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8. Way Too Tacky (Even For ECW)
Sticking with the ill-fated ECW relaunch for a bit, it was the subject of conversation on the latest edition of The Kurt Angle Show.
The Olympian was supposed to be the face of the brand, but ended up leaving WWE just weeks in.
While talking about his short WWECW experience, Angle brought up that the Sci-Fi Channel pitched a character idea that was immediately shot down by Vince McMahon on the grounds that it was too tacky.
Per Kurt:
"It was odd. We didn’t correlate the two, we couldn’t understand it. I know the SyFy channel is a quality TV station, a quality network, it just wasn’t the right fit. The crazy thing was the Sci-Fi channel approached Vince saying they wanted two alien wrestlers on the show and Vince said 'no' immediately. He said we’re not doing that, that’s way too tacky”.
Considering some of the shite that made its way onto the ECW programming, I'm amazed that Vince vetoed something on the grounds of taste.
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.
