10 Best ECW Reinventions

[@burnthetrolls5971]

Raven's change from bright neon color surfer to grungy poetic loner was the best and without him the promotion may not have had some of the memorable moments it had in the 90's

[@thehottag3763]

Yeah definitely agree

[@ZeroCrystal]

Ravens change was a quantum leap for his career, no doubt.

[@burnthetrolls5971]

@@ZeroCrystal Raven is more memorable as a character then Johnny Polo or Scotty Flamingo seriously

[@JamesLogue]

Not gonna deny that was the best thing that could have EVER happened to Raven, but have you seen where Sandman started.......bargin bin Sting anyone

[@burnthetrolls5971]

@@JamesLogue I remember seeing photos about that very bad job indeed

[@Zimmelman1]

I think Jerry Lynn deserves an honorable mention at least. The former "Mr JL" in WCW debuted in ECW the same night as Credible and certainly raised his value with that RVD feud.

[@savagetabby4931]

0:44 I remember meeting Justin Credible back in NYC '95 when he was Aldo Montoya, Portuguese man of war. He was an unknown but memorable to me. Most of the kids backstage skipped over him but I didn't. He was down to earth and took pictures with me. I was shocked to find out who he became in ecw. But I recognized those chompers anywhere! 😎

[@jerrysiewert2818]

I remember him as a kid and liking his character but I enjoy him more as Justin Credible for sure.

[@edalder2000]

I have seen Steve Austin promos when he was in ECW. The pure anger, and low drawl. Austin was finding his way to becoming Stone Cold and it was awesome.

[@ZeroCrystal]

ECW turned Steve from the Ringmaster to Stone Cold, and wrestling history was made.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

And Austin wouldn't have found his way if Eric Bischoff didn't tell his secretary, to tell her secretary...

[@thebrownbaldy]

That was Austin's best promo because that was legit how he felt at the time

[@thebrownbaldy]

Al Snow on ECW was a once in a lifetime experience that can never be duplicated. Every time Breathe hit you knew what time it was....

[@TheRuns2]

It should have been a lot higher up in the countdown.

[@AneudiD78]

The crowd chanting: HEAD HEAD HEAD HEAD!!! It got better with each appearance and ECW knew how to capitalize.

[@thebrownbaldy]

@@AneudiD78 Big Facts

[@locoloboxiii]

Al snow was and possibly is one of the best workers in the biz. Problem with that is, if you can work with everyone well, they tend to use you to put people over, instead of putting you over. Standing trend in the biz, with a few exceptions.

[@TheThird1977]

Talking of Sandman's entrance, I was lucky enough to be a part of it during a 1PW show in Doncaster, including having the man himself pouring beer into my mouth. What a memory.

[@thehottag3763]

That’s awesome

[@zubrhero5270]

Donny! Donny! Donny!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 😀

[@AceTrainerLiam]

This was quality!

[@sameeknowsitall]

Teas

[@mittinedkitten]

Shane Douglas along with Candido and Bigelow as the tripple threat were my favorite faction in the late 90s.

[@Ace_Keira]

I love Tom's voiceovers, I always know I'm in for a fun time when I hear him after clicking on a video

[@LegendKiller03000]

Trip down memory lane. There would not have been any WWE attitude era without those ECW glory days. WWE resisted at first but the rest is history! 🍻

[@Brando-Lee3725]

To me "passion" summed up ECW for those whom lived thru it . Regardless of what style . Everyone gave their all ! While some doesnt hold up as well now , if you were witnessing it then , they could hardly do much wrong ! Without ECW there wouldnt be Attitude era or Nitro would be a lot different too ! No luchadores , no realism , no hot girls , no tables etc .... For good or bad ! Depending on how you look at it .

[@SDubU416]

I remember Cyrus from the Ecw days but I never clued in that’s him with Kenny, cool to no that.

[@HorrorsofCody]

In ECW when Taz was thriving, he was fighting and sort of landed on his neck. Of course Taz just threw it off like "I got a sprain I'll be alright." After the match he walks himself into the hospital thinking it's not going to be anything. The doctors take X-rays and then asks Tazz something like "did you walk in here because you severely broke your neck and you shouldn't even be able to walk let alone casually stroll in." What a TANK. 🐐🙏🏻

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Shane Douglas once referred to his WWF career as "my sojourn to cartoonland" (which ironically sounds like a good time). Fun fact: The ECW fans would also croon along with Lemmy Kilmister when singing The Sandman's entrance theme. ECW used a cover of Enter Sandman by him and Zebrahead. Observation: Metalheads always call him simply "Lemmy," but I don't get why you'd just go by his first name when the rest of it is that f*ckin' kick-ass.

[@Kotosuatz]

Lemmy is not actually his first name but a nickname he got from always asking for things from people when he was younger as in "lend me 5 quid" his first name was Ian. But yes his last name is metal as fuck. Also cool fact about ECW using a cover, I never knew that.

[@DukesMusic84]

Tommy Dreamer is uncancelable. He was even on Impractical Jokers, taking on Q at a House of Hardcore show. No matter what the Internet thinks, that dude is badass.

[@thehottag3763]

I loved when he was impractical jokers 🤣🤣

[@MrDp115]

He was cancelled he just needed tp pull his head out his ass thats all.

[@andycain4351]

The first ever WWF houseshow match I saw was Aldo Montoya v Quebecer Pierre (now PCO). Both guys have had a fascinating journey since then.

[@matthewburden7757]

Damn I miss Tracey Smothers.... Such a good friend and a great mentor for younger wrestlers!!!! I'm glad you had some pictures of him in this video, 'cuz it made me smile thinking about him again...

[@lordtrigon1733]

Raven deserves a career rediscovery. The character, the promos, the worker everything about him was brilliant. 🔥

[@pigs18]

I worked with a guy who knew him when he was still Johnny Polo and assured me that Raven is not really a character.

[@c15page]

Today I learned Don Callis was the goddamned Jackal from Truth Commission. Never realized. Cheers for that.

[@robchuk4136]

Right? lol

[@benespinosa6725]

Shane douglas was awesome in ECW his Theme song perfect Strangers is an amazing Song Deep purple is an amazing Band And The Raven Character in ECW Was Awesome 👌

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Perfect Strangers is still one of the greatest rock albums of the era.... That and house of blue light

[@benespinosa6725]

@@thepolarphantasm2319 you're absolutely right and I Just listened to that Album and it's awesome

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

@@benespinosa6725 "the aliens have landed, got his fingers in his ears... Can't hear a word I'm saying, but maybe that ain't such a bad idea" - deep purple, strangeways Band was way the fuck ahead of their time. Shit, Richie Blackmore's STILL way ahead of his time. That guitar solo on Burn torches anything people are doing today

[@bravo1495]

Being totally honest, Shane, and before him Benoit, using Perfect Strangers as an entrance theme, is what got me into Deep Purple. The only song I was familiar with before ECW was Smoke on the Water. To this day, Perfect Strangers is my favorite Deep Purple song.

[@benespinosa6725]

@@bravo1495 And Also The First Time I Listened to that Song was On The ECW Heatwave 1996 DVD That I Got 2 years ago

[@pizzahighfive2612]

The only promotion that can probably turn a broom stick into a badass character that everyone will love.

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Foley wearing the Dungeon of Doom shirt is amazing. And Foley’s not really wrong about the ECW crowd.

[@coryshannon3815]

That's why the promos hit so hard. The truth hurts.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Steve Austin in ECW is the definition of "Turning chicken shit into Chicken Salad."

[@pigs18]

If you look at his US title feud with Steamboat at the end of his WCW run you can see the genesis of the Stone Cold character.

[@PrizeJ]

Inigo Montoya's finish was called sword through the heart.

[@johnasbury3856]

When Foley was coming out on ECW TV wearing the airbrushed shirts of the Dungeon of Doom and Uncle Eric and denounced hsrdcore was a great idea.

[@bowdenproductions]

I could listen to Tom Campbell do a countdown of every wrestler ever. Just a 28 hour video of Tom lol

[@HisVirusness]

Steve Austin absolutely belongs at #1. You hit the nail on the head: Getting fired from WCW was the best thing to happen to him.

[@trevorrasmussen7668]

Nah Raven should be number 1 Austin was in ecw for a cup of coffee

[@HisVirusness]

@@trevorrasmussen7668 And Raven didn't have close to the impact as Austin would later have.

[@zackfowler8613]

@@trevorrasmussen7668 to compare Raven to Steve Austin in any category regarding wrestling, shows either your lack of knowledge of the business or total bias of certain people 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@trevorrasmussen7668]

😂 wanna talk about biased it’s a ecw list not a wwe list and to discredit scott levy’s wrestling knowledge and intelligence shows you’re lack of knowledge try tracking down Austin’s podcast with Raven there not only good friends but you’ll hear Steve himself talk him up

[@myfamilyiscrazy]

Tom is one of my favorite presenters in Cultaholic!👍

[@bryanhall1548]

Tom is quickly becoming my favorite commentator as well. 🤘🏼

[@Marc_Araujo]

God I miss ECW...the real ECW. Shout-outs to Steve Corino, C.W. Anderson, Dastardly Danny Doring, and Amish Roadkill.

[@jayjaywillz9890]

Tom doing lists ???! What a very welcome surprise.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Im down for ANYTHING ECW guys ! So keep it up blokes !

[@Calaveso]

Wait, Tom is finally doing lists now! Awesome!

[@richr7215]

Awesome video. I love all your ECW content.

[@80srocknroller]

Raven was awesome even though Ms. Boni Blackstone didn't interviewed Scott Levy's best gimmick

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

10 Best TNA Reinventions next please

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

Love Adam, but it's great to hear Tom on these as well

[@boscoequadruple3240]

@ 15:02, Justin Credible look like he's having a bad night. He got blood on his face & got that "Oh, no! What's next?" look. Lol

[@Phentari]

Heh. My one and only ECW encounter was Tony DeVito, who went to my high school, and was by far the best wrestler there. Most of us dreaded having to face him when we were wrestling in gym class--he comprehensively kicked my butt each and every time, that's for sure.

[@jfethier5604]

Nobody remembers Aldo Montoya finishing manoeuver because he would never win a match

[@aaronrobinson8394]

Feel like pillman also needs a mention

[@Trayxxxx]

Oh my god, I did not know the Sandman look like that's previously. And I didn't know the Man of War was Justin incredible.

[@FordPrefict42]

Steve Austin used to cut the best promos in ECW! He lost a number of matches against Mikey Whipwreck and those promos were GOLD!!! Of course, Whipwreck was the master of winning matches with absolutely zero offense. Now, imagine a 8 minute match were you are hammering your opponent, only for them to beat you with a small package or a school boy roll?!? Austin's promos for those matches lasted twice as long as the match and they were just brilliant.

[@mikecummings88]

(Raven Voice) Quote The Raven, Never More....

[@Nbflowers1989]

Oh wow! Welcome back to Lists, Tom!!

[@savagetabby4931]

Ty for including Cyrus the virus!

[@jmg3116]

5:50 Odd you'd give such a glowing endorsement to Don Callis. The man who everyone hushed all the speak out/me too stuff up for.

[@KruelAidMan]

Callis might be a self-proclaimed carny piece of shit but unlike Kross & Scarlett he's not bridge-burning grifers. Hope they enjoy their futures in XPW!

[@jmg3116]

@@KruelAidMan funny how people change when it's someone associated with a favorite of there's. In a few years if it all comes out after the ndas are gone. Your the same kind of people who will rally against him.

[@KruelAidMan]

@@jmg3116 are these "people" here with us right now, pal? *You're

[@mikewalters8047]

Also among his previous gimmicks Raven/Scott Levy portrayed Scotty the Body in Don Owens' Pacific Northwest territory and Scott Anthony in Dallas-based Global Wrestling Federation.

[@Rysofly]

The Franchise was my guy..... He's very underated.

[@realhiphopfan91]

I think its obvious that Taz would have fit perfectly in today's world of wrestling, hello, HOOK!!!!

[@EXTIINCT_]

Honestly, I've always considered ECW TV 129 the birth of Stone Cold Steve Austin. That promo changed everything

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

Without ECW we wouldn't have SSSSOOOOO MANY of the icons we got

[@thunderb4stard80]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatSteveSmith]

The name Taz now makes sense

[@nlrproductions8106]

I like when bright colored baby faced wrestler take on reinvention to become some darker and more heel like. Raven, Brian Pillman, and Sting come to mind.

[@ceasarstorm0915]

Wait, Cyrus was Don Callis? I mean, if I watched a Cyrus promo, I probably would have figure that out, Callis has an pretty distinguishable voice.

[@jbj7599]

Cyrus is Don Callis

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

@@jbj7599 No shit, Sherlock. That's exactly what he's saying.

[@shannonmorrison7455]

R.i.p Nancy Benoit

[@Rysofly]

The Sandman has the BEST ENTRANCE IN ECW HISTORY AND NOT ONE FIREWORK.

[@blankwavemessiah]

9:48 BLACK METAL, guys...... Black metal

[@blankwavemessiah]

@@tomcampbell2279 we're here for the RASSSSSLIN' content. but we will not suffer our metal genres lightly LOVE YA BABES

[@mattkeepingazoriustactical]

Motörhead actually covered “Enter Sandman” when Sandman walked out in ECW.

[@martinrubio748]

Al snow with the head in wwe was much better

[@trevorrasmussen7668]

Bullshit if Austin didn’t become stone cold he wouldn’t be on the list Raven should of been number 1

[@robchuk4136]

Shane Douglas is #1 for me

[@dravenmorningstar5013]

the Sandman came out to a cover of enter sandman and that band to do the cover was motorhead

[@Bazmono]

9:45 3 or 4 octaves above death metal would be very high pitched

[@cptmcquacken]

Crazy how Bischoff fires the Rattlesnake then he pretty much single handedly saved WWE. I promise, If it wasn't for Stone Cold I wouldnt have been watching.

[@supersasukemaniac]

actually, Dreamer got his respect after his match against Tazmaniac.

[@pigs18]

Yeah, but he wasn't fully over until he lost the Singapore Cane match. "Thank you, sir, may I have another?"

[@tankdiggitydawg]

took Sandmans gimmick an Mikey Whipwrecks finish but no one talks about that

[@martinrubio748]

Justin credible became a star in ecw

[@JayTeeAyy]

Montoya was a wrestler my nephew would’ve made on SVR, as you could guess I never gave my nephew controller #1

[@MIKELIN8]

Austin's promos in ECW were all-time classics. Imitating Bischoff and Big Dust, tearing a new hole into WCW. His wrestling in ECW? He was booked to lose to Mikey Whipwreck at least twice...MIKEY WHIPWRECK???

[@thehottag3763]

Justin Credible & Raven were the best

[@thehottag3763]

Hot tip for all new wrestlers........don’t have a surfer gimmick 🤣🤣

[@KruelAidMan]

worked out alright for Sting...

[@thehottag3763]

@@KruelAidMan touche.....he is a rare surfer 🤣🤣

[@marioaustin9312]

Honorable mention: bill alphonso

[@dhag72]

If he'd put that fckin whistle away

[@pigs18]

Bill Alfanso was pretty much El Gigante/Giant Gonzales's private referee.

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@Brando-Lee3725]

If only the "Franchise" version of Shane could have been used right (or allowed to) in WCW he coulda been World Champ there , and the WWE . Dont get me started on Taz . Just cause he smallish . He still had tough guy aura . Nowadays he would be huge ! Samoa joe vs Taz woulda been killer !!!

[@kellywiebe646]

#1 HAAAAAAAAS to be Sandman - generic surfer-dude to Brawling Bar-Guy. (Side note: instead of a kendo stick, I always thought he should break cue sticks over his opponents.)

[@pigs18]

The kendo stick (originally referred to as a Singapore cane) was due to a court case in the news at the time about a spoiled American college kid in Singapore that acted out the stereotype and was sentenced to a public caning.

[@kellywiebe646]

@@pigs18 I know that, but the character he portrayed - brawling bar guy - doesn't keep that up on current world affairs or have Kendo sticks at easy disposal in their bar, where they play pool. (Also - I get it - the cue stick would shatter, whereas bamboo bends and you can keep using it.)

[@gbrooks2]

Am I tripping or is this Tom’s first list? I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say “Join Us” before!

[@allsoundmusicentertainment3736]

Douglas need to be in any HALL OF FAME

[@pigs18]

"Shane Douglas burned bridges he had no business crossing." - Mick Foley (Have a Nice Day)

[@allsoundmusicentertainment3736]

@@pigs18 beef with Mick??? I didn’t know about this bro

[@pigs18]

@@allsoundmusicentertainment3736 I don't think he had beef, I think it was within the context of Mick explaining why he got the call from WWE and not Shane.

[@allsoundmusicentertainment3736]

@@pigs18 basically a shot of bitterness. That’s sux. His character was ruthless. I know the wrestling game is big time political and bridges get crossed and burned. Sux.

[@Mambaman7771]

What's the music Ya'll use for this?

[@SJSpecial]

Tom, you cannot pretend you never understood the Justin Credible name...please tell me you understood this before today Tom

[@xhell247x7]

Could you imagine Steve today if he still had his blonde hair

[@ozza-3493]

This video is so out of date my Nan liked it

[@coryshannon3815]

The Dudleys were kind of a renovation, going from a laughable comedy gimmick, to the most hated heels in ECW history.

[@Nbflowers1989]

Lovely!

[@sweetpetergeda]

Stone cold came from WWF 🙄. Idc what nobody says 😆. I remember Austin in ECW. The most I remembered was his lost to mikey whipwreck

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Imagine being as shit as modern WWE is with Paul Heyman on your payroll. Vince deserves every bit of his mega lolcow reputation.

[@apri1979]

In never knew P.J.Walker was the later Justin Credible.

[@pigs18]

A lot 2002 WWE promos must not have made any sense because they beat the "Just Incredible" joke into the ground.

[@DredTvDotUK]

Am I the only 1 that was today’s years old when You fount out about Just incredible

[@TheRealDeadFace]

Stone cold is the goat, I put him above RIC flair and Hogan

[@calumneeson20]

Saying Shane Douglas was the greatest ever heel in ecw 😬 Raven was literally in this list too

[@lordtrigon1733]

Shane was obnoxious, sure... but Raven was a goddamn supervillain!

[@JamesSmith-uc8tk]

With all due respect to Raven, he was more of a gimmick whereas Shane Douglas was the complete heel. He could cut a promo, get all the heat, and put on a believable wrestling match. Also, Shane Douglas transformed from a young babyface to angry old a-hole and it felt believable.

[@calumneeson20]

@@JamesSmith-uc8tk one of my favourite ecw matches/eras is the tag match against dreamer and funk, then the title match that eventually came of it (more for the story as the title match was a clusterfuck) but the heat Raven had during that period I think few people ever could even claim to be near

[@killingragethrowback]

Anybody see the pattern? In the 90s, WWE got most of their best talent from ECW. In the 2000s from OVW. From then on ROH. They rarely make starts in house.

[@BuuhBlocks]

OVW was a wwe developmental company lol. Brock Cena Orton Batista and a whole bunch others were there.

[@jldch26]

@@BuuhBlocks they had Deep South Wrestling prior to that too. Another old development promotion for them.

[@wolvie667]

at 10:37 is that Excalibur unmasked??

[@mrcold8966]

It's a shame that Doing the clown had such a nasty drug problem because I think "Bourne again" could have been a major player in the company. It was a brilliant gimmick

[@straingedays]

You missed Robbie V ( brief WCW jobber ) In ECW Rob Van Dam became >> R-V-D

[@pigs18]

Should have used the equal sign. A single dash connected to text creates the strike effect on KZbin.

[@straingedays]

@@pigs18 Thanks, I never knew about the strike effect. Edited to - long dash looks to work [-_-]

[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

The Jackyl should’ve been the Higher Power of The Corporate Ministry. He was literally a cult leader! 🤦‍♂️

[@DarkwyndPT]

Aldo Montoya has to be the least Portuguese name I've ever heard and I could swear he once gave a promo in Spanish.

[@introvertedextrovertedtraver]

Aldo is a Brazilian name though in the case of the mma fighter it’s a last name.

[@phillipreed6599]

Um…. What about Paul Heyman?

[@dncjtc]

No love for RVD or Sabu?

[@MrBrendanCarmody]

9:48 It's Norwegian Black Metal, not Death Metal.

[@martinrubio748]

Cyrus a good heel in ecw

[@JB-xh5mc]

And in Trailer Park Boys.