Post by Lance on Aug 30, 2005 8:25:51 GMT -5
prowrestling.com wrote:
"Weeks after all discussions regarding the future of ECW came to a close, The Ottawa Sun reports that the plan is for WWE to bring back the ECW brand after WrestleMania.
"And we're not talking about One Night Stand 2," the article says. "WWE, apparently, has talked about putting the promotion on its own -- keeping the integrity of ECW, small venues and all."
In addition to remaining unconfirmed by other sources, this rumor comes at a very odd time. It had been recently reported that WWE was not planning to utilize the ECW brand for anything other than an annual PPV. While solid, the ECW PPV's buyrate was hardly better than the average brand-only PPV, which likely came as a disillusionment to those hoping it would do record numbers. Both DVDs performed rather well, however. "
Also:
This may or may not be relevant but...
"USA Network has announced the time slot & debut date for the one hour WWE program that will air every weekend. The program will air on Saturday mornings from 9 to 10 AM. No name has been announced for the program yet. The program debuts on October 8th, 2005. "
Looks interesting, although I wouldn't really like a new ECW unless they introduced new guys on it, like give the cruiserweights a chance there and stuff like that.
"Weeks after all discussions regarding the future of ECW came to a close, The Ottawa Sun reports that the plan is for WWE to bring back the ECW brand after WrestleMania.
"And we're not talking about One Night Stand 2," the article says. "WWE, apparently, has talked about putting the promotion on its own -- keeping the integrity of ECW, small venues and all."
In addition to remaining unconfirmed by other sources, this rumor comes at a very odd time. It had been recently reported that WWE was not planning to utilize the ECW brand for anything other than an annual PPV. While solid, the ECW PPV's buyrate was hardly better than the average brand-only PPV, which likely came as a disillusionment to those hoping it would do record numbers. Both DVDs performed rather well, however. "
Also:
This may or may not be relevant but...
"USA Network has announced the time slot & debut date for the one hour WWE program that will air every weekend. The program will air on Saturday mornings from 9 to 10 AM. No name has been announced for the program yet. The program debuts on October 8th, 2005. "
Looks interesting, although I wouldn't really like a new ECW unless they introduced new guys on it, like give the cruiserweights a chance there and stuff like that.
