"Extreme Championship Wrestling" (2006)TV series 2006-????

Writers:

Paul Heyman (writer)
Vince McMahon (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

13 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

A new breed unleashed

Plot:

Extreme Championship Wrestling is reborn in 2006 with Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam, Kurt Angle, The Sandman, and Tommy Dreamer on the map. ECW is back and ready to be a new breed unleashed.

Plot Keywords:

WWE | ECW | Wrestling | World Wrestling Entertainment | Extreme Championship Wrestling

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 29	10:00 PM	SCIFI
Tue. Aug. 5	10:00 PM	SCIFI

Cast

Peter Senerchia	...	Himself / ... (31 episodes, 2006-2008)
Joey Styles	...	Himself / ... (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
C.M. Punk	...	Himself / ... (29 episodes, 2006-2008)
Rebecca DiPietro	...	Herself (25 episodes, 2006-2007)
Barbie Blank	...	Herself / ... (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tom Laughlin	...	Himself / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Paul Wight	...	The Big Show (23 episodes, 2006)
Mike Knox	...	Himself / ... (22 episodes, 2006-2008)
Terry Brunk	...	Himself / ... (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Heyman	...	Himself (22 episodes, 2006)
Andrew Martin	...	Himself / ... (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jim Fullington	...	Himself / ... (19 episodes, 2006-2007)
Shelly Martinez	...	Herself (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jonathan Rachner	...	Balls Mahoney / ... (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Matt Stryker	...	Himself / ... (15 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kevin Fertig	...	Himself / ... (15 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael Manna	...	Stevie Richards / ... (13 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bob Howard	...	Himself (13 episodes, 2006-2007)

Also Known As:

ECW on Sci-Fi (USA)
EcW (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

USA:65 min | USA:60 min | USA:40 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

ECW Superstar Big Show, became the first person to hold the WWE Championship, WCW Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship when Big Show won the ECW title on the July 4, 2006 edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling. Big Show won the WCW title on two occasions (October 29, 2005 and April 22, 1996) and the WWE title twice (November 14, 1999 and November 17, 2002).

Quotes:

Paul Heyman: [opening credits] The tribe of extreme has risen again!

Movie Connections:

Follows ECW One Night Stand (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Don't Question My Heart

"GET THE WWE OUT!" -- WWE tarnishes the legacy of the original ECW

The debut episode of "ECW on SCI-FI" was a disaster. The show was a complete and utter train-wreck. Everything that could have gone wrong in a WWE-run incarnation of "ECW" did, and did in the worst ways possible.

Since the debut episode the WWE has had a couple of ups and downs with ECW... mostly downs, though.

The WWE 'creative' team decided to remove the no-rules element of ECW. Instead, every match in WWE's "ECW" is now contested under "WWE Rules." This means that weapons are no longer legal in ECW. This means that matches can now end in a disqualification. This also means that when there happens to be a no-DQ match it's billed as being held under "Extreme Rules" (which is an oxymoron). The no-rules environment was the very basis of what "Extreme" Championship Wrestling was always about. The fact that the WWE has chosen to neuter ECW at its very base like this is proof enough to know that this product is doomed.

When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) sued Vince McMahon a couple of years back there was an advertising campaign that read "GET THE F OUT" - a reference to the World Wrestling 'F'ederation changing from "WWF" to "WWE" (World Wrestling 'E'ntertainment)... It's time for a new campaign for this new 'ECW' product: "GET THE WWE OUT!"