during the recording of the april 29, 2008 episode of "ecw", tazz's broadcast partner mike adamle abruptly walked off set prior to the main event. moments later, after reading the promo for the upcoming pay-per-view, tazz walked out as well, leaving the main event with no commentators. on december 13, 2010, tazz joined right after wrestling and said that it "pisses him off" when companies try to re-create the original ecw. he stated that the original ecw worked because "it was that era, that group of people, that leader in paul heyman. we were that little engine that could."