Paul Haymen: A Must Read [ECW Fans]

Paul Haymen Talks About ECW,UFC & Brock Lesner:

ECW:''When I owned and ran Extreme Championship Wrestling, I used to joke about my perception of the real job behind the job title. I always told my staff that my job was a firefighter. I spent half my time putting out fires. New Jack stabbed somebody. The Dudleys beat up 40 people in a National Guard Armony riot, and everyone's suing. Sabu missed his flight or wanted to take a booking in Outer Kalakalakaville because the overseas promoter wanted an "Extreme Death Match" and would pay him a lot of money, someone didn't get their video tape and was complaining to the Better Business Bureau, you name it. Always a problem. Ten problems an hour. Mick Foley didn't want more money, he wanted to be in the show open for 1 more clip, or 3 more seconds. Raven thought Tommy Dreamer should beat him and then turn heel. Chris Candido and Tammy had an idea. Eric Bischoff was offering someone a couple of hundred grand to jump. Vince McMahon wanted to do more business, but the price was to lose our identity. And oh yeah, New Jack stabbed another person because by this time in the day, it was already 11am.''

UFC/Brock: Such is the day of a person running a sports entertainment or entertaining-sport franchise. You don't own the business,the business owns you. Dana White knows this all too well. He has a favorite saying, every day when I wake up, I know bad shit is going to happen,Oh, how correct he is. Brock Lesnar was sick. His Undisputed UFC World Heavyweight Championship showdown with the undefeated Shane Carwin was going to have to be postponed. The biggest sensation in UFC ... FAR BIGGER THAN FLASH-IN-THE-PAN KIMBO SLICE... was no longer available for the November 21st mega-cash money making pay per view event.


The damage to the buy rate for UFC 106 is immeasureable. Without Lesnar, the interest in the show is considerably less. But there is still enormous cache in the UFC brand name. UFC sells itself based on the fact they --more often than not-- deliver on their promises and present damn good fights under the brand name's umbrella.

Even without Lesnar, UFC 106 will make a ton of money for Zuffa. The old pro wrestling / boxing disclaimer "Card Subject To Change" has taken on a whole new meaning, but UFC's strength lies not only in their financial wealth and the size of their roster, but also in the brand name "UFC" ... and the company can weather these storms because it has invested in the biggest name The Ultimate Fighting Championships will ever present ... UFC itself. The fire was indeed damaging, but the brand survives. The show will go on. For Dana White, it's just another day at the office.

We need heymen back and take over ECW again like the old days whitout mr mcmahon bothering them