Posted by Embassy Row at 167.166.18.135 on August 08, 2002 at 18:54:40:
In Reply to: Word. ECW rocks the goat. posted by MoobyGoldenCalf on August 08, 2002 at 14:11:18:
1.) The chants. "You fucked up, you fucked up" and "E-C-Dub, E-C-Dub" are now firmly implanted in wrestling lexicons everywhere.
2.) The personalities. Sandman coming through the crowd, smoking a cigarette, making sure he's stayed there through the entire length of "Enter Sandman", dumping numerous beers in numerous random mouths along the way...you can't beat that.
3.) The better gimmicks. You know, back when RVD was "The whole fuckin' show" and Rhino (note: not 'Rhyno') was "The big f'n deal". Justin Credible had a great gimmick, and so did Jerry Lynn. Both gimmicks and personalities disappeared in the WWE.
4.) JOEY STYLES. "Oh my God!"
5.) Bill Alfonso. "Right down the middle, daddy!"
6.) Better theme music. "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" by Prong (Credible) and "Walk" by Pantera (Van Dam) are among my favorites.
7.) DECENT TAG TEAMS. RVD/Sabu, Chetti/Nova, Saturn/Kronus, the Dudleys when they were ten times better, Doring/Roadkill, etc.
I could go on, but I won't.