20 ECW Easter Eggs, References And In-Jokes You Never Noticed
3. "Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman Could've Been In WCW
In the annals of tremendous worked shoots and things you may have forgotten ever took place, Eric Bischoff claims in his book "Controversy Creates Cash" that the only reason he ever gave Pillman his WCW release was so that he could go to ECW, become the "Loose Cannon" there, and then come back to WCW. Of course, Pillman's subsequent shoot comments calling Bischoff a "piece of s**t" corroborate this idea. "Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman in the WWF is a bittersweet memory," his work with Steve Austin, Goldust and The Hart Foundation being particularly memorable. However, one could only imagine what the "Loose Cannon" could've done with the likes of Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and any of the other quickly emergent crop of talent in WCW at that time.
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.
