Vince McMahon to Address the Future of ECW Tonight

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

World Wrestling Entertainment announced that on tonight's episode of ECW, Vince McMahon will appear to "address the future of ECW."

As we broke in the PWInsider.com Elite section back on 11/30/09, WWE and SyFy have been discussions for some time about changing the format and identity of the ECW series. SyFy has been unhappy with the ratings slide of the 2.8 when the series debuted in 2006 to it's current rating in the area of 1.0. There are also some with the network who were upset they were sold on a self-sustaining spin-off product and instead ended up with a lower level WWE series.

There is an expectation the ECW name, which WWE brought back from the dead in June 2005, will be put to rest and the new incarnation of the Tuesday night series will focus on newer names.

[Jeritron]

Maybe they'll move a few decent names there and make it count.

I mean, now that I think of it, it is pretty awful that they did that to the network.

I don't really have problems with the fact that ECW is a lower level show in the grand scheme of things WWE-wise. But it's fucked up that it started off as more or less an equal brand with main event stars and WWE went and altered the deal.

[screech]

I'd like to see a legit third brand, rather than a "breeding ground" for main-eventers. I do like how the the show displays new talent, but it would be cool to see a third side to the "brand wars" rather than having them latch on to RAW or SD or whatever.

[Droford]

they need to dig Styles out of his basement office for one last "OH MY GOD"

also cant wait for a new DVD

The Rise and Fall and Rebirth and Death of ECW

[loopydate]

But it's fucked up that it started off as more or less an equal brand with main event stars and WWE went and altered the deal.

This deal keeps getting worse all the time!

[Team Sheep]

3 main brands is too much, it's fine as it is. Just ditch the ECW letters and keep a similar show going for the talent initiative.

[Jeritron]

pray I don't alter it further

[Jeritron]

Anyways, the future of ECW will have to wait. Tonight is LOST

[taker707]

Anyways, the future of ECW will have to wait. Tonight is LOST

DAM STRAIGHT

[DrCrawford]

as much as i like wwe, and as much as i like the syfy channnel...

they arent good bed fellows

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>He's going to announce that ECW is now called the Straight Edge Society Variety Hour. 60 minutes of non-stop CM Punk and pals!</font>

[Nicky Fives]

I see nothing changing but the actual name "ECW"..... everything else will remain the same.....

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I think it'll be a bit bigger than just a name change, Tiffany could have announced that herself.</font>

[parkmania]

Vince McMahon to address the future of ECW

There is one?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Hopefully it has something to do with Rosa Mendes getting naked.

[Droford]

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[The One]

I would love to hear ECW is going to be disbanded. I really don't see a need for it to be around anymore. If they wanted to promote it as a legit brand, I'd be ok with it. When it first was announced back when, it was actually my favorite brand. Paul Heyman somehow took a batch of mid carders and one or two legit main eventers and turned into gold. Then he left, and even through Bobby Lashley, Morrison, and Punk it was still worthwhile. But it's been in a steady decline. If it weren't for Christian the entire hour would be painful. Even Regal somehow seems sad and out of place there.

I say close down operations on ECW. Have the DRAFT this year be entirely on drafting ECW guys (gives them a sense of importance as they're reintroduced to the fray, and it's not like WWE is strict about keeping anyone on one particular show these days anyway). Have Superstars be a mix of both rosters and quit stretching yourself so thin.

Just my two cents.

TOVO Fact: Tovo loves Scrubs.

[dronepool]

I'll watch it because of Vince, but yeah I currently HATE the formula and I don't mean the lack of wrestlers really, they could use a few better guys but I mean they have like 2 matches and 30 minutes of replays and stupid segments. Why have an hour show just to waste so much on recaps and replays? Isn't that what Superstars is supposed to be?

[Juan]

I really hope the show stays around in some capacity. Probably the best hour of wrestling in WWE, hands down.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I dunno, I think SmackDOWN! has the best wrestling. ECW still has some good matches, though. Christian has been tearing it up.

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

Sources in WWE just confirmed the ECW on SyFy series will indeed go forward under the name WWE NXT, with NXT standing for "Next Generation."

[Anybody Thrilla]

I wonder if they'll still have a championship.

[Juan]

I dunno, I think SmackDOWN! has the best wrestling. ECW still has some good matches, though. Christian has been tearing it up.

Oh I agree, Smackdown is better, but they have 2 hours to work with.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I thought we were just talking about the actual matches.

[Juan]

ECW has the best ONE HOUR of wrestling. Smackdown has the best TWO HOURS of wrestling.

[Theo Dious]

I don't really care what they call or do with the show, what becomes of the ECW title is of interest to me.

[parkmania]

From PWInsider:

Sources in WWE just confirmed the ECW on SyFy series will indeed go forward under the name WWE NXT, with NXT standing for "Next Generation."

Who's NXT??? - Goldberg

[Anybody Thrilla]

Are they just going to put FCW on TV?

[Dorkchop]

Maybe they`ll put it on at a decent hour in Canada

[Schlomey]

i love ecw

[James Diesel]

Tune in to Tuesday Night FCW at 10E on SyFy

[Droford]

It would be great if they stopped taping it prior to Smackdown as well and gave it an original, kinda plain looking set and small crowd.

As far as the WWE NXT thing goes, that is really dumb.

[Anybody Thrilla]

How do you know? They haven't even done it yet.

[James Diesel]

Assumptions based on logic?

(Sounds a lot like WWE's writing)

[Anybody Thrilla]

No it doesn't.

[Shadow]

...NXT?

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

[RatedGSuperstar]

Well, considering in recent months we've had "Hell in a Cell," "TLC," and we're heading into "Elimination Chamber," I think we should just be lucky that they didn't call it "WWE TV Show."

But seriously..."NXT" is a horrible name. Stop trying too hard to be trendy and just call the damn thing "Next" if that's what you're going for.

[Vastardikai]

He kept making reference to "Evolution," and I'm thinking of the 3 worst things they could do:

3. An extra hour dedicated solely to Randy Orton, Triple H, Batista, and Arn Anderson (filling in for someone else)

2. Cena squashing people who come from FCW and local Indy feds.

1. Hour-long. Abraham. Washington. Show.

[Skippord]

WWE TV Show would be a pretty sweet title

[FourFifty]

From PWInsider:

Sources in WWE just confirmed the ECW on SyFy series will indeed go forward under the name WWE NXT, with NXT standing for "Next Generation."

Way to stay with the SciFi theme.
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hedg0028/gwss3306/Star_Trek_The_Next_Generation_Advanced_Holodeck_Tutorial_SGG_ScreenShot1.jpg

[Mr. Nerfect]

I don't really know if the WWE expects a bunch of new guys to really draw attention to the show. Who knows where they are really going with this. Hopefully they take a few of the ECW guys, and move them to RAW and SmackDown!. Hopefully we get Bryan Danielson and Kaval in WWE NXT, as well as a few of the more promising younger talents from around the place. Perhaps The Hart Dynasty?

[Jeritron]

I'm pretty sure the new guys they speak of are the ones that are currently on the show, and the type they have been bringing on and off the show for about 3 years now, Noid.
It seems like very little about the show is going to change aside from the name and the title.
Probably the style of storylines too

[Londoner]

Its no surprise how they've treated it, while it may be entertaining to some it was never gonna be allowed to be what Vince led them to believe.

[Fox]

It's too bad. They had the savior of ECW, maybe even the entire WWE right in their hands, but they never did shit with him and then they let him go.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/f4w/images/thumb/8/85/Ecw41lk.jpg/191px-Ecw41lk.jpg


Oh, well.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I think the NXT roster will be composed entirely of new guys from FCW...and if anybody were to stay on NXT, it would probably just be guys with less than a full year under their belt on the main roster.

I'm thinking that starting in 2011, part of the draft could be the two main shows picking a few guys each off of NXT...that actually IS a draft unlike what they do now.</font>

[Theo Dious]

Am I the only one who thought that having ECW on SciFi was a retarded idea to begin with?

[Anybody Thrilla]

I don't think the station has much of anything to do with it.

[erickman]

I don't think the station has much of anything to do with it.

i don't know about that syfy just baught startrek next gen and wanted the wrestling show to be more scifi related, hence the new name. i wish they changed the a long time ago they killed the name ecw.

[Juan]

i don't know about that syfy just baught startrek next gen and wanted the wrestling show to be more scifi related, hence the new name. i wish they changed the a long time ago they killed the name ecw.

Can you please translate that post into English? Thank you.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I like the idea of a minor league show. Especially if they do something like have a tourney and the winner earns a match on Raw or something like that. Or have relegation matches where the loser of a match has to go back to the minors. With the way WWE has loaded up their midcard recently, I'd be more than fine with this.

[Londoner]

I like the idea of a minor league show. Especially if they do something like have a tourney and the winner earns a match on Raw or something like that. Or have relegation matches where the loser of a match has to go back to the minors. With the way WWE has loaded up their midcard recently, I'd be more than fine with this.

I like this idea.

[Savio]

Well, considering in recent months we've had "Hell in a Cell," "TLC," and we're heading into "Elimination Chamber," I think we should just be lucky that they didn't call it "WWE TV Show."Hey that sounds good.

[screech]

I like the idea of a minor league show. Especially if they do something like have a tourney and the winner earns a match on Raw or something like that. Or have relegation matches where the loser of a match has to go back to the minors. With the way WWE has loaded up their midcard recently, I'd be more than fine with this.

I like this idea.