ECW on Sci-fi (no, I swear I am not making this up!)

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:46 pm

I can't believe Sci-fi channel is showing ECW! Where's the sci in that fi?

Postby **Slater** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:49 pm

wat si ECW

Postby **FadedOne** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:02 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling

extreme champion wrestling maybe?

Google says either that or Essay on Canadian Writing & Episcopalian Church Women. i'm betting on the wrestling.

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:10 pm

It's Extreme Championship Wrestling. Like WWE, but without a rulebook.

Postby **Slater** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:33 pm

lol, why? Wrestling is fi, but, besides basic laws of physics, not really Sci...

Postby **Uriah** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:35 pm

What ever happened to that "Americian Gladiator" show? that rocked.. lol

Postby **ChristianKitsune** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:42 pm

maybe..just maybe... The contestants are really aliens in human suits! And they come riddled with totally tricked out weaponry. Like a water gun or a feather for tickling?

orr....maybe Scifi has lost their already small mind?

Postby **WrestlingOtaku** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:29 pm

I'm pretty sure that happened a long time ago. They've actually had some vampires and zombies on the show, so there you go, the Sci for the fi. Anyways, ECW has seemed a little lackluster since WWE brought it back. Fortunately that's beginning to change.

I really enjoyed the opening and closing matches for WWE. Sabu was awesome. I wonder why WWE didn't pick him up and put make him a regular on Smackdown? He would of been a great addition to the Cruiserweights, who already don't get enough air time. Also RVD and Kurt Angle put on an awsome match, especially towards the end. I enjoyed watching RVD get a clean pin for once.

The thing that is bugging me the most is that stupid stripper they have on the show. I don't like it. When I watch wrestling I don't watch it for a bunch of "good looking" girls. I watch it for the actual wrestling. I think that's the WWE's biggest problem right now. They focus to little on the wrestling. Well that's my two cents on the matter anyways. I will continue watching it hopping that the progress will continue.

Postby **Puguni** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:52 pm

I asked my guy friend the very same thing...and he said it was because no other network would take it. :< Man that's sad.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:58 pm

So if we're having wrestling on Sci Fi channel now does that mean we can have
anime on ESPN and auto racing on C-SPAN?

Postby **Yahshua** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:33 pm

Hm interesting food for thought there ML.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:47 pm

*Sarcasm on my part*Though come to think of it Initial D and Speed Racer would make sense for ESPN.

Postby **Bobtheduck** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 4:06 pm

Sci-fi showing wrestling is as dumb as cartoon network showing a live action show like, say, Saved by the Bell... *thumbs down, particularly since he hates wrestling*

Postby **Stephen** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:03 am

Why not? So we can have more time for poorly made b movies? *shrug* if the ratings are good, they will keep it. I happen to like wrestling, and don't much care what station its on. But it will give people somthing to cry over for a while I guess.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:40 am

But we are talking about Sci Fi Channel and not SPIKE Tv.The entire point of
Sci Fi Channel is to show SCIENCE FICTION,as well as Fantasy and Horror shows.

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:45 am

My point exactly. But I guess they figure if CN can get away with Saved By the Bell.

Postby **Roy Mustang** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:41 pm

The reason its on Sci-Fi channel is, because Sci-Fi and USA network are own by NBC.

Since WWE has RAW on USA network, they didn't want to put ECW on the same channel. NBC only wants to have Sat night main event on NBC and WWE wanted ECW on a channel that they don't have to worry about it being edited.

So, they put it on Sci-Fi channel.

Wingzero22

Postby **PrincessZelda** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:13 pm

Sci-fi has ben playing some weird stuff lately...

Well, I mean, it's normally weird... haha. But, they're playing some non-sci-fi stuff... It's kind of scaring me.

Postby **creed4** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:08 pm

Just one of the many nails in Scifi's coffin... Now if they cancel Stargate I don't see them surviving

Postby **Arnobius** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:24 pm

Well it's a show about a bunch of semi-human freaks who have chemically altered their bodies isn't it?

Postby **Puguni** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:33 pm

PrincessZelda wrote:Sci-fi has ben playing some weird stuff lately...

Well, I mean, it's normally weird... haha. But, they're playing some non-sci-fi stuff... It's kind of scaring me.

Yeah...I flipped by the SciFi channel, and I got a soap opera. :drool:

Website · Postby **beau99** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:33 pm

The only reason ECW is on Sci-Fi is because NBC doesn't want it and USA already airs Raw.

As for Passions airing on Sc-Fi... it's a big stretch, but there is some vague sci-fi stuff in a few epsiodes.

Postby **Seppuku** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:43 pm

>< curses i hated that. i was minding my own buisness saying"ooo i want to watch scifi" then BAM ECW XDD NOOOO!!!

Postby **freerock1** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:19 pm

It's probably mostly a result of corporate consolidation, but really it's nothing too uncommon for cable networks to step outside or redirect their formats these days. Just ask the folks at G4.

Regarding ECW... just to clarify for those not as familiar with wrestling, ECW was a wrestling promotion back in the '90s. During the wrestling heyday in the late '90s, ECW was seen as the renegade #3 promotion that was an alternative to WWE (then WWF) and WCW, the big two promotions at the time. ECW was well-known for its "hardcore," anything-goes style, but also stressed more technical wrestling and less of the theatrics found in the big two. WWE bought ECW in 2001, but has since released a number of DVDs focused on ECW's history, and earlier this year announced that they'd be bringing back ECW, but this time as another "brand" under the WWE umbrella.

My 2 cents... Part of the problem with ECW is probably due to the fact that they're taping most of the episodes as an opening act for Smackdown, rather than in the smaller arenas where the original ECW was filmed. The crowd really played a big role in making the atmosphere of the old ECW. For the July 4 episode, though, I believe they're supposed to film it by itself at the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, so it will be interesting to see how this episode compares to ECW eps. in recent weeks.

But honestly, I'm finding TNA Wrestling more interesting right now.

Website · Postby **beau99** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:58 am

freerock1 wrote: For the July 4 episode, though, I believe they're supposed to film it by itself at the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, so it will be interesting to see how this episode compares to ECW eps. in recent weeks.

Nope, this was a Supershow weekend. SmackDown and Raw were both taped on Monday, so the ECW show (although it will be taped today) will also be at the Wachovia Center.

Postby **Linksquest** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:17 am

I would like to restate what the others who have already posted have already said: Sci-fi + ECW = weird. XD

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:40 am

We are pass weird and into freaky here.

Postby **freerock1** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:34 pm

beau99 wrote:Nope, this was a Supershow weekend. SmackDown and Raw were both taped on Monday, so the ECW show (although it will be taped today) will also be at the Wachovia Center.

You are correct about it being at Wachovia. Though since SD! was taped last night (let alone the fact that it was in Philly), the crowd tonight (at least what I saw) seemed to be clearly more of an ECW crowd than previous weeks. (I didn't watch the entire show, so fortunately I missed the whole Kelly bit.)

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:49 pm

So we have gone from showing Star Trek and Lost In Space reruns on Sci Fi to
guys in tights pounding each other senseless.Makes me inspired to watch Blade on
SPIKE Tv.

Postby **livewire** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:31 am

I thought it was weird myself....
you see, my boyfriend likes wrestling and has turned it on at my house several times, so, I didn't realise that we were even watching the SCIFI channel until it went to commercial adn I was like "HUH?"
how weird....
I mean, ok, I understnad that channels sometimes do things that are seemingly against their norm....
like cartoon network showing liveaction films....
but, seriously now.

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