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

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Writers:

Paul Heyman (writer)
Vince McMahon (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 4 | 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:

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

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	10:00 PM	SYFY
Tue. Nov. 17	10:00 PM	SYFY

Cast

Tom Laughlin	...	Tommy Dreamer / ... (52 episodes, 2006-2009)
Matthew Kaye	...	Matt Striker / ... (52 episodes, 2006-2009)
Tony Chimel	...	Tony Chimel / ... (39 episodes, 2008-2009)
Taryn Terrell	...	Tiffany (35 episodes, 2008-2009)
Peter Senerchia	...	Himself / ... (33 episodes, 2006-2008)
Joey Styles	...	Himself / ... (32 episodes, 2006-2008)
C.M. Punk	...	Himself / ... (31 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jason Reso	...	Christian (30 episodes, 2009)
Rebecca DiPietro	...	Herself (25 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jake Hager	...	Jack Swagger (25 episodes, 2008-2009)
Barbie Blank	...	Herself / ... (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Finlay	...	Finlay / ... (24 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mike Knox	...	Himself / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2009)
Paul Wight	...	The Big Show (23 episodes, 2006)
Terry Brunk	...	Himself / ... (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Heyman	...	Himself (22 episodes, 2006)
Josh Lomberger	...	Josh Matthews (22 episodes, 2009)

Also Known As:

ECW on Sci-Fi (USA) (alternative title)
ECW on Syfy (USA) (new title)
EcW (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG (new rating)

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

On the June 17, 2007 WWE.COM Draft. The following WWE Superstars were traded to ECW: Viscera, who changed his name to Big Daddy V and was given a whole new gimmick. Johnny Nitro, who changed his name to John Morrison. And The Miz. While Sandman, Hardcore Holly and The Major Brothers were drafted off ECW.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Follows WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

This Is The New Shit

A SHELL of the real ECW

ECW One Night Stand was a great Pay Per View that made me really miss ECW. I was so happy a year later when WWE announced that ECW would return full time. What was best is that ECW originals like the Sandman and Sabu would return to the promotion. However, Vince found a way to screw up perfection. He decided that ECW could not draw on it's own and put WWE wrestlers like the Big Show on ECW TV, which totally hurt the quality and credibility of this show as a second brand. Where it appeared Vince would give us wrestling ECW style, he decided to give us WWE's "sports entertainment". Over the past few months he's given us people like Matt Striker and Rene Dupree, who make even less sense on the show. I hope he sees the error of his ways and gives us real wrestling again.

At least we get to see RVD, C.M. Punk, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman though.