You don't know much about the company then, It existed before WWE told you about it, here in Philly. Tony Stetson and the TWA/EASTERN Championship Wrestling crew, carried the company.
Yes, Shane was a believable champion. Douglas could wrestle, could brawl and do hardcore, was great on the mic and looked and carried himself like a champion. He was the originator of the shoot style interview which in the long run, was a lot more important than breaking tables. How many people would have thrown down the NWA World Title belt? It took a lot of balls to do that and in doing so Douglas put ECW on the map.
vince wanted him to be a shoe bomber who lost every match before he got to the ring via explosion in his shoe, probably lol. with mcmahons cartoon thinking.
Sabu,NewJack, Cactus Jack, Tommy Dreamer, Sand Man, Mikey Whipwreck, Rob VanDam, Axle Rotten, Balls Mahoney, Eddie Guerrero,Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, TerryFunk, Dudley Boys and the list goes on. I got to meet Paul Heyman a while back, and he is a nice guy. I shook his hand and told him thank you for the memories and I miss ECW. All these guys were the definition of ECW.
I met him just a week ago up in Jersey, wasn't the friendliest that's for sure. Just said "$20" when asked for a photo and autograph and I went to tell him how he's one of my favs and he goes "ya I've heard it all" lol...guys like X-Pac on the other hand will ask all about you and thank you for coming out to see them after all these years
Same thing happened to me. Kept quiet and seemed like he didn't want to be there. Met Billy Gunn, amazing guy, friendly and thanked us for coming and was happy to talk to everyone.
Markos Ziss I met him at Wrestlecon and he was by far the coolest wrestler I've ever met. Dude was super chill and I could have talked to him for days if I could.
@@Horatio.Mantooth I thought he has gonna be a dick too going in to meet him (I still wanted to meet him because he's one of my favorite wrestlers) so I was kinda caught off guard on how cool he was
Best indie show I ever saw was Sabu vs Dan Severn in 1996, Sabu put on a clinic with Severn. People forget he turned down a scholarship for wrestling in highschool. It was fucking incredible.
wow...i'm a huge sabu fan...i've got hours and hours of sabu tapes and i've never heard of him facing severn! although it makes sense since they're both michigan boys...i wonder if there is video of this match somewhere... i got to hang out with dan severn once and he told me a couple funny sabu stories but never mentioned wrestling him
You can thank Paul Heyman for that. To this day he still owes a bunch of the ECW stars some money. They had bounced checks and a lot of them got in trouble for it
Serpico's Beard watch some ECW Hardcore TV on WWE Network from 1995-1997, Sabu was doing so much damage to himself!!! This Legend is revolutionary with the Hardcore style(Mick Foley, Dreamer, Sandman, & Funk) changed the fucking wrestling GAME!!!! Thank You 🙏 Sabu and ECW for all the Memories!!!! ECW!!!ECW!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!!
Got to love Sabu,'s interview great interview here the man is the best talent wrestler that puts his ass on the line I see this interview I felt bad for Sabu cause of Paulie put him thru in ECW and ECW was my favorite kind of wrestling as I grew up in the early 1980s watching WWF.
I remember taking photos of his match against his uncle the Sheik in Windsor,Ontario before he had his Sabu gimmick. Then sent the photos to Bill Apter of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine years later. The story was something like "the final test, is Sheik's nephew ready for the big time? " Boy was he ever!
I will say this, Title Match is awesome to Wrestling fans with these shoots. Just good people. Thank you guys. And Sabu and Melissa are a good combo! hope they keep doing what they do!
i once had the privilege of seeing a sabu rvd match in switzerland. great entertainment and two outstanding wrestlers. it's a damn shame Sabu went underpaid and underappreciated like this all these years
What I love about this video is it seemed too long to be worth the watch but it just breezed through in such a good way, he's like your drunk uncle that tells you stories
It's funny that Sabu mentioned WCW creative rejecting his ideas of doing things with Sting & Hulk Hogan. I remember Steve Austin saying the same thing in his ECW promo. I was a huge WCW fan growing up & was devasted when they went out of business, but now that I'm grown up & know what went behind the scenes, I can see why they went out of business: being stubborn about their ways, neglecting young talent & rejecting great ideas that could be a huge bebefit to the company.
Brilliant! Thank you for the interview! Sabu ftw! My favourite CAW on No Mercy on Nintendo 64. Would love to see him on a bigger stage either in Japan or WWE again. Both of Sabu and Super Genie deserve all the success!
Sabu is the man. I couldn't wait until you upload this interview shoot video. He should of react to some of the stuff CZW dose, I would like to see him in CZW and let him go CRAZY lol
When I was a kid I only watched wwf then wcw right before the nwo takeover but I found ecw one night flipping through the channels and the first match I seen was sabu vs rvd and man ever since I watched it I was hooked and remained a fan of ecw until the end both of those guys should be rich and in the hall of fame
Those are the best pure in ring performers of all time I saw a few sabu and rvd matches they are all sick. They won't have matches like that again. Sabu is 56 and rvd 50. And nowadays the talent is so weak
This channel is f'n awesome! I watched the Nash and X-Pac interview like 3 weeks ago, which I enjoyed very much and I accidentally clicked on this tonight. Bravo Title Match Wrestling, bravo! Are you the same guys that have contact with Bobby Heenan?
Thank you my friend!! Glad you dug those interviews - have you caught the one we did w/ Scott Hall? Think you might really enjoy that one too. And yes, we've brought Bobby to a couple shows over the last year or so - he and Cynthia are the best!
***** Exactly,finally a person on the internet with a rudimentary understanding of American English grammar. 👏👏👏 You just may have restored my faith in the world wide web,and for that, I thank you Brian Leong (Apathy). 👍
Splendid Sabu interview,for I would have liked to have known some information about Sabu's days in XPW(which both he and Genie Melissa briefly discuss) and the controversy of him working there(with Paul Heyman having threatened a lawsuit[at the time]).
Loved the interview man! But I kind of got this vibe like Melissa was talking too much about herself and Sabu was thinking, "Uhhh yeah we know you wrestle. You mentioned it 300 times...this interview is about me babe." Lol long live SABU!
+Title Match Wrestling Next time ask Sabu about NxT.Because I'd like to see the Human Highlight Reel on one of the best wrestling shows. Sabu for NxT Champion.
Yet another example of a company taking their best worker and using the talent to build a brand and style. All while not paying them what they are worth. Sabu is a legend and deserved better.
There were ECW toys (action figures) made back around 1999 when the original ECW was around and I was a kid... I still own most of them, including the ECW toy ring that came with two action figures: Rob Van Dam and SABU. Sadly, I'm getting the feeling Sabu (and everyone else) was NOT payed royalties when the ECW toys were made.
there are some workers considered underground know matter how popular they are.one of the last living breathing one of those is Sabu.Another to me is the great Muta,at least here in america.Sabu!Sabu!Sabu!
With him, whoever his opponent, it's Star vs Scars. Sabu is unique, and he's incredibly versatile and always welcomed by crowds. Hall of Fame, fine, but some formal acknowledgment is long overdue from the business side. Speaking of which, the guys he mentioned didn't go over, too.
"hey look, im dressed like I Dream of Genie and my costume jewelry clinking and non stop self promotion is so cool during sabus first actual talking shoot"
Had the opportunity to meet sabu 8 or 9 years back at the big money rustlas after party at st Andrews hall in Detroit he was a cool ass dude took a picture with me and had a funny conversation about cocaine .
I LOVED ECW!!! IYKYK!! Discovered it on late night TV and was hooked ... I used to hate on WCW and WWF... lol little did I know WWF was funding them!! I drank the Heyman- Aid!! When RVD and Dreamer fought, I used to love RVD... then he went WWF. That Lawler feud was real to me!!
Never seen sabu until the ecw vs wwe angle. He def looked like he was bad ass. Now I watch all his old matches. You can tell him and rvd was trained by same dude
I saw him wrestle many times here in Michigan, Al Snow, Too Cold Scorpio, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and I always wondered, Why isn't this guy headling PPV's?
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Sabu got me into watching ECW way back in the 90's. He was a catalyst, a trail blazer, a man who deserves so much credit. Thank you Sabu.
100% agreed!
Well put friend ☝🏻
Sabu is the greatest ECW wrestler in my eyes. He just had the whole 'x' factor and is one of the reasons the company was so successful.
in my eyes the best was Shane Douglas, the first guy to carry the company
You don't know much about the company then, It existed before WWE told you about it, here in Philly. Tony Stetson and the TWA/EASTERN Championship Wrestling crew, carried the company.
Yes, Shane was a believable champion. Douglas could wrestle, could brawl and do hardcore, was great on the mic and looked and carried himself like a champion. He was the originator of the shoot style interview which in the long run, was a lot more important than breaking tables. How many people would have thrown down the NWA World Title belt? It took a lot of balls to do that and in doing so Douglas put ECW on the map.
I started watching ECW in 94 or 95 because of RVD & Sabu, I never cared about the brawls, blood & violence.
New Jack all the way. Started watching in 94 all the way through. Sabu Sandman New Jack all amazing athletes and deserve way more credit then given
Sabu should be in hall of fame 5 years ago..
he's so underrated ...at least give him some main event
Criminally underrated
sabu cares nothing for the wwe hall of fame
I agree. I think Sabu is one of the all time greats; one of the most exciting wrestlers to do it as well.
The hof doesn't mean anythn its a joke.
He not even tho cause sabu rather tna than wwe and Vince sqewin him
"We don't hire talent, we create talent"?
Sabu was already created, better than what Vince could come up with.
vince wanted him to be a shoe bomber who lost every match before he got to the ring via explosion in his shoe, probably lol. with mcmahons cartoon thinking.
bubbiesdad and now he’s broke lol
@@paulschmich5577 But, atleast people respect and his good wrestler career. If he went to WWE he would had end up broke and with a joke of a career.
@@paulschmich5577 so are you dumbass
Hell yea he is unique and original legend
Sabu,NewJack, Cactus Jack, Tommy Dreamer, Sand Man, Mikey Whipwreck, Rob VanDam, Axle Rotten, Balls Mahoney, Eddie Guerrero,Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, TerryFunk, Dudley Boys and the list goes on. I got to meet Paul Heyman a while back, and he is a nice guy. I shook his hand and told him thank you for the memories and I miss ECW. All these guys were the definition of ECW.
Sabu seems like one of the most genuine people in the wrestling business.
Great interview.
Man, sabu seems like such a cool guy, always one of my favourites but havent heard him talk much, this was great
I met him just a week ago up in Jersey, wasn't the friendliest that's for sure. Just said "$20" when asked for a photo and autograph and I went to tell him how he's one of my favs and he goes "ya I've heard it all" lol...guys like X-Pac on the other hand will ask all about you and thank you for coming out to see them after all these years
That's A Real Shame Man...
Same thing happened to me. Kept quiet and seemed like he didn't want to be there. Met Billy Gunn, amazing guy, friendly and thanked us for coming and was happy to talk to everyone.
+Ben Thomas you met sabu
@@jodyshirley2927 he lives in my building.
There is no one ive ever felt to be as fascinating or as interesting as sabu...
Well that is just straight up pathetic
@@th3envyp238 😂😂😂
great interview. the guy deserves so much more money than what he got. he literally went through hell for the business and for us diehard fans.
His match with Rey Mysterio Jr. at ECW One Night Stand was dope. Best WWE moment for him.
He also had some matches with big show which where ok
Sabu a Legend.
One of the best in wrestling history.
The man who gave it all and got nothing back, we salute you Sabu 🙋🙆💪
Nothing to look up to
@@th3envyp238 and who are you?
Wish I met Sabu. He seems such a great guy who tells his greatest memory’s on ECW and probably one of the greatest and favourite wrestler of all time.
Markos Ziss I met him at Wrestlecon and he was by far the coolest wrestler I've ever met. Dude was super chill and I could have talked to him for days if I could.
@@barsbay7598 really? Thought he wasn't really good with fans?
@@Horatio.Mantooth I thought he has gonna be a dick too going in to meet him (I still wanted to meet him because he's one of my favorite wrestlers) so I was kinda caught off guard on how cool he was
A true legend that laid in all on the line for the fans and the sport. Thanks Sabu.
Best indie show I ever saw was Sabu vs Dan Severn in 1996, Sabu put on a clinic with Severn. People forget he turned down a scholarship for wrestling in highschool. It was fucking incredible.
wow...i'm a huge sabu fan...i've got hours and hours of sabu tapes and i've never heard of him facing severn! although it makes sense since they're both michigan boys...i wonder if there is video of this match somewhere... i got to hang out with dan severn once and he told me a couple funny sabu stories but never mentioned wrestling him
Thank you so much title match for uploading these for free and not RF videoing my ass 35 dollars to view. You Rock!
Jim Bob God forbid glad you see things my way.
My pleasure brother! I'm psyched when we get cool fans like you who enjoy them
"If you'e not their creation nobody gets to take credit for you, so nobody's gonna be behind you in the booking meetings." Wise words.
It really does bum me out that Sabu isnt rich.
He should have more success than Cena.
@@bobbybrake119 I mean cena did make smarter business decisions than sabu. Both are hard workers though
You can thank Paul Heyman for that. To this day he still owes a bunch of the ECW stars some money. They had bounced checks and a lot of them got in trouble for it
I am pretty sure he was getting fat pay check in Japan though (Japanese here). He was a regular both at NJPW and AJPW.
I hope AEW sign him in some capacity
Sabu has probably the most visually unique style of any wrestler I've seen. He's one of the great characters of the art. Sabu 4 ever
Sabu is so honest and puts ppl over even if they were evil shysters like Heyman.
Rest in peace to Melissa Coates
Legend. In ECW he looked so awesome in the ring and was willing to take the scariest bumps.
Check out some ECW PPV's on youtube.
Serpico's Beard watch some ECW Hardcore TV on WWE Network from 1995-1997, Sabu was doing so much damage to himself!!! This Legend is revolutionary with the Hardcore style(Mick Foley, Dreamer, Sandman, & Funk) changed the fucking wrestling GAME!!!!
Thank You 🙏 Sabu and ECW for all the Memories!!!! ECW!!!ECW!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!! ECW!!!!
Links 🤔?
One of the best ever 👊👆
was an honour to meet and watch these two perform last year :)
Got to love Sabu,'s interview great interview here the man is the best talent wrestler that puts his ass on the line I see this interview I felt bad for Sabu cause of Paulie put him thru in ECW and ECW was my favorite kind of wrestling as I grew up in the early 1980s watching WWF.
I remember taking photos of his match against his uncle the Sheik in Windsor,Ontario before he had his Sabu gimmick. Then sent the photos to Bill Apter of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine years later. The story was something like "the final test, is Sheik's nephew ready for the big time? " Boy was he ever!
Great Interview! They make a good combo, that voice tho lol. She's sweet to him and defends him, you can tell she cares about him.
Thank you!
his idea for a hardcore division is actually really good. Once a month and at the end of the year a massive hardcore pay per view, awesome
I will say this, Title Match is awesome to Wrestling fans with these shoots. Just good people. Thank you guys. And Sabu and Melissa are a good combo! hope they keep doing what they do!
Rest In Peace Super Genie. Stay strong Sabu.
This guy Sabu is a gem, wow!
i once had the privilege of seeing a sabu rvd match in switzerland. great entertainment and two outstanding wrestlers. it's a damn shame Sabu went underpaid and underappreciated like this all these years
I love Sabu's stories. Legend
I love Havac 95 WCW in Detroit and Uncle "Sheik" throws the fire ball at end of match.
RVD & Sabu are the team that I was focused on. ❤❤❤
2:20 damn i already respect Dude for his loyalty and this interveiw proves why he's an icon and The Sultan is just a footnote in Wrestling history
What I love about this video is it seemed too long to be worth the watch but it just breezed through in such a good way, he's like your drunk uncle that tells you stories
That "Generic Crony" bit might be the funniest thing I've seen this year. Thank you!
It's funny that Sabu mentioned WCW creative rejecting his ideas of doing things with Sting & Hulk Hogan. I remember Steve Austin saying the same thing in his ECW promo. I was a huge WCW fan growing up & was devasted when they went out of business, but now that I'm grown up & know what went behind the scenes, I can see why they went out of business: being stubborn about their ways, neglecting young talent & rejecting great ideas that could be a huge bebefit to the company.
Brilliant! Thank you for the interview! Sabu ftw! My favourite CAW on No Mercy on Nintendo 64. Would love to see him on a bigger stage either in Japan or WWE again. Both of Sabu and Super Genie deserve all the success!
Sabu, you sir are a true Legend. Chapeau and massive respect!
I had no problem understanding what Sabu is saying
Cocaine will do that
Because he's from Michigan not India
Damn, Sabu could have been a WWE legend.
Sabu is the man. I couldn't wait until you upload this interview shoot video. He should of react to some of the stuff CZW dose, I would like to see him in CZW and let him go CRAZY lol
He looks like a Middle Eastern version of Triple H
Cassie D Right! They look like brothers
Cassie D But triple H is a Punk. Sabu performs surgery on himself in the ring
Cassie D WOW,I thought the same shitt ,on the profile shots hahahah, good look
@@isitoveryet9525 Him and his girlfriend look like brothers.
@@therealbfunke give trips some credit, he did finish a match with a torn quad.
awesome shoot big fan of the legend SABU..
you're awesome for posting this. thank you
And you're awesome for watching! Thanks so much for the support
As well as being one of the most innovative wrestlers of all time...Sabu seems like a real cool dude
soo cool this was free n nice to seee sabu still going strong
Lmao Genie really correcting Sabu's pronunciation of Royce Gracie
Sabu was not a sell out nor an ass kisser I respect him for that he stayed true
When I was a kid I only watched wwf then wcw right before the nwo takeover but I found ecw one night flipping through the channels and the first match I seen was sabu vs rvd and man ever since I watched it I was hooked and remained a fan of ecw until the end both of those guys should be rich and in the hall of fame
Those are the best pure in ring performers of all time I saw a few sabu and rvd matches they are all sick. They won't have matches like that again. Sabu is 56 and rvd 50. And nowadays the talent is so weak
Best interviews on this channel!!!
This channel is f'n awesome! I watched the Nash and X-Pac interview like 3 weeks ago, which I enjoyed very much and I accidentally clicked on this tonight. Bravo Title Match Wrestling, bravo! Are you the same guys that have contact with Bobby Heenan?
Thank you my friend!! Glad you dug those interviews - have you caught the one we did w/ Scott Hall? Think you might really enjoy that one too. And yes, we've brought Bobby to a couple shows over the last year or so - he and Cynthia are the best!
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. In other words, a check in hand from the WWF was worth 5x as much promised from ECW.
heyman a liar and schemer?
who would of thought
I don't get that "would of" thing. Someone please tell me why people keep saying "would of" instead of "would have", is that a thing or what?
+Johnny Cage It's the contraction "would've"(would have) being mispronounced,so it sounds like would of.
***** Exactly,finally a person on the internet with a rudimentary understanding of American English grammar. 👏👏👏 You just may have restored my faith in the world wide web,and for that, I thank you Brian Leong (Apathy). 👍
Brock,
Splendid Sabu interview,for I would have liked to have known some information about Sabu's days in XPW(which both he and Genie Melissa briefly discuss) and the controversy of him working there(with Paul Heyman having threatened a lawsuit[at the time]).
About to go see Sabu at a BTW show in a couple of hours. Can't wait.
I like that you showed clips from other interviews
Sabu is one of the only wrestlers that is about no bullshit you get one chance what you see is what you get keeps it very very real
Loved the interview man! But I kind of got this vibe like Melissa was talking too much about herself and Sabu was thinking, "Uhhh yeah we know you wrestle. You mentioned it 300 times...this interview is about me babe." Lol long live SABU!
Thanks for watching man!
+Title Match Wrestling Next time ask Sabu about NxT.Because I'd like to see the Human Highlight Reel on one of the best wrestling shows.
Sabu for NxT Champion.
Yet another example of a company taking their best worker and using the talent to build a brand and style. All while not paying them what they are worth. Sabu is a legend and deserved better.
This is a fascinating interview.
34:03 #duH also.. SABU is top 5 greatest and exciting wrestlers of ALL-TIME... period..
My 5 are AJ Styles, Sabu, Rey Mysterio Jr, RVD & Jeff Hardy.
good intervieuw. loved to see this!
There were ECW toys (action figures) made back around 1999 when the original ECW was around and I was a kid... I still own most of them, including the ECW toy ring that came with two action figures: Rob Van Dam and SABU. Sadly, I'm getting the feeling Sabu (and everyone else) was NOT payed royalties when the ECW toys were made.
Great interview
there are some workers considered underground know matter how popular they are.one of the last living breathing one of those is Sabu.Another to me is the great Muta,at least here in america.Sabu!Sabu!Sabu!
Sabu was KING SHIT in ECW, for awhile! People we mesmerize by him , at first!!
Sabu is amazing his ideas are amazing even the too high def yea.
With him, whoever his opponent, it's Star vs Scars. Sabu is unique, and he's incredibly versatile and always welcomed by crowds. Hall of Fame, fine, but some formal acknowledgment is long overdue from the business side. Speaking of which, the guys he mentioned didn't go over, too.
A story line with Sabu and sting would of amazing...... definitely could of made WCW last longer. The entire ECW fan base would of been behind Sabu.
Sabu is my all time favorite wrestler
thank you for the subtitle i couldn't understand a thing coming out of sabu mouth
Sabu is in my. Top 5 favorite wrestlers ever
great interview great editing
Sabu would be an amazing manager
I believe his shoots over anybody else.
Sabu is a legend
He was great in ecw
Seen sabu vs taz live one of the best matches I ever
"hey look, im dressed like I Dream of Genie and my costume jewelry clinking and non stop self promotion is so cool during sabus first actual talking shoot"
Sabu us why i started watching ECW.. thank fucking god for him!!
Sabu vs sting would have been sick
sabu great underrated champion
Wow what an awesome dude
those tryout matches are now on WWE Network I think too which is cool
Che bombe ragazzi, roba da segarsi tutta la giornata!
BTW...you do a great job with the interviews.
Just saw this brother - really appreciate you saying that, thank you!
I second that. Good job.
Crabby Old Gamer
Thank you sir! Much appreciated
Had the opportunity to meet sabu 8 or 9 years back at the big money rustlas after party at st Andrews hall in Detroit he was a cool ass dude took a picture with me and had a funny conversation about cocaine .
I LOVED ECW!!! IYKYK!! Discovered it on late night TV and was hooked ... I used to hate on WCW and WWF... lol little did I know WWF was funding them!! I drank the Heyman- Aid!! When RVD and Dreamer fought, I used to love RVD... then he went WWF. That Lawler feud was real to me!!
Before watching this interview, i don't think I've heard Sabu utter a single word
sabu and rvd best tag team in terms of aerial and hardcore wrestling
I like the smoke effect
Thank you my friend!
thats no effect. thats just how sabu talks
This was my era ECW ECW
Never seen sabu until the ecw vs wwe angle. He def looked like he was bad ass. Now I watch all his old matches. You can tell him and rvd was trained by same dude
Totally, and people lived lives
I do miss ecw
lol Telly you getting some mileage offa that clip Hahahaha, Im glad his first response was thats awesome
I saw him wrestle many times here in Michigan, Al Snow, Too Cold Scorpio, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and I always wondered, Why isn't this guy headling PPV's?
Still one of the best movers in the ring of all time.