hands on his hips.

Never forget.

Fat Chris Harris in a singlet

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Funny if they called it NXT itd still be running today

 

[WMG the 2nd]

I only watched it to see if they were gonna give Shelton the belt..that didnt work. Didnt care for Kofi. Lashley started to get over pretty big in 07. I remember him getting Bobby chants against RVD when everyone thought he was gonna get booed out.

Angle and RVD had a horrible match after RVD won the title. He missed that Van Damninator on Angle, Kurt sold it anyway..it looked horrible.

Elijah Burke was wasted big time.

Elijah stunk and there is no clip you can find where the crowd chanted Bobby over rvd

 

[OmegaK2099]

Shyt was Tuesday night heat

 

[RhymesWell]

My hopes were crushed on episode 1. I just knew the soul was gone by that point. Should’ve just filmed for cheap at the Hammerstein Ballroom every week.