Whereas the late 90’s professional wrestling battle was fought between WCW and WWE, ECW nonetheless performed a major function in establishing and platforming many wrestlers that may go on to compete in WWE a number of years later. As a veteran of ECW himself, Tommy Dreamer took half and witnessed a number of matches within the promotion and in a current episode of “Busted Open Radio,” he recalled the 2 greatest matches that ever passed off within the ECW Enviornment.
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“Eddie Guerrero versus Dean Malenko,” Dreamer identified, noting how their conflict helped open the door for wrestlers below 6 ft to be taken critically and make them imagine they might be fundamental eveners, throughout a time the place there was nonetheless heightism when it got here to wrestlers. Sadly, the match in query was each males’s last ECW bout, however they nonetheless bought a heartwarming ship off. “I bought so misplaced within the emotion and I used to be identical to ‘God, that is nice!’ And we simply stormed the ring and held the blokes up,” he recalled. Dreamer additional emphasised that the match put a highlight on Guerrero’s greatness.
“My #1…Terry Funk versus Shane Douglas versus Sabu; the night time the road was crossed,” Dreamer stated, noting this 1994 match made historical past as wrestlers did not compete in three-way matches earlier than this. “The blokes go an hour, one hour of wrestling, after which this crowd stands up and goes ‘5 extra minutes’ after seeing folks struggle for an hour.” Dreamer additional opined that the reserving was stable and that each one three males had a rightful declare to the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
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