Checkmate Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Anyone seen anything from this company was it just another ECW rip off and what happened to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Psygnosis Posted March 18, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 18, 2011 Wasn't exactly an ECW rip off, but I'd say it was influenced - Folded in Jan 2004 after liquidation - I liked the Xtreme Horsemen thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 They were a promotion that appeared to have all of the tools needed to succeed but for some reason they never seemed to be able to pull it off in the ring. I tried watching some of their shows but the matches, even when they involved reliable workers, were almost always terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spurs 4 life Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I vaguely remember watching it on the Wrestling channel and nothing much stood out except the name which is still begging to be used by a major promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Unfortunately MLW in my eyes were never around long enough to get a stride going and have there own identity. The matches were not as good as what you could see in ROH or TNA (At the time) or even CZW. In my opinion however it wasnt that bad. Â THe roster they used was a good mix though and having people in different gimmicks to what they did elsewhere I liked. Although Joe got shat on like it was 2010. Â Towards the end they had decent production and used nice club like venues. However at the beggining they were just another Philly/ NYC indy. Moving to florida gave them good 1000+ crowds at times to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reznor Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Only really saw odds & ends but mostly i thought it was decent. The one full card i did catch was Reload, and that was a real fun show with loads of variety. Â My memories of it are certainly a lot more positive than that Pro-Pain-Pro-Wrestling crap which TWC also used to show (which also has arguably the worst name ever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokeorpepsi Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Any links to any matches to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Four Horsemen Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Heres a good one, first time i've ever seen La Parka go against Sabu.  Mexican Death Match  Notable for Sabu trying to rip La Parkas mask off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SiMania Posted March 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 I've got all the tv shows but could never get into them, it tried to look like late ECW but never had the wrestling to back it up. Sabu/La Parka was fun though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 Former WWE writer and current Wrestling Observer phone-into-er (that isnt even a word) was the head man behind it. Which is some career changes= ECW Rip-off promotion>WWE Writer>Alvarez verbal sparing partner. It wasnt as bad as 3PW or XPW, but it wasnt anything special. The Xtreme Horsemen thing had a lot of potential until WWE took Jerry Lawler out of the storyline. Lawler, Sabu and Funk in a War Games match against Windham, Corino etc. would have been great value. For me it was the only time I've ever seen Steve Corino look like a star. Â What is funny is, the match Samoa Joe had with Mike Awesome is as close as you'll get to see how Joe would look if WWE road agents were telling him how to wrestle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 It was in similar venues to , it had a mix of violence and lucharesu-lite, it had Joey Styles, it hada mix of guys that used to wrestle for and guys that would have wrestled in if it were still going... yeah. It was a nice try at continuing the spirit had, and there were a few good matches thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 EcW Stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 20, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2011 It wasnt as bad as XPW, Â What is? I reckon we could do an E-Fed that'd piss all over XPW. Â Except for Pogo the Clown. I liked that gimmick. Especially when they made him a bit paedoey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 20, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted March 20, 2011 What is funny is, the match Samoa Joe had with Mike Awesome is as close as you'll get to see how Joe would look if WWE road agents were telling him how to wrestle. Â What I remember about that match is that it got absolutely NO reaction at all. In fact, MLW crowds were about the worst and least responsive wrestling crowds I've ever heard. It was an awful promotion that should have been much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoH Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 It wasnt as bad as XPW, Â What is? I reckon we could do an E-Fed that'd piss all over XPW. Â Except for Pogo the Clown. I liked that gimmick. Especially when they made him a bit paedoey. Â I agree with your Pogo analysis. Best thing associated with XPW. Genuinely scary, could see a partnership with Matt Bornes current Heath Ledger-influenced Doink gimmick, though wouldn't have a place in WWE currently. Â Didn't he also go stiff (ooh er) on one of the Insane Clown Posse during a match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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