Firstly I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Let’s hope 2014 is as kind to us as 2013 was with wrestling DVDs! Now as we begin the new year the latest Fantasy Concept will look at another new beginning – the re-launch of ECW.
While some will always groan whenever the “new ECW” is mentioned, there is a very interesting story behind the re-launch and subsequent bumps in the road it faced. WWE.com published an intriguing article on the ECW re-launch quite a few months ago; check it out.
This 2 disc Blu-ray (3 disc DVD) would explore the rebirth and closure of the new ECW from the Rise and Fall of ECW DVD set through to the final ECW on SyFy broadcast. So without further ado, let’s look at… ECW: After the Fall…
| Disc 1 |
Documentary
The Rise & Fall
One Night Stand
Rebirth
Mission Statement
“Change the channel!”
December to Dismember
Fallout
New Breed
Validation
McMahon
Straight Edge Superstar
Talent Development
Heart and Soul
NXT Generation
Legacy
Special Features
Funeral of ECW
Raw • May 23, 2005
ECW Invades
Raw • June 6, 2005
Paul Heyman Shoots
One Night Stand • June 12, 2005
Dreamer Kisses Canvas
June 12, 2005
One Night Stand Contract Signing
Raw • June 5, 2006
Rob Van Dam is awarded the ECW Championship
ECW • June 13, 2006
Don’t let these tattoos fool you
ECW • June 13, 2006
Kelly Kelly’s Exposé
ECW • June 20, 2006
Extreme Strip Poker
ECW • October 6, 2006
Trick or Treat?
ECW • October 30, 2007
Fiesta Celebration
ECW • January 29, 2008
Mike Adamle Apologies
ECW • May 6, 2008
Christian Returns
ECW • February 10, 2009
The Dirt Sheet – Live
ECW • March 17, 2009
Woo Woo Woo… You Know It
ECW • May 5, 2009
The Abraham Washington Show with Sheamus & Shelton Benjamin
ECW • October 27, 2009
The Future of ECW
ECW • February 2, 2010
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WWE Championship Match
John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam
One Night Stand • June 11, 2006
Extreme Lumberjack Match
John Cena vs. Sabu
Vengeance • June 25, 2006
Kurt Angle vs. Rob Van Dam
ECW • June 27, 2006
ECW Championship Match
The Big Show vs. Batista
ECW • August 1, 2006
CM Punk vs. Stevie Richards
ECW • August 29, 2006
ECW Championship Match
Big Show vs Sabu
ECW • September 12, 2006
The Hardys vs. The FBI
ECW • November 21, 2006
Extreme Elimination Chamber
The Big Show vs. CM Punk vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Test
December to Dismember • December 3, 2006
| Disc 2 |
Extreme Rules Match
Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Sandman & Rob Van Dam vs. Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker & Kevin Thorn
ECW • April 3, 2007
ECW Championship 3-on-1 Handicap Match
Bobby Lashley vs. Mr McMahon, Shane McMahon & Umaga
Backlash • April 29, 2007
John Cena vs. Johnny Nitro
ECW • June 26, 2007
ECW Championship Match
John Morrison vs. CM Punk
ECW • September 4, 2007
Monster Mash Battle Royal
Kane vs. Big Daddy V vs. The Great Khali vs. Mark Henry
ECW • October 30, 2007
Gulf of Mexico Match
CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero
ECW • February 5, 2008
CM Punk & Ric Flair vs. Shelton Benjamin & Elijah Burke
ECW • February 19, 2008
The Miz & John Morrison vs. The Undertaker & Kane
ECW • April 15, 2008
Singapore Cane Match
The Big Show vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Chavo Guerrero
One Night Stand • June 1, 2008
ECW Championship Match
Matt Hardy vs. Evan Bourne
Cyber Sunday • October 26, 2008
ECW Championship Match
Jack Swagger vs. Christian
Backlash April 26, 2009
Tommy Dreamer vs. Zack Ryder
ECW • December 29, 2009
ECW Championship Extreme Rules Match
Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson
ECW • February 16, 2010
| Blu-Ray Exclusives |
Kurt Angle & Rob Van Dam vs. Edge & Randy Orton
ECW • June 20, 2006
Steel Cage Match
Bobby Lashley vs. Hardcore Holly
ECW • February 27, 2007
Extreme Rules Match
John Morrison vs. Tommy Dreamer
ECW • July 3, 2007
“Trick or Treat” Extreme Rules Match
Tom E. Dream-erously vs. Nunzio
ECW • October 30, 2007
Armando Estrada vs. Braden Walker
ECW • July 8, 2008
ECW Championship Match
Matt Hardy vs. Finlay
ECW • November 11, 2008
Evan Bourne vs. John Morrison
ECW • April 14, 2009
Triple Threat Match for the ECW Championship
Christian vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger
Extreme Rules • June 7, 2009
Would this interest you? What do you think of the selections? It’s great to hear your feedback, so please use the comments section below or tweet me @_MarkD_.
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I would’ve added punk vs chavo for the ecw title the night edge helped chavo win the title and the south Philly screw job…rvd vs big show from July 4th 2006 to this DVD set as well
To me, ecw was ecw and I was a lifelong fan and would love to get my hands on this DVD set if the wwe put it out.
The wwe had put out the superstar collection featuring current wwe stars, now, how about some superstar collections on some ecw stars like rvd, sabu, sandman…etc? Would these DVDs sell well or are they not worth the money to even buy one of them?
Great concept !
I would of included any of the Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore vs. Miz & Morrison matches imo.
This “version” of ECW was about as exciting as women’s golf. Definitely keep this one a Fantasy. Nice artwork, though!
I don’t mind this set. What it does feature is great. However the word Fantasy suits this best because since most don’t really speak highly of WWE’s ECW, can’t see WWE pursuing this.
Personally I’d much rather see a documentary on WWE’s developmental system from how the death of the old territories affected the industry, to OVW, getting talents from the Storm Wrestling Academy and other schools, talent scouting, FCW, NXT, WWE’s awesome PC, with the last chapter being the future.
The matches would be great as we’d get to see talents like The Wyatts, Cena, The Shield, etc who are big time now back when they were just beginning their WWE careers before hitting the main roster. I think it’d be an interesting set.
I’d buy this in a second. A doc about the reboot of ECW would be kind of fascinating. I mean, it wasn’t a business failure at all if compared to the original ECW, but it would be a little tough to call it a “success” given comparisons to the original as well. Plus, just hearing Paul Heyman & Vince McMahon debate the Lashley victory in the chamber would be a classic doc moment.
Big Show defeats RVD for the ECW belt (Paul E Turns) July 4 2006 should probably be included too. Great concept, I would buy.
Some people don’t know how to accept that this garbage is gone forever.
Wow, some people have a lot of time on there hands.
Interesting concept here. I was never fully invested in ECW (due to its affiliations with the real ECW) yet it did produce some good matches. I would probably consider buying this set, simply to hear the story in the documentary and some of the matches do look appealing.
And I agree with Richard, where’s the Extreme Rules Match between Hardcore Holly vs RVD?!?
What about Kane vs Chavo @ WrestleMania 24 or the debut of Yoshi Tatsu vs Shelton Benjamin?!?
Now this I would buy before another uncensored zzzzzzz ecw vol
This is the best fantasy concept in a while. Lots of fresh content. I’m in!
A cool blu-ray extra would be the Wwe vs Ecw head to head show.
The E better take note here. This has some great matches & moments here.
Terrific concept, but I’d expand upon it to include a few Hart Dynasty and Goldust matches, and matches from other non-ECW shows that featured ECW talent (like Superstars, Goldust vs Sheamus), just to flesh out the set more and depict a full picture of that era. Anyway, love the idea, glad to see some forgotten cool matches (like Flair teaming with Punk!).
I agree with you there. At the very least the Goldust vs Sheamus matches. Those were awesome for how short they were. I would even add the Ric Flair match from when they were doing the storyline that if he lost he would retire. I think one of those happened on ECW anyway.
Awesome job sir. While I was skeptical off New ECW at the time, I grew to like it for what it was. So I would definitely buy this.
As ECW represents (for the most part) a creative failure on McMahon’s part and the fact that it was Heyman’s creations or ideas that stuck, this is an unlikely release.
The documentary is a great idea but there are too many matches listed here, some scraping the bottom of the barrel. Did I miss something or was the RVD-Hardcore Holly match omitted from this collection? That was a memorable TV match that epitomized the ideals of the original ECW.
A doc with 15 of the absolute best matches from the ECW PPV events and TV show would suffice.
As usual a terrific concept. It’s a shame we don’t get releases like this. Instead we get lazy releases like “Mr. Wrestlemania” with a million repeats and an omitted match. Throw in HD footage released only in DVD format. WWE Home video should seriously hire the contributors of this site.
A Braden Walker match ? Definite Buy !
While I thought WWECW was a hit and miss. This set seems interesting and would be a pick up for me if real.
If someone can go ahead and green light this, that would be great.
I could not agree more !! Make this please WWE instead of the majority of releases scheduled
A no holds barred interviews/discussion about the horror behind December to Dismember with all parties involved would be worth the purchase alone. XD
I wish WWE would consider this, this would be a very entertaining release. And if anything else, they can just sell it off the ECW name alone, and I think people would pick it up. It’s a very important time in WWE history that is worth documenting like this.
Awesome job as always, Mark. However, I think I can do better than you. What do you say? A little challenge. Reply back please
Lame.