Migs
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Corino wasn't there until February or March of '99 - he'd certainly have been more entertaining for 2000 than Justin, but c'est la vie. I'm actually interested in Van Dam - he's a fresh subject (I don't think he's done a shoot since '97) and might have some good perspective on the booking in 1999. He's certainly a more interesting choice than New Jack.
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This is one I've seen a million times but never really tire of - great big spots, tells a great story both in-match (classic David v. Goliath, and the dynamic really helps Van Dam get over) and with the storyline (the issues with Sabu are a very natural outgrowth of their ongoing friendship and rivalry).
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Yeah, they are selling a library, much moreso than a network. But they don't get that and we're a long way from them getting it.
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I actually think the build for Douglas v. Snow was pretty interesting - shame that Douglas was too hurt to have a decent match to blow it off.
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Trying to remember how the whole PPV thing went down - in NYC, with Time Warner, I know I was able to see Barely Legal, and then not able to see the last two in 1997. But I know I saw Living Dangerously live, so maybe that was a temporary deal with Time Warner before the long-term one. I lived in Queens and loved ECW, but somehow never went to the Elks Lodge until 2001, for an indy show that had a lot of ECW guys on it. Not sure why that was. I was in high school at the time and I'm guessing I could have talked my dad into at least one show if I tried, but I never did. I spent a lot of time at some pretty odd indy shows at the Elks trying to get the ECW live fix I never got in '97-'00.
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Kayfabe Commentaries teased a big name for one of the remaining ECW timelines... my money would be on Dreamer, or maybe Tod Gordon.
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I'm with Childs on this one. I liked the effort, but the ending sequence just kept going and going, and there was no logic to why it ended when it did - it wasn't like Hayabusa used a significantly bigger move than the ones that had failed to end the match before.
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Hoping Monday Night Wars debuting means they'll get back to showing Raw (and add Nitro) next week.
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The difference between ECW and early 90s WCW is that the building in Asbury Park is full. I agree with shoe's point about the slowness of the second half, but I think the big bump still works and feels like a moment, even all these years later. Loved the meta-ness of seeing Paul E producing the show on the air - it's a look behind the curtain without saying "this is fake." Of course, that Sandman-Sabu match was not nearly violent enough to justify the hype.
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I also think there's absolutely a good story in either Ambrose or Wyatt being the only one crazy enough to wrestle Lesnar.
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They had me with that F5 - felt like it'd be a brilliant bit of booking.