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Breaking The Walls Down - Exactly What Is ECW?4 c& F" o$ `; S5 J0 t
Submitted by Chris Dailey on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 7:32 PM EST
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Hello all and welcome back to another edition of Breaking The Walls Down. I抳e returned from vacation and will be going again in less than two weeks. I hope to have a column out next week, as well. The problem is, it all depends on how much time I have to type, since work, my company, and family requirements take up much of time before disappearing for another week. Anyway, I抦 going to forgo Bits and Pieces this week and delve straight into the column. $ J# f9 ~+ K& ~
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I sit back and find myself asking that very question. Exactly what is ECW? I mean, what is it really? Is it a wrestling promotion? Sure. Is it a hardcore promotion like it used to be? Sometimes. Is it too WWE and not independent enough? Sort of. These questions, and others, continually cross my mind when thinking of ECW. And, I know for a fact that I抦 not the only one. When I go out on Friday night and I sit across the table from my friends, they say the same thing. I sit there, sipping a microbrew of my choice, taking in everything they say. They抮e animated in some regards and accepting of things in others. Here are some excerpts of these conversations:
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3 H& M3 Q2 z3 y) D2 D# W- v揥hat the hell is up with these stupid rules? I thought this was ECW. Why do some matches have a 揌ardcore Rules?stipulation and some don抰? This is ECW!?
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Let抯 take a look at these one by one. The first quote, 揥hat the hell is up with these stupid rules? I thought this was ECW. Why do some matches have a 揌ardcore Rules?stipulation and some don抰? This is ECW!?is as good a place to start as any. First, it has to do with the 搉ew?ECW they kept telling us about. The problem with that is, that ECW still stands for Extreme Championship Wrestling. From a business point, it makes sense not to have your performers bashing in their heads with steel chairs or wrestling on thumbtacks every night because they are expected to perform often. This isn抰 the same ECW (a recurring theme) where it was one show every week or two. This is a WWE owned product that will see the light of day several times during the week and the wrestlers?bodies simply can抰 sustain that kind of punishment day in and day out.
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7 e, Y0 q% E0 V; Q( V6 AThe argument could be made that we, the viewers, don抰 end up seeing 90% of the roster each week on TV. Therefore, logically, these wrestlers can afford to be hardcore because they are not in front of the camera. That couldn抰 be more further from the truth. Simply because a wrestler doesn抰 appear on TV doesn抰 mean that said wrestler isn抰 booked on house shows. If said wrestler is doing three or four matches a week, each one can抰 be a brutal bloodbath. The human body can抰 sustain that kind of damage.
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9 ^) U: p; z+ r$ L6 @; m3 oWhat about, 揧ou know, at first, I thought it would be kind of interesting seeing The Big Show as the ECW Champ. But, all they have him doing is squashing guys.? Well, it抯 hard to find fault in that. Ever since The Big Show appeared in ECW, he抯 done nothing but destroy everyone in his path. Sure, he抯 been knocked off his feet and whatnot, but there was never a point where, as a viewer, I believed he could lose the title. This is something ECW is going to have to work on as it抯 an inherent problem with someone who is obviously much bigger than any of the competition. The Big Show could seriously hurt, if not kill, many of the wrestlers that he faces without even trying. If he抯 not careful, if he抯 not perfect in his execution, someone抯 life could be in jeopardy. . e( y# O' G+ w% b! l/ L* F& f9 d2 [
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The problem with that is, the viewers pick up on it. The reality that professional wrestling is scripted never becomes more apparent (with the possible exception of Rey Mysterio being the World Champ facing bigger competition, in this case the opposite argument is true). Sometimes fans don抰 mind being reminded that they are watching a scripted event and sometimes they do. I fear that with The Big Show, it bothers them a little too much. I like the idea of watching someone who is indestructible carving a path through his opponents, but not when it抯 supposedly the top-of-the-line competition. In that case, the reality that someone is capable of beating him becomes that much distant. Someone could argue that Yokozuna was an example of this and I will say not really. Yokozuna was an example of a World Champion being able to quickly go through his opponents, but it was obvious by looking at him that he wasn抰 a long-distance-type wrestler. I have no doubt The Big Show could go 20 or 30 minutes. But, with Yokozuna, it became more believable the longer a match went, the bigger the chance there was that he could be defeated. This isn抰 the case with The Big Show.
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The final quote is, 揧eah, not only that, but they only ever have The Big Show defending the title against big name WWE stars.? This is a very interesting one and a very (presumably) difficult one for The WWE. On one hand they have a recently resurrected promotion that they want to take global. And, in doing so, they have to find ways to make their current global market connect with the newly resurrected product. Something has to give. And, unfortunately in this case, it抯 the younger talent. The big names are what many believe are drawing fans to watch ECW television shows and attend house shows. But, in the background, ECW is developing its own stars. Slowly but surely we are being introduced to them. - w" y9 [6 W- n4 ^
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One may argue that it抯 not enough. I believe it is. Given time (and apparently they have it with a very happy SCI-FI Channel and a very happy Vince McMahon) and the proper storylines many of the young talent can grow and prosper in ECW. It is my hope that it won抰 be long before we see the newly resurrected ECW TV and Tag Team Championship belts again. Once a hierarchy is put into place, consisting of a champion in a select bracket (i.e. World, TV, Tag Team Champion) and a number of contenders are clear for each title, the company will do well. But, in the mean time, the fact that so many obvious WWE wrestlers fill ECW抯 timeslot, is not a bad thing. . . completely. As long as this isn抰 overdone and as long as the ECW wrestlers are pushed in the proper manner, ECW will continue to grow once again.
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# H" `4 S# ^) S" g6 s, H5 SNow, the problems of Smackdown won抰 get any better until some talent is evened out between the brands. But, right now McMahon is focused on getting ECW up and running and it抯 happening. Slowly but surely it抯 happening. I originally said that ECW would go under, but at the rate that it抯 going, it may just survive the year and then some. I hope WWE proves me wrong with my original prediction. I hope ECW is here to stay. But, if that抯 the case, we all have to make some concessions and understand that ECW isn抰 what it used to be. We will see, from time to time, signs of the old ECW, but for now the importance is getting the product off the ground with healthy stars. After thinking about this, we should simply be glad that McMahon is backing this. Let抯 continue to see how it plays out and support who抯 in the ring, rather than piss and moan about what could be in the ring. & F# w$ M$ b7 B: F1 J, \$ }5 G5 A
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Well, that will do it for this week. I抦 going on vacation in two weeks. I may or may not have a column next week. Anyway, I hope all of you have a safe and happy week and, as always, join me as I try to 揺ducate people on the realness of the fakeness of professional wrestling?©. 5 K7 _' m5 A8 V4 x6 ~7 ~+ F! n
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