ECW changed the wrestling business and John Finegan, senior official for ECW, had the best seat in the house. He started with ECW when they were still Eastern Championship Wrestling and was there for every single major moment right until the very end and REBIRTH of WWECW.
Taz would defeat "The Franchise" Shane Douglas in the main event for the ECW World title, but there was plenty of doubt it would happen! Hear about the entire card and the drama that ensued!
When ECW ran it's first TV show in over 5 years on the Sci Fi network, some were optimistic, others were skeptical. Either way, it marked the beginning of the painful end to ECW, now known as WWE-ECW. Hear all that went down on the first episode, and what went wrong, along with what went right!
Tommy Dreamer and Raven feuded in ECW for over a year in what many people consider Paul Heyman's masterpiece. Hear the true story of how the angle evolved over time and what went into creating one of the most talked about storylines in pro wrestling history.
In this episode we talk about Wrestlepalooza 1998, what was supposed to be Al Snow's crowning moment in ECW. Why didn't it happen? What went wrong and whose fault was it? We talk about it all and much more!
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