What Would Kevin Do?
07-07-2006, 09:42 AM
Yes, Vince is PROBABLY going to run it into the shitter, but lets review ECW's first 4 weeks.
Week 1... Sucked.
Week 2.. Better. Good main event with Angle/RVD Vs Orton/Edge
Week 3. Probably the best show so far, with Sabu Vs Roadkill and a great main event between Angle and RVD.
Week 4... Not as good. Squashes of ECW guys galore.. BUT like it or not, Big Show Vs RVD was a good match, and it played out well.
Is Vince shitting on ECW?
No.
Sandman, while he's only being used right now beating comedy characters, is getting constant air time. Justic Credible got jobbed out to Angle, but it was to make Angle look badass.. JC was suppose to be a big player though in ECW... We'll see if that happens without Heyman.
Mike Knox. People seem to be forgetting that it was Paul Heyman who was big on the guy, and it's Heyman's reason he's there... Vince likes big men, but Heyman liked KNox. Let's give the guy a chance.
Fertig... I'm digging in. We'll see how it plays out.
Test.... I'm iffy on him. I wasn't happy he destroyed Snow, but Snow doesn't wrestle much anymore anyway, and is apparently happy being a trainer. While the ECW fans may not like it, it was logical booking to introduce Test.
Angle needs time off, that's not Vince's fault.... RVD and Sabu fucked up, that's not Vince's fault. Big Show is champ. Honestly, who else was going to get the belt? There isn't anyone on the roster yet established enough to do it.
But they're working on that. They're trying to establish Knox and Test, they're bringing in CM Punk. Fertig should start wrestlign soon. Rome wasn't built in a day, and the "new" ECW will not be built in 4 hours. It's going to take time to establish new guys, get angles going, build a roster, etc. If you look at things objectivly, they are pretty much starting from scratch, and the first 4 shows were built off of very little. People complained about the WWE infusion, but the fact is, the roster at the time only had 10 people. For the most part, the shows haven't been unenjoyable. Each show has had something I've enjoyed. Plus, we've gotten some damn good matches out of it so far. Mind you, these are matches that were given 15 minutes at least. How often on Raw or Smackdown do you ahve a GOOD 15 minute match?
Vince isn't going to purposely ruin ECW. If he can make money off of it, he'll try his damndest to.
Don't get me wrong. If ECW starts having 5 minute main events, 20 minute promos, no wrestling, and it's downright shitty, I'll say "Hey, this fuckign sucks." If the Diva search ends up on ECW, I'll stop watching. So far though, they haven't done anything that bad. THe worst thing so far is the Kelly thing. I can't imagine that will happen every week. Give them some more time. Wait for the roster to grow. Wait for a TV title, and maybe some tag titles. A tv title tourny could be a GREAT oppertunity to get the wrestlers over.
And if nothing else, we have CM Punk being straight edge.
Because after all, he is drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.
Week 1... Sucked.
Week 2.. Better. Good main event with Angle/RVD Vs Orton/Edge
Week 3. Probably the best show so far, with Sabu Vs Roadkill and a great main event between Angle and RVD.
Week 4... Not as good. Squashes of ECW guys galore.. BUT like it or not, Big Show Vs RVD was a good match, and it played out well.
Is Vince shitting on ECW?
No.
Sandman, while he's only being used right now beating comedy characters, is getting constant air time. Justic Credible got jobbed out to Angle, but it was to make Angle look badass.. JC was suppose to be a big player though in ECW... We'll see if that happens without Heyman.
Mike Knox. People seem to be forgetting that it was Paul Heyman who was big on the guy, and it's Heyman's reason he's there... Vince likes big men, but Heyman liked KNox. Let's give the guy a chance.
Fertig... I'm digging in. We'll see how it plays out.
Test.... I'm iffy on him. I wasn't happy he destroyed Snow, but Snow doesn't wrestle much anymore anyway, and is apparently happy being a trainer. While the ECW fans may not like it, it was logical booking to introduce Test.
Angle needs time off, that's not Vince's fault.... RVD and Sabu fucked up, that's not Vince's fault. Big Show is champ. Honestly, who else was going to get the belt? There isn't anyone on the roster yet established enough to do it.
But they're working on that. They're trying to establish Knox and Test, they're bringing in CM Punk. Fertig should start wrestlign soon. Rome wasn't built in a day, and the "new" ECW will not be built in 4 hours. It's going to take time to establish new guys, get angles going, build a roster, etc. If you look at things objectivly, they are pretty much starting from scratch, and the first 4 shows were built off of very little. People complained about the WWE infusion, but the fact is, the roster at the time only had 10 people. For the most part, the shows haven't been unenjoyable. Each show has had something I've enjoyed. Plus, we've gotten some damn good matches out of it so far. Mind you, these are matches that were given 15 minutes at least. How often on Raw or Smackdown do you ahve a GOOD 15 minute match?
Vince isn't going to purposely ruin ECW. If he can make money off of it, he'll try his damndest to.
Don't get me wrong. If ECW starts having 5 minute main events, 20 minute promos, no wrestling, and it's downright shitty, I'll say "Hey, this fuckign sucks." If the Diva search ends up on ECW, I'll stop watching. So far though, they haven't done anything that bad. THe worst thing so far is the Kelly thing. I can't imagine that will happen every week. Give them some more time. Wait for the roster to grow. Wait for a TV title, and maybe some tag titles. A tv title tourny could be a GREAT oppertunity to get the wrestlers over.
And if nothing else, we have CM Punk being straight edge.
Because after all, he is drug free, alcohol free, and better than you.