10 WWECW Stars That YOU DON'T REMEMBER

From Ryan Braddock and Trinity to DJ Gabriel and Caylen Croft, these are 10 WWECW Stars That YOU DON'T REMEMBER.
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[@mattemattics5667]

DJ Gabriel and his tiny hands were a gem and you can’t convince me otherwise.

[@RealNickyBoy15]

I vividly remember DJ Gabriel.

[@egbduf]

@@RealNickyBoy15 same and i have NO idea why

[@thekenjirosangaarena]

What?.....I remember him, thought he was not a bad Wrestler, and he was kind of an Alex Wright ripoff, but it wasn't his fault

[@byronwatkins4317]

My wife worked with him in zizzi for 5 years after he was released

[@thekenjirosangaarena]

@@byronwatkins4317 just don't understand why they got rid of him?

[@BluThundr]

I was actually chatting about Trinity the other week there, seeing how she was one of the few women who could actually do a shooting star press in the mid 2000's, she fucking ruled. But of course this was WWE during the mid 2000's so they did fuck all with her.

[@PrimetimeD]

She was a really nice person too. When she was in TNA I wound up getting to spend some time with her through mutual friends. She was fun and down to earth.

[@emanuelmartinez7267]

@matt allen dude ppl talk to and hangout with pro wrestlers all the time. Eddie Kingston is good friends with my uncle and I've hangout with Aj Lee a few times when we were kids, it's really not crazy when you grow up in the same area as them and share a few common interests.

[@DuskShad90]

@matt allen then dismiss yourself from this conversation because you obviously have NOTHING good to say.

[@emanuelmartinez7267]

@matt allen lol if you don't know who Eddie is you really shouldn't be butting into other ppls conversations about wrestling

[@1366Erik]

@matt allen It's ok to not have a interesting life. I'll be your friend if you like?

[@victorfierro6301]

In fairness, I definitely remember Trinity

[@VileSyndicxte]

All I remember about DJ Gabriel is that his taunts and mannerisms made it into the SvR video games... but he didn't.

[@callummarch3970]

I remember watching him in the uk and they made a massive deal over him being signed by wwe. He gets there’s and goes through development and they give him this 🤦🏻‍♂️ such a waste of talent

[@Lycan_Jedi]

I remembered all of these.. especially Croft, Gabriel, Neely and Ortiz. I mean come on how can you not remember the Ricky O'Rally Towels?!

[@The_Reaper_719]

Or him shouting O as he does a splash

[@TheThird1977]

DJ Garbiel's face is 10yrs younger than his body. I mean, I know wrestling has babyfaces, but that is taking the piss.

[@AHalevonEric]

DJ Gabriel was like a bad fever dream.

[@kingsofwrestlingpicfed]

When you said Gavin Spears I thought of Shawn Spears and was honestly surprised it was him

[@jayczzzya]

No, that's Stan.

[@aprentissdaye]

I actually enjoyed DJ Gabriel initially when they paired him with Alica Fox, it was just a shame they treated him like a budget Alex Wright instead of utilizing the huge potential he had.

[@joeydiamonds]

if this shows how much work is put into this list, Lena Yada married David Draiman of Disturbed in 2011

[@joho1745]

I absolutely remember Ricky Ortiz. I can't believe you didn't mention his rally towel

[@eyzzquare7811]

5:08 One of the most funniest and most annoying unanswered questions in WWE History lol. Man that's old.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

I remember Trinity, very underrated talent and she wasn’t wrestling unfortunately, which is what she should’ve been doing.

[@Brodysseus]

Oh yeah! I remember the Dudebusters v Hawkins and Archer. Was about the time I started regularly watching WWE. Not why I was watching, just remember that and the end of WWECW into NXT game show was about when I started.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Elijah Burke is underrated star of WWE ECW at the time

[@luvmusicutb]

If I remember right he was the leader of The New Breed who feuded with the ECW originals one of the brands major storylines.

[@awesomemantm2000]

Didn't he become the pope in tna

[@austinlay949]

@@awesomemantm2000 yeah

[@slaplist8377]

Burke/Pope was really good. I didn’t think it was fair CM punk hilariously buried him in that one interview.

[@DR.Barrit]

No

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

You blew my mind with 1. Only person I really remembered was Trinity

[@logankerr8090]

I actually had a Sylvestre Turkay action figure way back when(only got him cuz he was with Burke)

[@BPEJS24-7]

i had one too. his head kept coming off.

[@nu-metalfan2654]

I also remember Caylon Croft, he was with Trent as the Dudebusters, very underrated Tag Team that should’ve lasted.

[@DuskShad90]

Oh I remember Trinity, she was cool. So much of a missed opportunity. She could've been a top gal in the business.

[@RuanAntunes7]

Tiffany was always a very good reason for watching ECW back then 😏 Edit : oh yes and how could I forget Kelly Kelly

[@legogandalf5453]

Down bad

[@thedeepshadow2601]

Ironically, I remember every person on this list except for Gavin Spears, who would actually end up being the most well-known wrestler of them all.

[@crisistian_]

There's someone even more forgotten, who was in WWEECW last days: Tyler Reks

[@barryparker4733]

Ortiz reminded me of a more muscled up Carlito

[@BlackGuardianofAdam]

"As Lena Yada would say Backrash" I miss the dirt sheet

[@notdylanspack]

Who else remembers Abraham Washington on ECW

[@multiyapples]

I totally remember The Dudebusters on smackdown as I had started watching WWE and pro wrestling.

[@jonmel]

Fun fact DJ Gabriel is from my hometown of Wokingham

[@leonawlison7125]

Cool I like him

[@liamjack4996]

I met DJ Gabriel last night. He’s working in a bar in Shoreditch. Genuinely the nicest guy in the world. Chatted to me and my date about some of his wrestling days, what it’s like to receive the Angle Slam, and posed for a couple of photos with us. Top bloke and seems fine that the wrestling career didn’t quite work out.

[@amahrbrown5072]

I saw the thumbnail and instantly DJ Gabriel back when he was valeted by Alicia Fox

[@ThortheMightyOne]

I remember most of these people actually. I remember Ricky Ortiz on some reality show where competitors were being chased by people in suits because he was on one episode.

[@ThortheMightyOne]

@OWEN COYSTON that's the show , I watched all the episodes when it aired... It was an ok show

[@BadNewsRuss]

Elijah Burke was so amazing really underrated but he was a bit primadona Cm Punk called it in one of his interview also Matt Striker said he was hard to work it

[@michaelsinger4638]

He was one of only two actual wrestler that Punk trashed on Colt Cabana’s podcast as well (the other being Ryback).

[@NormanNorthman]

DJ Gabriel looks like one of the face templates in create a wrestler mode.

[@MrBrownsugar85]

lol these are gonna be the types in Vince’s nxt and that allegedly are “box office attractions”

[@devintingle5892]

Fun thing about Ricky Ortiz, when he first debuted on ECW he was Ricky Atlas but they made him change his name because Tony Atlas was also on ECW at the time and WWE thought it would be too confusing to the fan base

[@sameoldsameold9239]

Anyone else get the feeling we'll see another list like this in a few years about the new NXT?

[@BenjaminDarlingMusic]

I loved Ricky Ortiz. His theme Splatitude and the Ricky-O-Rally towels. And the big O splash. Good stuff. Wish he’d have had a solid push.

[@ogsleepwalker3411]

I loved Burke and Turkay(?) I know his name is in the video but I don't feel like rewinding. I wish we could've gotten more from them.

[@The_Reaper_719]

I remember 5 DJ Gabriel, Caylen Croft, Ricky Ortiz, Bam Neely and Gavin Spears and vaguely remember 3 Trinity, Lena and Sylvester Terkay.

[@crashunderride]

Dude, Jackson Andrews. Literally appeared on like one episode of WWECW and that was it

[@Trustme77]

I remember Croft and Ortiz. Terkay I never saw on live tv but I know him from December To Dismember.

[@JordanK14]

I bought WWE trading cards 1 time and one of the cards I got was Ricky Ortiz so I will never forget him

[@Nbflowers1989]

Great list!

[@DanOmegaStanton]

I remembered quite a few as I used to watch WWE ECW quite alot but definitely a shame they didn't do more with some of these people

[@beesly01]

I was at the Ricky Ortiz/Gavin Spears match, the Smackdown after had the Undertaker return after his match vs Edge at Summerslam.

[@williamwolfxrivera2418]

Fun Fact: Lena Yada is Married to David Draiman of Disturbed and made an Cameo in Her Husband's Band Music Video for "The Animal"

[@SheriffOutlaw]

The best way to finish out a work day! Cultaholic Wrestling Rules!

[@Ratt2004]

Side note.....Lena Yada is the wife of David Draiman, frontman for the metal band Disturbed.....went from down for the 3 count, to Down with the Sickness

[@justinjack85jj]

Ricky Ortiz (Rich Young) is a good friend of my uncle the fact he only spent 6 months in wrestling before getting into ovw was a pretty wild feat to be fair.

[@ThiSHmOng6uY]

DJ Gabriel was pretty awesome until he got squashed by Mark Henry and never heard from again. His European Uppercut from the 2nd rope was probably the reason being.

[@eyzzquare7811]

The best part of WWECW is Miz/Morrison. The Dirt Sheet, was an all time favourite program. Winning tag team championships even not in SD or RAW brands. Making ECW relevant given the limited talents in the brand.

[@Trustme77]

Morrison's intros were pretty great. In fact, one of them was like "If I had a dime for every time (something, I forget what, whether it was how many times he got beaten up or how many times he didn't look great or whatever), I would have zero dimes." Which, of course, would go on to be used by Enzo Amore.

[@briangianopoulos2839]

I remember almost all except for that Rebecca girl

[@radentstwo9793]

I remember most of them except for those two women at number 9 and 7. I wasn't a weekly viewer, missing out for some weeks of WWE's version of ECW, so that's probably the case.

[@dougbarrett619part2]

I recall all of them because i watch wwecw back in the day

[@diezel308]

Remember what Adam says about DJ Gabriel at 3:50 in five years when they make the "20 Stars From the Revamped NXT That YOU DON'T REMEMBER"

[@rileymerritt8898]

5 years? Man they’re running out of ideas quick

[@thesmootsays69]

glad i'm not the only one who remembered ryan braddock's smackdown run lmao

[@CyberJawa1986]

In a era that saw Trish and Lita retire, you’d think they’d put a talent like Trinity in the women’s division … but mid-2000s was a strange time for the divas. Always somewhat surprised Kelly Kelly, and I like her, but surprised she outlasted that early WWECW divas roster

[@nicktaylor2657]

They really blew a chance of using Trinity as a stunt granny 😏

[@dickflair4538]

Rick Ortiz looks like Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons 🤣🤣

[@JesyofAura]

I honestly though DJ Gabriel was a fever dream I was having Tuesday nights on Sci-Fi

[@victorgaetefigueroa4921]

Savannah, Courtney Taylor and Lauren Mayhew were also forgotten divas of the ecw/wwe that were part of some fcw matches even savannah was the queen of fcw a wierd thing that was kind of a women's title LOL

[@ayushkataria7983]

Lots of love from Amritsar

[@Chigen_Atomic]

Trinity suffered from being in the Diva era. Surprised Ortiz didn't win at least a title, just for having been a member of XFL. Though that could also have been the reason he was jobbed out, with how the original XFL went, Vince didn't want to be reminded. lol. I remember Terkay. I thought him and Burke were a great combo and could have gone far, at least before I saw the writing on the wall of Burke getting his push. Spears has gone through quite a few rebrandings. He was STAN, Gavin Spears, Tye Dillinger, and now Shawn Spears.

[@morgancarini1130]

Lena Yada lucked out, She married David Draiman, lead singer from "Disturbed"

[@floridamaninmaine]

Adam failed to mention that Lena Yada ended marrying Disturbed front man David Draiman. I'm a nerd ..

[@rvawildcardwolf2843]

A lot of those FCW era guys obviously would be solid upper babyfaces in the territorial days before national TV, but by the late 2000s were doomed without better direction

[@garyjskadra1180]

I remember Trinity and Bam Neely

[@sirprintalot]

I remember DJ Gabriel. I liked him, and he deserved a better gimmick.

[@MartinGiacomo]

There are a few surprises on this list but I do fondly remember Lena Yada and wish she had a lengthier wrestling career. All things considered she is living a good life and is a mother now as far as I know.

[@pjbaby8783]

Genuinely thought I’d clicked on the wrong video at the beginning 😂👏🏻

[@MrHbkfan17]

With the news coming out that Vince and Bruce are in control of the new NXT, I have a feeling we're going to see a video something similar to this. What a shame.

[@geeniel4462]

5:00 🤣🤣🤣 dibs as co interviewer

[@kingvega1534]

I remember Trent Beretta and Cailin Croft. All the other I'm completely blank.

[@pygmalionxxx]

Cultaholic: You remember Gavin Spears? He was a perfect ten! Me -in snoop dogg voice- : WHO?!?

[@TheThird1977]

Glad to see you resisted the urge to put Gavin Spears at #10.

[@KMmouse20]

but at number 1 that made him the tenth person on the list chronologically…

[@TheThird1977]

@@KMmouse20 *shakes fist* PAAAACIIIIIIIIITTIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!

[@shonenchef7249]

The Batista meme is never gonna die

[@BrandonHex]

Loved Trinity.

[@gustavoclarindo101]

06:05 keep working the marks brother🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@debbstraw579]

Was a fan of Ortiz back in the day

[@l2jnichol1986]

Lena also modelled her feet alongside Candice Michelle for FM Concepts.

[@GoRicky15]

I definitely remember DJ Gabriel, but not for his wrestling ability, to be fair. He had a killer body

[@RubyRoks]

Ricky Ortiz looks like if Kenny Omega was in LMFAO

[@caseycarmack33]

Can ya'll make a video where you break down the ladder match between Jeff Hardy and the Undertaker??

[@everettgrover9459]

so we just gonna ignore the fact that gavin spears was brought back before he became tye dillinger and got superkicked by HBK

[@michaelsinger4638]

I vaguely remember Ricky Ortiz. And I did not know he married Layla, props to him for that. Trinity was wasted potential I think. She could have been a lot more.

[@eviljoker303]

I remember Trinity I thought she was awesome.Damn shame her career was cut short

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

Lena Yada Fun fact, she married and had a child with the Lead Singer of Distrurbed, yes THAT Distrurbed.

[@supermario_49]

I had a feeling Terkay would make the list

[@810glick8]

Can we get a smackdown vs raw brand vs brand history video

[@quinnplays9166]

I think with like 2 exceptions, I remember most of these people

[@TheThird1977]

That the relaunch of ECW gave us a Sandman match at WrestleMania - IN 2000-AND-F'N-7 NO LESS - is enough to justify the brand's existence.

[@curtisshaw7903]

Now Ty Dillonger is in AEW Shawn Spears

[@SoelGriffin]

I miss Trinity and also Armando Alajandro Estrrrrrrada!

[@TimTE01]

If I recall, Bam Neely failed to catch Evan Bourne on a dive, leading to his injury. You're a big guy who can't catch a small guy? No dice!

[@Trustme77]

See also: Jax, Nia.

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@matthewlane518]

My Slayer t-shirt still has tear stains

[@chrispetrie9250]

Lena Yada is the only one I don't remember, I didn't even really watch WWECW all that much either.

[@shelden286]

@cultaholic in honor of that banger TV triple threat match on raw could we get a triple threat top 10 matches

[@Scaramanga7]

Whew, I'm okay.

[@z0m813]

if they would of built Terkay up as a Bruiser Brody type I could of seen him as fodder for Taker

[@cheezeofages]

Ryan Braddock actually looks vaguely like Lars Sullivan. I wonder if they are distantly related.

[@raymondboop4069]

I remember Ricky Ortiz original debut was under the name Atlas Ortiz