10 Wrestlers Who Hated Working For ECW
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- Kurt Angle hated appearing in ECW in two different decades! These are 10 wrestlers who hated working for #ECW.
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Kulas died in 2002. He doesn't look back on ECW at all. More respectful to talk about him in the past tense.
@@andrewthornton6192 wow
Felt like a lazy entry just like listing Kurt Angle twice like hes two wrestlers
@@CookieByNature listing mass transit seems lazy too tbh just because he didn't actually work for them so much as he was just a stand in
Kulas wasn't even a wrestler. He wasn't trained, he was only 17 at the time of the incident, and as much as what happened to him sucked...what did he expect?
There was so much potential when bringing back ECW. Unfortunately WWE used it as a cash grab.
Being back ECW? Jamaican me crazy!
Well there really was not much potential, after all it was the 2000 so putting it simple, there was no chance ECW would be more then a name
If they just turned ECW into NXT, I think that would've worked
There wasn't much WWE could do. ECW edited tapes, and really most WWE fans had no idea what ECW was. Also, Bruce Pritchard doesn't know how to book violence by not really using violence. Paul Heyman did, but WWE hates Paul Heyman suggesting thing
There was no bringing it back. It is like bringing back something with a sell by date 10 years before. Things had changed too much. It had to change, it couldn't just be ECW again, but no one knew how to do that really. Nor do I think people really wanted to. Vince wanted a third show to throw off some lower talent on at times, Heyman I think was just "Okay sure, I get paid either way".
I think the Lawler angle was fantastic. Only difference I would have made was to put Tommy Dreamer with RVD and Sabu, because the dude can wrestle. That was the whole point, that none of them could wrestle and only knew how to make each other bleed. It was so spot on... except for that one little oversight of not having Dreamer with them. Half the roster had any actual talent, and it was great to see someone point that out.
Hey if there’s one positive thing about the Invasion angle it’s that we got RVD
Until he got buried on the hands of you know who hhh
god i hated rvd still do. he's a dbag
Dude watch invasion era again. So many random dream matches. RVD vs Kurt Angle on fucking smackdown?! The Rock vs RVD on Raw?!!
And booker t
@@rigormortis3532 No he's not. Is it cause he's all about positivity and being hella confident? He's not a shit talker and he doesn't like drama and politics. He actually has some awesome yin yang philosophy that is inspirational. He's known to just be spending time more alone stretching for hours .
I feel like we can all agree that Mass Transit had the worst time in ecw . . . Ouch
@PopuForm sorry, I'm not getting this
all a work!
Dude only had himself to blame
The "change the channel" chant was the best I ever heard. The match was horrible.
It's kind of ironic how Angle was opposed to working for a company with a crucifixion angle. Ministry of Darkness Taker and Stone Cold did the same thing though.
Great point!
The Raven one was made more akin to Jesus' crucifixion, which is blasphemous. I'm guessing that's what the problem was
@@azrael_ao1 Vince literally spit out holy water while claiming to be superior to God.
You literally can’t get more blasphemous than that.
As in, by both theological and dictionary definition, you can’t get more blasphemous than dishonoring the baptism while claiming superiority to the lord.
He also was fine with scenes where he talked about performing acts of bestiality.
He also wound up working with Heyman anyhow, so…
Yeah he said that and then in the mid 2000s Kurt faced Orton
Mass Transit was the kids own fault. I'm not happy that he got hurt as bad as he did but he couldn't really expect not to get hurt at ECW with zero training.
Rarely is it appropriate to blame something on the minor when adults are involved in something so fucked up.
But it’s absolutely his fault. He lied to every person, at every level and at every stage.
Then he went and asked the most unstable and shoot violent person in wrestling history to blade him.
Someone who is so dedicated to shoot violence that he’s openly admitted to trying to kill other wrestlers in the ring.
Him and his father forced their way into the situation and then had the nerve to sue.
All of that said, there’s multiple cases of minors getting into the ring and the promoters NEED to do their due diligence vetting the local performers they use.
It’s a simple matter of checking their ID before anything happens.
Something made even easier when states have digital IDs that can be scanned to verifying authenticity.
But yeah, the kid is definitely carrying 90% of the blame here. He demanded he get put into this position, worked to make it even worse, was hurt because of it and then his family sued.
Gotta love Murican litigious culture!
Key word is kid. The blame is on the father
What’s even crazier is his dad was in the front row watching he knew he lied about his age to compete with no training & then his dad wants to get mad after like he wouldn’t have said shit if it didn’t happen tho he woulda let his son lie & not have a problem with it
His dad had every opportunity to tell people that he was a minor too. It was something that didn’t have to happen but it did.
If his father was any kind of father, he wouldn't have allowed him anywhere near the ring.
4:18 Mass Transit died in 2002 from complications with a gastric bypass surgery.
I mostly use WWE Network for ECW..I was born in 95 so I didn't get to witness it. But holy shit ECW was dope. Love the technical wrestling mixed with the violence. The atmosphere too. It's like a punk rock show.
I feel you there I was born a year below you and I have the same feeling.
What are you recording this on dude. The sound, sounds like it was recorded in the early 90s
Real Player....
Man brought out his $10 logitech headset for this one.
@@HonkeyKongLive Plantronics. Even a $10 Logitech headset sounds better than that....
An Xbox Kinect inside a Pringles can
Nicholas used Windows Screen Recorder
to be fair Taz also got hurt which was also a factor to being on commentary
Jeff Hardy had actually wrestled a match as Jeff Harvey when working as enhancement talent.
Did not know this. Do you know when about this was?
@@TheSBleeder around ‘96 I’m pretty sure
😂😂
Lol had no idea
That Kurt Angle thumbnail is pretty terrifying honestly
Don’t judge his o-face!
kurt was a beast in TNA
The main reason why Angle got released in 2006 was because WWE wanted him to take time off and go to rehab(which WWE was willing to pay for).
Angle wanted to rehab on the road,ultimately it culminated in both sides agreeing to Angle's release.
If you get a chance to I highly recommend watching Kurt's podcast as he has talked about just how bad off he was, it is a great insight to just what was really happening to Kurt at that time.
That FTW belt is something I’ll take seriously for now on... that’s a classic belt
Now u take it seriously must be a young fan
@@coroleonegambino2682 or just didn’t watch ecw
@@coroleonegambino2682 yezzir
Figured...but it's cool least u know
None of this is serious lol. Best show that takes advantage of people of a lower level.
I lost track of the Adams at this point
Angle literally just won the gold medal 🥇 and then appears on ECW watching the crucifix that’s our Olympic gold medal winner 😂
They may have hated working for ECW, but it's nothing compared to how much I hate the idiots commenting "first".
FIRST!!
FIRST!!
I know right, it's annoying, it's every where on TH-cam now.
What do they want a medal for commenting before watching.
I guess they need something in their life to be first at..
2nd
I would love to see a series on ECW, I don't know much about them
They started life as a NWA brand known as Eastern Championship Wrestling. After Heyman was let go by WCW he was hired by the brand and they started doing more hardcore matches and left NWA shortly after!
@@360entertainment2 Match wise. I noticed not alot of their matches are given much focus surprisingly except for a choice few and I know there are some hidden gems ECW got
I always enjoyed watching The Rise & Fall of ECW. I loved watching ECW when I was a kid. I remember watching WWF, WCW & ECW & I never missed it. I still remember watching Shotgun Saturday Night with my dad & we would watch ECW together. I was at my mom's when Raw & Nitro were on
Now do 10 Wrestlers Who Loved Working For TNA (If there are that many).
More than wwe
Ec3
Imagine if ECW was still around today😳
@Larry Da Man I do. I watch all the main wrestling Promotions: TNA/AEW/WWE
& right now I’m loving all of them. But AEW is doing awesome right now
@Gobbledy Gooker AEW is no where near the level of WWE but they are doing pretty solid right now. But at the end of the day I love all of them. AEW/TNA/WWE
@Larry Da Man TNA airs on AXS TV
Dean Ambrose would still be in WWE probably
@@Wrestling316 I respect you sir. If only there were more people like us who enjoy every wrestling promotion instead bitching and crying like all these smarks in the wrestling community.
The mass transit incident has a dark side of the ring episode
Which season
Jerry Lawler is 💯% correct! _"Extreme"_ professional wrestling existed long before most people involved in ECW were born; and all ECW accomplished was to shorten & kill wrestlers' careers, because most of the idiots involved in it didn't know what the hell the were doing. They took unnecessary risks and injured each other unnecessarily. By contrast, even in the extreme wrestling in the 70's and early 80's wrestlers took care of each other, because they knew that it meant they could keep making money together. Yes, there was blood, but wrestlers from that era didn't get injured nearly as much as they did in ECW (and present day WWE); and they didn't suffer from CTE related injuries, either.
ECW was shite! Nothing but crash TV garbage for wrestlers who didn't know how to get themselves over elsewhere. Those who did learn how to get themselves over, did so more outside of the ECW.
@Washing Machine
I'll bet you're even too stupid to understand why I won't see or respond to any further replies from you. 🤣
I'm pretty sure Mass Transit doesn't think about his time in ECW at all figuring that, you know, he's dead and all...
Wc should have a Vlog called ECW vs ......"ECW"
Did you put the microphone behind a drywall?
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😂😂
Bruh how many Adams does this page have? Lol
It's almost like a requirement to work for this channel is being named Adam and being British.
They have all of them.
I am totally in favor of them changing their name to AdamCulture Wrestling
You must be new here cause there used to be more😂
Y e S
Mass Transit is why I don't like taking the bus...
Can we just think about a world where Paul heyman was as good at business as he was at booking
Old is gold wrestling
So Lawler thinks ecw ripped off his style in Memphis, ok then all the high flyers aren't evolving theyre just ripping off the high flying Lucha Style wrestlers -_- it's called evolution Jerry
I LOVED Kurt Angel's "Wrestling Machine" gimick, was one of the only good things that ECW revival did.
Jungle Jim Steele. Came in, took 17 chokeslams from 911 (at the "Barbed Wire, Hoodies and Chokeslams" event in early 1995) and was never seen again.
Kulas died! C'mon man, do some basic research!!
For reals man. Come on what culture, Jamaican me crazy!
I Love Mike Adamly. He was quirky, he was energetic, he was funny. And sadly despite him not knowing thr bussiness so well, he gave it his all. I respect that. The fans are garbage sometimes.
**Raven crucifies someone**
Angle: THIS IS DIGUSTING! I'LL SUE YOU!
**Undertaker crucifies someone**
Angle: This is fine.
Scripted
Was Angle even working there at the time?
@@GJBattles Yes,he was in developmental at the time
@@yourBrainOnDrugs If you're talking about the Raven angle,Heyman was totally caught off guard by it.
I love when he says "short run" and it cuts to Taz.
I don't that's disrespectful to Taz
@@traigongames not disrespectful, just an insipid commentary 😅
I'm pretty sure you could list every ECW original who appeared on the rebirth.
Honestly Out of All Wrestling Promotions Past and Present My Least Favorites Are ECW ROH NJPW and WWE
So your a fan of shit WCW
@@kieransebalu8734 WCW went to complete Shit in 2000 & 2001.everyone watching WCW at the point started switching to watch the WWF as it was way more cooler than them at that point
Where's the hate for CZW? They're right there with old ECW.
@Blade Runner Honestly I like next but I prefer Aew and NJPW
Loved Mike Adamle on AG, but when it came to wrestling, he had no business being there.
Countless wrestlers: ECW is the best, most fun company to work for. Definitely the happiest I was in wrestling was when I was in ECW.
True, but there is always going to be some who hated it
Also countless wrestlers: didn't get paid or was owed tons of money from ecw such as ALL their top stars and mid carders. Idc how fun it is if you're not getting paid it's crap.
@@bhumibolrushing7830 dude, that was at the very end of ecw. And many of the wrestlers paid out of their own pocket to keep ecw alive because they loved it so much.
@@pizzahighfive2612 good point I'm not arguing with you there...all people have different priorities in their life.
i would of had anyone who was working during the fall of the original ECW as many of the talent were frustrated and angry at Paul Hayman owed his talent money , that result with many talent leaving when the realized they weren't going to get paid.
Did he say 1987 when Cornette appeared on ECW
@Dave The Rave they make many mistakes
Whoever wrote probably forgot Mass Transit actually passed away... so he doesn't 'state' anything anymore. Come on guys.
This. I'm a pretty casual wrestling fan and I even knew that.
Nothing to do with that match though
They don’t care it’s actually crazy to see how much they don’t dare to do research
Honestly Big Show was right about the ECW fans not wanting him or Batista to be in ECW because they weren't originals and Big Show clearly was getting at something about Vince's booking
Seen the video and highly doubt there was 1000 people at the mass transit show lol
I don't think Jim Cornette and Jerry Lawler count as "working for ECW". Neither was under contract, Cornette didn't even want to get paid (although Heyman ended up paying him anyway and going back on his word in regards to apologizing to Dennis).
As a kid I lowkey liked the big shows ecw title reign. Chris Benoit looked at it as a demotion as well before the tragedy
This video sounds like a zoom call
Didn’t the mass transit guy die about 20 years ago why didn’t you mention this
ankle was ok with the wwe doing the same angle with stephanie McMahon n undertaker story line tho
i don't think he personally had a problem with it i think it was more so him looking out for image as an olympian
What Cornette says about ECW is kinda right. Just like with most hardcore promotion you take away all the shock value and it's worth nothing
Despite being the ECW World Champion, the fans don’t care about Big Show’s title reign anymore.
Funny how infamous the year 2006 is
You guys talked about Mass Transit as if it was current. He died years ago.
If Ambrose was with WWE and they had ECW still, he would be the top guy no doubt
Ambrose sucks. Fake crazy guy
Jim Cornette still can't get over ECW being way more successful than Smokey Mountain Wrestling.
Seriously, most of these guys seem like the people to love it other then kick Foley?
I liked the wwe ecw it was like the pre nxt where it brought in new talent
I don't understand why ECW didn't do more research on Mass Transits wrestling training.
Sandman spilled beer on me at an MLW taping years ago at the tampa armory!
This proves again that Vince ruins everything that is beter than wwe
Jerry didn't really work for ECW though. Neither did Mass Transit.
Neither did Cornette and Kurt the first time
I liked WWE when I was a kid... but I loved TNA, and I loved watching all the ECW hardcore heaven dvds, because they went for the extreme angles. I cannot understand why someone would enjoy watching 2 dudes do nothing other than bounce off ropes and clothesline each other for 5 minutes.
mass transit died in 03 he cant not like ecw now
They really shouldn't have used the letters ECW if it wasnt going to be like the real ECW. They should've called it something else honestly. They killed that brand off within their first 2 shows on television.
Started with interest, ended after the realisation the audio was recorded on a usb mic in a tupaware box.....
Did Wales get submerged by rising sea levels? Or are you using the first ever recording equipment ever invented?
Mass transit is dead now
I like how all of the TH-camrs are good speakers
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Not all
@@tonycordero6105 🤔
Kurt was loved in ECW in the mid 2000s when he wrecked Orton
Taz became a commentator due to health issues causing him not to be able to wrestle anymore
3:54 That look in Mustafa's eyes...
The rebirth being on the Sci-Fi channel didn't win the brand any points in my book either. It didn't really fit the channel very well. At least, the thought of what it was supposed to be didn't. They started adding in vampires, zombies, and other dumb crap probably to go with the channel identity a bit more. I remember being so disappointed in what I watched.
Top 10 most intense wrestlers?
BUT....BUT..... THE BIG SHOW, DAVARI, BATISTA, LASHLEY AND THE GREAT KHALI WERE ALL "ecw originals...."
*sarcasm
Is Adam talking behind glass? Sounds muffled.
Jerry Lawler did hardcore matches?? I’ve got so much to learn
sure, lawler did hardcore matches in memphis before it was "cool"
They went after Adamle and not Michael Cole?
At least the one in 2006 was way better than the on in 2008. 2008 was just wwe 305🤣🤣
Could we get a top ten ECW matches or top ten ECW PPVS
cornette is the type of person I want to end up like Dino Bravo or Bruiser Brody
I wouldn't call Mass Transit a wrestler
Perc Angle in ECW was badass
Mike Awesome
I think you guys missed Kurt Angle. Just sayin'....
Kulas was never trained
And also he lied about being a wrestler
Jim Cornett knows the wrestling world better than Vince McMahon
I never knew about some of these.
Didn't know Heyman was a wrestler
04:27 end of discussion
3:54 Still wonder how they didn't do a thorough check to see if he really was of age, because lying and getting into it like no one's business, was something else...this wouldn't have happened. 4:37 Exaaactly, why go against him too? Like did he think when he did it 🙃
Man look at the young Joey Styles 😍
Merica
I don't care that you mentioned Angle twice. This is still a list of 9.
SIVI AFI WAS THE GREATEST ALONG W SD JONES
whats ACW?????
Wow what a list.. one of your "wrestlers" is a commentator who was working for NOT ECW. You literally quoted said commentator that they called it the Rebirth because it was NOT ECW.
Edit: OMG AND ANGLE IS ON HERE TWICE ARE U FOR REAL BRO!? Damn WhatCulture has really gone to shit