If there's one thing that can be accurately said about Extreme Championship Wrestling, it's that it often wasn't as well-regulated as the WWF or WCW. Obviously, both those promotions had their problems too, but it seems highly unlikely that either would have allowed anything like the 'Mass Transit' incident of November, 1996 to take place under their respective jurisdiction. Eric Kulas, a young man who was in attendance for an ECW live event, somehow managed to convince Paul Heyman that he was able to replace a no-showing Axl Rotten in a tag-team match against The Gangstas, New Jack and Mustafa Saed. Teaming with D-Von Dudley, Kulas entered battle and it quickly became apparent that his claims of being trained by Killer Kowalski were an outright lie. Asking New Jack to blade him during the bout, Kulas got more than he bargained for, being cut deep by his opponent and bleeding profusely all over the place. The match was an aberration, and it seemed that Kulas had a case for legal action against ECW. Unfortunately, he had not only lied about his wrestling training, but also his age (Kulas claimed he was 19, instead of 18) and several weird statements and lies during the trial led to the case being thrown out of court.
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.
