benn Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 If the Sci-fi channel is the only place WWE can find to air ECW, then it'd be better of as a webcast on WWE.com(instead of a speciality channel which doesn't suit wrestling.) There is still a chance it could end up on USA, but either way it won't affect the UK. There is no way that they can successfully relaunch the ECW brand without a tv deal, no matter what channel its on. Particularly if this is a move to try and compete with TNA.
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 The words Science and Fiction around Vince McMahon scare me. A lot. And any 'cool points' ECW potentially had have now evaporated at the prospect of people hyping 'wrestling on the science fiction channel'. "Man, if you wanna watch something really cool, put it on the Science Fiction Channel!" That's hardcore, that's hardcore. It isn't really that big of a deal. It's just as strange as WWE being on NBC earlier this year. Did you see Kane show up on Will & Grace? It is simply the channel that will carry the program, it won't have any effect on the actual product or influence on the presentation.
justcoz Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 The words Science and Fiction around Vince McMahon scare me. A lot. And any 'cool points' ECW potentially had have now evaporated at the prospect of people hyping 'wrestling on the science fiction channel'. "Man, if you wanna watch something really cool, put it on the Science Fiction Channel!" That's hardcore, that's hardcore. It isn't really that big of a deal. It's just as strange as WWE being on NBC earlier this year. Did you see Kane show up on Will & Grace? It is simply the channel that will carry the program, it won't have any effect on the actual product or influence on the presentation. Right, it makes as much sense as ECW and WWF airing on The Nashville Network or when WWE was airing on a station that didn't even have a name (remember the Network for Men?). A television deal is a television deal. I'll be happy just to see some form of ECW on television again. Besides, back in its heyday, ECW was on very weird stations in syndication and people still found it.
mfn Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 ECW on The SciFi network I think will help boost the ratings of the network. Do you think that it could be the highest rated show on the channel?
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I doubt it. Those who already have the Sci-Fi Channel will watch it and I doubt ECW is enough for people without the Sci-Fi Channel to want it.
Cheech Tremendous Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 ECW on The SciFi network I think will help boost the ratings of the network. Do you think that it could be the highest rated show on the channel? If it isn't the new ECW is in a lot of trouble.
justcoz Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I doubt it. Those who already have the Sci-Fi Channel will watch it and I doubt ECW is enough for people without the Sci-Fi Channel to want it. I'm sure there will be some wrestling or old ECW fans that will bug their cable operators to carry Sci-Fi Channel if it's not available to them already. And if ECW averages even just a 1.5, which shouldn't be a problem if they air some commercials during Raw, I'm sure it will improve Sci-Fi's ratings as a whole.
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Just got a chance to look at the Sci-Fi boards, the ECW fans are bigger idiots than the "Sci-Fi Diehards" they are insulting. No wonder most of the world thinks wrestling fans are idiots, because of people like this: I smell a board war.... ....and I know who I'm siding with. Listen up space nerds, cuz Sci-Fi's about to be taken to the EXTREME!!!!
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I doubt it. Those who already have the Sci-Fi Channel will watch it and I doubt ECW is enough for people without the Sci-Fi Channel to want it. I'm sure there will be some wrestling or old ECW fans that will bug their cable operators to carry Sci-Fi Channel if it's not available to them already. And if ECW averages even just a 1.5, which shouldn't be a problem if they air some commercials during Raw, I'm sure it will improve Sci-Fi's ratings as a whole. From what I've read, Sci-Fi's best shows are usually right around 1.8 or 1.9. So, ECW would need to be in the 2.0s to make some type of impact on the channel.
Maztinho Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Just got a chance to look at the Sci-Fi boards, the ECW fans are bigger idiots than the "Sci-Fi Diehards" they are insulting. No wonder most of the world thinks wrestling fans are idiots, because of people like this: I smell a board war.... ....and I know who I'm siding with. Listen up space nerds, cuz Sci-Fi's about to be taken to the EXTREME!!!! At least they are using decent enough grammer. It could be. OMG WE GONNA TAKE YOU OVA BITCHES!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! 4 Life!!!
Art Sandusky Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I'll bet those "invaders" were like, nine or ten years old when ECW folded. I feel like I should register over there just to apologize for fellow wrestling fans. Man, what a thoroughly unlikeable subculture. (goes to read the thread in General Wrestling about why wrestling fans are never treated with respect)
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Just got a chance to look at the Sci-Fi boards, the ECW fans are bigger idiots than the "Sci-Fi Diehards" they are insulting. No wonder most of the world thinks wrestling fans are idiots, because of people like this: I smell a board war.... ....and I know who I'm siding with. Listen up space nerds, cuz Sci-Fi's about to be taken to the EXTREME!!!! At least they are using decent enough grammer. It could be. OMG WE GONNA TAKE YOU OVA BITCHES!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! 4 Life!!! Something like this? I LOVE SCI FI MOVIES AND OLD SHOWS.. BUT THE CHANNEL IS ABOUT TO GET EXTREME!!!!!!!!!! WHEN ECW IS GOING TO TAKE THE CHANNEL TO THE EXTREME!!!!!!!!!! AND I CANT WAIT.. ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK OUT GODZILLA, LOOK OUT STARGATE, LOOK OUT STAR TREK..HERE COMES THE HOMICIDLE SUICIDAL SABU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E...C...F*CKIN W!!!!! This board is about to go to the EXTREME!!!!!!!!! In the words of Big Stevie Cool... "We got 3 simple words for ya'..." WE'RE TAKIN' OVER!!!!!!!!!! SCI-FI Welcome to the Extreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ECW is comeing for you ECW ECW EC F'N W ECW! ECW! ECW! This summer... the SciFi channel... will be taken... to the... EXTREME! I think these kids aren't even old enough to watch ECW.
Maztinho Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Just got a chance to look at the Sci-Fi boards, the ECW fans are bigger idiots than the "Sci-Fi Diehards" they are insulting. No wonder most of the world thinks wrestling fans are idiots, because of people like this: I smell a board war.... ....and I know who I'm siding with. Listen up space nerds, cuz Sci-Fi's about to be taken to the EXTREME!!!! At least they are using decent enough grammer. It could be. OMG WE GONNA TAKE YOU OVA BITCHES!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! ECW!!! 4 Life!!! Something like this? I LOVE SCI FI MOVIES AND OLD SHOWS.. BUT THE CHANNEL IS ABOUT TO GET EXTREME!!!!!!!!!! WHEN ECW IS GOING TO TAKE THE CHANNEL TO THE EXTREME!!!!!!!!!! AND I CANT WAIT.. ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK OUT GODZILLA, LOOK OUT STARGATE, LOOK OUT STAR TREK..HERE COMES THE HOMICIDLE SUICIDAL SABU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E...C...F*CKIN W!!!!! This board is about to go to the EXTREME!!!!!!!!! In the words of Big Stevie Cool... "We got 3 simple words for ya'..." WE'RE TAKIN' OVER!!!!!!!!!! SCI-FI Welcome to the Extreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ECW is comeing for you ECW ECW EC F'N W ECW! ECW! ECW! This summer... the SciFi channel... will be taken... to the... EXTREME! I think these kids aren't even old enough to watch ECW. Fuck.
NoCalMike Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Speaking of ways we used to have to watch ECW. I used to watch it on AmericaOne Network, it wasn't a cable network, just some network I found out about by a fluke incident of manualy checking every channel an old tv in my mom's room could pick up. I came by channel 25, and they were showing USWA, so I went back at the same time the next day and it was Deep South Wrestling, next day WICCA(or something like that) and then finally the next day it was ECW.......the funniest thing was you could see that some local operator was in charge of the programming because 5mins before ECW would come on you would see the satellite grid come up for the Dish to be repositioning so he could pick up the feed from another channel.....haha.
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Speaking of ways we used to have to watch ECW. I used to watch it on AmericaOne Network, it wasn't a cable network, just some network I found out about by a fluke incident of manualy checking every channel an old tv in my mom's room could pick up. I came by channel 25, and they were showing USWA, so I went back at the same time the next day and it was Deep South Wrestling, next day WICCA(or something like that) and then finally the next day it was ECW.......the funniest thing was you could see that some local operator was in charge of the programming because 5mins before ECW would come on you would see the satellite grid come up for the Dish to be repositioning so he could pick up the feed from another channel.....haha. When you use five letters to abbreviate your promotion, you know you won't last long.
mfn Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 It's just a standard that people who have an interested in anything will get flamed. If you like movies, you are a movie nerd. Same for video games, music, cars, etc. It can go either way with just about anything.... besides sex. Sex is good.
Guest droptoehold Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I can see them trying to use the logic of well...we have this sci fi channel if you wanna run this e-c-w show there. and wwe thinks...hey ecw had a cult fanbase and sci movies can be catagorized sometimes as "cult classics" what a match made in heaven! Either way glad to see it get a home of it's own. Now if it has it's own taping it would be ideal actually if they moved smackdown to sci fi and made smackdown nothing but gimmick wrestlers...the possibilities are ENDLESS Boogieman and so on... and get RVD to take over the role of Max Moon YESSS!!
Vampiro69 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I can see them trying to use the logic of well...we have this sci fi channel if you wanna run this e-c-w show there. and wwe thinks...hey ecw had a cult fanbase and sci movies can be catagorized sometimes as "cult classics" what a match made in heaven! Either way glad to see it get a home of it's own. Now if it has it's own taping it would be ideal actually if they moved smackdown to sci fi and made smackdown nothing but gimmick wrestlers...the possibilities are ENDLESS Boogieman and so on... and get RVD to take over the role of Max Moon YESSS!! Sorry guy, but you are a few pages to late with the Boogyman joke.
Slickster Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 Speaking of ways we used to have to watch ECW. I used to watch it on AmericaOne Network, it wasn't a cable network, just some network I found out about by a fluke incident of manualy checking every channel an old tv in my mom's room could pick up. I came by channel 25, and they were showing USWA, so I went back at the same time the next day and it was Deep South Wrestling, next day WICCA(or something like that) and then finally the next day it was ECW.......the funniest thing was you could see that some local operator was in charge of the programming because 5mins before ECW would come on you would see the satellite grid come up for the Dish to be repositioning so he could pick up the feed from another channel.....haha. When you use five letters to abbreviate your promotion, you know you won't last long. I assume this was IWCCW, a New Jersey promotion from the mid-1990s.
Dobbs 3K Posted May 18, 2006 Report Posted May 18, 2006 I remember seeing IWCCW on the Sports Channel (or whatever it was called before ESPN bought it out to make ESPN2).
Dangerous A Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 WICCA? WTF is that? The woman's CZW equivalent of Shimmer?
Guest El Satanico Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 A wrestling fed for witches and warlocks? ...strange Those message board idiots, are probably WWe employees.
DerangedHermit Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 Those message board idiots, are probably WWE employees. They're probably the McMahons. This timeslot on SciFi would still be better than 2AM on the MSG Network.
k thx Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 About the Boogeyman, if ECW got their own tapings (a la OVW) Boogeyman would be over like gangbusters.
justcoz Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 About the Boogeyman, if ECW got their own tapings (a la OVW) Boogeyman would be over like gangbusters. I think this would be possible with Heyman booking him like he did in OVW. He would know enough to not put Boogeyman in long matches where he's exposed. I was thinking of someone from WWE to plug into a 911-type role. My first thought was Snitsky (who I think has actually improved in the ring since losing muscle mass) but maybe they could do that with Boogeyman since he's injury prone anyway.
JustJoe2k5 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 Boogeyman shouldn't even be in the same state as the ECW tapings.
bobobrazil1984 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 remember when Jericho brought out the apes from plante of the apes to prance around stephanie mcmahon? Imagine the scifi crossover possibilities. Planet of the Apes followed by the Apes prancing around RVD in ecw. Vince is a genius!
ChrisMWaters Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 remember when Jericho brought out the apes from plante of the apes to prance around stephanie mcmahon? Imagine the scifi crossover possibilities. Planet of the Apes followed by the Apes prancing around RVD in ecw. Vince is a genius! <Joey Styles>OH MY GOD! ROB VAN DAM JUST GAVE DR. ZAIUS THE VAN-DAMNIATOR!
Maztinho Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 About the Boogeyman, if ECW got their own tapings (a la OVW) Boogeyman would be over like gangbusters. I think this would be possible with Heyman booking him like he did in OVW. He would know enough to not put Boogeyman in long matches where he's exposed. I was thinking of someone from WWE to plug into a 911-type role. My first thought was Snitsky (who I think has actually improved in the ring since losing muscle mass) but maybe they could do that with Boogeyman since he's injury prone anyway. Yeah a 911-type is needed, I was hoping Matt Morgan could be brought it for that. Heyman would be able to protect Boogeyman's weaknesses, since that's what Paul E. does.
Darthtiki Posted May 19, 2006 Report Posted May 19, 2006 I expected they would end up on Sci Fi Channel. It's own by NBC Universal which also owns USA Network... They also run Bravo although I dont think wrestling fits in on Bravo. I cant wait for the taglines.. On the next Queer Eye for the Straight Guy we make over Sandman I don't know, it doesn't seem that weird to me. I bet people thought it was weird when Raw first showed up on USA. Why? USA has always just been a motley assortment of general interest stuff. They aired wrestling, tennis, Saturday morning cartoons (Cartoon Express!), The People's Court, Silk Stalkings, and $ale of the Century reruns, and of all that erstwhile programming, I probably miss $ale the most Let's not forget USA Up All Night Speaking of ways we used to have to watch ECW. I used to watch it on AmericaOne Network, it wasn't a cable network, just some network I found out about by a fluke incident of manualy checking every channel an old tv in my mom's room could pick up. I came by channel 25, and they were showing USWA, so I went back at the same time the next day and it was Deep South Wrestling, next day WICCA(or something like that) and then finally the next day it was ECW.......the funniest thing was you could see that some local operator was in charge of the programming because 5mins before ECW would come on you would see the satellite grid come up for the Dish to be repositioning so he could pick up the feed from another channel.....haha. NoCal, I remember that, I thought the satellite shift was after they showed ECW. I too found it on a flukethe summer of 99 and I got a cheap ass antenna at Radio Shack for my new tv because I didn't have cable in my room and one day picked up the signal and marked out when I saw the ECW logo in the corner, since Ced had been telling me about it for months at school.
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