The Rise & Fall of ECW2004

Paul Heyman:
There would not have been an ECW without Terry Funk. He was the only veteran from that era who had the reputation of being legitimately tough but also had the business sense to realize "I gotta get the next generation ready for there to be a business. For there to be an industry for me to leave behind something to." And Terry had that mindset. A-a lot of the veterans back then were unwilling to get the young guys ready. A lot of the veterans were still clinging and clutching, uh... to their- to their spot. You know, to their reputation of being *the* top guy, "I want to be the champion, I want to be the top guy", and Terry Funk just said "Oh, I can make him. Oh, I could make him, too. Oh, let me make him, I'll do something special with him." And did, with everybody that he worked with.