if ecw got a talent boost, and an extra hour I'd be all for putting the hardcore title on that show. Seriously, the hardcore title with the 24 hour rule there would seriously help their under to mid card.
Then a solid TV title division of upper midcarders, like Punk, Elijah Burke, Thorne, Marcus Cor Von and Sandman and Dreamer since they're not gonna make them main eventers. That'd be key to defining their upper mid card and creating their new stars.
Then you have their apparent upcoming tag division.
As for their world title, the talent boost would help this immensely. And tbh, I think RVD is gonna stay now. I thought he'd go to TNA but I'm doubting it now. I think his contract will come up and WWE will convince him to stay, right now their jobbing him cuz they're afraid to have a strong former champion head to TNA. Once he's under a new contract and staying put, I'm sure they'll say that he's "paid his time" and push him again.
Seriously though, I'm really strong on thinking ECW can be saved. But I'd like to see the addition of the Hardcore 24 hour title, the TV title (on Punk),
and the addition of some talent.
If Raw and Smackdown unite, and cut out some of their titles, you have a lot of talent on one brand. So I'd say send some to ECW.
ECW would take a huge boost in terms of product and ratings if they got Benoit as an instant main eventer. Rey as a main event/upper mid card star. And the hardys as a tag team with singles potential at any time.
But I guess back to the IC title, which needs to be unified with the US title and put on someone like Carlito or Kennedy for a solid run. In fact, those 2 should fued with eachother over both belts and then a resulting back and forth fued til they're both way over.
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