Every Friday night (in Sydney Australia for anyone interested) is Impact Wrestling night in my house. My wife, a good friend and myself all sit around and watch the latest episode. We are not into Sports Entertainment, we are wrestling fans so you won’t find WWE being watched here. So here goes the first non gaming post of this site: EC3 The Face Turn.

EC3 has been a controversial figure. Pushed to the Stars from the second he walked into TNA it took a long time for the fans to warm up to him. Do you all remember the chants of “You Can’t Wrestle” which rang out through his first 12 months in the company ? Well the truth of the matter is EC3 could wrestle, is great actor and rocked the mic, so even as a heel (bad guy for any non wrestling fan reading this) he slowly got over. In my house we have always loved EC3 from the second he appeared. His mic work is second to none and he also showed a ton of technical wrestling skill from day one. No matter how hard he pushed at being the heel with Tyrus (or previously Rockstar Spud) as a henchman rigging the matches or taking out legends like Sting and Kurt Angle plus then stealing their moves/ nicknames (you just don’t do that in wrestling) or just being a down right asshole, you still just wanted to cheer for him.

In one of the best double turn stories since Stone Cold and Brett Hart (Stone Cold went into the match as the heel and Brett the face, they came out the other way with Stone Cold the Face and Brett the Heel. Look it up.), Matt Hardy turned heel on EC3 who in turn went Face on Hardy. This all happened over the course of what, 2 weeks, maybe ?. This just showed how much everyone wanted to cheer for EC3, because the fans just went with it. This again bring me back to the level of talent this young man has. His talent in the ring, talent as an actor and again on the mic is what pulled this off.

Just as a side note I think it’s funny the person now known as EC3 was actually in one form or another on the WWE payroll from 2007 to 2013. Starting in OVW, then FCW the two WWE developmental leagues, then moving on to NXT for 3 years before being future endeavored. Basically this means WWE see’s no future in you. Really ? Hope someone got fired over that one.

Are you looking forward to the EC3 Vs Matt Hardy Championship match next week ? I know here we will be chanting EC3, EC3, EC3.

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