7 Behind The Scenes ECW Stories That’ll Shock You

3. Triple H & Undertaker Almost Worked Shows

Triple H and The Undertaker once worked a match for the quirky, unique and decidedly un-WWF-like Shotgun Saturday Night in early-1997. This was 'Attitude Era' style before that was even a thing. 'Taker and Trips brawled throughout a train/subway station with a ring set up in the middle of it, and they were allowed to work a little differently than they might've on Raw or Superstars.

That match could've foreshadowed something even wilder had they gone to work for ECW. Wait, what?! It's true, it's damn true. Bruce Prichard once said that both ‘Taker and HHH offered themselves up as guest stars for ECW excursions. Vince McMahon was never going to let Undertaker go, but Hunter was more realistic because he wasn’t quite a household name or main event star quite yet.

For some reason, it didn’t happen.

It'd be fascinating to find out who else was happy to go and do some gigs with Heyman and his band of unruly hardcore brawlers. Jerry Lawler worked a match at Hardcore Heaven 1997 vs. Tommy Dreamer, and other stragglers like Leif Cassidy found themselves reborn as Al Snow under Paul's watch. That totally changed his entire career for the better.

In theory, Triple H may have shown off some of the style he'd deploy later on. Working for ECW might have frayed the edges of his still-cartoonish 'Connecticut Blue Blood' character too. Meanwhile, imagine Undertaker vs. New Jack, The Sandman, Sabu or Raven in '97?! He'd have been ready for some of that after working with Mick Foley in '96.