2018 WWE Hall of Fame inductee Bully Ray recently spoke with The Wrap, and below are some interview highlights.

On why Ring of Honor reminds him so much of ECW:

“One of the whole reasons I’m in Ring of Honor is because of how much it reminds me of ECW,” the Ring of Honor “enforcer” told TheWrap ahead of Supercard. “There is not one wrestler out there — or one veteran out there — who understands the Ring of Honor mentality … more than I do.”

On the perception that Combat Zone Wrestling has carried the ECW torch:

“CZW does not carry the torch of ECW at all,” Ray responded. “ECW was not about violence — it was about passion and it was about a mindset. ECW was truly a rebellious movement, giving our middle finger to the rest of the wrestling business, telling people that we were gonna do it our way. And we did it our way so much that we revolutionized the entire business.”

“ECW was the Napster of pro wrestling,” he went on. “Napster went bankrupt and failed as a business, but it revolutionized the way we listen to music. ECW went bankrupt and failed as a wrestling company, but it changed the landscape of wrestling forever. Without ECW, you would never have the [WWE] Attitude Era.”

“CZW is just gratuitous violence for the sake of gratuitous violence, just to shock people,” he continued. “Do they make more money year after year? Are their crowds any bigger? No. So I kind of compare them to GWAR.”