ECW - One Night Stand PPV

[LOC Veteran]

Joey Styles has posted comments at 1wrestling.com on his experience this past weekend at the two ECW reunion shows. Here are some of his more interesting comments....

- Jerry Lynn had not wrestled in 10 months and was the best worker on the show...TNA should get a clue and make money with him. He is better than Daniels and Styles.

- Raven looks more like a star in his ECW gimmick. TNA should get a clue and make him dress that way and then but the belt on him.

- Everyone at WWE was very polite and professional. I was expecting to get hazed and as such, did not bring a bag that could have been crapped in while I called matches.

- I must have been dreaming that Vince McMahon WWE spent a small fortune to completely and accurately re-create ECW.

- Did I actually sign a WWE contract? I must have. A pig just flew by my 16th floor office window and hell just called to thank me for the snow.

- Francine still has huge boobs and her butt looks better.

- Shane Douglas has not but it only makes being his friend more fun. I wouldn't want to be his enemy.

- Vince McMahon didn't punch me in the mouth...yet :)

- Shane McMahon looks like his Dad. He didn't punch me in the mouth yet either.

- When do I get to meet Stephanie?

- Can someone please tell me what the hell Meanie said about JBL to prompt a beating like that?

[Kriz]

Styles = Legend (Y)

[LOC Veteran]

I wish I had a TV Tuner card or something so I could take a snap of that table spot from the Awesome/Tanaka match and put it in my sig. OH MY FREAKING GOD!

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i just watched the ppv and i enjoyed it very much, they should definatly do it more often but without the whole wwe presence and if vince doesn't get involved and leaves everythign to heyman and dreamer.

also did i just read that someone thought cena was better than benoit? maybe his mic work is better but not wrestling. cena is crap, i haven't seen him pull off a great match yet and his rapping thing is getting boring and annoying. i say put the title on jericho or christian (he rules so much).

[BMac]

I did not see the show but based on the reactions I've heard, I think I'll order it tomorrow. I've heard rumors that with the new USA tv deal that Velocity and Heat will be gone and the WWE will only get one hour at 10PM on Saturday night. This seems like a perfect slot for ECW. I still may be dreaming though. As much as Smackdown is in the toilet I don't see it getting replaced by ECW, especially after seeing who Smackdown drafted this week. Despite how much I'd love to see this happen I really don't think it is going to. If we get any regular ECW programming I think it will be on Saturday and even that isn't likely. At the very least I would like to see a reunion every year, but I think the Saturday timeslot makes the most sense.

As for Cena dropping the belt I think it will happen for sure. Here is my prediction: Christian wins it and goes to smackdown. Here's my reasoning behind that; there is a Smackdown news conference here in Canada near the end of the month and it was just announced that Christian will be there. I could be reading too much into the matter but I don't think I am.

[THE_ROCK]

Paul Heyman is the ****ing man

[Rappy Veteran]

Lmao i know, i wonder what he did to deserve that. Anyone else seen who got traded to SD? I wont say because it might spoil it for some people.

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yep I saw who got traded on wrestling news website and im not suprised he got traded he was one of my first ones I thought that would go to smackdown.

styles rules man...I wish he would go to wwe and commentate with jim ross but I think the only time he will go with wwe properly will be if ecw were to reform into a weekly show.. :)

[LOC Veteran]

i just watched the ppv and i enjoyed it very much, they should definatly do it more often but without the whole wwe presence and if vince doesn't get involved and leaves everythign to heyman and dreamer.

also did i just read that someone thought cena was better than benoit? maybe his mic work is better but not wrestling. cena is crap, i haven't seen him pull off a great match yet and his rapping thing is getting boring and annoying. i say put the title on jericho or christian (he rules so much).

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Heyman and Dreamer booked the PPV, that's why it didn't suck you know what.

And as for Cena better than Benoit?!?!? My god, who would EVER say that? Benoit is one of, if not THE best technical wrestler in the world today. I'm sure there are Japanese wrestlers who are better, but since I am not up to speed on Japanese wrestling anymore, Benoit remains #1 in my book. Jericho, Angle and hell HBK (the man!) are a billion times better technical wrestlers than Cena is. Cena is to green, he has the skills but isn't there yet.

[Rappy Veteran]

I think John Cena is a Crowd pleaser at the moment the fans go wild when he goes out and wrestles soon he will become a bigger thing and maybe down the line will be bigger then hogan (tho I very much doubt that)..lol

[Kriz]

The ECW One Night Stand DVD is going to be released stupidly fast, a June 28th release!

The going round is that the WWE production team is working overtime on the ECW One Night Stand DVD, which is being worked on quick for a June 28 release. It will be interesting to see if they allow the curses on the DVD, since the PPV edited them off as it was advertised to be TV-14.

Scheduled extras for the DVD are:

- Two TV commercials

- ECW videos featuring Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, and the Dudley Boyz

- The "ECW Funeral" from RAW.

- Video feature on the ECW fans at the PPV, which will include post-show interviews with fans outside the Hammerstein Ballroom.

[Rappy Veteran]

WOW...Looking forward to that....last thing about the video feature could be cool...seeing what they all thought about it..other that the other features we have seen multiple times but wont mind seeing again :D

[BMac]

And as for Cena better than Benoit?!?!? My god, who would EVER say that? Benoit is one of, if not THE best technical wrestler in the world today. I'm sure there are Japanese wrestlers who are better, but since I am not up to speed on Japanese wrestling anymore, Benoit remains #1 in my book. Jericho, Angle and hell HBK (the man!) are a billion times better technical wrestlers than Cena is. Cena is to green, he has the skills but isn't there yet.

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Benoit is definately one of the most technically sound wrestlers in the WWE and North America. What you have to realise is that Cena was only in OVW for 1 & 1/2 years. That means he's only been in the business for 2 and a half years now. Compared to the guys you mentioned, he has atleast 10 years less experience. Even comparing him to Orton is unfair as Orton has been in the biz all his life. Cena has mic skills that blow away three quarters of the roster and with time his in ring skills will develope. I have faith that Cena will carry Raw in the future but he needs time to become a better wrestler.

[HipHopaholic]

I feel that cena should become heel again and start dissing the crowd with freestyle like before. He's been face too long and a bunch of people hate him. Though you dont see that in the crowd. Back on topic, cant wait till the dvd comes out!

[Rappy Veteran]

Quick Point about this thread its turned into a wrestling thread now...started from ecw to wwe..hehe...oh well..wrestling aint bad if its ecw!!! :D

[LOC Veteran]

Well truth be told, we can't talk about ECW without talking about WWE now can we? Since ECW is owned by WWE and if it ever returns at all, it'll be run by WWE.

[calimike]

Another ECW PPV in 2006? :rofl:

According to PWTorch.com Audio Updates, Several backstage sources are saying that there will be another ECW PPV in 2006. If the buyrates for this past ECW PPV come in high, they may even do something even sooner. The buyrates in the north-east united states are already very high, so if the rest of the country follows suit, there?s definitely a chance to see more of ECW very soon.Evidence of a possible full-time ECW return?b:whistle:e:

Meanwhile, Masato Tanaka also arrived with Omori at Narita Airport in Chiba. Tanaka said that he is expecting to continue his participation in ECW in America shortly. That would indicate that ECW is making a full comeback if he's not misspoken.

[+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹]

I never had the pleasure of watching any ECW stuff as I have on ly been watching wrestling for a few years.

Man I knew RVD was good and people say he should be the champ in WWE but I just couldn't see it.

His WWE character seemed too one dimensional. But after seeing him doing that shoot style interview thing I can definently see why people are saying what that are about him.

The WWE writing staff need shot for messing up with RVD (although you could say that about most of the writing in the WWE)

Anyway back to the pay-per-view, OH MY GOD I have never cringed so much watching wrestling in my life. When awsome put Tanaka through the first table (the one proped up on the guard rail) I thought Tanaka had broken his neck!!! And when super crazy did the moonsault from the balcony :) how sweet :)

I wish Vince would release the old ECW stuff on DVD so I could watch more of the old stuff (the promos showing the old stuff was just about my favourite parts)

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Apparently Vince is taking no action against JBL - because Vince likes him and he is a "kiss a$$".

[Rappy Veteran]

Another ECW PPV in 2006? :rofl:

According to PWTorch.com Audio Updates, Several backstage sources are saying that there will be another ECW PPV in 2006. If the buyrates for this past ECW PPV come in high, they may even do something even sooner. The buyrates in the north-east united states are already very high, so if the rest of the country follows suit, there’s definitely a chance to see more of ECW very soon.

Evidence of a possible full-time ECW return? :whistle:

Meanwhile, Masato Tanaka also arrived with Omori at Narita Airport in Chiba. Tanaka said that he is expecting to continue his participation in ECW in America shortly. That would indicate that ECW is making a full comeback if he's not misspoken.

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Hope thats true :p

[Kriz]

Another PPV would be awesome, but a full time return would be even better

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Apparently Vince is taking no action against JBL - because Vince likes him and he is a "kiss a$$".

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yeah i read meanie's version of what happened and i can't believe that vince didn't/isn't going to take any action against him, it's a joke. obviously JBL showed everyone that blue meanie was right and that he is a bully.

[LOC Veteran]

The truth of the matter is, Vince doesn't do anything to anyone unless its SERIOUS like drug usage or criminal activities. Doing some stiff hits against the meanie isn't considered "major" and to be honest it isn't major. There are plenty of wrestlers who are stiff, hell RVD is about as stiff as they go in the ring, and JBL has a longgggggg history of being stiff against opponents. Now of course, JBL thinks he's hot stuff because he was champion and perhaps thinks he can get away with things now, but I don't think so. The man is smart, he's rich and doesn't HAVE to wrestle. He wrestles because he loves it and likes to make people happy when they watch him. Same goes for 99% of the wrestlers you watch every Monday or Thursday night (and whatever else you watch).

Vince probably told him to lay off, and the usual "don't be stiff like that, and don't make personal matters public like Matt Hardy did"

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he didn't even punish hardcore holly after he beat up dupree, some people never get punished while some people like matt hardy get fired for telling his side of the story, even though he was very public about it i don't think he deserved to get fired.

[LOC Veteran]

Matt should never had made it as public as he did, it made him look like a damn crybaby. Now I know it hurt him alot to be betrayed like that, but do you see the average person posting about it on their (very) public website?

But I do agree he should never have been fired. I still kinda think it might be a work...but then again.

[HipHopaholic]

he didn't even punish hardcore holly after he beat up dupree, some people never get punished while some people like matt hardy get fired for telling his side of the story, even though he was very public about it i don't think he deserved to get fired.

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I was just about to mention that. Did you see the huge ass bruise over dupree eye. Hardcore Holly is tuff, thats why i dont like him. :cool: