ECW November To Remember 2000

Extreme Championship Wrestling had expanded and flourished so rapidly for a number of different reasons- it was original and vibrant at a time when most mainstream US wrestling was not; it took chances and pushed the envelope shocking wrestling fans whose idea of professional wrestling came only from the cartoon world of WWE; its storylines and characters were engrossing, eschewing the one-dimensional heroes and villains of the main promotions at the time. It also created star, lots of them- from The Sandman to Tommy Dreamer, Taz, Rob Van Dam, Shane Douglas, The Dudley Boys, Sabu and others- Paul Heyman had a way of getting everybody on his roster over, to the point where he was even able to put the ECW World Heavyweight Title on Mikey Whipwreck. When Heyman was able to give his undivided attention to the product, ECW would thrive from a creative perspective and new stars were being born at an unheard of rate. As such, when the big boys came calling on a regular basis between 1995 and 1998, and the likes of The Public Enemy, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Juventud Guerrera, Chris Jericho, Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Raven, Stevie Richards and others left the company, there was always someone ready to step up into the position they filled.