Why You Should Watch Extreme Championship Wrestling

If you are looking for a great television show to watch this fall I highly suggest Extreme Championship Wrestling on the Sci-Fi channel on Tuesday nights at 10pm EST. It's not your typical fall drama or sitcom. In fact, it's not even just a fall show. It goes all year round every week without fail. ECW is a dynamic wrestling brand rich with history and a bloody legacy. Now owned by the WWE, it is much different than from years past, but it is still my favorite show on television today.


So you might be thinking to yourself, "What does wrestling have to do with science fiction?" Maybe it's a stretch, but it is fiction and the athleticism involves science. But it's also no coincidence that ECW landed up on the Sci-Fi channel. NBC Universal owns the USA Network and Sci-Fi among many other assets. Since World Wrestling Entertainment's "RAW" airs on the USA network, it only makes since that when they revived ECW that the show stayed within the NBC family. At first, ECW was supposed to simply be brought back as an internet show on WWE's official website, but when word spread about ECW's return there was a buzz around the entertainment industry and a deal was struck with Sci-Fi. If you're already a wrestling fan, perhaps you are familiar with the old ECW. The old ECW, which folded in early 2001, was originally known as Eastern Championship Wrestling until Paul Heyman came into the picture and initiated a ground breaking campaign that has made wrestling history. Heyman along with others crafted this hardcore, bloody, uncensored, smash mouth wrestling show and set the wrestling industry on fire. Stars like Sabu, Sandman, Shane Douglas, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Rob Van Dam, The Pitbulls, Francine, Tazz, The Dudley Boys, and many others made ECW a must watch company.