On this date in WWE history: ECW is dead, long live NXT!

And come April 28th 2012, the Extreme Originals led by The Franchise Shane Douglas will once again prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the business as well as the fans need their hardcore fix! And as for Tommy Dreamer being one of the biggest marks in the business, totally disagree. The future for both WWE, and TNA certainly are not as bright as they would lead you to believe. Looking forward to this next chapter of the Hardcore Originals.

According to interviews given to pro wrestling torch on 2/1/12 on blog radio and 1/31 in your head wrestling radio, and via video pkg at the final ECW arena show. Shane Douglas together with a yet to be named top level production company have put together a Hardcore Homecoming in which they’ve copyrighted the initials which Shane didn’t reveal as of yet, but they’ve rented out a larger seating capacity in the Phila area,.which I believe, but don’t hold me to,.Agriculture Hall. It’s not going to be a one shot show, but rather a promotion that will pass down to the next level. You should listen to the PWT livecast on Blog radio of 2/1/12 to hear it from Shane himself, along with his rationale for restarting the promotion.

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The site of the4/28/12 Hardcore extreme reunion is the Pennsylvania Nat’l Guard Armory not Agriculture Hall as previously posted.

I loved ECW in its time, but I’m glad it’s dead. It was a blast to watch it shake up and transform the industry, and I even loved the first One Night Stand revival show, but after learning about the effects of repeated concussions I could never look at it the same way again. Even leaving that aside, the concept of every match being a wild, no-DQ affair had pretty much run its course anyway.

“Long live NXT”? Are you kidding me? The show was sort of entertaining at first, but its appeal vanished quickly. NXT is just a bunch of bad matches and bad promos. Do that stuff in training centers and in limited doses at house shows and in dark matches, then bring the talent to TV when they’re up to par. I don’t need to see them before that.

At least Tough Enough adds a fun reality-show vibe to the “how your WWE sausage is made” concept. If we need that concept at all, then that is the way to go. We certainly don’t need both.

Christ this continuing ECW reunion stuff is vomit inducing.

Tommy “hey guys look at me I lost to someone, praise me and validate my career” Dreamer is truly one of the biggest marks ever.

Your confusing “Passion” with “mark” and make no mistake about it Tommy Dreamer is among the most passionate of professionals in the business. Your entitled to your opinion and I am to mine. This guy has been in just about every major and independent promotion both as a worker and behind the scenes, he’s responsible for hiring and recommending a lot of the major talent out there today! You don’t hear him ever utter a bad word about anyone. It’s called respect, he gives it, and has earned it in return.

ECW 2.0 was handled poorly and became a glorified Sunday Night Heat, NXT had a great angle that became Nexus, handled poorly that fizzled out. So it’s a wash. And why do an NXT show when you could just run an FCW show instead?