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I wouldnt have believed it if I hadnt read it... and probably will deny it until it I see it...

LATEST WRESTLING NEWS FROM WRESTLEMAG:
5/17/2006
WWE: Sci-Fi Network to become the new home for ECW; WWE vs ECW special to air live in the UK
Wrestlemag.com @ 5:49 pm
by Phil Lowe
Editor, WrestleMag
E: [email protected]

The Wrestling Observer is this evening reporting that The Sci-Fi Network is preparing to announce that they will be the home of ECW’s weekly TV show when the ECW brand launches early next month. A press release is believed to be prepared and will be released after it is given the final “OK” from either Vince or Linda McMahon.

Next month’s ECW vs WWE special that airs on Wednesday, June 7 will air in the United Kingdom live at 1am on Sky Sports, with One Night Stand also being shown live on Sky Sports 1 the following Sunday (June 11) at 1am local time. The scheduling means that fans in the UK get to see both shows on “free” TV (Sky Sports is subject to a monthly subscription) rather than having to pay to watch on PPV.

BSkyB are yet to announce any changes to the schedules for June, but with Velocity being dropped to make way for ECW, it’s likely the weekly ECW show will air in it’s place on Sky Sports 3.
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http://www.wrestlemag.com/news/index.php?p=2326

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=16303
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Justin

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WHY IS ECW BACK IN THE FIRST PLACE?? I'M GLAD THAT IT IS NONTHELESS BUT WHATS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE RETURN OF IT?? VINCE WOULD HAVE TO PAY MORE AND MORE MONEY NOW CAUSE HE HAS TO PAY TO GET ECW PPV'S TO AIR MONTHLY OR WHATEVER..
 
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^^^more ppv's = more money. Also i wouldnt be suprised if he runs ECWs weekly show head to head with TNA, which is another good reason to bring ECW back
 
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5/18/2006

by Phil Lowe
Editor, WrestleMag
E: [email protected]

To date, the following are confirmed has having signed one-year contracts (with a three-year option) with World Wrestling Entertainment to be part of the relaunch of ECW next month:

Terry Funk
Sabu
The Sandman
Francine
Danny Doring
Tony Mamaluke
Jazz
Axl Rotten
Balls Mahoney
C.W. Anderson

Of those currently part of WWE, Rob Van Dam will of course will be a major part of the new ECW brand, as will Joey Styles and Tommy Dreamer (both on-screen and behind the scenes working with Paul Heyman). Chris Benoit and Mick Foley will be involved in some capacity post-One Night Stand, but Benoit is likely to remain on Smackdown! for the most part. Tazz will also be part of the new ECW, but right now it’s not thought he’ll leave his chair at the announce table for Smackdown!, while Al Snow could be used in a bit-part role on ECW’s weekly TV show also.

We understand that WWE have offered contracts to Lance Storm, Masato Tanaka and Tajiri (who will definately be at One Night Stand), while TNA Wrestling’s Rhino could make a sensational return to WWE to be a big part of the new ECW. Rhino’s TNA contract does not have much time left to run on it, and even before the news of ECW returning was common knowledge, there was talk that Rhino would be welcomed back to WWE to be part of either RAW or Smackdown!

We also understand that under Paul Heyman, OVW’s CM Punk is in line to be the first name to receive a major push in ECW to become the first new star created by the brand. The plan during the first few months of ECW launching is to begin to create new stars while using the stars from the old ECW (Sabu, RVD, Funk and Sandman) to help establish the brand with a much larger fanbase that Heyman’s ECW had previously.

There is also talk that several Smackdown! stars will be drafted from Smackdown! to be part of the ECW roster, with Ken Kennedy perhaps being the most high-profile name being discussed. Simon Dean, Psicosis, Nunzio (as Little Guido) and Matt Hardy are other names who have been mentioned, but given the weak state of the Smackdown! roster, whether Vince McMahon will want to take several more wrestlers away from the show remains to be seen.
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Team 3-D (fka: The Dudley Boyz) have a contract with TNA till (c.) 2009

The James Gang will probably be in TNA for awhile as well, Billy Gunn (or whatever his name is, Kip James?) has been vocal about his dislike for WWE.
 
Justin

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^^^more ppv's = more money. Also i wouldnt be suprised if he runs ECWs weekly show head to head with TNA, which is another good reason to bring ECW back
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VICE HAS TO PAY BIG MONEY TO THOSE PPV PROVIDERS JUST TO AIR THOSE EVENTS EVERY MONTH.. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT HE PAYS DIRECT TV 1MILL A MONTH TO AIR HIS PPVS.... IF PEOPLE STOP BUYING PPV WWE WILL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE...
 
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LOL@ THEM ADMIT'N HOW "WEAK" DA STATE OF DA SMAKDOWN ROSTER IZ...

IT PROLLY WOULDNT SO WEAK IF THEY USED DA RIGHT STARz...

AN IF THEY DIDNT FUK OVA MOST OF DA TALENT...

ECW LOOKz LIKE IT MIGHT B PRETTY COO...

I'D PAY DA PRICE OF ADMISSION JUS 2 SEE TAZZ BAK IN DA RING IN ECW OR WWE...




- GEEzUz
 
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Justin said:
VICE HAS TO PAY BIG MONEY TO THOSE PPV PROVIDERS JUST TO AIR THOSE EVENTS EVERY MONTH.. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT HE PAYS DIRECT TV 1MILL A MONTH TO AIR HIS PPVS.... IF PEOPLE STOP BUYING PPV WWE WILL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE...
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EXACTLY

He gonna fuck around and bankrupt himself. Bc I hear his PPV sales are poor nowdays
 
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BTW

The need THE FRANCHISE Shane Douglas , Too Cold Scorpio, Ron Simmons to get that shit poppin off the right way.


"We gonna send your black asses back to the PRO-jects in the ghetto where yall belong" -Shane Douglas & Brian Pillman 1994 ECW valley forge promo

"First Off its pronounce Projects stupid muthafucka and white boys like you wouldnt last in my hood" -Ron Simmons & Too Cold Scorpio 1994 ECW valley forge promo
 
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Justin said:
VICE HAS TO PAY BIG MONEY TO THOSE PPV PROVIDERS JUST TO AIR THOSE EVENTS EVERY MONTH.. I REMEMBER HEARING THAT HE PAYS DIRECT TV 1MILL A MONTH TO AIR HIS PPVS.... IF PEOPLE STOP BUYING PPV WWE WILL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE...
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ECW is more profitable than Smackdown..

The ECW PPV got more buys than every Smackdown PPV..

PPVs = Money. .You don't lose money on them.. There getting at least 30 bucks for every person that buys...

30 * 600,000 =

Buyrate for WWE PPVs since January of 2005:

2.46 - Wrestlemania 21 (BOTH)
1.34 - Summerslam 2005 (BOTH)
1.31 - Royal Rumble 2006 (BOTH)
0.94 - Survivor Series 2005 (BOTH)
0.92 - Vengeance 2005 (RAW)
0.83 - Royal Rumble 2005 (BOTH)
0.81 - ECW ONE NIGHT STAND
0.81 - Backlash 2005 (RAW)
0.75 - New Year's Revolution 2006 (RAW)
0.73 - Armageddon 2005 (SD!)
0.68 - New Year's Revolution 2005 (RAW)
0.66 - Judgement Day 2005 (SD!)
0.59 - No Way Out 2005 (SD!)
0.58 - Great American Bash (SD!)
0.56 - Unforgiven 2005 (SD!)
0.55 - Taboo Tuesday 2005 (RAW)
0.55 - No Mercy 2005 (SD!)
0.46 - No Way Out 2006 (SD!)

Around 330,000 people bought the ECW PPV in America for 30 or 35 dollars.. Not counting the people who got it on the web for 15.

330,000 * 30 = nearly $10,000,000 in revenue from one PPV..

Sure, DirecTV and all of them take a percentage, and a fee to get it on, but they definitely make money.

Also, ECW events are cheap as hell in WWE-terms to put on.. They don't have to pay for fireworks, they don't need many camera men, and it's supposed to look low-budgeted from a certain point of view. It will be more profitable then Smackdown is, especially when you consider how much all the DVDs that ECW sells.

The ECW DVDs are WWE's best sellers... They get all of that money.
 
Justin

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ECW is more profitable than Smackdown..

The ECW PPV got more buys than every Smackdown PPV..

PPVs = Money. .You don't lose money on them.. There getting at least 30 bucks for every person that buys...

30 * 600,000 =

Buyrate for WWE PPVs since January of 2005:

2.46 - Wrestlemania 21 (BOTH)
1.34 - Summerslam 2005 (BOTH)
1.31 - Royal Rumble 2006 (BOTH)
0.94 - Survivor Series 2005 (BOTH)
0.92 - Vengeance 2005 (RAW)
0.83 - Royal Rumble 2005 (BOTH)
0.81 - ECW ONE NIGHT STAND
0.81 - Backlash 2005 (RAW)
0.75 - New Year's Revolution 2006 (RAW)
0.73 - Armageddon 2005 (SD!)
0.68 - New Year's Revolution 2005 (RAW)
0.66 - Judgement Day 2005 (SD!)
0.59 - No Way Out 2005 (SD!)
0.58 - Great American Bash (SD!)
0.56 - Unforgiven 2005 (SD!)
0.55 - Taboo Tuesday 2005 (RAW)
0.55 - No Mercy 2005 (SD!)
0.46 - No Way Out 2006 (SD!)

Around 330,000 people bought the ECW PPV in America for 30 or 35 dollars.. Not counting the people who got it on the web for 15.

330,000 * 30 = nearly $10,000,000 in revenue from one PPV..

Sure, DirecTV and all of them take a percentage, and a fee to get it on, but they definitely make money.

Also, ECW events are cheap as hell in WWE-terms to put on.. They don't have to pay for fireworks, they don't need many camera men, and it's supposed to look low-budgeted from a certain point of view. It will be more profitable then Smackdown is, especially when you consider how much all the DVDs that ECW sells.

The ECW DVDs are WWE's best sellers... They get all of that money.
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YOU"RE RIGHT I AGREE BUT MY POINT IS THAT VINCE IS TRYING TO DO TO MUCH TOO FAST WE BOTH KNOW THE WRESTLING BIZZ IS NOT WHAT IT USE TO BE... YOU RIGHT ECW MAKES MONEY BUT DON'T FORGET THAT COMPANY DID GO BANKRUPT AND VINCE JUST PICKED UP THE PIECES...
 
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