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I forgot to mention Goldust, he was exceptional at helping to make a lot of the youngsters look good there, particularly Sheamus. Had a really good run there which made up for a couple of dodgy runs late in his career in WWE and TNA.
I can still never work out why they dropped it when it rated higher than Impact and the ratings of Superstars, NXT and Mainevent haven't come close to what it did. It was pulling in consistently good numbers and was producing a lot of good talent for the two main brands. Maybe they should have changed the name to try to get people to forget about linking it to the original ECW but other than that nothing needed to change. It was a smart move using that link to get it established but once it was established it should have been removed.
I also found it strange because Vince clearly wanted it to work, just in his vision. He wouldn't have booked himself on so many episodes of ECW unless he wanted it to succeed, he knew that him being there would pop the rating a bit but still in the end he just dropped it.
Did anyone else actually get the December to Dismember PPV? I actually bought it and watched it live on PPV and that was one weird PPV. It is also strange to think that I was one of just 45k people outside of the US to buy it. Even before the PPV it was odd because only the Extreme Elimination Chamber and the tag team match between the Hardy Boys and MNM had been announced.
The tag team match to start the PPV was good and the other random undercard matches were alright. What first got me annoyed was when Sabu was removed from the match. I had been looking forward to the crazy spots that he would do inside the Chamber and Hardcore Holly is right near the top of my all time most hated wrestlers list so him being the replacement made it even worse. Holly had no place being in the match and right away it was a negative way to start the mainevent. Punk being eliminated first and Lashley winning were dumb decisions and they would have been better going through with Heyman's idea. It was a good concept for a PPV and I wanted it to succeed but the booking decisions definitely killed the PPV and really hurt the brand.
I can still never work out why they dropped it when it rated higher than Impact and the ratings of Superstars, NXT and Mainevent haven't come close to what it did. It was pulling in consistently good numbers and was producing a lot of good talent for the two main brands. Maybe they should have changed the name to try to get people to forget about linking it to the original ECW but other than that nothing needed to change. It was a smart move using that link to get it established but once it was established it should have been removed.
I also found it strange because Vince clearly wanted it to work, just in his vision. He wouldn't have booked himself on so many episodes of ECW unless he wanted it to succeed, he knew that him being there would pop the rating a bit but still in the end he just dropped it.
Did anyone else actually get the December to Dismember PPV? I actually bought it and watched it live on PPV and that was one weird PPV. It is also strange to think that I was one of just 45k people outside of the US to buy it. Even before the PPV it was odd because only the Extreme Elimination Chamber and the tag team match between the Hardy Boys and MNM had been announced.
The tag team match to start the PPV was good and the other random undercard matches were alright. What first got me annoyed was when Sabu was removed from the match. I had been looking forward to the crazy spots that he would do inside the Chamber and Hardcore Holly is right near the top of my all time most hated wrestlers list so him being the replacement made it even worse. Holly had no place being in the match and right away it was a negative way to start the mainevent. Punk being eliminated first and Lashley winning were dumb decisions and they would have been better going through with Heyman's idea. It was a good concept for a PPV and I wanted it to succeed but the booking decisions definitely killed the PPV and really hurt the brand.