Should ECW change their name to Velocity?

[justinsayne]

I was talking to somebody else and they mentioned that if ECW changed their name that they would probably give it a second chance, and since ECW & SD! are ding this whole talent exchange, these two brands have pretty much become one, though not officially, and changeing the name to Velocity might be the right move, after all ECW is dead, and and this brand reaslly has nothing in common with the old ECW as everybody knows by now, so maybe it's time to change the name, I don't really think the ECW name is drawing any new fans, in fact it seems like it may be turning fans away, so why not just change the name?

so what are everybody else thoughts on this?

Would changing ECWs name to Velocity be a good idea?

 

[Agrex]

I personally never thought of that, but it's a pretty good idea. I mean there is nothing extreme about the new ECW. We havn't seen a single harcore match since...? I don't think they should use Velocity because Velocity was terrible and people will think it's just a jobbers show (like the old one). They should use a new name. Not sure what it should be though. Overall WWE won't even attempt to bother to give ECW a new name. It would be too hard and too confusing to introduce a way to change the name of the brand.

 

[Purple Haze]

I think it should be Heat but you know Vince just did it for the money, he knew old ECW heads would be dying to see ECW again and he milked out the first two ONS and the first months of ECW shows then he just made it his vision and just shittied all over ECW.

 

[justinsayne]

I don't think they should use Velocity because Velocity was terrible and people will think it's just a jobbers show (like the old one).

Do you really think the average fan even remembers Velocity?, the show was on late Saturday nights, when most people were out, and about half of ECW roster pretty much is jobbers right now, not to mention most people think ECW is terrible right now, though if you could think of something better than go for it

I also don't think it would be that hard to change the name, WWE does alot of shit without explanation, they could just have Armando (he's still the GM right?) come out and cut a promo saying something like, "ECW is dead, and now it's time for me to create a new vision for this brand with a new name, Velocity", I think that would work just fine

 

[Meilichia]

I think they should change it, perhaps not to Velocity, but something else, ECW is just not working, it should share it's roster completely with Smackdown, because the 'talent exchange' is working really well, it should basically be Smackdowns second show, there is a lot of talent there, and would give a lot of guys more chance of working with other wrestlers that they would perform well with.

 

[Mad Metal]

Changed to Velocity would harm the brand even more. If anyone remembers the show, then it would give them an excuse to have Tuesdays off when Velocity was a show with jobbers and people who couldn't make it to the actual roster (mostly older guys such as Bob Holly, Road Warrior Animal, Billy Gunn, Funaki, etc) when ECW is getting the treatment of a regular brand except the entire "trading" deal is more like for backup and in hopes to deliver something fresh instead of the same old crap.

Hmm.... CM Punk the Velocity champion sounds good. So does WWE RAW vs SmackDown! 2009: Velocity Invades. If it weren't for the initials ECW, some guys such as CM Punk would most likely be a nobody right now which you have to admit naming the brand "ECW" did help a lot with the careers of some roster members as well as the brand as a whole. Naming it to Velocity will only kill the brand along with the entire roster. As long as it works, then why not continue it? So what if it's not by "playing along with the rules" or if it's not ran by Paul Heyman. Since when was pro wrestling about playing with the rules and doing what's right? Look at the WWE, TNA and WCW. It doesn't matter if it's the right thing to do, as long as it works then keep it up. This is why professional wrestling is one of the most controversial industries in the world today. So my question is what is the point in changing the brand's name? Seriously.

One thing people are forgetting which it's common sense and I'm surprised not everyone knows this by now, the ECW brand is NOT the same thing as the ECW promotion. It's just like comparing the NWA's World Championship Wrestling television show to the WCW promotion.

 

[booyakah]

I was thinking the exact same thing today. The whole 'extreme' is dead so whats the point of calling it ECW?
Not sure about velocity though but a name change is needed.

 

[BigMike1994]

This is a really good Idea. If ECW did change there name to Velocity or somthing else along those lines they might not have to live up to the whole Extreme Championchip Wrestling brand and make every match as babaric and horrible as they can, besides WWE is not doing a very good job of making ECW as "original" as it once was.

Also changing the C shows name to Velocity might be another step further in brining the brands back together with ECW gone it would be easy for Vince to come out and say "As of right now RAW and SmackDown! are officialy reunited"

 

[TheOneBigWill]

In my opinion, I think E.C.W. is quickly becoming the better "wrestling" show of the 3 brands. Smackdown still leads all of them, since they're two hours. But E.C.W. has next to nothing storyline wise.. & only the E.C.W. Championship is mentioned & defended on W.W.E. p.p.v.'s.. so when you boil it down, the actual show is nothing but classic wrestling matches.

I think if it changed its name, it'd kill it even more. While almost anyone who is a true "E.C.W." fan already dispises & even hates W.W.E. for this mockery, fact is.. the name is the only thing drawing some newbies in.

In all honesty, I'm starting to love watching E.C.W. more. Its not too long, only an hour.. & it fits in like 4-5 matches at times. Raw doesn't even fit in that many matches at times, & its a 2 HOUR SHOW!

 

[RVDgurl]

Well Justin, since this poll comes from the conversation that you and I had (good idea for the poll, by the way) I definately think the name change is necessary. Why continue to call this product ECW, complete with barbedwire and razorblades in the logo, when it is anything but extreme? As a loyal fan of the real ECW, I can't bring myself to watch this program. The old Velocity was a show to develop talent for RAW and SD!, and that is basically what ECW is now. Change the damn name back to Velocity! Continueing to call this Extreme Championship Wrestling is nothing but false advertisement.

 

[hbk&triple h]

It should definitely be left as ECW.

Even though ECW is the boring show. Even though it is the "C" brand it still atrracts people. ECW is still a wrestling show where we get to watch some of our favorite superstars. Changing it to Velocity will kill viewers instantly and make them not want to watch it considering what the original Velocity was. If you changed the name the roster would go completely down the shitter because the original Velocity roster consisted of people who couldn't make it to the big roster.

Changing its name wouldn't add any form of help to the show. It would more or less bring the show down.

 

[wweman1]

i agree with HBK&HHH they should leave it as ecw. The name isn't going to mean anything unless the show has talent. Velocity was the heat show of Smackdown but Ecw has potential to be good because of the talent now on the show. Plus you can;t have a velocity title because that sounds like shit

 

[justinsayne]

i agree with HBK&HHH they should leave it as ecw. The name isn't going to mean anything unless the show has talent. Velocity was the heat show of Smackdown but Ecw has potential to be good because of the talent now on the show. Plus you can;t have a velocity title because that sounds like shit

Well I understand what your saying and everything, but just for the sake of argument ECW is basically becoming the Heat show of SD! anyway IMO, my main reason for saying that is because of the talent exchange between the two shows, as far as the Title goes, they could just change the name of it to the Extreme World Title, or something like that, after all SD! and Raws top titles arn't called the SD! title and Raw title, but yeah I agree Velocity title would sound like shit, but like I said earlier I see your points, I just think the ECW name doesn't really fit and personally the more I think about it I'd rather they change the name

 

[twiztid_kl3pto]

Me, I am a loyal hardcore fan, and when i heard that ECW was coming back i very easily could have urinated all down my leg. it was good for about a month... And then i was let down, seriously. I was p1ssed. I think a name change is definitely in order. I mean wheres dreamer, wheres Sabu? And wtf is going on with the balls and kelly angle? its fu<ked up. i think seeing as how WWE bought WCW they should bring back Nitro or Thunder... what do you think?

 

[Marquis]

I agree it should be changed from ecw to velocity. The damage has been done to the ecw name but its never to late to change problem is what would they change the championship name to? they send talent over whos not makeing it on the "A" brand to ecw to get there push to the main event level or to get over
for example like morrison or shelton.

 

[bambam]

Well Justin, since this poll comes from the conversation that you and I had (good idea for the poll, by the way) I definately think the name change is necessary. Why continue to call this product ECW, complete with barbedwire and razorblades in the logo, when it is anything but extreme? As a loyal fan of the real ECW, I can't bring myself to watch this program. The old Velocity was a show to develop talent for RAW and SD!, and that is basically what ECW is now. Change the damn name back to Velocity! Continueing to call this Extreme Championship Wrestling is nothing but false advertisement.

This is why i love this gurl!

Nobody, I BAMBAM means NOBODY, loved the old ECW as much as myself(Maybe RVDGurl). On Tuesdays, I watch the Discovery channel. IT is more HARDCORE than the WWE's weak excuse for ECW! There killing the Legend! Oh what I wouldn't give to see a decent hardcore match, Dreamer vs. RVD, Sabu vs. Taz, Sandman vs. anyone! hear the crowd singing "enter the Sandman". The Chant to end all Chants.... ECW! ECW! ECW!

Back to the topic. A name change would somewhat heal the damage done to my heart having to hear people ACTUALLY call it ECW.(Makes me want to cry!) and Velocity would be a good choice, or how about....................... get ready......................wait for it.............................almost there...................... what about....Tuesday Night Thunder! That way they don't need to use Velocity( which moderate WWE fans know sucked A$$!), and it's a good name to use, since it is mostly like Thunder was for WCW.(you wouldn't want to use the Nitro name since that WAS WCW) Thunder would work, or Velocity.......but I like Thunder!

 

[bambam]

Me, I am a loyal hardcore fan, and when i heard that ECW was coming back i very easily could have urinated all down my leg. it was good for about a month... And then i was let down, seriously. I was p1ssed. I think a name change is definitely in order. I mean wheres dreamer, wheres Sabu? And wtf is going on with the balls and kelly angle? its fu<ked up. i think seeing as how WWE bought WCW they should bring back Nitro or Thunder... what do you think?

I didn't even see this quote! Thunder for sure. Nice! Not Nitro though, Too much history, Thunder was the other show to WCW. If you call it Nitro, You are going to piss off a lot of WCW fan, HELL, as a DIE HARD ECW fan, I don't really watch WWE anymore because of what they did to ECW! I for sure don't watch on Tuesdays( although I do like CM Punk). You have to live up to the Hardcore legend if you call something ECW, and your going to have to live up to the name of Nitro. Nitro almost kicked WWE off of tv, so they wouldn't want to use the name anyway. And to call it Nitro, it would have to be more than a developmental brand to bring up new talent. Thunder, Thunder, Thunder!!!

justinsayne: as far as the Title goes, they could just change the name of it to the Extreme World Title, or something like that, after all SD! and Raws top titles arn't called the SD! title and Raw title, but yeah I agree Velocity title would sound like shit

And you could just call the title the Worlds Title.( you have the World Heavyweight title [SD!] and the WWE World title {Raw}) Or, you could make it the North American Heavyweight Title, American Heavyweight Title, or in a crazy twist... Make the US title a world title, and so SD! can have 2 titles, bring back the TV title. US World Title!

 

[donutman]

I feel like I'm the only one that likes the new ECW. Yes, I was a huge fan of the Original ECW. Everyone expected the new to be like the old but it just can't be done. There is no way you can recreate to magic that was the original ECW. I'm glad they went in a new direction instead of living off the glory days. Even if they did do it like the original, all people would be saying is, "Oh, it's nothing like the old days. This is an embarassment to the OG ECW. ect,ect,ect."

Basically it would have been a lose lose situation with whatever Vince did with ECW. Honestly, I like watching ECW better than TNA. ECW has great young talent in Burke,Punk,Shelton,Thorn and now with some Smackdown talent. I love the old school backstage promos. Also, it seems as if ECW emphasizes more actual wrestling than their other two shows, which I like.

And if it wasn't for the RVD/Sabu bust, ECW could be even better than it is now. Losing RVD hurt big time. I believe Dusty and company are doing a great job booking. Hell, even Kelly Kelly has shown massive improvement in her ring work.

 

[matdawg32]

What i've noticed is that they hardly call it Extreme Championship Wrestling anymore. It has become more just the initials ECW as the name. Think about it when they announce the WWE title they say World Wrestling Entertainment Championship, but when its a match for the ECW championship, they announce it as the ECW World championship, not the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Championship. That shows me that the ECW of today is ECW not Extreme Championship Wrestling. I personally don't mind ECW (we get it on thursdays here in Australia) and there are some real good quality wrestlers (CM Punk, Morrisson, Benjamin) on the brand and they are very entertaining. Anyone hoping that ECW would be anything like Extreme Championship Wrestling held false hope. Accept it as what it is and you will enjoy it. So ECW shouldn't change its name but people need to realise that ECW no longer stands for Extreme Championship Wrestling

 

[blowjoe5]

Ecw may not be what it was, but in general, the brand does good. It pushes wrestlers who everyone always complains should have a chance, like shelton, burke, morrison etc. They could well change the name to something else, but there's no point to that. Ecw was about wrestling as well as hardcore matches, and I don't think people can really complain about a main event scene of Punk, morrison, shelton, burke and now chavo. That's a pretty talented mix. If it were to be given a new name, it shouldn't be velocity. They are perfectly fine keeping ecw, though I would suggest they tone down advertising it as extreme, when it clearly isn't.

 

[Luke_loki]

changing ECW's name Velocity would pretty much destroy the brand, with the ECW name comes credibility and although today's ECW is nothing like the original ECW the fact that the brands called ECW draws viewers.

 

[Lyez. D]

I'm tossed over this myself. I'm equally split about the brand. I'm pro and con about ECW under WWE.

For one I see a lot of potential in ECW in terms of being a serious competitor to the other brands with the young talent thing they have going on, and the talent exchange is a factor in this. I bring this up because Velocity is where the lower card Smackdown stars got their time to shine. And that's what I see ECW as. The place where the lower stars go to become stars. And since ECW gets it's own hour show and is considered a brand it does those lower card wrestlers better than Velocity. But should it be called Velocity? I wanna say no because the above reasons but I should really answer that question myself before coming out her and blindly stating something.

The name ECW could draw a bit. But that's it. If mentioned in a sentence it sounds stupid when you call it Brand.
Ex:"My favorite brands in order. RAW, Smackdown, and ECW."
"What does ECW stand for?"
"Extreme Championship Wrestling."
So I'm torn on the name change issue but I will stand up for ECW as a brand.

 

[LMaruko]

I don't think that ECW should change their name to Velocity, but I believe that ECW should be changed to something else. The name ECW and the show is currently two different entities. ECW was a wrestling branch like WCW, and it stood alone for the time being, but now since it's part of WWE, yes, it is time for a name change.

I don't think using Velocity or Heat would be a good idea, because you're brining back something that really isn't necessary, and it'll confuse people who used to watch Heat and Velocity back in the day. And Velocity is still around; WWE refers it as WWE 24/7 now. And of course, from what i remember, Velocity or Heat did not have a "top champion" or any other champion representing the respective brands for that matter. And if the WWE decides to have the ECW championship representing a particular brand, the belt names need to be changed. It'll be a whole lot of legal paperwork for McMahon to fill out and change over and all that mumbo-jumbo legal crap that frankly I think he doesn't have time for. Having the "WWE Extreme Championship" or the "WWE Undisputed Hardcore Championship" sounds catchy for the ECW title, but regardless, I don't think the WWE is going to work on ECW until the brand itself begins to establish itself as a moneymaker in Vince's pocketbook.

 

[Novakane487]

Why don't you just spit in the face of Guys like Punk, Burke, Morrison, and Benjamin while you are at it. What you are saying is these guys are a bunch of jabronies that wrestle on Velocity. What are they gonna call the title? Velocity Championship? By letting these guys call themselves ECW WWE is saying that they matter. By Punk wearing the same title as so many greats in the past is a way of paying him respect for his hard work. Calling the brand anything else would be insulting to the performers who work in ECW. How would you like it if you were the man who ran Chevy and they decided to change the name from Chevy to second-rate GM line? You wouldn't like it. So what if they don't hit each other with flaming barbed wire any more. This is not the original ECW. I have no problem with watching a bunch of hungry young guys bust their asses to try and catch a break.

 

[Uncle Phatso]

i remember whatching ecw when i was smaller i loved it it was so violent and cool looking u kind of never knew what was gonna happen now with the new ecw u no whats gonna happy another shitty match ive been a religious wwe whatcher for allmost 6 years now yes since i was 10 i got into tna and i do think tna is better than wwe but if wwe actually looked for writers not like hacks and the former dead wrestlers of the 80's to do somthing with there shows we could have a good wwe show again. serously what was the last intresting fude on ecw ? the originals vs the new breed? whats the fude now! 2 fat fucks running amuck beating down every one with there massisive moobs my vote is yes