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A lot can change in one week. I was on vacation last week so I didn’t get a chance to watch any kind of wrestling. Therefore I was surprised last night when I turn on ECW to see almost an entirely new cast of wrestlers. Gone were my favorite youngsters- Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, and The Hart Dynasty. In their place were a bunch of no-name talented initiative superstars.

I have mixed feelings on the roster shake up. I hope Swagger and Bourne will find success on Raw instead of being lost in the shuffle. I’m very excited to see what Smackdown has in store for The Hart Dynasty. However, I do not like the new talent initiative. This isn’t the first time ECW implemented a talent initiative. The first time wasn’t too successful either. Does anyone remember the name Brandon Walker?

I’m not going to write off the new ECW just yet. I’ll give the new roster a chance to prove they can be as entertaining as Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, The Hart Dynasty, and the other superstars no longer on the ECW roster.

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Thoughts on ECW

June 17th 2009 03:39

My attempt to start watching the WWE again is now in its third week. I have had trouble sitting down to watch Raw and Smackdown because the programs are always two hours long. I’m no longer a huge fan of television, like I was as a child, and trying to watch any program for multiple hours is a difficult task for me. That is why ECW seems to be the perfect WWE brand for me.

ECW is a one hour long program and the ECW brand is full of talented individuals. There are the talented veterans- Fit Finley, Christian Cage, and Tommy Dreamer. There is also Mark Henry but I‘ve never been a fan of his. ECW also plays host to a group of young and talented WWE superstars namely The Hart Dynasty, Jack Swagger, and Evan Bourne. The announce team of Josh Mathews & Matt Striker is refreshing too.

Right now I’m loving ECW. ECW is the one WWE brand which has me hooked because they feature what I like, in ring action, and they do so in the timeframe of an hour every week. I just hope ECW continues with the solid television.

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Tommy Dreamer is ECW

June 10th 2009 04:19

Watching the opening segment of ECW tonight was very heartwarming, at least for me, somebody who is an old school ECW fan. I did not think Tommy Dreamer would walk out of Extreme Rules with the ECW Championship but I was pleasantly surprised. And if anyone deserves praise for everything they have given wrestling the past 20 years, it is Tommy Dreamer.

Tommy Dreamer will never headline Wrestlemania or win the World Heavyweight Title or WWE Championship but Tommy Dreamer will always be one of the top guys in wrestling to me. Tommy Dreamer earned his respect by never walking out of ECW in the 1990s. Even when times were bad Tommy Dreamer stayed loyal to Paul Heyman and to ECW. Tommy Dreamer personified ECW.

Today Tommy Dreamer still is ECW. After being used as an enhancement talent on ECW for the past few years Tommy Dreamer is getting the recognition he deserves. From what I have read online Tommy Dreamer seems to be a genuinely nice guy and he deserves to be in the spotlight as ECW Champion. I only hope Tommy Dreamer title reign as ECW Champion will last till Summerslam where he can have a somewhat high profile match and put Jack Swagger over.

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Thoughts on 06/08 Raw

June 9th 2009 03:47

Tonight I sat down and watched all two hours of Monday Night Raw for the first time in years. I seriously can’t think of the last time I sat down and watched Raw from beginning to end. Heck, it might have been when I was in high school. If this Raw was any indicator of what Raw has been like over the past few years I’m going to conclude I haven’t been missing much which really surprises me with all the talented individuals on the roster.

Legacy, The Colons, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Matt Hardy, The Brian Kendrick, and William Regal are all guys I read great things about online and from what I’ve seen of each their praise from the internet community is well deserved. With such talent how can they only put on one quality match (Priceless vs. The Colons) in their two hours

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Credentials

June 6th 2009 04:26

In my last post I spent a lot of time explaining why I chose the domain name seekextreme. Something else I wanted to talk about but never was able to get around to was my credentials for being a professional wrestling blogger. I feel it is important to keep the writer in mind whenever you are reading somebody’s words, whether it is a research report or a simple blog.

I am no stranger to writing or to professional wrestling. I have been a fan of professional wrestling since I can remember. Growing up in the 1990s was a perfect time to be a wrestling fan too because their were three national promotions with lots to offer- World Wrestling Federation (now known as World Wrestling Entertainment), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Today I keep tabs on the WWE mainly through the internet and watch Total Non-Stop Action (TNA) Wrestling on a regular basis. I’m trying to get back into watching the WWE regularly too

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An Explanation

June 5th 2009 14:44

Good day to readers of seekextreme.com and welcome to the new seekextreme! Yesterday you noticed three posts about professional wrestling have been transferred over to here. Those blogs came from my Wrestling 101 blog. Orble.com had offered my Wrestling 101 blog a promotion to its own domain. I had a choice of many inactive domains and seekextreme.com is the one I picked. So no longer will seekextreme.com be about extreme sports. Instead I’m going to focus on professional wrestling.

I picked this domain for a reason. I grew up in the 1990s meaning I grew up when the wrestling business was at its peak. I watched both the then WWF (now WWE) and WCW. But I never was as passionate for either company as I was for ECW- Extreme Championship Wrestling. ECW had everything from hardcore brawls to mat classics to unbelievable lucha libre. The company could put on stellar shows.
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Thoughts on 06/02 ECW

June 3rd 2009 15:18

I remember being so excited back in 2006 when I found out the WWE planned to re-launch Extreme Championship Wrestling. That excitement quickly turned into bitter disappointment and anger. Vince McMahon and the WWE were ruining the legacy of ECW. I had my conspiracy theories on why I this was happening. But unlike some old school ECW fans I am willing to keep all that in the past and attempt to appreciate the WWE’s ECW show for what it is- an hour long show filled mostly with talented young up-in-comers.

Last night was the first time in a long while I sat down to watch ECW from start to finish. Outside of the main event none of the matches really were entertaining. The crowd seemingly being dead didn’t help matters either. However there are many interesting storylines developing. I’m intrigued to see where the Mark Henry/Evan Bourne story is heading. Seeing The Hart Dynasty spotlighted in the main event is great too. I hope The Hart Dynasty impresses WWE officials so they can eventually move to Raw or Smackdown!
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The Nature of Wrestling

June 1st 2009 13:42

In my introductory post for my wrestling blog I noted how many people may see professional wrestling as a joke but I knew better. But what I didn’t do in my post is explain this statement. Therefore I wanted to take time today to share what I mean.

The main reason people laugh at professional wrestling is the fake nature of the sport. People can’t understand why someone would take time out of their day to watch fake fighting. To defend wrestling I would first point out wrestling really isn’t fake, it is scripted. Wrestlers don’t put their full strength into body slams, punches, and chair shots but they still are putting in effort. And wrestlers get injured sometimes because of it. If wrestling was fake then there would be no injuries

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Wrestle!

May 31st 2009 01:22

Professional wrestling; some may think of wrestling as a joke but I know better. Ever since I can remember I watched professional wrestling. I grew up during an exciting time for the professional wrestling industry, during the Monday Night Wars. I would always switch between watching WCW and the then WWF. When I was introduced to ECW, ironically at 10 years old, I became an instant fan of the extreme promotion.

Fast forward to today: I’m still a fan of wrestling although I don’t think the current mainstream products (WWE and TNA) are at their full potential. Actually to be completely honest I haven’t watched WWE as much in recent years. Last time I watched WWE regularly was 2003-2004 when Smackdown was a part of the TV programming I watched. Part of the reason for this is I prefer professional wrestling over sports entertainment. While they may seem to be the same thing to the general public real wrestling fans know there is a difference

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