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Post by gravedigger3 on Jul 30, 2015 21:09:54 GMT -5
So i'm watching the Paul Heyman documentary and Paul Heyman said that the Shane Mcmahon buying WCW storyline almost happened in real life a year earlier because Shane almost bought ECW. Judging off of Shanes wrestling style you can tell he liked Hardcore wrestling. How do you guys think he would have done had he actually bought it?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 21:30:10 GMT -5
If Shane controlled ECW it'd be much better financially and a whole lot worse quality wise (and that's saying a lot considering how ECW was at the time)
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 30, 2015 21:40:01 GMT -5
Shane was a mark for ECW. From the stories I heard, he would stay up late and watch it. He loved it.
I think if Shane bought it, it would have remained the same. Shane wouldn't have changed a thing. He wanted the new ECW in 2006 to be like the original, but Stephanie said "no" and for some reason Stephanie always had more power than Shane when it came to Vince.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 31, 2015 4:22:42 GMT -5
Shane was a mark for ECW. From the stories I heard, he would stay up late and watch it. He loved it. I think if Shane bought it, it would have remained the same. Shane wouldn't have changed a thing. He wanted the new ECW in 2006 to be like the original, but Stephanie said "no" and for some reason Stephanie always had more power than Shane when it came to Vince. That's a damn shame. Think of all the great talent that would have surely come out of ECW. Heyman said it would have probably been what ROH has been since its inception. The hardcore style would have phased out, but the legacy would have lived on. Imagine ECW Punk, Danielson, Samoa Joe... It would have definitely been more popular than ROH just on name basis alone. Shane liked realistic MMA style wrestling as well. He had a unique view on wrestling being with the times, and I like the fact he was a visionary. Would his Hardcore/MMA take have worked? Maybe not, but it could have been interesting. Steph is just Vince 2.0 as far as I'm concerned. Nothing ever changes, those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Thank God Triple H gets it, otherwise if it were just Stephanie I'd be willing to bet the WWE would be in a much worse shape. |
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Post by robbutler01 on Jul 31, 2015 11:56:10 GMT -5
Mixed thoughts on it really. It could have been good if everything had gone right but most likely it would have ended up the way it did.
May have bought the group a bit of time but ultimately someone (Vince/Steph) would have ruined it I reckon which is a shame.
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Post by greenjack1992 on Jul 31, 2015 13:18:55 GMT -5
Shane was a mark for ECW. From the stories I heard, he would stay up late and watch it. He loved it. I think if Shane bought it, it would have remained the same. Shane wouldn't have changed a thing. He wanted the new ECW in 2006 to be like the original, but Stephanie said "no" and for some reason Stephanie always had more power than Shane when it came to Vince. That's a damn shame. Think of all the great talent that would have surely come out of ECW. Heyman said it would have probably been what ROH has been since its inception. The hardcore style would have phased out, but the legacy would have lived on. Imagine ECW Punk, Danielson, Samoa Joe... It would have definitely been more popular than ROH just on name basis alone. Shane liked realistic MMA style wrestling as well. He had a unique view on wrestling being with the times, and I like the fact he was a visionary. Would his Hardcore/MMA take have worked? Maybe not, but it could have been interesting. Steph is just Vince 2.0 as far as I'm concerned. Nothing ever changes, those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Thank God Triple H gets it, otherwise if it were just Stephanie I'd be willing to bet the WWE would be in a much worse shape. In the editorial they did on wwe.com's ECW page, where a bunch of the guys discuss what the plans were for ECW long term, assuming it didn't close when it did, and Heyman said they were going to go for a more MMA-type feel. Shane would have been a great fit if what you're saying here is accurate. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 15:47:06 GMT -5
It would probably be a completely different company right now of Shane had control instead of H and Steph.
Interested to see what he would've done with ECW.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 17:09:42 GMT -5
Imagine if Shane bought ECW and it was its own entity?
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Post by Yambag Jones on Aug 1, 2015 9:59:42 GMT -5
I think it would have been a blast to see. But then again I'm down with Shane McMahon anything...lol
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Post by cordless2016 on Aug 2, 2015 11:42:58 GMT -5
Shane was a mark for ECW. From the stories I heard, he would stay up late and watch it. He loved it. I think if Shane bought it, it would have remained the same. Shane wouldn't have changed a thing. He wanted the new ECW in 2006 to be like the original, but Stephanie said "no" and for some reason Stephanie always had more power than Shane when it came to Vince. I've read that while Shane had a better creative mind and was much more liked by the talent, Steph had a much better mind for the business side of things. That and that the fact it was her and HHH against Shane and I can see why Shane would want to get out of the company. Its been said that Shane always wanted to get out from Vince's shadow and I can see him buying ECW as a way to try and do this. I would have loved to have seen what Shane could have done if he was a major voice in creative. We know Steph has been terrible but from what I've heard Shane was well respected by by everyone. |
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Post by sitruC on Aug 2, 2015 14:58:15 GMT -5
It would've been amazing at first but then fizzled out once Vince realised hoe big it was and bought it.
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Post by K5 on Aug 2, 2015 21:55:32 GMT -5
heyman reportedly was interested in signing frank shamrock around 99/2000 and 'basing the entire promotion around him'. of course, this was probably one of heyman's hair brain ideas that was never meant to reach fruition.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 9:19:50 GMT -5
Shane was a mark for ECW. From the stories I heard, he would stay up late and watch it. He loved it. I think if Shane bought it, it would have remained the same. Shane wouldn't have changed a thing. He wanted the new ECW in 2006 to be like the original, but Stephanie said "no" and for some reason Stephanie always had more power than Shane when it came to Vince. I've read that while Shane had a better creative mind and was much more liked by the talent, Steph had a much better mind for the business side of things. That and that the fact it was her and HHH against Shane and I can see why Shane would want to get out of the company. Its been said that Shane always wanted to get out from Vince's shadow and I can see him buying ECW as a way to try and do this. I would have loved to have seen what Shane could have done if he was a major voice in creative. We know Steph has been terrible but from what I've heard Shane was well respected by by everyone. Shane worked summers with the ring crew all throughout his teens on the road.......Steph walks in and is put on creative then is made VP to the detriment of the entire brand for the rest of time. I don't wonder Shane got pissed and effed off. there was years of rivalry between the two that got out of hand more than once according to backstage sources. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 11:11:59 GMT -5
Shane would've done good things with ECW, no doubt about that. Same with WWE, but for some reason, Stephanie's always been more in with Vince than him.
I actually admire Shane more for leaving WWE and having success elsewhere.
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Post by Himmy! on Aug 4, 2015 13:34:55 GMT -5
I think Shane would have been great for ECW. I read that he's doing really well, I would have been interested to see what he did with his fathers company though. Thank God HHH is involved and it's not all down to Steph.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 17:51:43 GMT -5
I think Shane would have been great for ECW. I read that he's doing really well, I would have been interested to see what he did with his fathers company though. Thank God HHH is involved and it's not all down to Steph. Steph doesn't have a clue. |
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Post by JC Motors on Aug 8, 2015 20:40:15 GMT -5
It would have been cool if they did a storyline similar to the Who owns WCW angle
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 22:39:00 GMT -5
He definitely would have done better with ECW then Stephine has done with the WWE.
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