Ranking Every ECW Champs Chances At The WWE Title

[@gondo2k2]

I just found your channel and found u only have 52 k subs. Wtf underrated you are a beast and should have millions. I subbed. Love every video I've seen so far. Keep it up. I'll spread the word too

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Thanks so much and welcome. I hope to get more subs myself. Thanks again for being one

[@craigles7]

Bam Bam Bigelow is a great shout and almost left field as he only held the ECW Title for 45 days. Great look, had legitimacy and was athletic as hell. In another timeline he definitely would win the WWE Championship.

[@GreyLeo]

It's crazy how both WWE and WCW dropped the ball on Mike Awesome

[@gandix5516]

Maybe Mike Awesome dropped the ball on Mike Awesome.

[@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy]

@@gandix5516 No they both dropped the ball on him. WCW made him look like a fool because of his connection with Hulk Hogan and WWE…….well they had no idea what they were doing

[@Gorgutsforcongress]

How could WCW look at his body of work in all Japan and ECW and say......"fat chick thriller or GTFO" No, they dropped the ball on him.

[@spiral-vp7sp]

I think Biscoff intentionally held back all of the ECW guys

[@Seriously_Unserious]

One thing I can point out about both Rhyno and Raven is they both had good runs, and were champions in TNA. While that says nothing about their potential in WWE under Vince McMahon, it does say something about what other promotions thought of them as Raven did have title runs in ECW, WCW and TNA, even if WWE wasn't willing to pull the trigger on Raven. Rhyino (or Rhino as he went by in TNA), had a solid 2 years in the title scene in TNA, and was not far off for several more years after that, in fact, in his 2005 debut, he was the one that took the title from Raven.

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Great Job Dave

[@KylePrime_1986]

I think Justin Credible is 100% a member of the Kliq. He will say he was and so would the other Kliq guys, it's more of WWE's narrative that ignores him being in the Kliq probably because he wasn't much more than a jobber in WWE so that goes against the 5 guys who had Vinces ear and were top to upper mid card guys and used having Vinces ear to stay on top or keep others down. Great video

[@40KTheories]

Would you consider doing a version of this with TNA (pre-Impact rebranding) champions?

[@MangyStray]

Great video Dave, I noticed some of the wrestlers have “white flakes” floating around the screen, at first I thought it was a special effect , but I realized it must be ash from all the forest fire smoke, I knew it was bad, but to actually steep into your computer and effect the video, wow! Looks cool though.either that or I have to go see an optometrist

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

Yea these fires are nuts

[@s4xtt]

My guy Taz should have gotten the IC title

[@ericdabronze151]

I agree with Dave on Rhyno. He reminds me a lot of Jon Favreau’s character from “The Replacements.”

[@ImmortalRimas]

After hearing about ECW on WWF & WCW programming back then it took me years to find the channel in the UK that showed it. It wasn’t until my family were finally able to afford Sky Digital (without going to a friend’s house to watch prime time Wrestling) in late 99/2000 is when I finally got to watch ECW on Bravo TV in the UK but of course I was very late to the party as they would be consumed by the WWF in early 2001 before the WCW buyout

[@nicholashurst780]

I was a huge ECW fan (attended every time they ran Buffalo) but I never got Taz to be honest

[@DAHARRISHERE]

GREAT VIDEO DAVE

[@KylePrime_1986]

I definitely think Rhino had some potential. When Stephanie was paired with him he was doing pretty well. Also when he's booked how Paul Heyman booked him he comes across as a pretty big threat

[@ryankeefe2102]

Part of the problem too especially with Raven and Taz was the top of wwf at the time they came in was very crowded

[@silversoulken]

I don’t believe that. They could have made room for Raven if they tried.

[@rogregg29445]

@@silversoulken it’s a shame raven got released before heymsn started booking smackdown

[@Andulvar]

People maybe confusing the World Heavyweight title with the ECW World Television Championship when it comes to RVD. Sandman can't do anything in the ring unless he's drunk and has a kendo stick. He was once told to come to the ring sober and couldn't do anything and that was the last time he was asked to do that.

[@brettrossi034]

"Who the hell hired Johnny Polo??" -Vince McMahon IDK why i felt compelled to comment this quote here, but i did think it was funny.

[@dbone3356]

I was always a fan of Rhino. His Gore! Gore! Gore! Always looked more impressive than Goldberg's Spear.

[@tommylovesstuff]

Bam Bam, Taz, Awesome, maybe Sabu … this list could also be ecw stars who should’ve been intercontinental champion

[@ChurchillGeoff]

Corino got his job in ECW from jobbing in WWE because Heyman liked his bump spot

[@ChurchillGeoff]

I think Douglas was closer to winning the WCW champion, being associated with Benoit Guerrero and Malenko there

[@spiral-vp7sp]

If WCW had bookers with working brains they’d have had Raven, Shane Douglas and Mike Awesome as world champions.

[@Saturn185]

If anyone in wcw had working brains they would have kept the likes of steve austin, mick foley and rvd

[@drsleep4519]

my biggest queastion when they revive ecw why did'nt they bring back all the other belts instead of just the one ecw world championship

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

The roster was too small and they were just experimenting with the brand.. and they also they just didn't care.

[@jayfasey9711]

I liked Bigalows wcw run up against Goldberg & Nash

[@MrBoboiscool]

I think in no specific order the only ones who ever would of had a chance are: bambam - monster and extremely talented Douglas - look, skill, mic chops Awesome - think you are way to low on him, if he didnt get tarred with WCW he would be right up WWE's street, huge, amazing in the ring, put him with a talker like heyman and you have a star. Rhino was only ever a midcarder, taz to small for that era, lynn to small as well and boring talker, funk didnt have the WWE style or look and only got a look because Foley broke the barrier by wich point he was old.

[@JpVicvega]

I always liked Gangrel and thought he should have got more Stardom/Storylines in WWF/WWE. Best intro music too.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Terry Funk's best chance at being WWF World champion was the Iron Sheik's spot in 1983. If Bruno could have stayed longer or Backlund was more ready in 1977, Terry could have been transitional champ for a few weeks on the rebound from his NWA title loss but he would not have been right for the medium term colourful extended interim run that Superstar Graham got.

[@quinnsanders4676]

I’m surprised rvd was never ecw champ but was wwe champ

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Re. Bam Bam - at what point did he get pulled from what became Randy Savage's spot for the year from WM4 to WM5? And how long was the Ted DiBiase Heel World Title Run Plan actually on the table? Hogan and Bigelow were still doing house show main event tags even after the Main Event when Savage failed to win a second IC title, for which Randy got given the year-long paternity cover World title run as compensation.

[@canadianjoe-jr2dk]

Do one for MLW champs

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Rvd was the closest and he did they did not give .tazz a chance

[@JPS47]

Okay, I'm going to defend the hardcore title. They used it as a criteria for the old version of the grand slam accomplishment and a few wrestlers have done it this way with Kane being a example. That alone should give it plenty of prestige unlike the trash 24/7 title. I'm loving the channel so far by the way.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

You could also have won the European title. I also don't think being a part of the grand slam means anything

[@JPS47]

@@DaveKnowsWrestling Fair enough. The European title was somehow more of a joke than the hardcore title was

[@Bloodhound86]

not a ecw world champ but i think the in shape bully ray character would have been a real fun heel champ in wwe. I think it is a real shame that vince forced him to stay bubba and never be bully because of the be a star bullying campaign.

[@robertfrazier6563]

Only wrestler would have a chance at the WWE Title is Shane Douglas ( If he started back in 1998 & given a title shot by the year 2000 ). The rest [ Honestly ] have better chances going after the Intercontinental Title.

[@spoonyluv19]

So 96 was the key year. Good luck getting Ted to invest in guys other than hogan and his buddies

[@dgblac0]

I thought Taz would have been a great champ.

[@melchardcaranto4675]

Now, here's another question... Which ECW Champ has a good chance against Roman in their prime?

[@JoeyCharm]

Tazz

[@rogregg29445]

@@JoeyCharmRhyno

[@melchardcaranto4675]

@@JoeyCharm that's who I was thinking, too. Like, he could choke him out

[@colonelkenpachi5009]

Bam Bam, Rhyno, Dreamer, Tazz, and Awesome. Sabu Deserved more overall.

[@MrBeardsley]

I always forget RVD only held the WWECW Championship and not the real one. I think he was slated to win it at one point but got sidelined by an injury or had a falling out with Heyman over not getting paid.

[@DaveKnowsWrestling]

It's easy to overlook. I did hear something similar to you as well, but I also heard that there were never any plans to make RVD ECW Champ because he did such a remarkable job with the TV title. So who knows

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

Mike awesome was poorly used

[@DAHARRISHERE]

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