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Taz sold out.  It’s plain and simple.  He spent a lot of his time in ECW dissing the ‘Big Two’ and anybody who works there.  Now he is one of those people in the ‘Big Two’.  He is a hypocrite, therefore he sold out.

I think that a lot of people are bitter because Taz is a hypocrite.  We all bought into his gimmick of “I’m so loyal to ECW, I work on a handshake deal, I’ve been offered bigger contracts and choose to stay in ECW” rhetoric that he sold to us.  And we all bought into that and when we found out that Taz was leaving it was like he was stabbing the fans in the back.

We all bought into the “my gimmick is a shoot, brotha”.  It was only after we found out that he was leaving did we realize that his undying loyalty to ECW was a gimmick.  And on top of that it was only a few weeks after Taz himself said that he had signed his ECW contract.  We all expected to see him in ECW for a few more years and then we found you he was leaving.  So to go from being the person who the fans see as the extreme loyalist who has been in ECW from the beginning to the one that is leaving leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

If he was leaving for more money or more fame I wouldn’t have a problem with that.  I don’t think that anyone who leaves their job for another job because of money ‘sold out’.  It’s something that most of us would do if we were offered a significant raise.  It’s why when the Dudleys left I wasn’t too upset about it (and we don’t have to see Sign Guy anymore!!).  They didn’t have much more to do in ECW and a better deal was on the table.  Who could blame them for taking it?  The difference to me between Taz and the Dudleys was that Taz gave us the loyalty gimmick and the Dudleys didn’t.

The key when looking at this whole situation is that we have to separate the character of Taz and the person behind the character.  Taz sold out, it’s plain and simple.  The person behind the character of Taz, however, is looking for a better oppurtunity and we can’t begrudge him for that.
 

A lot of feedback was sent to Dueling Chair Shots about this subject.  Here are a few of the letters that I received:

Dear DCS,
I couldn’t think of a better time for Taz to sell out.....er, I mean I fully support his decision, he did not sell out.
Sincerely,
The Champ, Mike Awesome

Dear DCS,
What’s a sellout?
Sincerely,
Shane Douglas

Dear DCS,
What’s a sellout?
Sincerely,
Atlanta Braves fans

Dear DCS,
Someone will now be shorter than me!  I won’t have to wear my high heel boots when I wrestle him now!!  So of course he didn’t sell out!!!
Sincerely, Y2J, Chris Jericho

The topic for next week’s column will be “Who is the most annoying person in ECW?”.  If you have any good opinions on the subject I’ll be sure to include them in the column.  If you have really bad opinions they may be included too.  Send all comments on the subject to me at [email protected].Dueling Chair Shots
October 16, 1999
by Kurt LaMont
 

Dueling Chair Shots
October 16

Taz sold out.  It’s plain and simple.  He spent a lot of his time in ECW dissing the ‘Big Two’ and anybody who works there.  Now he is one of those people in the ‘Big Two’.  He is a hypocrite, therefore he sold out.

I think that a lot of people are bitter because Taz is a hypocrite.  We all bought into his gimmick of “I’m so loyal to ECW, I work on a handshake deal, I’ve been offered bigger contracts and choose to stay in ECW” rhetoric that he sold to us.  And we all bought into that and when we found out that Taz was leaving it was like he was stabbing the fans in the back.

We all bought into the “my gimmick is a shoot, brotha”.  It was only after we found out that he was leaving did we realize that his undying loyalty to ECW was a gimmick.  And on top of that it was only a few weeks after Taz himself said that he had signed his ECW contract.  We all expected to see him in ECW for a few more years and then we found you he was leaving.  So to go from being the person who the fans see as the extreme loyalist who has been in ECW from the beginning to the one that is leaving leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

If he was leaving for more money or more fame I wouldn’t have a problem with that.  I don’t think that anyone who leaves their job for another job because of money ‘sold out’.  It’s something that most of us would do if we were offered a significant raise.  It’s why when the Dudleys left I wasn’t too upset about it (and we don’t have to see Sign Guy anymore!!).  They didn’t have much more to do in ECW and a better deal was on the table.  Who could blame them for taking it?  The difference to me between Taz and the Dudleys was that Taz gave us the loyalty gimmick and the Dudleys didn’t.

The key when looking at this whole situation is that we have to separate the character of Taz and the person behind the character.  Taz sold out, it’s plain and simple.  The person behind the character of Taz, however, is looking for a better oppurtunity and we can’t begrudge him for that.
 

A lot of feedback was sent to Dueling Chair Shots about this subject.  Here are a few of the letters that I received:

Dear DCS,
I couldn’t think of a better time for Taz to sell out.....er, I mean I fully support his decision, he did not sell out.
Sincerely,
The Champ, Mike Awesome

Dear DCS,
What’s a sellout?
Sincerely,
Shane Douglas

Dear DCS,
What’s a sellout?
Sincerely,
Atlanta Braves fans

Dear DCS,
Someone will now be shorter than me!  I won’t have to wear my high heel boots when I wrestle him now!!  So of course he didn’t sell out!!!
Sincerely, Y2J, Chris Jericho

The topic for next week’s column will be “Who is the most annoying person in ECW?”.  If you have any good opinions on the subject I’ll be sure to include them in the column.  If you have really bad opinions they may be included too.  Send all comments on the subject to me at [email protected].