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Post by mikey1974 on Jun 7, 2014 19:37:12 GMT -5
watching a lot of ECW on the Network got me to thinking - who was THE best ECW Champion of all time?! I don't mean WWECW. I mean the original Extreme Championship Wrestling run by Paul Heyman from 1994 - 2001. there were some great Champions,and some flash in the pan,useless ones. no specific reason needs to be given - you liked the guy's matches,his character,his promos,the way he bleeds,whatever.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jun 7, 2014 19:50:45 GMT -5
It was easily Shane Douglas. Guys like Taz, Sabu, and Raven had great moments in their ECW careers but most of them came while they were title less or TV Champions. Shane was truly The Franchise of the company.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jun 7, 2014 19:59:07 GMT -5
Raven was amazing to me growing up. I also liked Mike Awesome, Shane Douglas and Justin Credible.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Jun 7, 2014 20:00:23 GMT -5
Easy, Mr McMahon.
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Post by marino13 on Jun 7, 2014 20:31:45 GMT -5
Shane Douglas is my favorite ECW champion. That being said, I voted Taz. When I think of ECW Taz is the first one I think of.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 22:42:00 GMT -5
Please. Ezekiel Jackson was a much better champion |
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Jun 7, 2014 22:52:30 GMT -5
Between Shane and Raven, but I'm going to go with Raven.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jun 7, 2014 23:29:23 GMT -5
Shane Douglas wins this hands down!!
He didn't need no dog and pony show to be a great champion, a guy by the name of Raven needed that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 23:54:49 GMT -5
It was a toss up for me between Raven and Mike Awesome.
But dad is a drunk so now I worship Raven.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 23:56:19 GMT -5
Good question mikey, it's of course all relative, but ECW was truly an amazing promotion that I gravitated to as soon as I saw it.
I chose Taz because he delivered (to me) truly main event level matches that had a sort of epic feel to them that I just loved; be it against Shane Douglas, Bubba Ray Dudley and of course Sabu...
In my mind's eye, the champion I felt best about for purely selfish reasons was The Funker himself, Terry Funk - still watching Barely Legal and what he went through in the Three Way Dance then with Raven straight after was magical. For everything he did for ECW he was awarded the Lifetime ECW heavyweight championship in '97 which was again a very class thing to do for him - can't say enough great things about Terry Funk.
So far in your poll it's only Shane Douglas and Raven besides Taz having votes and for the stalwarts of us here in the Classics board, I'd say that's a reflection on what those guys did with the title during their time holding it; Douglas was the epitome of the singles star and thrived as a boisterous heel champion whereas Raven fooled every so-called smart mark in Philly with one of the greatest gimmicks ever, and was an out-there thinking man's heel champion - polar opposites of each other and massively different to Taz as well; it just made ECW so unique and energetic, and I miss it terribly at times...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 0:01:48 GMT -5
The Franchise, hands down. Great matches, great angles. Never cared for Raven's "do as little in the ring as possible" approach.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Jun 8, 2014 0:03:43 GMT -5
Please. Ezekiel Jackson was a much better champion No one was better than Mr McMahon. |
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Post by The Yes Man on Jun 8, 2014 0:27:38 GMT -5
Raven and Taz.
WWECW, I'd say Christian.
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Post by Falconsinclair on Jun 8, 2014 1:56:42 GMT -5
Shane Douglas was the Franchise for a reason. His gimmick was so great that even the great and powerful Triple H stole parts of it.
To me Shane Douglas tossing down the NWA World Championship was a HUGE moment and it instantly made him the biggest heel in the company.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 5:10:36 GMT -5
Shane Douglas for me. The reasons are well covered above.......Taz is a close second though.
I should also delete any posts about WWECW....I really should.
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Post by LD8506 on Jun 8, 2014 7:42:00 GMT -5
I would have to say taz. The human suplex machine kicked everyone ass.
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Post by jakksking1 on Jun 8, 2014 8:28:15 GMT -5
Went with Mike Awesome. One of the best big men talents I've ever seen.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jun 8, 2014 11:13:27 GMT -5
What about guys like Jimmy Snuka, Johnny Hotbody, Don Muraco, and Tito Santana??
They all were technically former ECW Champions too!
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Post by mikey1974 on Jun 8, 2014 11:15:25 GMT -5
I voted Raven. he was at his height in ECW when I started to finally get it here, around fall of 1995. and his heel character worked so well with everyone, that once he became Champion,he had great programs with almost all the top talent in the company. he truly had that great heel persona of being able to get everyone to hate him,and make him want to lose the title. vs Dreamer? brings Beulah in, and makes it a personal feud from the past. vs Sandman? involves Sandman's ex-wife and son, who famously declared "Daddy.you're a drunk. I worship Raven now!" leaving Sandman in tears. vs Dr. Death? gives him his first singles loss in the US in years, magnifying his heat. vs Funk? takes advantage of a bloodied and weakened beloved Legend. hell,he even turned Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie face by constantly berating and beating them!
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Post by mikey1974 on Jun 8, 2014 11:16:30 GMT -5
What about guys like Jimmy Snuka, Johnny Hotbody, Don Muraco, and Tito Santana?? They all were technically former ECW Champions too! I started the poll for when it became it's own entity as EXTREME Championship Wrestling. |
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