In June 2006, WWE introduced again former competitor ECW, turning it into the promotion’s third model alongside “SmackDown” and “Uncooked.” Finally, ECW by no means actually discovered its footing as a model, regardless of the highest title being placed on the likes of Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, and CM Punk. Some, similar to Kurt Angle, even felt being on the model was a detriment to his profession, as revealed on WWE Vault.
“I used to be [Vince McMahon’s] finest wrestler, I knew that. I imply, while you’re speaking about thorough-bred, in-ring wrestling,” Angle stated. “ECW principally was all about hardcore wrestling. Vince needed me to be the face of it and I felt like this was a demotion; I acquired very bitter.”Â
Angle then recalled a dialog he had with McMahon forward of his leap to ECW, the place the then-WWE Chairman admitted that Angle was going to work in smaller arenas and take a particular pay lower. “I stated: ‘Why the hell do I wish to try this?’ I look again now, perhaps what Vince was making an attempt to do was make me the brand new age Taz? ‘Trigger Taz was a thorough-bred wrestler as effectively; he carried that firm fairly effectively.” The veteran then admitted that whereas it is smart that McMahon may’ve needed to mildew him into the subsequent Taz, it wasn’t one thing he took very effectively on the time.
Apparently, throughout an interview a couple of years in the past, Angle painted a unique image about his “ECW” run. As an alternative, he claimed he knew that the scores can be good to start with earlier than dropping off later, and was way more involved about being on a model with out WWE’s full assist.
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