ECW One Night Stand '05

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

So, I was watching the PPV again tonight on tape, and was thinking about where and how I watched, and my reactions.

My room mate (at the time) and I drove out to my parent's house, and watched it live on PPV with a ghetto cooler in front of us full with 48 beer. We marked like crazy, and it was probably my favourite PPV ever.

We got drunk, had a good time, and loved the PPV.

My point is, where were you, what did you do, and what did you think of the original ECW One Night Stand?

[Agent P]

First of all, this should be in the WWE Forum.

I didn't buy the ppv, as I didn't have ppv capabilities at the time. I bought a copy off eBay, which I still have. Actually I was mailed two, so I ended up selling the other for twice the amount, anyhoo, it was a great ppv at the time, but I don't think it's aged well.

[celticjobber]

I think it was great how they re-created the atmosphere of the real ECW, but I hated they way they inserted JBL and Eric Bischoff into the show. But overall it was one of my favorite WWE ppv's of the last decade.

[Deleted]

I watched it alone in my living room at 3 a.m. (because I am the only wrestling geek in my family and because of the different time zones). Knowing almost nothing about ECW at that time, I thought it was the most fun show of that year so far. No boring feeling arose, I felt entertained throughout and it encouraged me to buy further DVDs with old-school ECW content.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

No discussion of this show is complete without this...

au.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7GTc8p-1A

[keithsells]

I have it on DVD. But never seen it, I now think I will find it and watch it.

[Nan Flanagan]

Jan 30, 2009 4:17:36 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

No discussion of this show is complete without this...

au.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7GTc8p-1A

Magical moment right there.

I'm ashamed to say I don't own the dvd, but I did watch it live and just loved it.

[Ralnathane]

Hands down the best ppv of the past 10 years.

[johnnyk9]

I always been a fan of reunion shows and this was no exception

[Bo Rida]

I still have the VHS of this almost purely for the unedited Sandman entrance.

I've hardly seen any of the old ECW but I loved this as it was full of emotion, Heyman and RVD's shoots plus that entrance really made it for me.
Tanaka vs Awesome completely blew me away too, I had no idea of their history so didn't expect much and they completely stole the show wrestling wise.

[clifford]

holy crap is it almost four years since the first one night stand?!?!?
im feeling oooolllld.

[BrianZane]

How were they able to edit out the crowd singing along to the Sandman's theme? I know they edited it to his later theme in post, but did they just put in generic cheering on the DVD?

[SAJ Forth]

It was great, Heyman's Shoot made it that much better.

[blef]

It's one of the best wrestling PPV's I've ever seen.

I mean, really.

I had kinda always wanted to watch ECW, but just never did (even when it was on TNN). And after this PPV, I REALLY wish I had watched it.

[biafra]

It was like seeing an old friend you thought you'd seen for the last time.

I was actually a little emotional during a few parts.

I have always considered that to be the last ECW show..

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Overrated.

It's like seeing an ex for the first time in years and after spending some time with them, you question why you even liked them in the first place.

[Jiren]

I wish WWE crowds were this rowdy

[Dynamite Kid]

It's an awesome PPV but not quite as good as I remember. A lot of the matches were quite short and Guerrero and Benoit stunk the place out.

[Convoy]

I was there.

One of the greatest nights of my life.

[biafra]

I still have it recorded on my DVR, so i have the unedited entrance music etc.