Tommy Dreamer Calls Sabu A Game Changer In Pro Wrestling

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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, โ€œHonestly, like watching that and I was just like, โ€˜God,Sabu wasโ€“โ€˜ 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 Iโ€™ve been telling everybody, you know we covered this on Busted Open. I did something on Jericho podcast; I didnโ€™t want to do any more until you hit me up, I was like, โ€˜Of course, for you.โ€™ But like, the people donโ€™t 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:

โ€œAnd like I said, thereโ€™s very few people that changed the game that you are in, and he was a game changer. The โ€™90s became different because of Sabu. Like, really and truly. Iโ€™m just watching all these clips, and Iโ€™m 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, โ€˜Holy,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)