Product Description

ECW burst onto the sports entertainment scene in the early 1990s, and redefined the industry with a reckless, brutal, death-defying, and often bloody style that became known as 'hardcore'. In the process, it attracted a rabid, cult-like following that is still going strong today. The ECW 'hardcore' style changed the wrestling business forever; and more than any other single factor, it was the adoption of this 'new breed of wrestling' from the young upstart company by the WWE that was largely responsible for the subsequent WWE domination of the industry. Through extensive interviews with former ECW talent and management, fans will have an inside look at what made the company great - and what led to its ultimate demise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216810 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

Hmmm, I've read and heard this somewhere before...
First off, this is an enjoyable read. And it's an enjoyable fresh read if you haven't read Mick Foley's book and watched the Rise & Fall DVD. The writing is pretty unimaginative, and when you find yourself reading page after page of quotes from "Have a Nice Day" and the Rise & Fall DVD, it's a severe case of deja vu. Okay, so perhaps 30% of the interviews are original, but the rest are taken straight from what you've seen and read already. And sometimes it seems Loverro just pops some huge quotation in there for no good reason. No background to it, just copy and paste. If you know the history already you'll understand, but to others it may sound like a 10 year old kid high on too much sugar trying too tell everything at the same time! Fair enough, this review sounds a tiny bit negative, but as I said, if you like wrestling books (and especially if you're unfamiliar with the ECW) - buy it! Just overlook the fact that some of the photos are named laughably wrong (doesn't anyone proof read anymore?!).

Official Release Fails To Impress
A book that promised much due to it's offical status and easy access to 'Kool-Aid' brewer Paul Heyman and ECW heart Tommy Dreamer. Despite a few new relavations, silly spelling mistakes and historical errors prove to be the books undoing. True ECW fans should instead order John Lister's 'Turning The Tables' - the full story of the Extreme Revolution which is easily the best of the three ECW books currently on the market.

Unfortunately, an average rehash
This is a fairly basic summary of the history of ECW, that will be of little extra interest to those people who have seen the WWE's DVD on the subject (which it quotes continuously) and the Forever Hardcore DVD documentary.

The book gets several facts wrong, including frequent references to "Mike Nova" rather than "Mike Bucci" or simply "Nova". Furthermore, there is an obvious bias both towards the ECW product and WWE product that is not truly fair in terms of providing an objective analysis of the industry during the time period in question.

On the plus side, it's a weighty book that doesn't require much attention to go through.

Recommended to those people who have not seen the DVD documentaries. Otherwise, it's better to pass on it.