ECW Living Dangerously 2000 Review | Wrestling With Wregret 

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Brian's afraid to give MINUS FIVE STARS because he knows Jack will stab him.

RVD vs. Mike Awesome in 2000 sounds absolutely phenomenal.

As soon as Brian said Vic Grimes and New Jack my head slowly was putting together the puzzle.

Disappointed you didn't reference the best part of the Corino/Dusty feud: the promo where Corino accused Dusty of cutting the brake lines in Magnum TA's car.

I'd make a joke about New Jack falling but I'm afraid he would actually kill me.

Good morning, Tony Schiavone.

Imagine if every Sandman run-in had the four-minute entrance.

I was at this show in my home town. A few notes: - First show I ever went to was at this venue on May 16, 1995 WWF ran 4 superstars tapings here. WWE would return in 2005 for a Smackdown house show. - ECW planned to run a TNN taping here in January 2000 but made it a house show where Jerry Lynn injured his leg putting him on the shelf for a while promising us a tv taping at a future date which became this pay per view. They returned in June for a TNN taping and in September for a house show. - TNA ran a house show here in January 2010 with Kurt Angle and AJ Styles and drew less than 1,000 people. - I graduated in this building 2 years after this pay per view.

Joey Styles was good enough to call Living Dangerously but not BACKLASH.

ECW having a shows called living dangerously is extremely perfect.

ECW in 2000 was like watching a rockstar slowly die, there’s was a lot of swear words and lot of shit happens and a lot of drugs, but at least it was going to be a blaze of glory.

The "Man, Man, Man" comment is a nod to when Paul Heyman berated Medusa (I think?) at what I believe was Halloween Havoc '90 or '91, when he shouted at her, "I am a man, man, man! You are a woman, woman, woman!"

"One of those barricade posts where you pull the cloth strip out" They're called stanchions, actually. I only know this because my work has been using them because of Covid. I don't know why it bugged me enough to point this out, but there's your new word for the day, kids. You're welcome.

I remember all the talk about "Vic Grimes is the next Mick Foley" LOL!! People at the time didn't realize that Foley is 1 million times more than just "taking big bumps" lol

Sinister Minister is greatly underrated

That fall was one of the reasons New Jack would try to kill Vic Grimes, beat up a 72 year old man and stab a guy nine times in a match, his brain was even more scrambled than before.

Should be noted that Kid Kash wrestled with his mouth wired shut due to a broken jaw that night and was almost pulled from the card

Ah yes Dusty and his longest rivalry.... His pants

Crazy to think how famous Cyrus was before he even got his Grade 10

You've got to watch New Jack's episode of Dark side of the Ring. The story behind that match is just as bad is the match itself.

Every video your transformation into Arn Anderson progresses

16:41 Why would Kintaro think that would work? Balls is a Chair-Type Pokémon.

Nice to see Jedo and Gedo, Bullet Club in ECW lol

Mike Awesome looks like that dude who played the saxophone at the carnival in The Lost Boys.

Man, I still can't watch the impact of that fall knowing Grimes basically crushes New Jack's skull.

I watch some RU-vid...but I’m gonna lie when I watch these ppv classics... i got to be in total quietness and no distractions... by far 1 of favorite segments of wrestling to watch... keep up the great work Brian... maybe 1 day in the future... get to meet you when your in Massachusetts area

Overall thoughts on this show: -Dusty being in ECW is something I completely forgot ever happened. Imagine if Heyman managed to convince Rhodes to buy a share of the company, if they had a recognizable big name as part of his inner circle, that would have been interesting. -Sandman's wife getting Gore'd through the table is insanely tough and all the kudos to her for taking that bump. -Mike Awesome rules. That is all. -The fact that New Jack is still alive after Vic's fat ass landed on his head is an absolute miracle. One of the sickest spills I've ever seen. Pls don't hurt me Jack, no one deserves to have THAT happen. -On the topic of that, Brian should have shown the clip of Jack vs. Grimes in XPW, because that's an equally insane fall. He completely missed the tower of TWELVE tables and landed right on the top rope, and bounced back into the ring. How in God's name was the worst injury he got was a dislocated ankle? -I love Cyrus on commentary. He's so good at being a smarmy prick. Overall, it's an okay show.

Atlas Security let me gored though a table after the king of old school Steve Corino held me down and berated me. Would not recommend. 1/5 stars. -Lori F.

What Joey styles trying to do a Tazmission in the opening.

Adam Cole is a black haired Steve Corino lol

New jack said he had brain fluid streaming out of his nose after that fall

These were the best to binge during quarantine

Fair play to ECW for not having half the budget that WWF and WCW had and still being really successful for a few years.

No matter how much time passes, the scaffold spot with new Jack and grimes is so gross.

Joel Gertner may have been more vulgar than a 2 Live Cru album, but I enjoy his brand of politically incorrect just for how lyrical he got while graphically describing sex acts

21:49 I’ve only seen that move in Wrestlemania 2000. Nice work Tanaka

If you were in ECW, weren't you always living dangerously?

So this was the show where Grimes lands on Jack's head

I'm still surprised that New Jack and Vic Grimes are alive. Edit: 11 months have passed since I made my original comment and learned New Jack has passed on.

That gore through the table on Sandman's wife was truly terrifying. Holy shit

only thing I remembered was new jack almost dying lmao

Oh shit! I remember that New Jack spot from Dark Side of the Ring.

Legit surprised to see Gedo on this show.

I've still got this PPV on the OG DVD 😁 great review... bought back the mems

James Mitchell has aged pretty well, all things considered. It's sad when a compliment is given that there aren't 'too many' bullshit finishes. +1/2 a star for the boob flex. Good god, that fall looked gruesome. Surprised you didn't include a clip of the scaffold toss.

Ever never actually seen the New Jack/Grimes fall off the scaffolding but holy shit that’s crazy. Your reaction was amazing😂

Good start to the day is when I see the notification for “ Wrestling With Wregret Classic PPV Reviews”

This is my favourite part of WWW by far!! The classic PPV review is the best thing, not only about wrestling on RU-vid, but RU-vid itself!!

5000 people in the stands and 95 000 pay per view buys yet Paul couldn't afford to pay the wrestlers $20 each? *What a businessman*

A couple things to point out, Jado and Gedo are also from FMW, and Tanaka's one signature move is called the "Diamond Dust Bullet".

Hey father james Mitchell, always good to see him

Great for Dusty in showing us what really happens when you get a fever for more cowbell.

When I saw the word Danbury I was like "why does that name ring a bell?" and then it hit me like a brick wall. RIP New Jack's cranium

1 year after this ppv New jack tried to kill Vic Grimes and others wrestlers

I remember watching it live , and that Scaffold bump in kayfabe was legit "Let's both climb this thing together specifically so we can fall off of it". They didn't even try to make it look realistic.

Correction: during the vic grimes and new jack match, the rematch was when it was the 40 foot scaffold. This match the scaffolding was only around 15 feet according to new jack in interviews

Whenever I have a bad day, I watch New Jack and Vic Grimes. Makes me smile.

Seeing Jado, Gedo, Mike Awesome, Kanemura, and Tanaka really makes me want to see Brian review FMW so bad lol

I watched this PPV live & thought either New Jack or Grimes were dead. It really shook me because I had also watched WWF Over The Edge live the previous year. I was like "Holy Shit not again!". While no one died that fall seriously screwed up New Jack & nearly drove him to committing murder years later as a receipt to Grimes.

Brian thank you for always being both outspoken and entertaining 🦔

James mitchell the best manager never to really make it.

The ppv where New Jack almost killed himself

I honestly don't understand what is running through a promoter's head when they sign New Jack to a match, he never should've been in wrestling.

i thought the banner at the bottom at 0:39 was a pop up ad

That still shot of Sandman's wife SERIOUSLY looks like "IT'S MA'AM!"

I remember reviewing this show and a lot of people say that this is the worst ECW pay-per-view personally I kind of defend itTo me it's not really that bad of a pay-per-view because Paul Heyman didn't have Spike he didn't have Jerry Lynn Rob Van dam was hurtthere was a lot of people that was injured on this showor didn't show up because they didn't get paid but Paul Heyman somehow someway still made it work even though that there were some matches that didn't belong on here and yes the new Jack vic Grimes incident yeah this show is really remembered for that and I remember watching that and all I said was good God Almighty

Was already giving this video a like, but the Danhausen reference made me wish I could give it two. 👍

Brian is so close to saying "MINUS 5 STARS"

lol why does ECW security look like televangelists

That fall makes me cringe every time!

New Jack and Vic Grimes almost die is probably The Best summing for this Match

Ah the good ol days. I miss 2000. I was 15 and just played Dreamcast and watched ECW/WWF. Bliss, haha!

Funny that this PPV is very fitting to our society dealing with Covid and protests, we are all Living Dangerously.

Hey Brian, just wanted to say thanks for all the awesome content. I’ve only just recently found and subscribed to your channel, very well delivered and great knowledge. Thanks for making quarantine a lot better 👍🏼

My thoughts when you mentioned Vic Grimes and New Jack: “Oh boy, here we go.”

I've been going through ECW shows on the Network and PPV, and it so happened I reached this show at the time this video came out. So, here are some additional thoughts: Due to the Cyrus/Joey/Gertner interaction and the Corino/Sandman/Lori/Rhino stuff, it was 18 minutes before we got to the first match. This show marked the second PPV Sandman was supposed to face Rhino, but did not happen. I'd have to go back to the original tape, but it seems as if the WWE Network version had quite a bit clipped since it was only a few minutes over the two hour mark. I believe much of it was due to them cutting several of the entrances, likely due to music copyright issues. Super Crazy was never a member of the Network stable. It was Tajiri who was a member until April 2000. The elimination of Awesome/Raven during the tag title match was even more baffling considering Awesome took the pin after a Roaring Elbow from Tanaka. These two pretty much had to kill each other to get a pin in their singles matches, and it only took one elbow to end this match? I think you overrated most of the matches, as there wasn't anything above 2 1/2 stars IMO. I think it's largely due to the lack of buildup for most of the show, which made it hard to get invested in the matches. IT was too chaotic for my tastes--and way too much Network and Cyrus, which was par for the course for 2000 ECW.

And to think, if it wasn't for Vic Grimes falling as awkwardly as he did in that scaffold match, New Jack would have indeed killed him. The fact his ankle hit the rope and slowed him from going right to the outside actually saved his life. New Jack is insane

The logo for the promotion says "ECW Wrestling" So does that mean we should have been calling it "ECWW" this whole time? Extreme Championship Wrestling Wrestling

'Kintaro hits him in the head with a chair but Balls feels no effect." That's because Balls Mahoney is a Chair Type Pokemon.

I was watching another classic review when this notification came up This is a great interruption

My day at work was starting out good but it went to crap seeing this PPV Review is helping me out

That comic sans in the ring though...

"Man Man Man" is a reference to a controversial promo Paul E cut on Medusa that got him fired from WCW. Look it up on RU-vid. Good stuff

I loved ecw back in the day. Ecw is the icp of wrestling. Hardcore, over the top, underground underdogs, super dedicated fan base, Violent, small scale biz that blows up w/o major corporate backing. And still Hella legends have worked with them.

Love ur classic ppv reviews,keep up the good work

Anyone watching this review after the news of New Jack's passing?

Omg that New Jack bump always makes me wince in pain knowing his skull got cracked open and he has brain fluid coming out of his nose and ear(s?) - and all the other injuries and permanent damage you spoke of from said fall. New Jack was already a psychotic lunatic but I think this knocked out the few remaining marbles he had left.... After this he did the try and kill Vic Grimes a year later and I believe the Gypsy Joe beating, the indie wrestler he stabbed like 9 times, the 17 year old indie wrestler he carved open in a bar where literally no one seemed to be paying attention; these things were all post (this) fall, right? I feel like this ruined him. He was not very gifted besides gimick matches but he could cut a great promo and who knows what he could have been if not all the drugs and brain injuries and damage

The Classic ECW PPV reviews are my absolute favourite! As a 2000’s kid it’s interesting as hell to me to because I was never exposed to ECW and that style of wrestling! Some spots are too crazy for my liking at times but, they produced many legends of the wrestling business and are certainly a company to always remember!

awesome!! ive been waiting on this review since i first heard you were doin living dangerously !!

A lot of your complaints about this show feels like my feelings about modern Wrestling at times. I feel it's 150 mph go go go go go on every move,and every spot. Probably my only gripe about wrestlers today not gonna lie.

6:28 I remember when Joey said that live, I was rolling LOL

So you say "ref bumps don't matter in ECW", and you're mostly right. But in the case of Rhino and Super Crazy, it makes sense because Super Crazy was hitting his finish, and taking out the ref meant that there would be no one to count the pin, and the ref would absorb the blow from the last moonsault, so even if a replacement ref ran in, Rhino would be in a better position than if he, y'know, just ate Super Crazy's finish.

The rule about when to censor people flippin' the bird seems to be: - censor when it's aimed at another person (direct fire) - don't censor if it's just a general and indiscriminate F.U to the whole arena and everyone watching at home (indirect fire)

I'm glad this PPV is being covered... I've often wondered what the plan was for RVD and the T.V title. How long would he have ended up holding it for and who would have ended up beating him for it... Assuming they hadn't gone out if business... And he hadn't gotten hurt...

I actually own this show on DVD! And watching your review, by god it cuts out so much. It pretty much starts at Little Guido vs Super Crazy. I didn't even know Dusty Rhodes was on the show.

19:27 It's okay, PS2 came out a few months later.

Hell yeah a new Classic PPV and a ECW one at that 👍👍

new jack was and is crazy he didnt care for his opponents

New Jack is the kind of person I wouldn’t meet without a small security force and probably a ballistic vest and helmet.