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Post by VivaLaFlamme on Apr 28, 2006 3:00:39 GMT -5
At the end of some meetings yesterday, Vince McMahon decided that ECW will be taking the place of WWE Velocity.
For the time being, an ECW show will be taped prior to Smackdown every Tuesday. The ECW program will air on WWE.com (or probably actually ECW.com) for the time being, at least until it lands a time slot on U.S. television. WWE are currently in negotiations in an attempt to get ECW programming on U.S. television.
At the present moment, Velocity would cease to exist. This television programming move must be devastating news to the likes of The Gymini, Orlando Jordan, Scotty 2 Hotty and Sylvan. These wrestlers generally only compete on Velocity for the most part, not to mention that they don't have any ties to ECW. However, WWE are looking to regularly run some ECW shows at some 2,000-6,000 seat arenas in smaller markets starting in July, especially in the Northeast. Velocity would probably be brought back if and when the ECW tapings are held at the smaller arenas.
WWE plans on launching the ECW brand a few weeks after ECW One Night Stand takes place. WWE are looking to run an ECW event at the old "ECW Arena" (New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Complex) on Saturday, June 24th.
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