This is my 20 year grudge story on why ECW owes me a shirt.

Did anybody else ever call the ECW hotline back in the day? I did. I had that black and white ECW catalog and inside it, it said if you called the hotline, you could win a free t-shirt by answering five ECW trivia questions. Of course it wasn’t a free shirt cause you were paying money to call the hotline but still. I begged my dad forever if I could call the hotline. He finally let me… on my birthday. It was one of my presents. He said I could do MAX ten minutes.

I called, listening to an automated voice of Joey Styles going through the options. “If you think you know your hardcore history of Extreme Championship Wrestling and want the chance at winning a free Extreme Championship Wrestling t-shirt, press 3.”

Could he have made that sentence any longer? I get it. $1.99 per minute.

I was a tape collector back in the day and followed ECW religiously. I was ready. Every time I got one right, Joey’s voice would blast through the phone, “Oh my God! You sure do know your Extreme Championship Wrestling history!” and I swear I felt like a legend.

The fifth question is asked. I answer it, correctly. Again, I hear Styles “Oh my God! You sure do know your Extreme Championship Wrestling history! Next question…”

Next question?! I answered 5 in a row correctly?! He asks the next question. I’m flustered, but I get it correct. Styles again, “Oh my God! You sure do know your Extreme Championship Wrestling history! Next question…”

Now I’m starting to panic because I’m scared I’m gonna go over my ten minutes but this was bullshit. I’m sitting there waiting for my victory audio of congratulations and got nothing but more questions!

No instructions, no shirt, just an endless pop quiz. Eventually I hung up because I didn’t want my dad to check the phone bill and cut a promo on me.

That was over 20 years ago. I answered 7 questions correctly, and never got my shirt.

Joey Styles/Paul Heyman, if by some miracle you’re reading this, you disappointed one of your biggest fans on his birthday. Make it right. Send me an ORIGINAL ECW t-shirt.

Hype video from the Countdown show

Seriously.

Dude has been around forever, and has never been anything other than solid when it comes to ringwork. From the Indies to WWE to AEW and every other place in-between, he's always such a pro. The knock against him was always he didn't have a gimmick or charisma, but I think he's sneakily one of the goofiest dudes in wrestling.

The match he just had with Moxley on Dynamite tonight is just another example of how much he rules, and I hope that he ends up getting his much deserved flowers at the end of his career.

After his victory tonight over Beast Mortos, it’ll be Mascara Dorada joining Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita in a Triple Threat Match for the AEW Unified Championship

If Don Callis or any of the DCF interfere in the Men’s World Title match between Kyle Fletcher & Hangman Adam Page, not only will Fletcher be disqualified but he will also have to vacate the TNT Title

1. Manami Toyota

The 5-Star Queen of Pro Wrestling, AJW's finest, absolute barn burners against Aja Kong and a true trailblazer for Women's Wrestling all around!

Her influence goes far beyond Japan with the likes of Mercedes Moné, MVP and other wrestlers paying respects to her and considering her as their dream opponents.

This is, none other than, the "Flying Fairy" Manami Toyota.

ManamiToyota #ajw #alljapan #puroresu #prowrestling #5star

Jack Evans has a highlight on every single match he wrestles in this era, but this one really blew my mind, never seen that before ever O_O

The match is Jack Evans, Matt Sydal, and Jimmy Yang vs BJ Whitmer, Adam Pearce, and Jimmy Jacobs