But besides that, a lot of fans that didn’t watch Japanese wrestling or trade tapes or didn’t get to watch ECW might not be able to appreciate him as much, because they didn’t see him as much.

Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/rob-van-dam-terry-funk-legacy/

From there I went from that to ECW, spent about a year there or so, maybe a little less, then I went back to doing enhancement matches and doing tag matches with Ace Darling and we were both in school full time.

Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/crowbar-recalls-talks-with-wwe-early-in-his-career-being-a-fan-of-ecw/

I have lived 24/7 for ECW.

Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/tommy-dreamer-hopes-to-go-into-wwe-hall-of-fame-in-philadelphia-next-year/

On day one, leaders will announce substantial new financial support to ECW to deliver on the Fund’s goal to reach a total of 20 million girls and boys over the next four years.

Source: https://www.africanexaminer.com/un-body-raise-hope-worlds-most-vulnerable-children/

“Personnel should be trained to use an ECW for one standard cycle (five seconds) and then evaluate the situation to determine if subsequent cycles are necessary,” the guidelines stated.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-18/lapd-tasing-of-keenan-anderson-brings-scrutiny-to-police-policy

Remember this is 1996 and for people not familiar with ECW this was heavy stuff.

Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/leightys-retro-review-wwf-in-your-house-good-friends-better-enemies/

The biggest problem with the Invasion was that they failed to put WCW and ECW over as a credible threat to the WWF wrestlers, and Triple H during that period of time did not exactly have a reputation for showing weakness against his opponents.

Source: https://411mania.com/wrestling/ask-411-wrestling-what-wrestlers-from-impact-1-can-appear-on-impact-1000/