Ep. 9 1997 ECW Barely Legal

The Lapsed Fan

Wrestling, Tv & Film, Sports

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2015

⏱️ 262 minutes

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Summary

The Lapsed Fan goes extreme for the first time this week, as the co-chairmen of TLF go hard on the very first ECW pay-per-view, 1997’s Barely Legal.

Hosts Jack Encarnacao and JP Sarro assess all that was ECW, including exclusive insight from a 2010 interview Jack conducted with Paul Heyman discussing the state of the pay-per-view industry at the time ECW was looking to break in, and the absurd lengths the promotion had to go to to convince the PPV industry they weren’t “real”or somehow akin to UFC.

It’s a table-busting look at a revolutionary night, including:

- Sabu’s penchant for setting up high spots without immobilizing his opponent first

- Joey Styles’ blend of technical analysis, histrionics, and jabs at WWF and WCW

- Heyman’s booking methods, including more than one twist at the end of virtually every major match

- Why the Taz character worked

- Why ECW struggled

- A look at Rob Van Dam at the point just before anyone cared much about him

- Terry Funk’s self-destructive peccadilloes and inspiring performance

- Blue. World. Order.

All that and so much more, as The Lapsed F’N Fan walks up to the line of legality with a one-of-a-kind take on ECW Barely Legal.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. It's the Lapsed Fan Wrestling Podcast with Jack and Carnesio and J.P. Sorrows
0:26.1	It's still real to be damn it! The Lapsed Fans
0:29.2	In all my years in professional wrestling, I've never seen anything like it.
0:34.0	Oh my God!
0:35.0	Exclusively at wrestlezone.com and welcome once again ladies and
0:40.0	gentlemen as we walk up to the line of legality here in the Lapsd fan wrestling
0:46.1	podcast Russell Zone.com another Wednesday another deep dive into your
0:50.8	W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. Jack and Canarsio, and J.P. sorrow here with you as we are every week at
0:56.2	WrestleZone.com. And this week, J.P. our very first dive into the extreme.
1:02.2	Ooh.
1:04.0	Let me ask you about the legality of this.
1:08.0	Basically, are we approaching the bar right now?
1:11.0	Is that how legal we are?
1:12.0	Are we in a courtroom right now. Is that how legal we are? Are we in a courtroom right now? We might as well be because
1:17.2	said show tonight's focus, today's focus depending on what time of day you're listening to this is barely legal.
1:25.4	That's right.
1:26.4	And we're not talking about porn.
1:28.6	ECW's very first pay-per-view, April 13, 1997, EC-W Arena, Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1:37.0	And what a night.
1:41.6	This is my first time watching anything ECW related. I should let me clarify
1:49.7	I anything of the original e c.
1:53.8	not the the rebirth not the
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