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PWINSIDER Q&A: THE ECW TV TITLE, MICHELLE MCCOOL,BOB BACKLUND'S SECOND WWF TITLE REIGN & MORE

Does the E. in Paul E Dangerously stand for anything?

Although he used to say in ECW promos that the "E stands for Extreme", it was likely just a play on the nickname given to him when he was younger by Freddie Blassie and others when he was a photographer, Paulie.

I have a question, what is with Michelle McCool's school teacher shtick? I have never seen how it has anything to do with her character. Her tag team aren't dressed as students! What's up with that?

It's playing off McCool actually being a school teacher. They just decided to give her that as a persona.

I remember watching an old ECW show where there was a match called Ultimate Jeopardy, and the ending of the match was Shane Douglas pinning Terry Funk via the piledriver for the title. Could you help explain the history of this match as I also saw other wrestlers involved in this match as well?

Ultimate Jeopardy was a 1994 Steel Cage match that headlined a Valley Forge, PA ECW event. The match had Wargames rules with the idea that everyone was facing a stipulation if they lost. The result of the match saw Shane Douglas, Mr. Hughes and The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) defeat Road Warrior Hawk, Kevin Sullivan, Tazz and Terry Funk in a WarGames Match. Terry Funk's ECW Heavyweight Title on the Line. Douglas pinned Funk. As a result of stipulations, Douglas won the ECW Title. Had Hawk been pinned, he would have had to give up the Road Warrior gimmick. Had Douglas lost, his head would have been shaved. Public Enemy would have been forced to split up. Tazz & Sullivan would have been forced to split up, etc.

Why didn't Bob Backlund have a longer run with the WWE Title in 1994? I just watched Survivor Series 94 a few nights ago and between his great match with Bret Hart and his awesome promo later in the night, it's obvious some steam was still left in the character. Don't you feel that he should have been able to hold the belt longer than a few days?

Backlund was always planned to be a short-term titleholder, although the decision to go with Diesel at the time was a last minute planned attempt to recreate Hulk Hogan's defeat of the Iron Sheik in 1984, which set WWF on fire nationally. I do think there was steam left in the character, but Backlund hadn't drawn on the house shows prior to winning the belt, so WWF likely felt he wouldn't have been strong as a top focal draw.

I know that Rhino was the last to have and still does have the ECW World Title, but does Rhino also have possession of the ECW TV Title, as he is listed as the last person to hold that belt as well. And if so, how is WWE going to handle the fact that Rhino is in possession of the top titles of the promotion? Will they just create new ones, or try and make it worth his while financially to return them?

The ECW World Television championship was stolen out of the locker room of their final event at the Elks Lodge in Queens, NY in December 2000. As we saw with the ECW World title, if WWE wants to recreate the TV title, they will just have a new one made for the company.

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