Timeline: The History of ECW - 1998 - As Told by New Jack(2012)

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The effects of the hardcore revolution were well felt by 1998 and their reach was wide, penetrating into the major feds and showing them how to have a little "attitude." So much so that WWE and WCW were now plucking talent right out of ECW and giving them contracts to appear on a massive national stage.