Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
WWE ECW
open-in-new
<p><i>WWE ECW</i> (officially known as simply <i>ECW</i> and colloquially known as <i>ECW on Sci-Fi</i> or <i>ECW on Syfy</i> and <i>WWECW</i>, a portmanteau of both "WWE" and "ECW") is an American <a href="/facts/Professional_wrestling/wtYLlT50">professional wrestling</a> <a href="/facts/Television_program/eooTEhwW">television program</a> that was produced by <a href="/facts/WWE/XwgXLWRT">WWE</a>, based on the independent <a href="/facts/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling/KgUpu5dy">Extreme Championship Wrestling</a> (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001. The show's name also referred to the <a href="/facts/ECW_(WWE_brand)/z62phN5M">ECW</a> <a href="/facts/WWE_Brand_Extension/XE4L5WAt">brand</a>, in which WWE employees were assigned to work and perform, complementary to WWE's other brands, <a href="/facts/Raw_(WWE_brand)/pouMbtT1">Raw</a> and <a href="/facts/SmackDown_(WWE_brand)/2XhQepno">SmackDown</a>. </p><p><i>ECW</i> debuted on June 13, 2006, on <a href="/facts/Syfy/nxRV1eCB">Sci Fi</a> in the United States and <a href="/facts/Global_Television_Network/X0AKmqV7">Global Television Network</a> in Canada on Saturday mornings and ran until its final episode on February 16, 2010, on the rebranded Syfy. It was replaced the following week with <i><a href="/facts/WWE_NXT_(TV_series)/vD3LHqcy">WWE NXT</a></i>. Every episode is available for on-demand viewing via the <a href="/facts/WWE_Network/ho83uTlX">WWE Network</a> and <a href="/facts/Peacock_(streaming_service)/zDAke6cL">Peacock</a>. </p><p>Throughout the shows existence, <i>ECW</i> had been broadcast from over 120 arenas, over 80 cities and towns, and four countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a> in 2007. </p>