10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About ECW

9. It Could've Been Number Two

Here's another typical thought back in the mid-to-late-90s.

Had it not been for Ted Turner's backing, WCW would've been ousted from the major promotion picture and ECW would've supplanted it as the number two promotion in the land. Then, hardcore fans reasoned, Heyman could've focused on tearing down the corporate juggernaut that was Vince McMahon's WWF.

Bullsh*t. As already established, ECW relied upon financial support of its own from a company so many fanatics despised. Plus, who could say with any guarantee that ECW would outright replace WCW had Turner's operation ceased in the '90s? Where's the evidence to back that up? There isn't any, and saying it might've happened by default is flimsy.

ECW was a niche product. It was one with potential, granted, but to say it'd automatically take WCW's place is foolish. WCW, for all its own faults, had an audience who genuinely enjoyed following that company. It's far-fetched to claim they'd become ECW fans overnight had WCW disappeared.