Definitely one of the weirdest set of circumstances ever in North American wrestling, a match between Mike Awesome and Taz for the ECW World Title had a lot of controversy surrounding it. As mentioned in a previous entry, Awesome had started working for WCW whilst still under contract to ECW. In fact, the man was still the reigning ECW Champion! WCW had been warned off letting their new star appear on television with the title, one that belonged to another company, so a scenario was created which would allow Awesome to drop the belt at an ECW show. Crazily, Mike Awesome would drop the strap to Taz, who was by then under contract to the WWF. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFx-_gKw8NA What this meant was incredible - the ECW Title was defended by a new WCW star, who lost out to a current WWF performer. It didn't do a lot for ECW, to tell the truth, the match itself only lasted a few minutes before Awesome tapped out and Taz was handed the belt.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
