
ECW legend Tommy Dreamer appeared on an episode of “1 Of A Kind” with RVD, where he discussed various topics, including Sabu’s impact on the professional wrestling industry.
Dreamer said, โHonestly, like watching that and I was just like, โGod,Sabu wasโโ I mean, he was a god. But so innovative, and you forget how many moves he created. And not even went back to. Even just the simple springboard while the guy is seated and a leg lariat. Just so unique and different, you forget. And Iโve been telling everybody, you know we covered this on Busted Open. I did something on Jericho podcast; I didnโt want to do any more until you hit me up, I was like, โOf course, for you.โ But like, the people donโt understand how the business was pretty much lame. And then here came this guy named Sabu. And besides the tables, his offense and the way he was just โ it was poetry emotion, but also with violence. And he was just so unique.โ
On Sabu being a game changer in pro wrestling:
โAnd like I said, thereโs very few people that changed the game that you are in, and he was a game changer. The โ90s became different because of Sabu. Like, really and truly. Iโm just watching all these clips, and Iโm like โ I even remember, the first time I saw somebody jump from the second rope to do a rana while the guy was sitting on the turnbuckle was Sabu. And I was just like, โHoly,โ you forget so much stuff, right?โ
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)