EC3 Accused WWE For Stealing Raw Underground Idea From Him
Raw Underground, MMA style fighting concept takes place in disclosed location, introduced by Shane McMahon in early August. This was introduced for final hour of Raw show to boost the ratings for Monday Night Raw. But EC3 claims that WWE had stolen this concept from him.
During this week’s ROH Strong Podcast, EC3 said that WWE had stolen Raw Underground concept from him. He knew that it was going to be stolen the moment he pitched, said by EC3.
“I knew it was going to be stolen, so I was prepared for it. I didn’t know it’d go to that length, and I know mine played to a minor bubble of the professional wrestling audience while the majority of it saw whatever the hell they put out there. The way I look at it is kind of like I was Wayne’s World.
“I was producing this show in Aurora, my basement with my buddy Garth. We’ll call him J.C. in this instance, and then Rob Lowe came in, bought us and when I saw Shane McMahon in the ring, not in a real underground, mine was a real underground. [This] manufactured, heartless, desolate studio, I’m looking at Shane and it felt like when Noah was rapping on Wayne’s World after they bought him out.
“It was just inauthentic and like I said, it had no heart. So I knew something would’ve been taken from it. I didn’t expect the whole aesthetic, and while it upset my friend, J.C. who I worked very hard on with it, at the same time, it’s just a challenge to do something different, better next time which I definitely plan on doing because again, control your narrative.” (h/t PostWrestling.com)
Raw Underground is big hit in WWE and helped to boost the ratings. Dabba Kato and Riddick Moss got some attention from this concept and undefeated on Raw Underground untill Braun Strowman entering the scene. But this show was now halted due to concern of out break of virus.
