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Here's the full quote: “I think the reason was Vince McMahon had this idea of Taz being a smaller guy and selling for the big guys and never giving up,” Angle said. “Taz had in his mind that he wanted to be a dominant wrestler and just beat everybody up dominantly.
Feb 17, 2020 · On April 22, 2000, Taz would return to ECW and drop the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Tommy Dreamer. Minutes later, Justin Credible showed up to interrupt Dreamer’s celebration to not only challenge him on the spot but defeat Dreamer to become the new ECW World Champion.
- Sabu vs. Cactus Jack: Hostile City Showdown
- Cactus Jack vs. Terry Funk: Hardcore Heaven 1994
- Shane Douglas vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
- The Public Enemy vs. Sabu & The Tazmaniac: Double Tables
- Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko
- Rey Mysterio vs. Psychosis: Gangstas Paradise
- Mikey Whipwreck vs. Steve Austin: November to Remember 1995
- The Sandman vs. Raven: Cyberslam 1996
- Chris Jericho vs. Cactus Jack
- Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam: Hardcore Heaven 1996
“We thought that a dream match for hardcore wrestling fans was Sabu versus Cactus Jack,” former ECW commentator Joey Styles told WWE.com when asked about this 1994 brawl between Arabian terror Sabu and The Hardcore Legend from Truth or Consequences, N.M. “Sabu was arguably the top star of (ECW precursor) Eastern Championship Wrestling in Philadelph...
“ECW was unique because the fans were as much a part of the show as any of the wrestlers or myself or the ring announcer,” Joey Styles said of the rowdy Philly fans who piled into the ECW Arena once a month. “In this case, I believe it was Terry Funk who called for a chair, so a fan tossed him a chair. Well, all hell broke loose. The next thing you...
“We didn’t know that Shane Douglas was going to throw down the title. Neither did the NWA,” Joey Styles said of the night when "The Franchise" won the NWA Title and then proceeded to reject the championship in the name of ECW. “The deal was that ECW was going to help the NWA return to its former glory, because we were planning on expanding to natio...
“The Public Enemy was the first act that Paul created,” Joey Styles revealed about the team of “Flyboy” Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge — two husky high flyers who embraced hip hop culture. “I don’t think there were Tables Matches before the original ECW and I could be wrong. But I think what was most special about the match was the fact that Paul Hey...
“I think the greatest match I ever called is Eddie Guerrero versus Dean Malenko in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match from the ECW Arena,” The Extreme Announcer said of the bout, which was the final showdown between the two ring greats in the Philadelphia promotion before their exit to WCW. “I think the match exemplifies the original ECW because so many peop...
“When WCW hired Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko, we needed to replenish our roster and make our own stars, so we made the call to bring in the luchadores,” Joey Styles said of ECW’s 1995 acquisition of such masked Mexican standouts as Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis and the amazing Rey Mysterio. “Rey Mysterio, from minute one, proved what a star he wa...
“Paul Heyman had been interviewed about Steve Austin and said that we only had Austin available to us for two matches, but he wished it had been 2000,” Styles remembered about the WWE Hall of Famer’s brief run with ECW in 1995. “Had he not come to terms with WWE, ECW was going to be built around Steve Austin. But I think Austin’s short time in ECW ...
“The story with Sandman versus Raven was that Raven had stolen The Sandman’s wife, Lori, and was living in The Sandman’s house. And The Sandman’s young son, Tyler, who I believe was seven at the time, was actually treating Raven as his stepfather and dressing like Raven,” Styles recalled about one of ECW’s more controversial battles. “The fact that...
“I was a fan of Chris Jericho’s because I had seen his work with Lance Storm. They were The Thrillseekers in Smoky Mountain Wrestling,” Joey Styles revealed about the WWE Superstar’s early days in sports-entertainment. “Chris was only in ECW for a short time. I think he knew that coming to work for ECW was a way to get noticed by either WWE or WCW ...
“Sabu and RVD trained together with Sabu’s uncle, The Original Sheik,” Joey Styles revealed about two ECW icons who were both rivals and allies. “They learned all that high-flying wrestling when The Sheik wasn’t looking. The Sheik hated it. He wanted them to work on headlocks and shoulder blocks. Two guys that close who know everything about each o...
May 22, 2022 · Between timing and what he brought to the table, though, it just wasn’t in the cards to be a top guy in WWE. Tazz was a breakout star for ECW, but never attained main event status in WWE, becoming better known there for his broadcast work.
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- WWE: Vs. Kurt Angle (Royal Rumble 2000) Angle opened the Royal Rumble in Madison Square Garden by bragging about his undefeated streak. At that moment, the Brooklyn native, Tazz, would make his WWE debut much to the shock of the fans in attendance.
- ECW: Vs. Sabu (Living Dangerously 1999) The ECW Title and FTW Title were on the line, and both men did not hold anything back to try and win both belts.
- WWE: Vs. Crash Holly Vs Hardcore Holly Vs. Jeff Hardy Vs. Matt Hardy Vs. Saturn (Backlash 2000) It's considered one of the best Hardcore Championship bouts as it featured so many talented competitors.
- ECW: Vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Living Dangerously 1998) Two powerhouse athletes would collide to compete for the ECW Television Title. Both men would attempt to finish it early with submission moves before they turned to their power maneuvers.
Oct 11, 2018 · Tazz returned to ECW on April 13th, 2000 to win the ECW World Championship from Mike Awesome, who had broke his contract and signed with World Championship Wrestling. Tazz would go on to lose to Triple H on Smackdown before dropping the title to Tommy Dreamer ten days after winning it.
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In a 2008 article with WWE.com, Tazz, known outside the company as Taz, reflected was asked if he ever thought the original ECW would cease to operate after his departure: "I never thought ECW would...
