ECW Gone?

[Braddles94]

There are reports circulating that major changes could be coming for the ECW brand of WWE in 2010. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com, the ‘ECW’ letters may soon be gone.

WWE and SyFy have had meetings in recent weeks regarding the future of the ECW brand. WWE would keep the timeslot but a major re-branding is apparently in the works. Stay tuned for more updates!

Should be interesting to see what happens with this, to be honest i'm glad they might get rid of the ECW name because it's not actually EXTREME championship wrestling anymore.

Thoughts?

 

[Cleavy]

just scrap the whole show. WWE is over-exposed.

 

[Virgil]

just scrap the whole show. WWE is over-exposed.

WWE is overexposed, but the guys on ECW aren't. It provides a good starting place for younger wrestlers, and the amount of ECW guys who have gone on to receive a lot of exposure on the other brands (Kofi, Miz, Punk, Swagger, Morrison and more recently Sheamus) is pretty substantial considering how small the ECW roster is.

 

[Ytoojae]

The proposal is that it will become a completely different sort of WWE show.

It will also involve The Rock.

Remember a few weeks ago that Jim Ross was saying that Rock and WWE were working on something for television that was completely different and had not been seen before? Well what you will see, ladies and gentlemen post-Wrestlemania will be The Rock's new WWE show.

Looks like the timeslot may expand as well.

 

[TheGreatBambino]

Good, about bloody time! WWE disgraced them 3 letters with this sports entertainment PG rated crap that they dish up every week.

The best ever ppv, in my opinion was ECW one night stand 2005.
Sabu, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome, Sandman...the real ecw!

None of this miz, dolph Ziggler rubbish. The wwe is like watching paint dry.

 

[Ytoojae]

Those three leters were already disgraced.

I'm sorry but it's true. It's DAMN true.

 

[FootyJunkie]

But Smackdown IS the Rock's show, he mentioned it 10 years ago on the first episode.

All I can think of is The Rock being a manger and the show gets rebranded to to WWExtreme or somethingorother... basically a B Brand Show where superstars get to go to RAW and Smackdown when they get good.

ECW now is not the real ECW and I guess Vince finally realises it.

 

[Hawks1523]

Credit: F4WOnline.com

As noted before, WWE has been in talks with the SyFy network about re-branding ECW and coming up with new programming for Tuesday nights in the 10pm time slot.

The latest is that the show will most likely be a program to showcase up and coming WWE talents, pretty much what it is right now, just without the 'ECW' letters and probably a new look.

The talks between SyFy and WWE have been going on for a while now as SyFy has been unhappy with the ratings

 

[Optimax]

Its not ECW so the letters shouldnt be their anyway

Just give it a name like the old WCW powerhouse dev show and leave it be

 

[NSWCROW]

Noooooooooooooooooooo

Was looking forward to another " DECEMBER to DISMEMBER "

 

[Biggy_Boy]

It was a silly idea branding it ECW to begin with. It never was, nor never has been anything like ECW, Vince has just dragged the name through the mud for the last three years.

I thought the first one night stand PPV in '05 was quite decent, save for the WWE presence, but that should have been it.

It would be great seeing the rock back on TV and I think I would favour a show used for development of future stars over one branded with ECW.

 

[Ry009]

It was a silly idea branding it ECW to begin with. It never was, nor never has been anything like ECW, Vince has just dragged the name through the mud for the last three years.

I thought the first one night stand PPV in '05 was quite decent, save for the WWE presence, but that should have been it.

It would be great seeing the rock back on TV and I think I would favour a show used for development of future stars over one branded with ECW.

IIRC, the first month or so of ECW when Heyman was in charge just shortly after RVD won the title was loosely like the old ECW.

But of course as soon as they weened out the old ECW talent, and used the universal HD set they use now. It's now the breeding ground for talent we see today.

ECW is basically what FCW is but televised internationally.

 

[Ytoojae]

I honestly enjoy the show.

Some of their bouts have been amazing -- Christian Vs Yoshi Tatsu more recently.

Still.... I'd love to see Rock become a permanent GM of a show even if it was ECW and promote the hell out of these young guys so that when they do get to RAW/Smackdown it's not a case of "Who the @#$% are you?"

I also wonder what the scope on Abraham Washington is... Could turn into a fresh way of presenting a wrestling show since most of the p-b-p and c-c's have been awful lately.

 

[Hawks1523]

Credit: PWInsider.com

It's been reported this week that major changes are coming to WWE in the early months of 2010, with the ECW brand likely being shut down. According to a report, WWE also has big changes in store for the Smackdown brand. The feeling is that RAW has enhanced its identity with the Guest Host concept and Smackdown needs something of its own to stand out. While nothing official has been decided on yet, it's believed that any big changes will take place after year ends.

Interesting that they're going to be changing Smackdown too. I just hope they don't stuff everything up.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Hopefully they ditch having a third brand entirely. Pardon the pun, but it's third rate.

Maybe a magazine-style show instead?

 

[NSWCROW]

I also wonder what the scope on Abraham Washington is..

Ah haHA..er herHER

 

[Jabso]

I liked ECW. Sure it shouldn't be called ECW but it's one of the only wrestling shows I can watch fresh things happen. Since they don't have much talent and usually keep things simple I don't really get angry like I do at WWE/TNA for wasting wrestlers.