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Post by Cactus Jack on May 16, 2007 16:14:43 GMT -5
So, when the first two One Night Stands played out well, the idea was formed to create an ECW brand.
IIRC, it was originally going to be an internet-only show streamed from WWE.com.
Now what I'm saying is, if it had stayed as an internet-only show, would Vince still have introduced Lashley, Snitsky, Big Show, Hardcore Holly et al to the show? Or would it be exactly as it is now?
Because someone surely thought "hey, we've got a TV slot now, we might as well make it a proper show (IE, kill it)."
It's only a hypothesis.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on May 16, 2007 16:16:40 GMT -5
If it was an internet only show, how the hell would it have made any money?
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Post by acressl on May 16, 2007 16:17:06 GMT -5
Vince surely would've infected it with his own guys and ideas. It was it's destiny.
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 16, 2007 16:18:38 GMT -5
If it was an internet only show, how the hell would it have made any money? I don't know. How does HEAT? They would have taped it before Smackdown. |
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Post by littlenaitch on May 16, 2007 16:20:20 GMT -5
If ECW would've stayed as an internet only show, there is NO way that we would've gotten Big Show, Lashley or possibly Hardcore Holly on the brand as those guys are top guys and Vince would've kept them off the brand until he got a tv slot for the show. That is a very good hypothesis sir.
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 16, 2007 16:21:28 GMT -5
That is a very good hypothesis sir. Yeah. It's been bugging me a lot. "What if", eh. |
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Post by Ace Diamond on May 16, 2007 16:24:38 GMT -5
Had it stayed an Internet Show Stevie Richards would be the ECW Champion. It'd be Stevie Night HeAT times 10.
...ok that's just my personal wish. In all seriousness if it had stayed on the Internet it would've been probably like a way for them to showcase developmental talent and also in some way it'd be like the original ECW in giving relative unknowns a chance to shine...
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 16, 2007 16:25:15 GMT -5
In all seriousness if it had stayed on the Internet it would've been probably like a way for them to showcase developmental talent and also in some way it'd be like the original ECW in giving relative unknowns a chance to shine... I'd have preferred that to the current ECW. |
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on May 16, 2007 16:27:20 GMT -5
ECW was dead the minute vince bought it.
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 16, 2007 16:29:07 GMT -5
ECW was dead the minute vince bought it. I disagree. See : One Night Stand 2005. |
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on May 16, 2007 16:35:21 GMT -5
So, when the first two One Night Stands played out well, the idea was formed to create an ECW brand. IIRC, it was originally going to be an internet-only show streamed from WWE.com. Now what I'm saying is, if it had stayed as an internet-only show, would Vince still have introduced Lashley, Snitsky, Big Show, Hardcore Holly et al to the show? Or would it be exactly as it is now? Because someone surely thought "hey, we've got a TV slot now, we might as well make it a proper show (IE, kill it)." It's only a hypothesis. Nah. Vincent Kennedy McMahon killed it. It was his plan all along. Change it from what it once was, tearing it down with his watered down action and mocking it in its final phases by wearing the belt of the former uber promotion. Bathtard. |
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Post by acressl on May 16, 2007 16:36:21 GMT -5
Do you people honestly think Vince would allow ECW to be ECW and outshine his product in any way shape or form? If it were a profitless internet exclusive show, that'd be even worse for him.
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Post by Gillberg: 0-175 on May 16, 2007 16:36:22 GMT -5
If it was an internet only show, how the hell would it have made any money? Advertising. The more bandwidth the site brings in the more money they recieve. And if they had ads before and after the stream, which would be broken into each segment, they woulda made big bucks too. |
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Post by SAJ Forth on May 16, 2007 18:59:03 GMT -5
"ECW" was formed because Vince wants to give ECW the long slow death WCW had, so he "Brought it back".
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Post by MCCW > IWC* on May 16, 2007 23:03:18 GMT -5
Paul Heyman killed ECW with his bad business sense but we'll let Vince believe he did if it satisfies his ego.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on May 16, 2007 23:06:17 GMT -5
If it was an internet only show, how the hell would it have made any money? Advertising. The more bandwidth the site brings in the more money they recieve. And if they had ads before and after the stream, which would be broken into each segment, they woulda made big bucks too. I suppose. And since it could have been taped before Smackdown or whatever as a regular dark match, it would have been mostly profit, what little of it there was. That said, I have no problem with ECW having a show, because nothing important ever happens on HEAT. Meanwhile, not everything that happens on ECW might mean a lot, but at least guys like Punk, Burke, Thorne and the like can get widespread exposure to people who might catch it on TV but wouldn't watch it on a webcast. |
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Post by RatedRKoffee on May 17, 2007 0:53:33 GMT -5
Yeah since the whole point is to put over new talent, what good what it do to develop new talent if people are still just going to ask"who's this guy?" I personally don't think it would have worked as a webcast because old ecw fans wouldn't have liked it, and marks wouldn't have watched it.
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Post by Cactus Jack on May 17, 2007 15:57:23 GMT -5
Yeah since the whole point is to put over new talent, what good what it do to develop new talent if people are still just going to ask"who's this guy?" I personally don't think it would have worked as a webcast because old ecw fans wouldn't have liked it If it was like the first ONS, I'm sure some would've. |
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Post by Square on May 17, 2007 16:02:27 GMT -5
WWE using ECW as a name for a brand was like TNA using the NWA belts they used ir for its history. Old fans of the NWA watched TNA and old ECW fans watched ECW.
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Post by Zane on May 17, 2007 16:33:21 GMT -5
ECW was dead before WWE got ahold of it. TNN killed them.
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