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if ECW were still in business today...

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#1 ·
Besides obviously Brock Lesnar, who would be in and why? And i'm not talking WWECW...I'm talking the original, hardcore ECW. Discuss...you can use any wrestlers, not just WWE guys
 
#4 ·
But ECW was about technical wrestling too...Bryan, maybe?
 
#5 ·
With how ECW was bringing in talent from all parts of the world, I can see them working with and companies in Mexico and Japan and having probably the best best talent in the world..

Of course WWE and TNA (well maybe not current TNA) would swipe up their talent.


But of course the company was known for being hardcore so guys like Ambrose, Owens, Bram, Abyss, could be there. Throw in indy wrestlers like Necro Butcher, Candice LeRae (she'd fit right in) and especially some ROH talent like The Briscoes, Young Bucks, I think it could work.
 
#6 ·
i could actually see WWE lending ECW talent, given their relationship in the past.
 
#9 ·
Pretty much most of the east coast indy guys who worked their way up from or are still wrestling in CZW, JAPW and ROH I'd think. They all work the same place as ECW so you think they'd end up wrestling there since it would be the biggest promotion in the area so all the best talent would head over naturally.

I can also imagine a lot of the guys like Jimmy Yang and Shannon Moore would have gone from WCW to there instead of to WWE since they have a bigger chance of standing out there. And then there'd be the guys who leave WWE but still wrestle actively and then I'm sure ECW would have a talent sharing deal with NJPW by now if they were still active so there would probably be all those guys coming over every so often.
 
#11 ·
One reason I ask is I'm thinking of doing a WWE 14 ECW PPV and posting it...What matches would ya'll like to see?
 
#15 ·
ECW by far.

I never really got into ROH as it is too wrestling based for my taste and there are not many characters that stand out.


The only things that really sparked my interest was the SCUM angle and Kevin Steens feud with the ROH Office. I never knew about ROH prior to 2010 and all there older stuff doesn't really interest me besides CM Punk.

ECW had much more entertaining characters and angles.
 
#14 ·
Gimme a dream card guys, of 8-10 matches.. I'll try to post them, once I get a capture card...or a way to do it without one
 
#17 ·
Should i put match requests in be the booker or here?
 
#18 ·
Excluding ECW Originals...

Ric Flair
CM Punk
Shark Boy
Diaz Brothers
Kevin Steen
Jon Moxley
Briscoes
Low Ki
Chyna
Rey Mysterio
Samoa Joe
El Generico
KENTA
Claudio Castagnoli
Prince Nana
American Wolves
Scott Steiner
Eddie Kingston
Brodie Lee
Tomoaki Honma
 
#19 ·
Excluding ECW Originals...

Ric Flair
CM Punk
Shark Boy
Diaz Brothers
Kevin Steen
Jon Moxley
Briscoes
Low Ki
Chyna
Rey Mysterio 1995
Samoa Joe
El Generico
KENTA
Claudio Castagnoli
Prince Nana
American Wolves
Scott Steiner Briefly in 94
Eddie Kingston
Brodie Lee
Tomoaki Honma
Post match requests in the Be the Booker thread. This will truly be a November 2 remember!
 
#21 · (Edited)
i actually wanted to use originals in this too, so no worries. i want this to be one big ECW party!
 
#46 ·
That and in 2000 he was already in developmental at WWE. Everyone thinks Heyman and Lesnar would have been buddies anyway but if Heyman never goes to WWE he never meets Brock.

ECW would have scooped up some talent and some of the guys who got big on the indies like Punk, Joe and Bryan would have gone there and became stars. But ECW would have toned down the hardcore stuff by now since it would be out of fashion, though I do think the whole Hardcore thing would have lasted a few more years going into the mid 2000s.

I think the rise of MMA would have lead to Heyman changing the product to adapt certain elements from it and have more matches that feel like real fights like the Angle vs Joe match in the cage or some of Brock's recent matches. You don't see a lot of those, but in Paul Heyman's ECW they become a lot more common. Also, the build up to Brock vs Rock in 2002 where they hyped it like a boxing match? Again, Heyman implements a lot more of that and has Taz in the back help talent capture that big fight feel.
 
#26 ·
ECW was big enough for their talent to be noticed but their budget was practically a ham sandwich. I can't see Brock staying there or even making an appearance unless it's a one-time for Paul E. However, a random choice came to my head. Matt Classic.

I drink a fifth of Vodka every morning.
 
#27 ·
why would brock be there. when wwe signed lesnar in 2000 he was on a $250k a year developmental deal..imagine ecw affording that

anyway czw and roh basically grew out of the death of ecw as tna/wwa grew out of the death of wcw so anyone that made it big in thoe two ie punk, joe, bryan, rollins, owens, hero, cesaro, styles, zayn, ambrose, younger, mcguinness would have been the new generation of stars in ecw. gabe sapolsky was heymans right hand man in ecw and he took over the booking in roh and signed most of the guys i listed
 
#31 ·
why would brock be there. when wwe signed lesnar in 2000 he was on a $250k a year developmental deal..imagine ecw affording that

anyway czw and roh basically grew out of the death of ecw as tna/wwa grew out of the death of wcw so anyone that made it big in thoe two ie punk, joe, bryan, rollins, owens, hero, cesaro, styles, zayn, ambrose, younger, mcguinness would have been the new generation of stars in ecw. gabe sapolsky was heymans right hand man in ecw and he took over the booking in roh and signed most of the guys i listed
Because of Brock's wrestling style...this is fantasy, anything can happen.
 
#28 ·
  • The Shield vs. The Dudley Brothers (Buh Buh Ray, D-Von and Big Dick) :mark:
  • Seth Rollins vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
  • Tommy Dreamer vs. Kevin Owens
  • Rob Van Dam vs. Finn Balor
  • Sabu vs. Samoa Joe
  • The Eliminators vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan
  • Raven vs. Bray Wyatt
  • Cesaro vs. Taz
 
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