It's an interesting read.
When did that happen, what was the actual date, because no one has known where you’ve been for a long time?
The final straw was the December to Dismember Pay Per View. That show was just a wreck.
I knew it going in. I kept trying to pitch different things for the show that week, that weekend, and even the day of the show. All day long on the day of the show, I kept coming to Vince saying: “The people are going to throw this back in our face.”
Can you give us some examples of the things that you wanted to do that Vince said “no” to?
I thought the undercard was horrible.
I thought that the design of the show itself made no sense.
I just felt that the entire layout of the show, the entire complexion of the event was a downer.
I also thought that we were doing Bobby Lashley no favours the way he was going to win the title. Lashley winning the title, especially if you eliminate Rob Van Dam and CM Punk early, would be leapfrogging over RVD and Punk.
Van Dam was the sentimental favourite, Punk was the kid that all the crowd was getting behind and they wanted to see the upset.
If you don’t appease the need for the audience to see that new hero get crowned like Punk did the week before at Survivor Series when DX let him say ‘Are you ready?’ then the audience will feel ripped off.
If you don’t put that spotlight on Van Dam, with whom the paying customers have just taken this long ride back into the title chase, then the paying customer will feel ripped off.
My opinion was to start the chamber off with the Big Show saying: “I’m a seven foot tall, 500lb giant, I’m gonna mow through every one of you.”
And the first to take him on would be Punk. Playing to the fact that UFC is so hot and in the public consciousness, Punk chokes out Big Show in the first round of the Elimination Chamber, four-and-a-half minutes in, and now the champion is out.
You know for a fact, before any two contenders lock up, I’m getting a new champion at the end of this match.
Then, the first guy to come out after Big Show v Punk, would be Van Dam. You let Van Dam and Punk fight it out, and then you start feeding in the heels.
Vince hated this. He especially hated the fact that Big Show liked it.
Even though he was being choked out within five minutes, Big Show liked it?
Of course, because he was making a new guy!
Big Show is so underappreciated in terms of how smart he is to the business, and how willing he is to make new stars.
Vince wanted all babyfaces out of the way and for all the spotlight on Lashley and for Lashley to do a Goldberg-style two minute squash of The Big Show.
At that point, not only did I realise that this is going to suck, not only is everyone going to throw this back at us, but this show is going to run short.
And during the show, I pointed all this out to Vince, which just angered him even more, and he didn’t care.
His attitude was: “When this broadcast is over, people will see a new champion, they’ll have a new hero and they’ll all be happy.”
When I went to Vince right before I went out to introduce the Chamber, I pointed out again to him “Vince this show is horribly short.”
I had this idea of getting 15 minutes out of the crowd, but Vince said: “No, no, no. Just go out there, make your point, and introduce the Chamber.”
Which is why, when I was in the ring, I made the statement: “ECW will live long after I am gone.”
Because I knew, either when I went back into the dressing room, or within the next day or two, it was time for me to leave.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/heyman/article762131.ece
Heyman's version seemed fantastic, imagine how hot that crowd would've been to see show out FIRST and then the 2 faces face off. Damn, that would've been great. It's a shame Heyman isn't booking someplace, he's really a damn good booker. Vince McMahon has awful ideas.
When did that happen, what was the actual date, because no one has known where you’ve been for a long time?
The final straw was the December to Dismember Pay Per View. That show was just a wreck.
I knew it going in. I kept trying to pitch different things for the show that week, that weekend, and even the day of the show. All day long on the day of the show, I kept coming to Vince saying: “The people are going to throw this back in our face.”
Can you give us some examples of the things that you wanted to do that Vince said “no” to?
I thought the undercard was horrible.
I thought that the design of the show itself made no sense.
I just felt that the entire layout of the show, the entire complexion of the event was a downer.
I also thought that we were doing Bobby Lashley no favours the way he was going to win the title. Lashley winning the title, especially if you eliminate Rob Van Dam and CM Punk early, would be leapfrogging over RVD and Punk.
Van Dam was the sentimental favourite, Punk was the kid that all the crowd was getting behind and they wanted to see the upset.
If you don’t appease the need for the audience to see that new hero get crowned like Punk did the week before at Survivor Series when DX let him say ‘Are you ready?’ then the audience will feel ripped off.
If you don’t put that spotlight on Van Dam, with whom the paying customers have just taken this long ride back into the title chase, then the paying customer will feel ripped off.
My opinion was to start the chamber off with the Big Show saying: “I’m a seven foot tall, 500lb giant, I’m gonna mow through every one of you.”
And the first to take him on would be Punk. Playing to the fact that UFC is so hot and in the public consciousness, Punk chokes out Big Show in the first round of the Elimination Chamber, four-and-a-half minutes in, and now the champion is out.
You know for a fact, before any two contenders lock up, I’m getting a new champion at the end of this match.
Then, the first guy to come out after Big Show v Punk, would be Van Dam. You let Van Dam and Punk fight it out, and then you start feeding in the heels.
Vince hated this. He especially hated the fact that Big Show liked it.
Even though he was being choked out within five minutes, Big Show liked it?
Of course, because he was making a new guy!
Big Show is so underappreciated in terms of how smart he is to the business, and how willing he is to make new stars.
Vince wanted all babyfaces out of the way and for all the spotlight on Lashley and for Lashley to do a Goldberg-style two minute squash of The Big Show.
At that point, not only did I realise that this is going to suck, not only is everyone going to throw this back at us, but this show is going to run short.
And during the show, I pointed all this out to Vince, which just angered him even more, and he didn’t care.
His attitude was: “When this broadcast is over, people will see a new champion, they’ll have a new hero and they’ll all be happy.”
When I went to Vince right before I went out to introduce the Chamber, I pointed out again to him “Vince this show is horribly short.”
I had this idea of getting 15 minutes out of the crowd, but Vince said: “No, no, no. Just go out there, make your point, and introduce the Chamber.”
Which is why, when I was in the ring, I made the statement: “ECW will live long after I am gone.”
Because I knew, either when I went back into the dressing room, or within the next day or two, it was time for me to leave.
Heyman's version seemed fantastic, imagine how hot that crowd would've been to see show out FIRST and then the 2 faces face off. Damn, that would've been great. It's a shame Heyman isn't booking someplace, he's really a damn good booker. Vince McMahon has awful ideas.
