Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 30, 2007 23:16:59 GMT -5
Hell no. The original ECW was my wrestling promotion during high school when all the other kids were watching RAW and Nitro. I LOVE the original ECW, and the new WWE version SUCKS.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 30, 2007 23:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by oltrelamorte on Jan 30, 2007 23:17:44 GMT -5
No way.
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Post by MGH on Jan 30, 2007 23:17:46 GMT -5
Yes, difference being it had more than enough to make up for it. Sort of like WWE 99-01. True, but I found late 2000 ECW to be pretty bad. Maybe I was just to big of a Raven Vs. Tommy Dreamer mark. Oh yeah, I'm not saying it was always good. It dropped pretty bad. Maybe I'm just so burned out on WWE's shit, but I think I'd take bad original ECW over this WWECW right now.
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on Jan 30, 2007 23:18:50 GMT -5
True, but I found late 2000 ECW to be pretty bad. Maybe I was just to big of a Raven Vs. Tommy Dreamer mark. Oh yeah, I'm not saying it was always good. It dropped pretty bad. Maybe I'm just so burned out on WWE's crap, but I think I'd take bad original ECW over this WWECW right now. So would I, I just wanted to remind some folks that ECW wasn't all perfect like some remember. Just remember "The Network" and the Cyrus/Gertner feud.
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 30, 2007 23:19:59 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I'm not saying it was always good. It dropped pretty bad. Maybe I'm just so burned out on WWE's crap, but I think I'd take bad original ECW over this WWECW right now. So would I, I just wanted to remind some folks that ECW wasn't all perfect like some remember. Just remember "The Network" and the Cyrus/Gertner feud. I kinda liked the whole "Network" angle.
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Post by Dynamic Dee on Jan 30, 2007 23:20:22 GMT -5
Yes, difference being it had more than enough to make up for it. Sort of like WWE 99-01. True, but I found late 2000 ECW to be pretty bad. Maybe I was just to big of a Raven Vs. Tommy Dreamer mark. Agreed ECW got really bad around the time Mike Awesome left for WCW and Justin Credible became the champ. ECW became a total mess after that and it wasn't surprising they went out of business not too long after.
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on Jan 30, 2007 23:20:35 GMT -5
So would I, I just wanted to remind some folks that ECW wasn't all perfect like some remember. Just remember "The Network" and the Cyrus/Gertner feud. I kinda liked the whole "Network" angle. I thought it was toooo WWE like.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Jan 30, 2007 23:24:26 GMT -5
Yeah, I didn't like the Network either. I always thought Don Callis was great on the mic, but it was basically a ripoff of Mr McMahon and the Corporation.
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 30, 2007 23:24:41 GMT -5
I kinda liked the whole "Network" angle. I thought it was toooo WWE like. Yeah, it got a little too "Sports Entertainment" sometimes but it was entertaining considering their situation, plus I thought they had a nice group of wrestlers and I'm a mark for the Jackyl/Cyrus. He always reminded me of Calypso from the Twisted Metal series.
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on Jan 30, 2007 23:26:06 GMT -5
I thought it was toooo WWE like. Yeah, it got a little too "Sports Entertainment" sometimes but it was entertaining considering their situation, plus I thought they had a nice group of wrestlers and I'm a mark for the Jackyl/Cyrus. He always reminded me of Calypso from the Twisted Metal series. That's a good comparrison. Don't get me wrong, I loved Cyrus, especially on commetary, I thought he should've been with Styles, I just wasn't into his Network stuff. But unlike most I did like Credible with the belt.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jan 30, 2007 23:27:36 GMT -5
7 votes? WTF! There is nothing good about ECW! OVW and DSW are better than this crap!
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Post by amplifierWORSHIP! on Jan 30, 2007 23:29:38 GMT -5
7 votes? WTF! There is nothing good about ECW! OVW and DSW are better than this crap! i guess people like Kevin Thorn and Mike Knox? i mean, so do i, but not enough to say the new ECW is better than old. there are some interesting new characters, but it's not as if they're booked well anyway.
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Post by Corporate H on Jan 30, 2007 23:30:05 GMT -5
7 votes? WTF! There is nothing good about ECW! OVW and DSW are better than this crap! There are two things: Punk and Cor Von, if used correctly.
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Post by skskillz on Jan 31, 2007 10:02:58 GMT -5
I haven't seen a single episode of the new ECW nor did I care to watch much of the old ECW (where kayfabe and long-term selling went to die), so there should be an option of both being garbage. Though I guess you'd have to give the nod to the old ECW because at least it was different from anything else in U.S. wrestling at the time (until the Attitude Era).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2007 10:26:04 GMT -5
I voted Yes, just to Smark Bait.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 31, 2007 11:53:59 GMT -5
I thought it was toooo WWE like. Yeah, it got a little too "Sports Entertainment" sometimes but it was entertaining considering their situation, plus I thought they had a nice group of wrestlers and I'm a mark for the Jackyl/Cyrus. He always reminded me of Calypso from the Twisted Metal series. While this stuff is all true, the one thing you could always count on in ECW's latter days, regardless of suckass storylines, were the matches. ECW's wrestling never got WWE-like (and to quote Bryan Danielson "THANK GOD").
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jan 31, 2007 11:56:18 GMT -5
I don't like it better, because once you drop the comparisons to the original ECW(And you may as well, because they're two different companies), it's basically a decent wrestling promotion with crappy booking and good talent.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jan 31, 2007 11:59:43 GMT -5
No, but I think having a different hard camera angle gives the show an interesting look. Seeing the announcers reminds me of Super WrestleMania for the SNES, where Monsoon & Heenan would chatter silently as the match progressed.
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Post by hollywood on Jan 31, 2007 12:10:09 GMT -5
I'm late to this, but a THOUSAND TIMES NO.
The original ECW was innovative and actually treated its fans with respect. New ECW is just another hour of the usual McMahon version of pro wrestling, and they made it clear they didn't want "those fans" from episode one.
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