alexxx
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Post by alexxx on Mar 28, 2019 12:48:57 GMT -5
Does anyone know?
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The Golden Gimmick
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...but brother, I am bad. And they know I’m bad.
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Post by The Golden Gimmick on Mar 28, 2019 13:05:14 GMT -5
Not sure about ECW, but Vince reportedly paid $2.2M + legal costs for star contracts and the entire WCW tape library.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Mar 28, 2019 13:31:59 GMT -5
99 cents for ECW in the bargin bin at Wal-Mart. Actually I think it was something like 200 grand just to use the name ECW when all that was going down. Then they just canned ECW when courts and whatnot thought they were going to keep it going.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 28, 2019 15:40:05 GMT -5
It did take the WWE a bit longer to get ECW's video library though. They got the letters E C W that summer for the Invasion angle, but I don't think it was until 2003 when they got the ECW video library. Thus why in 2004 we got to see so much ECW footage finally make it out on DVD. Like on the Benoit DVD, Foley DVD, the Rise & Fall of ECW DVD.
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Post by MKSavage on Mar 28, 2019 16:10:52 GMT -5
According to wikipedia:
As a result, AOL Time Warner sold the trademark for WCW's name and logo to the WWF for $2.5 million, in 2001. Shortly after the purchase, Vince McMahon purchased the entire WCW videotape library for an additional $1.7 million, bringing the final tally of World Championship Wrestling's sale to $4.2 million.
Not sure about ECW. I thought that Vince invested in it in the late 90s which is why sometimes ECW appeared on WWF RAW.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Mar 28, 2019 16:15:14 GMT -5
Vince paid off the ECW assets which was in the neighborhood of 1.5 mill. During the Invasion angle, Paul Heyman gave the OK to WWF to use the ECW letters but he wasn't legally allowed to do so because he didn't own anything. Which is why they used The Alliance name.
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Thunder Chunky
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Mar 28, 2019 16:59:37 GMT -5
He didn't buy WCW. He bought their assets. WCW's parent company is still running for legal reasons.
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