For being so cutthroat and determined to squash the competition, I can't figure out why he showcased ECW .... especially on Raw. Obviously I wasn't watching at the time, so I don't know the atmosphere, but I'm curious ...
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I think maybe to try and get some edge over WCW when going after ECW talent? Regardless it's always an interesting part of WWE's history to read about.
1. He wanted to use their alternative style and wrestlers eventually in his own promotion
2. He wanted to piss off WCW
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I'm no expert when it comes to bulking up, but I can give you some advice. The biggest problem everybody has is committing to their workout and diet. If you can overcome that and just stick to it, you will be good to go. It also takes a long time to notice results. I know this is frown upon, but I recommend steroids if you want faster results. Speaking from experience, just because you use it, doesn't mean you're going to get jacked without putting in any effort. It is a lot of hard work, but I recommend you do your own research before you take them. And you will need to eat well, or else you are just wasting your time. Whether you want to get bulked the legit way or not, it both requires a ton of effort and most of it is mental.
What help it by making it a shell of its former shelf type help?
I believe he's referring to the pre-buyout ECW circa 1997.
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I'm no expert when it comes to bulking up, but I can give you some advice. The biggest problem everybody has is committing to their workout and diet. If you can overcome that and just stick to it, you will be good to go. It also takes a long time to notice results. I know this is frown upon, but I recommend steroids if you want faster results. Speaking from experience, just because you use it, doesn't mean you're going to get jacked without putting in any effort. It is a lot of hard work, but I recommend you do your own research before you take them. And you will need to eat well, or else you are just wasting your time. Whether you want to get bulked the legit way or not, it both requires a ton of effort and most of it is mental.
IMO, it's for two major reasons:
1. To have a better grasp on the talent than WCW had, allowing them to dip into the ECW without completely purging it -- basically treating ECW like a farm system.
2. It was a "dry run" on the edgier fast paced style to see how the WWE audience would react to it before he shifted the entire fed's direction that way.
I'm guessing for Vince, ECW was where his "developmental territory" ideas initially formed. ECW was on TV, PPV and it had a mixture of experienced, good wrestlers who in their own right had become (or were at least becoming) superstars - as well as young talent learning the ways there.
Vince had already obliterated the territory systems, where the next big thing almost always came from back in the day - and obviously wanted first pick at the newly forming superstars in ECW, therefore he supported them to ensure that was the case. And in some cases he sent guys he already had down there to find a character (Al Snow for example). It's really no different to how he used OVW and uses FCW (except ECW was actually successful to a degree and worth watching on some scale, rather than being a glorified training center).
I think also, Vince actually really enjoyed their product, even if he never admitted such ...
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Why did Vince help ECW?
Why did Vince help ECW?
