The Rise & Fall of ECW2004

Paul Heyman:
[about debuting in WWE after ECW closed] I remember two things about that night. I remember sitting next to J.R. and looking over towards him, and he just looked at me and went "We'll do just fine, kid." And I pretty much knew that we would. And I remember everybody in the headsets gasping when I said the line about Trish Stratus.

[archive footage]

Paul Heyman:
Hey, mom! I came to Washington D.C. and I'm gonna get to see Bush!

[back to the studio]

Paul Heyman:
And you just hear about thirty voices in the headset *panicking*, 'cause we're live, and I have a live mic, and I'm talking, and Vince is in the ring, so there's no governor on me. It's just full-bore. And I think at that moment, they got a taste of who they had, and I got a taste of... what ceiling I shouldn't be crashing through.