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He's Here
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Heat's gone - RAW/ECW Coming Soon
From PWInsider:
World Wrestling Entertainment will pull the plug on WWE.com's Heat series and bring ECW on Sci Fi tapings to the Raw brand tapings this June, following a company tour of Australia, according to multiple sources. The plan is to have the ECW brand performers on the Raw tapings as a way to increase interest and ratings in the Tuesday night Sci Fi series, which would now be taped prior to the live Raw broadcast under the plan. One would assume ECW talents would also join Raw house shows as well, but that has not confirmed. The Smackdown tours would become stand-alone tapings and house shows for that brand alone. Heat, which originally ran on the USA Network, then MTV, has been in production since the late 1990s. It was moved to an Internet platform when WWE returned to the USA Network. Internationally, WWE has already informed TV affiliates that a WWE Classics series utiilizing old footage would be replacing Heat shortly. ![]() |
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Boss
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Noid will be heartbroken.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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So hurt the established Smackdown by cutting its effective roster, in hopes of getting a little more interest in a show nobody watches?
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Especially with the move to MyNetworks, this is a pretty retarded move from a roster standpoint.
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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Or at the very least, the same people will watch Raw, nobdoy will watch ECW, and next to nobody will watch Smackdown. I think the worst possible outcome really = lateral move. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I'd forgotten about that. Not watching Smackdown, I tend to think very little of it.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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...IN HD!!!!
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What about the In-Crowd? Are they going to start appearing on all three shows now? Will they drop the titles before this switch? Or will they just become regulars on Smackdown?
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...IN HD!!!!
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It probably won't help that much seeing how the only two young guys from ECW that the fans actually care about are Punk and Kofi (I would say Morrison but he's been on Raw before his move to ECW) and they won't have either one go over any of the higher up Raw guys, except maybe Punk. |
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Spammy Certified
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So I assume Miz and Morrison will drop the titles soon.
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Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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There's CM Punk looking at the WWE title now.
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It's a weird move. It's something I've seen coming, though. This might mean we will see some of the Heat regulars released, or moved to SmackDown!. Val Venis is a guy that really should be allowed to work and have life breathed into him on the blue brand, but who knows if that will happen.
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Incidentally, I wonder how they're going to work this with Miz and Morrison being tag champions. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Well, I don't see much benefit on Raw, either. The rub will only work if you take time away from the Raw Roster, and I don't see that being a legit occurence.
ECW and Smackdown looked to have some benefit to the cross connections, however small. Seems better than this. |
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...IN HD!!!!
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*Punk walks backstage and sees the WWE title*
Punk: Ahhhh one of these days....only 83 employees need to be suspended for Wellness before I'll get to hold this. *Punk then sees Triple H's daughter sitting in a booster seat* Punk: ....well make that 84. |
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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He'll put some roids in her diaper bag. When Steph finds them she'll be stripped of the Cruiserweight, Eruopean, and Women's titles on Raw the following week.
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...IN HD!!!!
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Herp a derp, and so on
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From PWInsider:
ECW will be getting a new opening theme. Here is a preview of the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhnzwUNyI24&fmt=18 |
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Spammy Certified
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I wish it had his real theme
Last edited by Savio; 05-24-2008 at 04:29 PM. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Nothing can beat "bodies," especially in light of Benoit.
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Herp a derp, and so on
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LET THE BIBLES HIT THE FLOOR
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Lol
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He's Here
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Zip the bodies in the bag! Zip the bodies in the bag!
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Let the ratings hit the-
...sorry, this isn't a Cena thread, is it...
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