WWE Doing Away with ECW?, Big News on WWE TV Plans

Posted by Marc Middleton on Monday, November 30th, 2009

Source: PWInsider

- Sources say that WWE may be implementing some major changes to regarding the ECW brand. Apparently the letters “ECW” may be gone soon.

WWE has been in talks with the SyFy network about the future of the ECW brand. WWE is planning a major re-branding and word is that WWE will still keep the 10pm time slot and may introduce a new TV show similar to WWE Superstars on WGN America.

Stay tuned for more details.

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14 Responses to WWE Doing Away with ECW?, Big News on WWE TV Plans:

  1. luckysalt

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 6:40 PM

    Makes perfect sense the ECW brand doesn’t and really since they brought it back has never fir in with how the WWE is run and aimed at these days

    Back in the Attitude era, and ECW [a real ECW] show would have done great, but its just exactly the same as Raw and Smackdown, no point in that show having any titles either, the ECW title will become a IC title level title, it has been for years anyway

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  2. James

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    I’m glad they’re changing the name, but do we really need another “Superstars” like show? One already suckshard enough

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  3. Tom... just Tom

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 8:10 PM

    The way I see it, ECW was a launching point for current stars like Kofi Kingston and CM Punk. Maybe a show highlighting the up and coming superstars would be good.

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  4. baddog_1_2k

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    thats good news but as a ecw fan they already tarnished the name sence day one when they started firing the originals I haven’t watched it sense RVD left so any change won’t effent me anyway the show bite and thats the bottom line

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  5. Kenn

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    its called Heat

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  6. Mark

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    lets face it isnt extreme anymore anyway due to most of the original ecw wrestlers have gone and also the wwe’s new pg rating

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  7. Allen Michael

    Date: Nov 30, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    WWE sucks all together! They need major change!

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  8. Allen

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 12:47 AM

    ECW is not ECW anymore, if anything they shoulda just brought back WCW and made that the third brand…would of made more since for what they’re doing now. Shoot WWE doesn’t even care about ECW anymore, the bragging right PPV featured Smackdown vs raw, with ECW nowhere to be found. Then the smackdown vs raw games only say “featuring” ECW down at the bottom….I really do hope they change the name.

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  9. DK Monster

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 2:49 AM

    They should just officially name the show
    WWE “REHAB CENTER”.
    That’s what ECW is right now.
    A TV version of Rehab Center for people who couldn’t cut
    it on Raw or Smackdown or no-namers to get some TV time.

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  10. Will

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 3:10 AM

    just cancel Superstars as the fourth show, replace it with an hour version of SmackDown on WGN America (call it AM SmackDown, PM SmackDown or Weekend SmackDown) air it on Saturdays or Sundays, and merge ECW/Superstars and reboot it as “WWE Superstars: The Future of the WWE Today with the slogan “hey the Superstars have to come somewhere”

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  11. Will

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 3:16 AM

    and if ECW is rebooted, then i expect an ECW championship retirement with a new world TV Championship or the reboot of the European title to happen

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  12. scooter

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 7:24 AM

    DK Monster thats not always the case take christian he could more than make it on smackdown or raw its just wwe refusing to push people as usual

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  13. stockshark

    Date: Dec 01, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    Good ridance ECW ECW ECW hope I never have to hear that again!!!! thank you!

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  14. Dude

    Date: Feb 02, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    I dont see this as a bad thing. I mean, the recent incarnation of ECW is a joke. Where are the cool ppvs of ECW’s past? Where are the barbedwire ropes and baseball bats? Where? ECW now is nothing more than a lower reduced version of smackdown. I loved the old ecw. I used to go the shows in South Philly. It was entertaining. One match I saw, they (ecw staff) went around before the match and collected stuff that fans in the front row brought in such as stop signs, a sink, etc and the staff tossed them into the ring and it a brutal match.

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