In this free preview clip of the first episode (of two) in our deep dive Patreon series on the post-TNN death spiral of ECW, Kris and David take a look at two of the many choice Paul Heyman rants to the newsletters featured in the full episode. After going off on the possibly WCW-bound Kid Kash, Paul turns his attention to Jason Powell at the Pro Wrestling Torch during one of their phone calls. If you’re a fan of Paul Heyman saying things like “since I am a member of the Hebrew tribe, I may not be as educated as the vaunted journalists at the TORCH may be on the Christmas holiday,” then this is the show for you!

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Full show description:

2021 is still the 20th anniversary of American professional wrestling changing forever, and you know what that means: We pivot from the sale of WCW back to ECW for the brief and depressing post-TNN era. This show, the first of two “Death of ECW” shows, picks up where we left off with the end of the TNN series in November 2000 and takes us through the end of January 2001. That means, basically, that we’re going just past the final ECW shows; next month, we’ll pick up in February and go through the start of ECW’s introduction into the WWF’s WCW invasion storyline.

So, what do we talk about this time? Topics include the continuation of all of the drama involving late and missing paychecks, there being no “November Rain” video before November to Remember, Rob Van Dam peacing out over money owed and a friend of his causing a stir with a letter to WrestlingObserver.com, cancelled house shows, whether or not the WWF had a temporary moratorium on signing ECW talent, another Paul Heyman-led team meeting, Paul going off on Steve Corino to both newsletters, Paul going off on the Torch in the pages of the Torch, Corino’s “Torch Talk” interview, whether or not Paul would really give anyone a release, alleged TV talks with Fox, Paul kayfabing everyone to make them think he’s spread too thin, FARMCLUB.COM, the end of ECW Hardcore TV, the infamous Observer story about Corino’s contract, rumors of Fusient buying ECW, the wrestlers kayfabing their farewell ceremony, and much more. This is another amazing ECW show, and we hope you enjoy it!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 November 2000

0:53:57 December 2000

1:54:24 Weeks of January 1 & January 8, 2001

2:51:40 Weeks of January 15, January 22, & January 29, 2001

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