Post by Champ on May 28, 2008 1:27:48 GMT -5
World Wrestling Entertainment will pull the plug on WWE.com's Heat series and bring ECW on Sci Fi tapings to the Raw brand tapings this June, following a company tour of Australia, according to multiple sources.
The plan is to have the ECW brand performers on the Raw tapings as a way to increase interest and ratings in the Tuesday night Sci Fi series, both by having ECW names on Raw and by providing guest appearances from Raw names on Sci Fi. ECW would be taped prior to the live Raw broadcast under the plan, which would allow more time for post-production of ECW and also tie the Raw and ECW TV shows closer together.
One would assume ECW talents would also join Raw house shows as well, but that has not confirmed. The Smackdown loops would become stand-alone tapings and house shows for that brand alone under the plan.
Heat, which originally ran on the USA Network, then MTV, has been in production since the late 1990s. It was moved to an Internet platform when WWE returned to the USA Network.
The plan is to have the ECW brand performers on the Raw tapings as a way to increase interest and ratings in the Tuesday night Sci Fi series, both by having ECW names on Raw and by providing guest appearances from Raw names on Sci Fi. ECW would be taped prior to the live Raw broadcast under the plan, which would allow more time for post-production of ECW and also tie the Raw and ECW TV shows closer together.
One would assume ECW talents would also join Raw house shows as well, but that has not confirmed. The Smackdown loops would become stand-alone tapings and house shows for that brand alone under the plan.
Heat, which originally ran on the USA Network, then MTV, has been in production since the late 1990s. It was moved to an Internet platform when WWE returned to the USA Network.
