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Post by cactusjames on May 24, 2008 0:28:43 GMT -5
Justr read on Prowrestling.net ECW will be doing house shows starting in june and ECW will be taped on mondays, so A) it's likely Raw guys will now be on ECw and B) Adamle will have a day to do voiceovers. Smackdown won't notice.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 9:01:29 GMT -5
I did hear this is going to make the Smackdown shows being taped shorter. They wont be adding many dark matches, it appears. While its alright to mix and match talent, this whole ECW has no chance of standing on its own thing is getting old.
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Post by cactusjames on May 24, 2008 11:58:48 GMT -5
I was thinking a few days ago when they do move Punk to one of the other shows, ECW is going to suffer, maybe even a ratings drop. But now with the move to mondays, and raw talents now appearing on ECW and vice versa, it works for ECW and from a company standpoint. This is going to help ECW a lot of like you said, stand on their own. It'll be interesting to see how it works when it starts in June. You would think they would make the move sooner with ONS being only 8 days away.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 12:16:56 GMT -5
Yeah, but One Night Stand really does not have any ECW connection at all anymore, aside from "Extreme Rules Matches"
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Post by cactusjames on May 24, 2008 12:39:30 GMT -5
Yeah true, there's like one original on the card and it's Tommy Jobber, I mean Dreamer. I was thinking just by showing a few ECW guys on Raw before the PPV, showcase those stories on monday night, could generate more buys than just going through the card before a commercial break.
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Post by sancho231 on May 24, 2008 15:28:44 GMT -5
wait waits gonna happen here? ECW being taped before raw???why the hell would ECW start doing house shows again? werent those house shows horrid and they sold no tickets? isisnt that why they were paired with SD!
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 16:03:26 GMT -5
Who said anything about house shows?
ECW will be taping before Raw, instead of Smackdown. Heat, which taped before Raw, is being slashed, and is no more. The Smackdown tapings will be shorter in duration for those who attend live.
This is all about getting Raw talent on ECW one night after Raw, to further along Raw storylines in timely fashion, and more importantly boost the ECW rating with the stronger Raw talent, in comparison with the Smackdown crossovers.
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Post by sancho231 on May 24, 2008 16:20:22 GMT -5
Justr read on Prowrestling.net ECW will be doing house shows starting in june
the first post did.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 16:21:10 GMT -5
I think that posting is wrong. Not seeing that anywhere else.
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Post by cactusjames on May 24, 2008 16:22:34 GMT -5
It's speculation, not definite. Go look on prowrestling.net, I'm not making it up. There's nothing set in stone but it could happen down the road.
And it isn't like ECW will have their own house shows, they'd be on Raw house shows, just as they were with Smackdown.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 16:29:54 GMT -5
James, Im not arguing ECW teaming up with Raw on the tapings. Thats reported everywhere, and it makes sense. I was addressing the matter of ECW house shows, as in ECW-only house shows. We had a misunderstanding, there will not be any. They will simply be touring with the Raw crew. That much is true.
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Post by cactusjames on May 24, 2008 16:42:08 GMT -5
Yeah I know they're are no ECW only house shows, I also cartainly didn't mean to imply anything either, I was simply clearing up the lack of info I originally posted. I simply mentioned where I read it just so there would be any confusion to what I first posted.
First thing that popped into my head after reading this was some of the potential matchups. Hopefully they will use Elijah Burke more, him and Shelton did really good, that'd be a good team, possible stable if they can find abother guy for them. Maybe a Striker or someone. We know how good Punk and Matt Hardy were, how good would Punk and Jeff tear it up? And there's a lot of guys Kofi could work well with on Raw. I wonder how soon it'll take Hunter to hit Dreamer with a chairshot again.
Also, can someone tell Adamle to stop referring to Punk as simply CM? It sounds so gay. Say CM Punk or just Punk. Hopefully he'll get better since he'll have JR to give him advice instead of Cole.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 24, 2008 17:24:14 GMT -5
Read in a recent Observer Burke actually was sent to Raw and the writers there were supposed to come up with a plan and write in a "trade" for him. Well, they just kept him hanging around backstage doing nothing, until Stephanie noticed this and simply moved him back without anyone noticing.
Watching the Smackdown match now with Burke and Benjamin ( Hell of a team) against Matt Hardy and Kofi. Kofi has such natural charisma, and gets some wack hangtime on his moves. Good nifty match.
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