During the legal deliberations, authorities recognized that Kulas wasn’t authentic in his responses. A few short years after their court case, Kulas passed away at the age of 22 due to gastric bypass surgery complications. The accusations made initially by Kulas and his family, while untrue, don’t diminish the fact that New Jack did take liberties with Kulas in the ring. New Jack never held back his thoughts about Kulas, before or after the incident. Marc Madison is a contributor for Pro Wrestling Stories as well as editor-in-chief for the website Pro Wrestling Post. This was a decade after Mass Transit. He also lied about his age in order to get in the ring. They hit him with several foreign objects, in particular, toasters and crutches. He’s just a kid! He was just there to be a squash for Jack, but he wanted to get all kinds of crazy heat and was just being disrespectful. No one, let alone Kowalski, had trained him. THE GANGSTAS .vs. 20.9k Followers, 5,959 Following, 159 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from New Jack™ (@newjack187) I remember Mass Transit looking like Jerad from Subway before he lost all the weight. Further controversy arose when it came to light that Kulas had lied to ECW owner and booker Paul Heyman about his age and professional wrestling training. Blood spouted from his head like a fountain, and fans at ringside discovered the meaning of "arterial spray.". The Legal Fallout after the ECW Mass Transit Incident A few years after the Mass Transit incident took place, Jerome ‘New Jack’ Young was charged with assault and battery with a weapon by the Kulas family. At the time… While clicking these links won’t cost you any extra money, they will help us continue to bring you quality content! WWE ECW Relaunch | Where Did It All Go Wrong. However, Kulas’ bleeding had a profound effect on both him and ECW. "Dark Side of the Ring" Preview: New Jack Talks "Mass Transit Incident" Posted on March 28, 2020 by Ray Flook. One of the referees said he knew the kid. I don’t like white people. I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY NO EXCEPTIONS ECW - MASS TRANSIT 1996 on DVD *RARE FAN CAM* 1. New Jack net worth: New Jack is an American professional wrestler who has a net worth of $3 million. As the match drew to a close, New Jack held the prone Kulas by the head and cut him across the forehead using the surgical scalpel. The former ECW and WCW star is perhaps best known for something that's come to be known as the "Mass Transit Incident." Mass Transit basically got into the ring, had no experience and asked New Jack to blade him. He had been dishonest with Heyman, not only about his ring experience but his age as well. Unlike other moments, it started out rather mundane. Vice's Dark Side of the Ring returns this Tuesday night at … Shortly after the incident, a syndicated news show Inside Edition interviewed the Kulas family. New Jack also detailed the 1996 incident where he cut wrestler Mass Transit's head badly, which caused 50 stitches and two severed arteries. That seems to sum up the entirety of the Mass Transit incident: It looked bad enough for the promotion’s pay-per-view provider to drop their first event, but even that situation didn’t prove fatal for ECW. While the medical staff was tending to Kulas, New Jack picked up a microphone and shouted to those in attendance. The question that we can ask is, what if? The match called for blood, and New Jack was happy to cut Mass Transit wide open: “I ain’t try to kill him but I wanted to go close to death.” An untrained kid with no idea of how to behave in the ring or behind the scenes had been allowed admission into a closely-knit locker room. The Gangsta cut deep–too deep, as it turned out–and severed two arteries in Kulas’s forehead. Erich Kulas, a wrestling fan who had just turned 17, told ECW owner and booker Paul Heyman that he was … Eric Kulas had just turned 17 years old. Regardless, it’s pretty clear that the teenager was dishonest about his age and experience in order to get on the show. The incident led to a future ECW pay-per-view being temporarily canceled and a lawsuit from Kulas' family members. Two of Kulas's arteries were severed; he bled profusely and passed out, and needed to be escorted out of the arena with medical attention. He also had a midget wrestler with him and thus we meet Tiny The Terrible. I don’t think I ever did.”” [1] During the match, Dudley and New Jack brawled outside the ring, while Saed and Transit fought inside the ring. The mass transit incident remains an enormous asterisk on the promotion’s achievements, as it could have been the company’s end before it truly had an opportunity to flourish. Then, he was scared to get color, so he asked Jack to get it for him. He also claimed that he was trained by the late Killer Kowalski, which wasn’t true. New Jack was a tough individual in real life and showcased that in the ring as well. You know New Jack will just beat you as long as the crowd enjoys it. 1:07:10. Heyman claims that Kulas said he was 23 years old and that legendary wrestler Killer Kowalski had trained him. At some point before the match, Kulas was told he’d need to "get color" in his match with the Gangstas. Erich Kulas (October 17, 1979 – May 12, 2002) was a professional wrestler using the ring name "Mass Transit". Something happened. At this point, medics in attendance rushed to the ring to care for the injured teenager. Extreme Championship Wrestling was known for its cutting-edge, often counter-culture wrestling angles and storylines and its violent, often bloody in-ring style. He told ECW owner and booker Paul Heyman that he was 21 and convinced Heyman to allow him to fill in for Rotten by saying that he had wrestled for Killer Kowalski, a retired star wrestler who ran a notable wrestling school in the Boston area. Tidbits. Kulas was not. At the time… A mark fronted that he was a worker and got worked. It took a lot of begging and pleading on Heyman’s part for the pay-per-view provider to finally relent and broadcast Barely Legal, some five months later, in April 1997. Young was taken to court over the infamous Mass Transit incident, his match against the elderly Gypsy Joe that devolved into a brutal beating and near riot, and his attempt to kill, in his own words, a fellow wrestler after a prior botched move injured New Jack and left him with brain damage. The reality was that Kulas was duplicitous and was just a 17-year-old fan who wanted to wrestle, who, in doing so, was willing to run the risk of being seriously injured due to not fully knowing what was ahead of him. "Dark Side of the Ring" Preview: New Jack Talks "Mass Transit Incident" Posted on March 28, 2020 by Ray Flook. D-Von was beaten down outside the ring while being isolated by both Saed and New Jack. In The Rise and Fall of ECW, Paul Heyman states that Kulas' dubious credentials as a student of Killer Kowalski were endorsed by little-person wrestler Tiny the Terrible, who was with Kulas when he and his father approached the staff about getting Erich in the match. While the blading was quite heinous, it could have been worse considering his lack of ring experience. He would remain with the company until the end o… [1][3] At the end of the match, New Jack bladed Kulas with a surgical scalpel,[5] as the two had agreed, but cut too deeply and severed two arteries in Kulas's forehead. This month marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most infamous incidents in pro wrestling history, “The Mass Transit incident” at an ECW house show in Revere, MA in 1996. Kulas subsequently sued New Jack and ECW for damages in 1998 but lost would lose the case. New Jack ended up carving the head of a minor who lied about his age. The PPV event was placed back on the schedule on Sunday, April 13, 1997, at 9:00 PM. After hearing all the testimony, the jury acquitted Young of criminal charges. So, to the uninitiated, the Mass Transit incident is one of the most notorious moments in ECW history. Eddie Gilbert’s ECW Before Paul Heyman’s Revolution, 6 Stories of Respect in Wrestling | Friendships Outside the Ring. The video showed New Jack quietly asking Kulas, after the blading, "You all right?" This Tuesday's episode of Dark Side of the Ring season 2 will focus on New Jack; a volatile and violent individual who has been involved in more than one infamous in-ring altercations over the course of his career.. I don't like white people. While all that took place didn’t ultimately dictate the company’s future, it certainly delayed their progression. During the program, the Kulas family presented Eric as the victim of an attack instead of a willing participant in a wrestling match. Here was Heyman’s account of the events that took place: "Axl Rotten couldn’t make the show. From late 1972 through early 1973, he photographed subway cars every weekend, documenting the rapidly evolving style of the graffiti writers. New Jack died on May 14, 2021, at the age of 58 from a heart attack. Long story short new jack beat the shit out of him and bladed him deep enough to sever an artery, he ended up in the hospital with 50 stitches. I’m the wrong nigga to fuck with.". — Stephen Kulas, Eric Kulas' father, ECW, November 23, 1996 The Mass Transit Incident is one of the most infamous moments in ECW history. The PPV event was placed back on the schedule on Sunday, April 13, 1997, at 9:00 PM. "I don’t care if the motherfucker dies! After Axl Rotten no-showed the event, ECW booker Paul Heyman was left without a tag-team partner for D-Von Dudley for a match against the Gangstas. New Jack had built up a bit of a reputation for himself as being dangerous and unpredictable; New Jack's assaults on fellow wrestlers included the Mass Transit incident, in which Jack brutally cut a 17-year-old Erich Kulas with a surgical scalpel; The cut was so deep that it left Kulas with severe injuries. He’s white. His ring name was Mass Transit, and he was an untrained novice wrestler who apparently disrespected New Jack before the show. [7], "Looking At "The Mass Transit Incident" Twenty Years Later", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xWTZogfXc, https://www.pwinsider.com/article/146844/jerome-young-new-jack-passes-away.html?p=1, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mass_Transit_incident_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=1023211311, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 May 2021, at 02:07. and "Take it easy on him, he's just a kid!" In fact, it was Stephen Kulas that approached ECW officials about allowing his son to compete. ", Heyman also points out that even he believed that New Jack went too far when he cut Kulas. He wanted color, New Jack was doing the cut and Mass jerked his head, fucking himself up. I remember Mass Transit looking like Jerad from Subway before he lost all the weight. It shot from his forehead like water from a broken water main. They say New Jack stabbed him 14 times, but New Jack swears it was only 9 times. New Jack (responding to on an article on the Mass Transit Incident): "Yeah i did it and like Oj,i got away with it" A song inspired by the ECW Mass Transit Incident. New Jack has been at the centre of some truly stomach-churning incidents in wrestling, such as: the Mass Transit Incident where he mangled Eric Kulas, a teenager who managed to get into a tag team match involving New Jack by lying about his age and falsely claiming he was a trained wrestler; the ECW Living Dangerously 2000 accident (a.k.a. Before the match, New Jack says to him, ‘Do you want to cut a blade?’ The kid says, ‘No, can you do it for me?’ It wasn’t really done that often, that you would let somebody else cut you, but it wasn’t so out of practice that it was a heinous violation of the wrestlers’ code. Brian Pillman Part One. While on trial, Young revealed that Kulas had asked him to "get color," which means to be cut intentionally, so blood is drawn. Axl apparently had a family emergency, and had to cancel his appearance last minute. That’s one of the most disrespectful things you can do to a vet.” DEVON DUDLEY & MASS TRANSIT (WEAPONS MATCH) (THE INCIDENT THAT YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT IS HERE, UNCUT & UNCENSORED!!!!! [1] New Jack recalls, “I said f*** no. Graduating from Kowalski’s school was no easy feat, and Heyman had a good experience with wrestlers from Kowalski. I don't like people from Boston. Kulas subsequently sued New Jack and ECW for damages in 1998 but lost would lose the case. I heard New Jack actually used an Exacto Knife to open Mass Transit up. While on trial, Young revealed that Kulas had asked him to "get color," which means to be cut intentionally, so blood is drawn. However, during the Kulas court proceedings, it was claimed that Heyman didn’t ask for identification. Backstage, Kulas reportedly alienated the locker room with his behavior. However, this wasn’t the last legal battle between Kulas and New Jack, as civil charges were also laid. He's 17!" New Jack (responding to on an article on the Mass Transit Incident): "Yeah i did it and like Oj,i got away with it" Close. He agreed to work with New Jack for fuck's sake. New Jack also addressed the scandals in his career, including cutting Mass Transit’s forehead, stabbing Hunter Red 9 times, and dating the ex-wife of fellow wrestler Gold Dust. Sure, I will vouch for him.’, "So I put him out there with D-Von against the Gangstas. En.wikipedia.org New Jack was involved in the Mass Transit Incident on November 23, 1996 in Revere, Massachusetts. In the end, Taz would be acquitted. According to the book ‘The Rise and Fall of ECW," Heyman had asked for photo identification, and Kulas provided fake identification. Perry Saturn and Mike Bell – When Things Turned Ugly! He fell onto his back but then immediately rolled onto his stomach, witnessing the pool that was forming as blood spilled from his injury. "Well, he had a phony resume, and he was illegally working some shows in Rhode Island, but the referee never knew it. The late Erich Kulas (Mass Transit) and the late (http://www.woodlawnri.com/obituary/Stephen-J.-Kulas/Cranston-RI/1087814) Stephen Kulas interviews. Had the Mass Transit incident not taken place, ECW’s pay-per-view provider wouldn’t have pulled the plug on the company’s inaugural Barely Legal event. The kid had no business being in the ring in the first place, but New Jack is just a massive piece of shit regardless. In June 1993, he won his first championship, the USWA World Tag Team Championship with his partner Homeboy, defeating Simply Devine for the titles. 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The match called for blood, and New Jack was happy to cut Mass Transit wide open: “I ain’t try to kill him but I wanted to go close to death.” Not sure I feel the same way today. Support new devices and other languages. I was very pro-ECW when I heard the insident went to court. Disclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure, Pro Wrestling Stories Founder JP Zarka on Dan & Benny in…, Dan & Benny In The Ring – A Recommended New Podcast, Interview with Pro Wrestling Stories’s Javier Ojst and Benny Scala, Talking Stories with Pro Wrestling Stories Owner JP Zarka, The Pro Wrestling Stories Podcast to Return in the Fall (2020), New Jack – Dangerous, Hardcore, With Intent to Kill, The Sandman | James Fullington, Forever Living Dangerously, Chris Candido Story | Deception, Betrayal, and Redemption Before Death, New Jack – The Story of Wrestling’s Most Violent Man. At the time, Kulas’s gimmick was Mass Transit, a parody of Jackie Gleason’s character Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners. Available footage also includes Kulas’ father, Stephen, crying out, "Take it easy on him! "My brother told me the story. The segment painted ECW in a negative light, and in the process, alienated ECW’s pay-per-view provider, Request TV. The whole match was basically the kid getting slaughtered because he was in over his head. He often “shot” on opponents and took high-risks bumps. Kulas told Heyman he was 23. New Jack also detailed the 1996 incident where he cut wrestler Mass Transit's head badly, which caused 50 stitches and two severed arteries. ‘New Jack’ takes the viewer through the SMW days and how the team had to deal with being called the n-word on a regular basis, firing back through firey and reality-driven promos and angles that reflected what was happening in the mid-90’s that only incensed the fanbase more. He was big, about 400 pounds, a fat white kid, about 5-foot-9, a big blubbery guy from Rhode Island. This month marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most infamous incidents in pro wrestling history, “The Mass Transit incident” at an ECW house show in Revere, MA in 1996. But the footage was available through ECW’s ‘FanCam.’ During the video, New Jack could be heard, after cutting Kulas, asking, "You alright?" 30 Wrestlers You May Not Know Were Related! To take his spot, in comes "Mass Transit" Eric Kulas. And that wasn’t the first–or last–time. Before his Tag Team match, Mass Transit requested New Jack to do the blade-job for him, but was eventually cut too deep by the experienced Hardcore Wrestler, so the match turned into a bloodbath rather quickly. Kulas was guilty of duplicity, and his father was complicit as he had vouched for his age. [2][3] Heyman stated afterward that he was unaware of Kulas's real age. 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