Show name | ECW |
---|---|
Format | Sports entertainmentProfessional wrestling |
Camera | Multicamera setup |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV),1080i (HDTV) |
Runtime | 60 minutes |
Creator | Paul HeymanVince McMahon |
Opentheme | "Don't Question My Heart" by Saliva featuring Brent Smith |
Starring | ECW Brand |
Country | United States |
Network | Sci Fi Channel/Syfy |
First aired | June 13, 2006 |
Last aired | February 16, 2010 |
Num episodes | 193 |
Status | Ended |
Related | WWE RawWWE SmackDown |
Website | http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw |
ECW was a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name also referred to the ECW brand, in which WWE employees were assigned to work and perform, complementary to WWE's other brands, Raw and SmackDown. It debuted on June 13, 2006 on Sci Fi in the United States and ran for close to four years until it aired its final episode on February 16, 2010 on the rebranded Syfy. It was replaced the following week with WWE NXT.
Former ECW owner Paul Heyman served as the on-air "ECW Representative" (a reference to how Heyman had been identified on Monday Night Raw back in 1997). According to an interview in the UK newspaper The Sun, Heyman wrote the brand's weekly scripts and submitted them to writers for possible changes, and then Vince McMahon for final approval. Following December to Dismember, Heyman was relieved from both his on and off-air duties with World Wrestling Entertainment.
On October 16, 2007, a "talent exchange" was started between the SmackDown and ECW brands, allowing their respective talent to appear on either brand. On May 6, 2008, ECW celebrated its 100th episode on Sci Fi. On June 3, 2008 Estrada was replaced by Theodore Long as General Manager of ECW. On the September 8, 2008 edition of Raw it was announced a "talent exchange" was started between the Raw and ECW brands, allowing their respective talent to appear on either brand. (Following the 2009 WWE Draft, both of these talent exchanges were quietly dropped.) ECW moved to 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on September 30, 2008. ECW moved back to 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central on May 5, 2009. On the April 7 edition of ECW it was announced that Theodore Long was returning to SmackDown to fulfill the role of General Manager. From this point the Interim General Manager was named as Tiffany who took over as full time General Manager on the June 30, 2009 episode. On July 7, 2009, the Sci Fi Channel renamed itself to "Syfy", prompting WWE to rename the show ECW on Syfy to reflect the changes. In 2009 a "superstar initiative" was established for the purpose of introducing new talent to WWE programming, mainly those from WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling to ECW's roster. With the ECW brand disbanded, the ECW roster became free agents.
ECW's initial theme song was "Bodies" by Drowning Pool, which had been used by WWE for Extreme Championship Wrestling before the establishment of the brand. "Don't Question My Heart" by Saliva featuring Brent Smith, a new version of the song originally performed by Kyle Morrison of the band Shattersphere, was later used to open ECW for the rest of the program's run. On January 22, 2008, ECW began broadcasting in HD, along with a new HD set, which is shared among all three WWE brands.
Episode | Date| | Rating | Notes |
ECW | June 13, 2006 | 2.9 | |
Best of ECW 2006 | December 26, 2006 | 1.4 | |
Best of ECW 2007 | December 25, 2007 | 1.1 | |
ECW 100th episode | May 6, 2008 | 1.0 | |
Best of ECW 2008 | December 23, 2008 | 1.2 | |
Best of ECW 2009 | December 22, 2009 | 1.2 | |
ECW: The Final Episode | February 16, 2010 | 1.1 |
| | Position | Date started | Date finished | Notes |
Paul Heyman | Representative | June 13, 2006 | December 5, 2006 | |
Armando Estrada | General Manager | August 14, 2007 | June 3, 2008 | |
Theodore Long | General Manager | June 3, 2008 | April 7, 2009 | |
Interim General Manager | April 7, 2009 | June 30, 2009 | ||
William Regal | General Manager Interim | 8 june 2009 | 8 june 2009 | ? |
General Manager | June 30, 2009 | February 16, 2010 |
Commentators | Dates | |
Joey Styles and Tazz | June 13, 2006 - April 8, 2008 | |
Mike Adamle and Tazz | April 22, 2008 - July 22, 2008 | |
Todd Grisham and Tazz | July 29, 2008 - August 5, 2008 | |
Todd Grisham and Matt Striker | August 12, 2008 - September 16, 2008 | September 30, 2008- March 31, 2009 |
Jim Ross and Matt Striker | September 23, 2008 . | |
Josh Mathews and Matt Striker | April 7, 2009 - October 20, 2009 | |
Josh Mathews and Byron Saxton | October 27, 2009 - February 16, 2010 |
Ring Announcer | Dates |
Justin Roberts | June 13, 2006 - September 18, 2007September 29, 2009 |
Tony Chimel | September 25, 2007 - September 22, 2009November 24, 2009 - December 8, 2009 |
October 6, 2009 - November 17, 2009 | |
December 15, 2009 - February 16, 2010 |
Segment | Host| | Years | Notes |
Kelly's Exposé | Kelly Kelly | 2006 | }} |
Striker's Classroom | Matt Striker | 2006 | |
Extreme Exposé | 2007 | }} | |
15 Minutes of Fame | 2007 | }} | |
The Dirt Sheet | John Morrison and The Miz | 2008–2009 | |
The Peep Show | 2009–2010 | Discontinued when the brand closed.}} | |
The Abraham Washington Show | Abraham Washington | 2009–2010 |
| | Network | Ref | ||
Algeria and The Middle East | ||||
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico | FX Latin America | |||
Australia | Fox8 | |||
Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan | TEN Sports | |||
Cambodia | ||||
Canada | Global Television Network | Global TV | ||
Finland | MTV3 Max | |||
France | ||||
Germany | Sky Deutschland | |||
Italy | Sky Italia | |||
Malaysia | ||||
New Zealand | ||||
Philippines | Jack TV | |||
Portugal | ||||
Singapore | SuperSports | |||
South Africa | e.tv | |||
Taiwan | Videoland Max-TV | |||
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