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ECW was great for what it was. In some weird way, WWE has managed to make it seem more important that in actually was. It was the RoH of it's time - an over glorified indie with a small niche market that struck and strong and powerful cord with it's audience, but ultimately was doomed because you can't build a company on a small demographic, no matter how rabid they are.
For what it's worth, in 96 & 97 I could barely stomach WCW (no, I was not a fan of the nWo...) , I watched WWF solely for Shawn Michaels, but I was hooked on every last second of ECW I could get my hands on. There is a large part of me that genuinely misses the product. I'm sad it's not around today, I would have liked to see where it could have made it to. Having said that, I don't believe it was the holy land where there could be no wrong doing (they made a LOT of mistakes themselves) nor do think it would have reached the level of a true global promotion. I think a lot of the hype and mystic surrounding the company is based largely on the fact that so few people were actually fans when it was around, and now it's like a legend passed down from the warriors who lived it and accentuated with the rose tint of nostalgic review.
TOVO Fact: Tovo buys a new toothbrush at least 3 times a year.
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