| There's no doubt that WWE is considering a lot of different things depending on how this 12-week period works out, but I'm not sure re-branding SD! into ECW is one of them..
CW network or whatever it will be called can't televise ECW and keep the fans happy. Everyone understands that ECW need to evolve but with that they also need to take the hardcore aspect and the foul language. CW network won't go for this.. Remember they are the same people who lashed out against Hassan when the character was doing similar things all along on Spike TV..
There's a difference between PG, TV14, and A hard TV14 rating.. SD! is mostly PG. WWE could possibly work a TV14 but in no way at 8:00 at night on a week night will WWE be able to get away with a hard TV14. WWE could try but I guarantee ECW would be a failure in no time and then everyone would blame Heyman.. but you can't blame him, he needs to be given everything he had with the old ECW including the rating in his favour.
I still see this playing out where the rosters finally combine and then WWE lands a 2nd show on the USA network.. in ECW. USA could claim that they don't want to be the wrestling channel but lets face it.. If this brand lights up Sci-Fi, NBC Universal will waste no time to get the program on their larger network. |