World Wrestling Entertainment's Tommy Dreamer was interviewed by Jim Varsallone of THE MIAMI HERALD and his claims in the interview were surprising.

 

''Do I miss the old ECW? Yeah, but my life has changed dramatically, and I'm still very fortunate to be doing what I'm still doing,'' Dreamer stated in the interview, which can be read at this link: http://www.miamiherald.com/675/story/497609.html.

The former "Innovator of Violence" continued, ``Every once in a while, like the Extreme Rules match that I recently had, that was a taste of what I used to do on a constant basis. `Building up to it, I thought it was really, really good, and ratings wise, the ratings have been up lately, and I think that's cool. Chavo [Guerrero] and I just wrestled, and it was one of the highest rated [WWECW] segments in a long time.''

 

That's surprising for Dreamer to say, because it's not true.

 

He continued,  "I love being creative. I was beyond hands-on in the original ECW. When we had the 2-05 pay-per-view, I wrote that whole thing, and Vince McMahon said I want it to be different, and he got different. It did amazing buy rates, the DVDs. Vince has to go with his heart and his gut, and he's a very successful businessman.''

 

That's also surprising, since it was Paul Heyman who wrote the 1st ECW One Night Stand. One WWE writer no longer with the company stated, "I have no love lost with Paul Heyman, but Tommy Dreamer was a talent relations liason for that show. Heyman wrote it and fought for the things he believed in, from the Sandman's music to Tazz's music coming after Austin's. Dreamer spoke up in one meeting, was shot down, and never spoke up again."

 

Dreamer also claimed he would stick by his guns creatively if asked to join the creative team. 'Would I like to be behind the scenes now? I love doing any task given to me. I am very, very creative. I love writing stories. I'm an artist, mentally. You can not ask me to paint a picture like, `Hey Dreamer, go paint me the Mona Lisa' and then last minute go put sunglasses on the Mona Lisa because that's not the Mona Lisa. It has to be my vision, and you got to trust me, and if you don't like my vision, then fire me."

 

So what he's doing now is his vision of things?

 

One person summed it up today. "Dreamer has a great reputation," the wrestler (who has worked for the Original ECW and WWE), "but these claims just are not true."