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Mr. Kennedy · 05-21-2006, 06:22 PM

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that the Sci Fi Network will be issuing a press release announcing a 12-week run of Extreme Championship Wrestling (operated under WWE) every Tuesday.

According to the latest reports, the debut date for the TV show will be on June 13 (two days after ECW One Night Stand II) and will be taped earlier that night in Trenton, NJ. Although not confirmed, the show is expected to have a 10pm timeslot. We will continue to follow this story as it develops.

Mr. Kennedy · 05-25-2006, 05:35 PM

It's official now:

World Wrestling Entertainment and NBC Universal are extending their relationship, bringing the resurrected Extreme Championship Wrestling to the Sci Fi Channel for a summertime run.

Because when you think of pro wrestling, you think of the Sci Fi Channel.

ECW, which had a cult following in the 1990s but was bought by WWE following a bankruptcy filing several years ago, will make its Sci Fi debut on Tuesday, June 13. That's two days after a pay-per-view event called "One Night Stand" that will serve as a sort of resurrection of the brand, though it's occasionally popped up in WWE stories in recent years.

Sci Fi insists that ECW, which has a reputation as a more "hardcore" promotion than the WWE (sort of like the "independent" arms of major movie studios), is "an alternative brand of wrestling suited to fit the Sci Fi Channel's commitment to fuel the imagination."

"Research tells us that there's a healthy appetite for wrestling among Sci Fi viewers," says Bonnie Hammer, president of Sci Fi and the USA Network, which airs "WWE Raw" to strong ratings. "With ECW, we're able to deliver to those fans unique action with a twist that's perfect for Sci Fi."

Sci Fi says ECW will be a "summer series," but the network hasn't said how long it will run.

Duke · 05-25-2006, 05:54 PM

i have a feeling this will end in failure

HellKat · 05-25-2006, 09:40 PM

They haven't announced anything for us here in Canada, so some network here should pick it up. I always looked fwd to ECW on TNN every Friday before I'd go out... so those bastards better be shown up here.

3D · 05-26-2006, 11:21 AM

Is the UK picking it up? Sky Sports, perhaps?

airr233 · 05-26-2006, 11:40 AM

Its taking the spot of Velocity.