Eastern Championship Wrestling

[jeff5819]

Sports Channel Philadelphia is about to enter the squared circle.

News coming out of the offices of both Sports Channel Philadelphia and Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) have an agreement that will see ECW air a weekly 1 hour TV show to air at 10pm on Fridays starting January 11th 1991. Along with a monthly 2 hour Special that will air 1 Saturday each month.

ECW owner Todd Gordon has announced that to kick off this huge deal will be a special Double header weekend. With the January 11th 1991 ECW Harcore TV show to be a special preview show to bring the fans up to speed ahead of the first TV Special that will air the following night on January 12th 1991 and will be called ECW A New Era Begins and will emanate from Viking Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Tickets for that event are on sale now.

Todd also has announced that on January 12th at ECW A New Era Begins, the ECW heavyweight title will be on the line as Dory Funk Jr. challenges ECW heavyweight champion Johnny Hotbody, (who since winning the title in September 1990 has spent most of his time hiding in West Virginia. Due to his contract issues due to him working in West Virginia.) Should Hotbody lose he will leave ECW however should he retain his contract demands will be met.  Also up for grabs will be the ECW Tag Team Titles, as Champions The Rotten Brothers, Ian & Axl defend against the Batten Twins. Also set to appear are The Original Sheik, Jim Powers, The Moondogs, Scott Putski and the Public Enemy.
 

[ErictheDragon]

I like the idea of the monthly TV specials. Gives you a nice clear goal to book towards without the hassle of ppv.

[jeff5819]

The thought is that ECW is a small local indie promotion on a local station so a ppv model would just be an expense that would probably bankrupt them as soon as the first takes place cause only a local audience would know about it an see it. That and the fact I don't have any big names that could attract a ppv audience so it's a case of start small aim big

[LastStopTour]

You have to play to your strengths! While you might not have household names on your roster, your selling point just might be your presentation that really sets you apart.

[jeff5819]

That's why I'm going with monthly TV specials to allow me to play my strengths 

[spaldoni]

I was looking at your roster. You do have a lot of solid hands and credible workers that will definitely bring something to this unique territory. I think you'll have a lot of fun building something special from the ground up. I'm really looking forward to ECW. You got this!