I am surprised that there really needs to be talk about the future of ECW in doubt. Was there ever any hope that it would last? You could argue that Heyman could be the silver lining in the dark cloud that was ECW, but then it dawned on you that Vince was running the show, and that always meant trouble.
How could he have been irate about one seemingly identical to the last tv show? Surely he would have seen the signs in the debacle that was December to Dismember? There was never any logic in bringing back ECW, and really you could see it was poor (understatement there) straight away, so I don't know why he hasn't pulled the plug already. He did it to get money and viewers, and while we crave for things that do such that, he failed in that attempt because yet again, he had no idea what we wanted to see. Forget the whole WWE concepts and let it go back to at least resembling a little of what the old product was like. I don't blame them for not having too many Extreme rules matches, but the wrestling that made it popular has been revolting in a lame excuse for an attempt to emulate the 90's ECW into this watered down piece of crap that reeks of WWE that is the 'new' ECW.
One of the saddest things about this is that the young viewers now think that this is what ECW was like and that could bring the most diehard fan to tears. It has tarnished a name that people had all right to expect a lot more from in any revival, but McMahon could not even be bothered with the show enough to make it at least interesting for the people who wanted to see ECW back. I feel terrible for Paul Heyman, because even after he stopped being involved with the WWE which he had all the rights to do, the WWE are adding salt into the gaping wound of his career by keeping him employed there, just so that he couldn't make his knowledge useful elsewhere.
At least they could have made it somewhere that the ECW originals could show what they could do, but they are being put behind greenies like Thorn and Juicers like Test. They have ruined RVD's career and it is just like giving them directions to TNA or any other company where their god-given talents could be put to their deserved use. They don't deserve to be shoved into something that makes them look terrible in the ring, and reduces the talent that they can show off that was what made them huge.
ECW has been nothing but bad for the careers of the wrestlers it has crapped down the toilet, and terrible for the stability of this declining product.
Thank God McMahon has actually woken up to himself and I pray that he lets it die. That would be one for the fans, but it could never make up for the fact that they brought it back in the first place. The never should have dessicrated the name of ECW, but would it really make a difference if they called it something else? ECW: We are all over it, and so is McMahon.
McMahons stupidity shone through again when he claimed that the wrestlers he had couldn't work. Maybe if they showed what they could do instead of guys like Punk and RVD jobbing to Test, Lashley, Holly and other worthless wrestlers, they could be able to show their true talents. He has only one person to blame, but Vince is too arrogant to do that so he will claim it is everyone elses fault. You put Test with Lashley in the main event Vince: What the fuck do you expect?
