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I really enjoy the site first off but I also have a question. You said in a recent Q&A that the 94 - 97 ECW was the best weekly TV you've ever seen. Do you know where I would be able to watch the old weekly shows and PPV's? or will I have to buy DVDs? Any help is appreciated.
Legally, the only place to view or buy ECW footage is World Wrestling Entertainment, as they own the rights to all of the original tape library. Pioneer Home Video put out a series of DVDs (which as a matter of full disclosure, I worked on as an author and researcher) which are worth tracking down if you can find them, but there are edits to music and other things that created the ECW atmosphere. WWE 24/7 features a History of ECW series, but again, lots of edits. Some of the old ECW videotapes that ECW sold themselves via the mail and at live events pop up on Ebay, but there are no official retail versions of the old ECW TV show, which in hindsight, I wish the company had done.
This is a 2 part question revolving around when Ric Flair left WCW after his argument with Jim Herd. When I look at the WWE title history and see a picture of Lex Luger when he won the title a few days after Flair left he seems to be holding the Big Gold Belt, so did WCW create a new belt or did Luger get a belt that looks like that design and then was given the round belt later? The second part is since Flair was never given his money back and kept the title in his possession, who has the copy of the title that was eventually one by the Masa Chono the next year? Is that the belt that Hogan has or is entirely different?
I'm not sure which belt Lex Luger won and held, but it wasn't the famous WCW gold belt as that was on its way to WWF with Ric Flair. The photo of Luger with the belt must be a photo from another point in time. When the NWA legally prevented WWF from showing the title on WWF television (remember Jack Tunney pixelizing the belt? Now you know why), the title was returned to the NWA. About a year later, the NWA partnered with WCW and New Japan to have a title tournament and that same belt was won by Masahiro Chono, who defeated Rick Rude in June 1992. The NWA "gold belt" eventually turned into just the "Gold Belt" then the "WCW International World Title" after the NWA yanked the NWA letters from WCW. Confused yet? I certainly was watching all this at the time. The WCW International World title was eventually merged with the WCW World title with Ric Flair defeating Sting in June 1994. Flair went on to lose the unified title, which used the Gold Belt, to Hulk Hogan. That belt remained in play until the Vince Russo-Hulk Hogan Bash at the Beach incident, where Hogan literally took his belt and his ball home and never appeared for WCW again. Ric Flair wrote in his autobiography that Hogan still had possession of the belt.
No matter what that DVD claimed, neither Kendall nor Reed were ever, ever, ever members of the Horsemen. They were part of the Yamazaki Corporation, which mercifully died after a few weeks. The Horsemen disbanded when Tully and Arn left and the name was not used again until 1990 when WCW made Ole, Arn, Sting and Flair a babyface version of the Horsemen, until they all turned on Sting.
With all the recent questions about the next Hall of Fame class don't you think we are being a little to unrealistic? Based on the Hall of Fames in the past, if Austin were to be inducted he would be the only "major" name. I can't imagine they would put Austin, Roberts, Von Erichs, and Funk all in on Hall of Fame when most of those names deserve (and easily could) headline a Hall of Fame. Do you really believe they would put so many big names in one Hall of Fame weekend?
No, I don't think it's unrealistic at all, but the reality is it only matter what Vince McMahon wants.
I was thinking about the wellness policy and began to wonder how long should a talent have to wait before getting another "big" push. Like how far back in line should talent fall when they come back from a suspension. I see a very clear difference between how Jeff Hardy has been treated compare to a Regal or Yang. I know they are on different levels in the company, but what would be a fair time frame should a wrestler have to wait before getting his spot back?
I think it matters on their position on the card at the time of the suspension and how long the suspension lasted. If someone screwed up twice, WWE has to be really cautious about investing time and money into them. Whether it's fair or not, the more popular performers who move tickets, merchandise and ratings will get the quicker chance to return to where they were pre-suspension, but that's the way life is - certain segments will have their mistakes overlooked while others will always be on the hook for it.
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