Sci-Fi channel to air wrestling... and the remotes go click...

POSTED BY: Dayve
UPDATED: Thursday, June 15, 2006 18:47
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DAYVE

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:18 PM

Announced today, beginning June 13, Sci Fi will begin a new series devoted to a WWE spinoff league, Extreme Championship Wrestling...in the hopes of getting the same ratings lift that USA network has gotten from WWE's Raw....
I'm sure there are those who enjoy watching this stuff (i'll never understand why), ... but please, on Sci Fi... let's just call it what it is... The Sell-Out Network...

SAVEWASH

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:21 PM

Okay, I just looked at my calendar and it doesn't appear to be April 1 so ... are you SERIOUS?

I realize that wrestling is way out there, but the SciFi Channel? I don't think so. How sad.

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

DAYVE

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:22 PM

i just read it in the Dallas Morning News.... taken from The Hollywood Reporter

ADAPA

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:24 PM

oh yes,

http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi

LAUGHINGMUSE

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:44 PM

Well, in the sense that nothing's real in pro wrestling...okay. If you stand on your head and squint, wrestling can fit on the Sci Fi channel, as "fantasy".

But ...whatinthenameofbrightbluefuckall...

This particular department of the whole NBC telefamily must really be struggling financially.

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ANONYMOUS1

Monday, May 29, 2006 6:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Dayve:
Announced today, beginning June 13, Sci Fi will begin a new series devoted to a WWE spinoff league, Extreme Championship Wrestling...in the hopes of getting the same ratings lift that USA network has gotten from WWE's Raw....
I'm sure there are those who enjoy watching this stuff (i'll never understand why), ... but please, on Sci Fi... let's just call it what it is... The Sell-Out Network...

Hey, Spiderman got his start in wrestling.

"Extreme Championship Wrestling" Maybe only
mutants and superhero wanna-bes will be wrestling. Or maybe vampires and vampire slayers!!

JRC

Monday, May 29, 2006 8:13 PM

Uhhhh....No.

Everyone dies alone.

CHRISMOORHEAD

Monday, May 29, 2006 8:28 PM

Obviously, we don't have many rasslin bufss round here...

ECW is an old federation that went defunct a while back. Back in the day, there used to be the "big three", WWF (Now WWE), WCW and ECW. ECW was the smallest and most often unaired due to it's content which for the record is 20 times better than anything the WCW or WWF/WWE has ever shown. ECW is where a good majority of wrestlers in the big leagues got their start, including but not limited to Mick Foley and Steve Austin.

I'm not sure if this is gonna be the same ECW, but if it is, then I might actually start watching again.

ANONYMOUS1

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by adapa:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/scifi

Followed the link you found:

"...will be an alternative brand of wrestling suited to fit the SCI FI Channel’s commitment to fuel the imagination.
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"With ECW, we're able to deliver to those fans unique action with a twist that's perfect for SCI FI."

“ECW on SCI FI will push the boundaries of sports entertainment in new and unexpected ways,”

It's gonna be REAVERS vs ZOMBIES! Humans Vs ALIENS!

CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 1:00 AM

Cavemen versus astronauts!

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