ECW back in the day was awesome. The NWA in the early to mid eighties was also good. Unfortunately, with bigger paychecks and the thought of performing before larger audiences and more t.v. exposure. The top talent left ECW. Although, you can't blame them. That was their downfall. The NWA was great until Bischoff took over and thought he knew about wrestling. He should have learned from his days with the declining AWA on what not to do. The big knock on WCW was the fact that the "superstars" were doing it for the money and the company by not promoting the younger stars who would one day take over the company. Vince is trying to do just that with ECW. The fans aren't really receptive to them but the fans need to understand that their favorites won't be around forever and these youngsters are the future.
I like what Vince is doing with ECW. The new talent can come in and try to establish themselves before moving on to RAW or Smackdown. Some work and some don't but that's the whole point of ECW. Actually that was the whole point of the original ECW as well. People forget that Vince and Paul Heyman had a working relationship. I like what they're doing with Jack Swagger. I think he's definitely going to a player in the future.