8 Things We Learned From WWE Untold: ECW’s 2nd Coming

8. People Still Drink The Kool-Aid

First up though, Tommy Dreamer's bold claims need to be addressed.

According to Dreamer, a long-time Paul Heyman apostle, the original Extreme Championship Wrestling would've been pro wrestling's number one powerhouse in the 1990s had it had the funds to compete with the WWF or WCW. Without any hint of sarcasm, Dreamer says ECW would have taken over had it secured national TV.

Heyman, to his credit, is a bit more realistic. After Tommy's decidedly deluded rant, his old boss points out that ECW's style would've had to evolve had it landed on a worldwide TV outlet. In other words, it couldn't have been the extreme, controversial and counter-culture promotion it was, and they wouldn't have been able to get away with half the stuff they did on late-night syndication.

Dreamer's opinion is exactly that, but it doesn't bother to mention the slicker take on their rebellion by WCW's nWo faction, or Steve Austin's riotous run as 'Stone Cold' that blended talent few in ECW had with corporate might. To say ECW would've taken over with more money is to ignore that the company was hardly perfect.