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WWE ECW: Professional wrestling: 2006–10 5 seasons, 193 episodes: Also known as ECW on Sci-Fi. WWE NXT (seasons 1–3) Professional wrestling: 2010; 2021–24 3 seasons, 32 episodes (plus six specials) Also known as NXT 2.0. Moved online to multiple websites and streaming services partway through season 3. Moved again to USA Network partway ...
On July 7, 2009, the Sci Fi Channel renamed itself to "Syfy", prompting WWE to rename the show ECW on Syfy to reflect the changes. [19] [20] In 2009 a "superstar initiative" was established for the purpose of introducing new talent to WWE programming, mainly those from WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling to ECW's roster ...
Soon afterwards, the company promoted shows for ECW alumni entitled, One Night Stand in 2005 and in 2006. [4] On May 25, 2006, WWE announced the launch of a new brand, ECW, a revival of original promotion. [5] The new brand would later debut its television show on the Sci Fi Channel on June 13, 2006. [6]
It served as a thirty-minute preview show to the promotion's monthly events on pay-per-view and as such aired freely on PPV channels a half-hour before the actual pay-per-view event starts. The original format of Free For All also featured exclusive matches [6] Following No Way Out 2009, the Free For All name was discontinued in the United States.
Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY in all caps since 2017) [a] is an American basic cable television channel, owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast's NBCUniversal. [1]
By 2004, WWE began reintroducing Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) through content from the ECW video library and a series of books, which included the release of The Rise and Fall of ECW. On May 26, 2006, WWE relaunched the franchise with its own show on NBC Universal's Sci Fi Channel, later to be known as Syfy, starting June 13, 2006.
From there, the new ECW was given its own weekly show, with the tagline "A New Breed Unleashed" appearing in TV advertising, on the Sci Fi Channel. [5] The ECW Originals with Mick Foley. One of the first feuds on the brand pitted Mike Knox and Test against The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer.
The series premiere was watched by 4.1 million people, making it the top-rated cable program for that night; it was the highest-rated series launch in Sci-Fi's fourteen-year history. [18] The season two premiere drew 2.5 million viewers, making it the top-rated cable program of the day.