WWE Officially Announces ECW & Smackdown Joint House Shows End Of 2006
The following was posted on WWE.com. If you have been following our webcast, we made this prediction several months back that ECW house shows would be removed and joined up with Smackdown. (Check out our 6/12 & 6/19 webcasts) Although I never liked the idea, combining the two would give more interest for fans to attend the live events.
We will talk about this during tonight's webcast with some additional information that noone has talked about regarding this change to how ECW will be used.
ECW and SmackDown team up for live events
October 29, 2006
WWE officials have announced that as of Dec. 26, SmackDown Superstars and ECW Extremists will be touring together for live events. Officials say that this is a great opportunity for WWE and ECW fans alike to experience the unparalleled action of both brands combined
Sources say that WWE officials were concerned because the attendance at some of the ECW live events hasn’t been as strong as initially projected.
ECW representative Paul Heyman had the following response to these huge changes that will commence the day after Christmas.
“Well, it’s no secret that ECW does not have the resources that are available to RAW and SmackDown,” explained a frank Heyman. “We’re too early into the relaunch of the brand and you can’t expect ECW to perform at the same level as RAW and SmackDown without the same budget, personnel and man-power."
He continued, “Therefore, in an effort to maximize the budget and give our ECW fans the most bang for their buck, we’re going to be combining live events with the SmackDown brand to bring the most star power, the most action-packed and the most main events available in one given night.”
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