BREAKING NEWS: WWE IS BRINGING BACK ECW AS A FULL TIME ENTITY, MAKING PLANS TO SIGN TALENT FROM THE GLORY YEARS FOR NEW

Profits of Doom · 04-23-2006, 08:11 PM

by Dave Scherer @ 2:56:00 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.

courtesy of pwinsider.com

dinque · 04-23-2006, 08:53 PM

ovw reminds me of ecw right now.great booking with wrestlers whose weaknesses are cloaked by paul heyman's booking.they should just give him smackdown and completely let him do what he wants.

TheGuesser · 04-23-2006, 09:34 PM

I loved ECW. Let it rest in the past. You can't recreate it. Especially with WWE owning it. What made ECW was the rebel/outside attitude. One of the things that killed ECW was when it was revealed that Vinny Mac was investing in it.

chris@thegreek · 04-23-2006, 09:57 PM

ECW has to have Paul Heyman as it's booker, best mind for business

Profits of Doom · 04-24-2006, 05:35 AM

While it might be entertaining to watch since Paul Heyman is booking it will never have the feel of the old ECW. There was a connection with the fans that will never be replicated again. I can remember going to an ECW house show in Gary, Indiana where only 50-100 fans showed up but everyone still busted ass and put on a fantastic show. Tommy Dreamer and Raven teamed up that night, against who I can't remember, and Dreamer did a vintage New Age Outlaws ring intro where he was "The Fat Ass" Tommy Dreamer and Raven was "The Drug Addict" Scotty Levy. Everyone in the shitty little concert hall were laughing their asses off.