Vince McMahon to Address the Future of ECW Tonight
 

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.

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.

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.

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

This deal keeps getting worse all the time!

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.

pray I don't alter it further

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

DAM STRAIGHT

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

they arent good bed fellows

<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>

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

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

There is one?

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

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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.

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?

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

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

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."

I wonder if they'll still have a championship.

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

I thought we were just talking about the actual matches.

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

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

Who's NXT??? - Goldberg

Are they just going to put FCW on TV?

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

i love ecw

Tune in to Tuesday Night FCW at 10E on SyFy

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.

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

Assumptions based on logic?

(Sounds a lot like WWE's writing)

No it doesn't.

...NXT?

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

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.

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.

WWE TV Show would be a pretty sweet title

Way to stay with the SciFi theme.
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