10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE ECW December To Dismember

Often regarded as one of the worst WWE-produced PPVs of all time, ECW December to Remember was an "indescribably bad show" - those are the words of Paul Heyman himself.
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[@ChampTKE]

I was there, second row, left of the entrance ramp with the ring in front of me. 2 things I remember from December to Dismember. A guy was holding up a huge sign, like a refrigerator box, saying “Owen died for our sins.” Second during the elimination chamber match Bobby Lashley was in his chamber with a table, everyone in my area couldn’t see the ring because of the table. We were all chanting “move that table!” After a couple of minutes he moved it slightly and we all started cheering, he turned and smiled at us, best moment of the night

[@George_Pig1]

I was l was 6

[@luigibussatin4939]

yeah this stron

[@christopherballero866]

This PPV stood no chance: in December a horrible time for wrestling, horrible booking, between Survivor Series & Rumble, not enough of their own guys, and almost no promoted matches

[@JulioHernandez-wy8nh]

This PPV is like a worst version of TLC 2019 only two matches worth watching

[@Aaron-zs7cf]

I still regret having my grandmother ordering this on ppv.

[@PaulybiGGballZ0820]

Shame on you..

[@juantopo1621]

Aaron English It was free in my country and I regret too

[@williaml3546]

It was an ECW PPV I can gurantee you that Vince and his group purposely sabotaged it, to make it look bad.

[@mantistoboggan2599]

We need a dark side of the ring episode on this payperview

[@TheRaven361]

ECW december to dismember 2006 is one of my gulity pleasures i watch every year. i don't know why but i do xD

[@JulioHernandez-wy8nh]

You probably hate all life like I do

[@luisrosa2990]

Lol, same!!! 😂😂😂

[@aaronknowles5359]

I was there. I was so excited a PPV was in my little hometown. Although you never would of known it. Zero promotion on radio, TV or anything in Augusta. Tag match was a lot of fun. The rest was...trash. The post show respect for the Big Show was awesome. We do see him as a local boy.

[@clawdaddygaming3630]

I remember being so excited about it when i was younger. My buddy got soaked by sandman 😂

[@Steveo92921]

Another thing about this show..if you listen to Joey Styles on commentary at the beginning, he basically gives away the ending to the show. He plugs the extreme elimination chamber and says "where we will crown a NEW ECW champion tonight"

[@Bill_Watts]

I can’t believe The Hardy’s didn’t accept VKM’s (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) answer to the open challenge. They got black balled twice. Once at this PPV and again at THE ALAMO.

[@dbone3356]

Kinda like when the Harry's did it in TNA, calling out the bucks, among others.

[@shanestephens4728]

Bill Watts Holy shit the fuckin Cowboy lol

[@rjrobinson1978]

I hated the way they buried all of the originals @ that time. Sabu, RVD, Dreamer, Sandman all deserved better by WWE.

[@heyitschanandler]

This is why i’m anti-mainstream. The creative freedom in this PPV was almost obsolete and lack of creative freedom made the PPV so bad that Heyman, the owner of the original brand, left the company afterwards.

[@michaelwilliams2231]

People who have not seen December to dismember I envy you

[@danielvolpe20]

I don't know why but I decided this would be the show I watched out of boredom. FML

[@nadirsanchez1675]

It's not really that bad like people say wrestlemania 35 is worse

[@noel94x1]

The main event was okay. Tommy dreamer should've won his match. Sabu should have been in the chamber. It would have been cool if RVD won the chamber

[@danielvolpe20]

CM Punk should've won.

[@noel94x1]

Daniel Volpe RVD would be my 1st choice, CM Punk would be my 2nd choice any other choice wouldve been disappointing. I think CM Punk is great but I wonder how his title run would have been if he had won it this night? Rvd was a ECW original which would have made this ppv better since it was a ECW ppv.

[@danielvolpe20]

@@noel94x1 Sabu would've been 2nd replaced by RVD when he was removed

[@noel94x1]

Daniel Volpe it would have been really cool if Sabu had participated, hes entertaining to watch. 👍

[@PaulybiGGballZ0820]

"Its such good shit man" -vinny mac

[@Jack-sg2jt]

I’m from Augusta Ga, for my sixth birthday my uncle took me and my brothers to December to Dismember, from what I remembering wasn’t that bad, or it could be from where I was six.

[@ronniejdio9411]

Sam is a star amd brave to do this video

[@robertsimonsen1778]

I was actually at this show it was so much worse in person

[@rickjames2.0]

Damn that had to suck

[@paytonmanning1109]

Me too. 😭😭😭💀💀

[@George_Pig1]

Me too it suck even the Chamber

[@steelcladgamer6578]

1. WWECW continued for 4 years after this. I genuinely thought this show killed the brand.

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

It killed anyone enjoyment of the brand, but the brand itself lived on until 2009. It did kill the concept of brand exclusives PPVs though

[@abhishekparthasarathy3978]

Vince purposely killed the ppv and the brand

[@canismajor1186]

I bought the DVD of this PPV when I was a kid.

[@tafua_a]

Paul Heyman: "If you do things this way, the show's gonna suck" Vince McMahon: "YOU'RE WRONG!" PPV: *sucks* Vince: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

[@user-le7fg6bb3t]

It really makes you sad when you see the original program compared to the WWECW version

[@paytonmanning1109]

Lmfaoooo. What’s funny is that I was there in person. 🤢🤮

[@briankelley7890]

I didn't see the fight that night after the show, but I did come across Sandman and Sabu outside of the arena afterwards. I had met Sabu a few years earlier at a show in Illinois, but he seemed very different this time: pretty angry and dejected, which was understandable as he was advertised as being in the main event but was replaced at the last minute by Bob Holly. Overall it was a pretty lousy show, but it was the biggest event I can remember coming to my hometown of Augusta since UFC 13, so we were excited about it nonetheless. The press conference a week or so before the event was fun. Big Show was a really great heel that afternoon, graciously bantering with a lot of us fellow locals who came to see the press conference.

[@DeidaraOfTheAkatsuki]

All I can remember was that there was 2 announced matches, everything else just kinda happened

[@sonicplys64]

1. I actually enjoyed the Elimination Chamber match. It was entertaining.

[@dennett316]

Don't take this the wrong way...but you must have odd taste. It's easily the worst Elimination Chamber match, by some distance.

[@kaitlyngarner740]

@@dennett316 the intercontinental chamber match says hi

[@nu-metalfan2654]

You can't talk about December To Dismember without talking about the botch that was WWECW. If Vince wanted Bobbly Lashley to win a World Title then why not let him stay on SmackDown?, they could've done it there. They could've had Lashley beat Booker T for the title at No Mercy and have Batista win the World Title in a triple threat with Lashley and Booker T at the Royal Rumble. WWE should've kept Kurt Angle around until December and have him walk into December To Dismember as ECW Champion in his last WWE PPV. WWE should've put the likes of Chris Benoit, Super Crazy, Kid Kash, Shelton Benjamin and Johnny Nitro/John Morrison on ECW from the very beginning. WWE should've also of kept Terry Funk, Jazz and Tajiri for the relaunch of ECW as well. The likes of Big Show, Matt Striker, Rene Dupree, Sylvester Terkay, The Miz, Kelly Kelly, The Boogeyman, Big Daddy V, The Great Khali, Daivari, Mark Henry, Kane, Finlay, Hornswoggle, Chavo Guerrero, MVP, The Bella Twins, DJ Gabriel, Alicia Fox, Colin Delaney, Ezekiel Jackson, William Regal, Jack Swagger, Gavin Spears, The Zombie, Goldust, DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, Katie Lea Burchill, Paul Burchill, Kofi Kingston, Brooke Adams, Layla, Bam Neely, Ricky Ortiz, Sheamus, Teddy Long, Tiffany, Tony Chimell, Tony Atlas, Vladimir Koslov, Mr Kenedy, Natalya, Vince McMahon, Rosa Mendes, Abraham Washington, Armando Estrada and Umaga all should've never of been apart of the ECW relaunch. And the likes of Big Guido, Tony Mamaluke, Roadkill, Danny Doring and Balls Mahoney also should've never of been apart of the ECW relaunch either.

[@adilrashid8496]

Adam for the rumble

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

What was this event again?

[@j03l45]

Kidbehindacamera knows why the fight in the crowd started he was there lmao

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

I’ll see you at the Alamo.

[@oisint2]

At high noon

[@JulioHernandez-wy8nh]

Hickenbottom!!!

[@RandoChrisYT]

11. Main Eventer Bob "Sparky Plug" Holly liked being put in the Elimination Chamber as he said, "I like that" to Heyman on camera.

[@halriggs4407]

Like an ecw show in Atlanta wasnt bad enough but the following year charlotte

[@CrashMcCloudX29]

If I'm not mistaken wasn't Jon Moxley one of the guards that were behind Paul Heyman in his in ring promo that night?

[@dbone3356]

My god... That game though... That was abysmal.

[@johnriley7312]

Vince preferring a big sweaty Man over the fans favourite, nothing changes

[@DaggerPrince]

yea. ive no idea what kinda problem that psychopath Vince even had with Punks looks. I think Punk is probably the hottest guy thats ever stepped into WWE.

[@DaggerPrince]

and his clothes in there are amazing too. those chicago stars and those straight edge Xs look so fucking awesome. not to mention the shirts he had. guy had the best merch. wished they were still selling that white "Best In The World" t-shirt.

[@DaggerPrince]

and his matches are the best ive ever seen. awesome wrestler and the best on the mic - even on commentary. literally the last thing punk ever said on a wwe show: "Cause Ive been The Best since Day One." couldnt be more true. when kayfabe gets real.

[@unboxingbueno5707]

If not Punk, at least Rob Van Dam could have won what where they on crack?!

[@reggieisdabest25]

The concept of the hardcore elimination chamber was awesome. Just a few of the participants made it bad

[@Theojb101]

The only good match I remember was the Hardys vs MNM

[@dellzincht]

11. It was better than TLC last night.

[@devinhomewood2230]

It also ripped off a promo poster for the movie Silent Night Deadly Night

[@m_dusart_]

Boom

[@thomasn3882]

I get a weird sense of perverse nostalgia when I remember watching this terrible PPV.

[@220motorsports6]

Funny how wwe is doing the same with TLC, pot or the kettle. You pick WWE.

[@djphlange]

ive never even heard about this until now lol ive heard of november to remember

[@mOoNsHiNeWiZaRd]

I believe that this 3rd brand could still be existing IF it wasnt called ECW

[@ed_vilon668]

Hmm...so kind of like how a certain black and gold show is today?

[@mOoNsHiNeWiZaRd]

@@ed_vilon668 basically yes

[@jeremybird3467]

WWE/ECW December to dismember...man what a horrible ppv...at least tna 2011 victory road had some good matches...without lookin it up i know aj styles and matt hardy wrestled a decent match...and im sure there were a few more...but it was the worst main event i ever saw...the extreme elinination chamber match is the 2nd worst main event....woulda been better if punk won....and the 1995 king of the ring....i choose to forget that period!!!!

[@caeert2962]

#0 Crown Jewel 2018 was worse...

[@declangaming24]

Super showdown 2019 undertaker nearly died!

[@roymartin500]

2:58 Ha hA!

[@gardenboydon]

Imagine paying for this ppv

[@kingsqueadly5616]

ill fight anyone that says hardcore revolution is a shitty game

[@raypavey1102]

Unfortunately I was in attendance at this disaster

[@aaronknowles5359]

Ray Pavey The pain was very real. We should form some sort of support group.

[@kosakukawajiri5007]

Even in all alternate universes, this poor beaten and spoiled ppv just barely beats Royal Rumble 2015 at its best

[@zualteafanai7321]

Guys can somebody please explain why they regarded these as the worst PPV ever?🙄

[@Hunter-e8q]

ECW FOREVER

[@jefferygwatkins]

Sam is a handsome man

[@LukeTomlinson-oi6bh]

Why does it matter that aew out sold ecw?

[@FresnoCA93727]

The only good thing about that show was the name.

[@lambvofvgod]

1:16 to skip that longgg ass intro

[@yosoybryandamian]

First

[@mrraven5272]

Tþ⁶ù

[@MegaNomad27]

Second

[@ndingo]

I remember laughing at the TNA chants by the tngay fanboys in the crowd 😂😂😂

[@dennett316]

tngay? Are you 10?

[@luigibussatin4939]

bruh this better then this ppv

[@SirDankleberry]

I could actually see The Hardy Boys being a part of ECW considering their high risk moves and love of TLC matchs.

[@Hunter-e8q]

ECW FOREVER