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Torben Kneesch wrote:
> On Sat,  7 Feb 2004 15:46:22 CST, Mark Rosendorf
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>>Didn't he even book Spike Dudley as a legit contender to Mike Awesome 
>>and the ECW title on pay-per-view??
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if he was a legit contender. He wrestled Mike Awesome for
> the title on pay-per-view, but he was the complete underdog. While
> Spike came out to his "Highway To hell"-theme he put up half a dozens
> tables around the ring. It was obvious that he would go through most
> of them himself.
> And so it happened. Of course he had his offense in the middle of the
> match and put Awesome through one of the tables, but that was his
> biggest success in this match as far as I remember it.
> 


At this point,t he PPV is already bought and you're already watching 
it.I"m talking going INTO the PPV, ECW sold the PPV, getting people to 
buy it by advertising Spike Dudley vs Mike Awesome...meaning, they had 
to sell Spike as a legit threat even if he wasn't once the bell rung.

Mark


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