ECW Coming Back Full Time

[2pacnbiggie]

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WWE IS BRINGING BACK ECW AS A FULL TIME ENTITY, MAKING PLANS TO SIGN TALENT FROM THE GLORY YEARS FOR NEW VENTURE
by Dave Scherer @ 200 PM on 4/23/2006



WWE has made the decision to bring back Extreme Championship Wrestling as a full time entity and has begun talking with former ECW talent about returning to work for the new version of the legendary promotion. As of right now, WWE is targeting a September return for the promotion. No decision has been made as to exactly how the company will be brought back yet. It's possible that it will take over the present OVW territory, that it will be a promotion that gets matches on the Raw and/or Smackdown promotions or possibly in some other manner. Sources have told us that Paul Heyman and Tommy Dreamer will be booking ECW when it starts up.

WWE has already contacted a number of ECW wrestlers and contracts will be sent out to them this week. The talents are being offered three year deals which consist of a series of one year contracts, with rollover clauses. A number of wrestlers have been contacts so far. We can confirm that WWE has talked with The Sandman, Francine and Balls Mahoney and will be sending contracts out to them this week.

We will have more information on this story later today or tomorrow.

 

[bigmack]

can somebody say WWE is threatened by TNA? LOL.this is too funny.it will probably be a watered down crappy excuse for ECW.i would hate to see john cena,shawn michaels,kane,hhh on ecw shows,and i have no doubt that will happen.

 

[Illuminattile]

can somebody say WWE is threatened by TNA? LOL.this is too funny.it will probably be a watered down crappy excuse for ECW.i would hate to see john cena,shawn michaels,kane,hhh on ecw shows,and i have no doubt that will happen.

It won't. Paul Heyman and Tommy Dreamer will be in charge, they'll make sure it's done right. It'll be a mix of the old ECW stars and new talent, especially if ECW replaces OVW.

It's been suggested that an ECW show could replace AM RAW, which would allow it some freedom in terms of extreme content. As long as Sky pick it up in the UK, I don't really care.

 

[bigmack]

It won't. Paul Heyman and Tommy Dreamer will be in charge, they'll make sure it's done right. It'll be a mix of the old ECW stars and new talent, especially if ECW replaces OVW.

It's been suggested that an ECW show could replace AM RAW, which would allow it some freedom in terms of extreme content. As long as Sky pick it up in the UK, I don't really care.

even if heyman and dreamer are in charge of the booking,dont you think it all has to pass over to vince and his little clan first?

 

[Illuminattile]

even if heyman and dreamer are in charge of the booking,dont you think it all has to pass over to vince and his little clan first?

Yes, but I think Vince is smart enough to know that watering-down the ECW product is detrimental to him. Money he makes through ECW is as good as money he makes through the WWE.

The only problem is if ECW were to outperform WWE, perhaps in terms of PPV buyrates. Then ego might come into it, and Vince might get a little jealous.