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This is far beyond sports entertainment, 22 Jun 2004
I'm all for extreme wrestling, but this is beyond sports entertainment! The main event, a barbwire match between Terry Funk and Sabu is just horrible. Barb wire matches are seen as the most hardcore matches you can get, and are very rare on major US wrestling promotions, so ECW fans would think they are in for a real treat. Sounds great, but in real life it seriously isn't, there is no wrestling in the match, just two men mutilating their bodies with barb wire. This isn't the fake barb wire they use in other wrestling promotions, it's real and the effect it has on both men’s bodies is a brutal as you would expect. At first Funk and Sabu are trying their best not to kill themselves so the pace is very slow, but as the match goes on, their regard for personal safety diminishes and they throw themselves and each other into the barb wire, blood goes everywhere and there is constant stoppages while the men attempt to untangle themselves or repair their bodies enough to continue. The horrendous injuries these men suffer make this hard to watch and even if you like such strong violence, the slow pace and continual stoppages sap any entertainment value from the match. The rest of the card is fairly lack lustre, RVD vs Tommy Dreamer is decent enough, but the majority of other matches are poor to average encounters. Don't get me wrong I love the table breaking, the chair shots and the crazy stunts that ECW is infamous for, but when a wrestling match is little more than 2 men seriously hurting each other, then it is no longer fun. This is far beyond the level of violence that should be seen in any wrestling ring, and is little more than a morbid spectacle. This is the most violent ECW video around, it is also one of the least entertaining. There are much better ECW events around that are violent and entertaining without being ridiculously dangerous or sick. I would avoid this one.
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