6. Thou Must Realize That Ring of Honor Is To WWE As ECW Was To WWF
This is unequivocally true, and if somebody in WWE isn't sliding a secret envelope to Ring of Honor once a month, they should be. The ECW/WWF relationship was terrible because it was all one-sided. WWF got their entire Attitude Era swagger (and many top performers) from ECW while ECW got a lot of money, but past say, 1997 not so much in moldable talent or top-roster stars who could benefit from the time in the promotion. I'd give my right arm to see Wade Barrett appear at a Ring of Honor taping and hit Jay Lethal with a Bull Hammer elbow. Los Matadores without the masks as The Colons working Red Dragon, The Kingdom or The Young Bucks for a spell could offer them the ability to get that certain something that could push them over the top, too. WWE could have a great AA team to pair with the AAA team in their farm system in pursuing a deeper relationship with ROH.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
