ICBM
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Post by ICBM on May 2, 2016 6:23:14 GMT -5
I was entertained by that promo but they never bridged it to the WWECW launch despite It obviously being linked (in hindsight). For what its worth they launched ecw well but it fell off so fast. That always bothered me. It was made clear right at the start they would be transitioning to a more WWE style show. However, I think they rushed it and that hurt it.Lots of things factored into that (RVD's bust, December to dismember falling flat, Lashley, Mike Knox, Striker both being WWE attempts at creating ecw type gimmicks)
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Ben Wyatt
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 2, 2016 6:36:56 GMT -5
I do find it interesting that Styles railed against WWE's racy content when ECW did a lot of insane things too. They mocked God with the whole Sandman "crucified" angle, did pregnancy angles before WWE, incessant profane language, violence galore, etc. Thus it was always odd to hear Styles present ECW as some sort of serious wrestling traditionalists. Yeah, that's a big reason why I never really found that promo to be the beacon of awesomeness that some people did
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Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,516
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Post by Ben Wyatt on May 2, 2016 6:39:11 GMT -5
Here's what people don't get about the Styles promo: WWE was presenting him to be the heel here. I seriously to this day don't think Vince realizes that fans were largely nodding their heads in agreement with 95% of what Styles had to say. To Vince here was this ungrateful douche whining about all of these things and lashing out against the greatness of WWE's form of entertainment. I do find it interesting that Styles railed against WWE's racy content when ECW did a lot of insane things too. They mocked God with the whole Sandman "crucified" angle, did pregnancy angles before WWE, incessant profane language, violence galore, etc. Thus it was always odd to hear Styles present ECW as some sort of serious wrestling traditionalists. I'll give ECW this, when the fans didn't appreciate it and it made Kurt Angle leave the arena they had Raven apologize for the crucification of Sandman and they stopped it before it could continue. Have you ever *seen* Raven's apology? He had the sincerity of a used car salesman. And they didn't stop it at all.
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Post by benstudd on May 5, 2016 3:24:47 GMT -5
For some reason WWE isn't aware that Tolstoy wrote War and Peace alone. On the other hand, EL James wrote Fifty Shades of Grey alone. ...and Russo.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 5, 2016 16:53:19 GMT -5
I do find it interesting that Styles railed against WWE's racy content when ECW did a lot of insane things too. They mocked God with the whole Sandman "crucified" angle, did pregnancy angles before WWE, incessant profane language, violence galore, etc. Thus it was always odd to hear Styles present ECW as some sort of serious wrestling traditionalists. Yeah, that's a big reason why I never really found that promo to be the beacon of awesomeness that some people did Maybe I need to rewatch the promo but I didn't get this from it at all. I thought the point was Vince making himself the centre of attention on TV and being debase, it was nothing to do with ECW being righteous.
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