10 Forgotten Wrestling War Moments

1. Rhino Shoots On WWE ECW & Vince McMahon

TNA were a company on the rise in the summer of 2006 and so WWE’s decision to relaunch ECW as a third brand must have put them on their toes, especially when some of their former stars like Sabu and Monty Brown decided to sign on for it.

One wrestler who didn’t come back for the revival was the last official ECW Champion. 

Rather than accept an offer to come back to work for Vince McMahon (having been released a year prior), Rhino and TNA instead used their platform to throw down the gauntlet to the Genetic Jackhammer. 

Opening the July 13, 2006 episode of IMPACT, the Man Beast took shots at Vince and ECW and praised TNA. 

Going one step further, Rhino went to the backstage area and threw the original ECW World Heavyweight Title belt into a flaming garbage can, proclaiming ‘Death to ECW, long live TNA!’.

Of course, The War Machine didn’t actually set the thing on fire, but it was an impassioned promo nonetheless and a reminder that TNA weren’t going away anytime soon.