ECW Originals Pay Tribute To Anniversary of “Barely Legal”

April 14, 2011

ECW Originals Joey Styles, Tommy Dreamer, and “Sign Guy Dudley” Lou D’Angeli took to Twitter to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the very 1st Original ECW pay per view, “Barely Legal.”

Former WWE Smackdown and WWE-ECW lead writer David Lagana, who worked under ECW’s celebrated “cult leader” (owner and creative head) Paul Heyman, also tweeted about the momentous occasion.

ECW Barely Legal was the culmination of a huge fan uprising on the company’s behalf, getting the cable and pay per view distributors to let Heyman’s controversial, groundbreaking promotion on the air. At the time, the promotion was considered so wild and realistic, PPV distributors thought it was like UFC, or then-rival group Extreme Fighting.

Heyman didn’t tweet or blog about the anniversary, but that could either be because he plans on addressing his history in his upcoming book, “The Heyman Hustle,” scheduled to be released September 13th.

Here are some of the tweets from Styles, Dreamer, D’Angeli, and Lagana:

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.