TNA ECW

XL · 06-29-2010, 07:21 PM

Not sure where I stand on this.

On one hand I could ask what the results of this survey even mean? People like ECW, yeah we get it. But they liked ECW when it was a little company booked by Paul Heyman.

10 Years Later: The biggest star from TNA (RVD) is already in TNA and holding the World Title. Meanwhile, you also have a number of other ECW "talent" on your payroll (Raven, Stevie, 3D, Rhino(?), etc) that are well past their best day and you've now signed a recently released Tommy Dreamer. WWE has already bled the ECW name dry and bastarized it beyond belief.

So all-in-all TNA are left with a group of past-their-prime guys reliving something they did 10 years ago but probably without the guy that made it all work in the first place. Nice.

On the otherhand, WWECW was diluted down to fit in with the broadcast standards of SyFy/WWE whereas TNA seem to have a lot more leeway with their production (hence the overuse of profanity and blood on every Impact) and might make a decent go of it as a throwback to the original ECW format.

06-29-2010, 07:21 PM	#11
XL Feeling Oof-y Posts: 17,152	Not sure where I stand on this. On one hand I could ask what the results of this survey even mean? People like ECW, yeah we get it. But they liked ECW when it was a little company booked by Paul Heyman. 10 Years Later: The biggest star from TNA (RVD) is already in TNA and holding the World Title. Meanwhile, you also have a number of other ECW "talent" on your payroll (Raven, Stevie, 3D, Rhino(?), etc) that are well past their best day and you've now signed a recently released Tommy Dreamer. WWE has already bled the ECW name dry and bastarized it beyond belief. So all-in-all TNA are left with a group of past-their-prime guys reliving something they did 10 years ago but probably without the guy that made it all work in the first place. Nice. On the otherhand, WWECW was diluted down to fit in with the broadcast standards of SyFy/WWE whereas TNA seem to have a lot more leeway with their production (hence the overuse of profanity and blood on every Impact) and might make a decent go of it as a throwback to the original ECW format.