Why ECW failed

In my opinion i think the problem with ECW was

1. Vince kept the name ECW didn't live up to it and didn't want the name to get to big over WWE

2. Not enough gold

How could they go so long with only a ECW champion. At first when it seemed like the D league I could understand but when they tried to make the wrestlers equal to SD and RAW i think more gold would of made it interesting.

It was a 1 hour show. Wasn't much need for more titles, especially when they had the tag champions on the show for a long while there with Miz and Morrison. I don't think it was as unsuccessful as people tend to think, considering how many stars it produced and all. And it's ratings weren't terrible, think they just wanted to head in a different direction. Vince wasn't trying to live up to the original ECW in any way, shape or form. It was ECW in name only. They had the originals in there for a while to help give that nostalgia type feel and then they started dropping like flies.

They were helping breed younger talent for the big time, as opposed to overweight wrestlers with little talent disfiguring each other with barbed wire. Sandman and Stevie Richards headlined in the original ECW at times. Yeah, that's way better than CM Punk vs John Morrison. How dare those guys have talent rather than just hitting each other with chairs? Fuck them. Not arguing that the original ECW had it's fair share of success and talented guys. But the reborn ECW was totally different and if anything, only added to the legacy of the original. Not like it didn't have it's fair share of great matches and produced plenty of stars or at least helped them up their game. CM Punk, Morrison, Miz, Kofi, Swagger, Bourne, even Christian to an extent. Don't think it failed at all in that respect. Think it was just a situation of again, heading in a different direction.

It was different from the old ECW, but worked cause it made new stars and didn't end their careers early by slamming each other through flaming tables. Anyways, I don't wanna be ripping off TDG's post as he pointed out all my views on the subject, so I'll leave it at that.

Well they only had a 1 hour show and could only fit in like 2-3 matches with a segment or two.

But I think the roster size also failed it a bit. They didnt have enough talent. Maybe fusing ECW with FCW would've got it abit more popular and actually living up to its name of Extreme Championship wrestling.

I think the reason ECW did not last is easy. When people hear the name ECW, they have certian expectations and the WWECW did not meet those expectations. ECW had a good run, but it was sorta doomed at the start.

I think the reason ecw failed was because the roster was not getting paid enough for the shit they had to put up with...then vince came along

Point One:
ECW was a bloody one-hour show...Thats freaking useless for a roster of its size. The content on ECW got kinda boring aswell with feuds like Christian Vs Ezekial? I mean seriously? The lack of Gold was obvious aswell, as BEAST has already mentioned.

Point Two:
WWE was giving no importance to WWECW at all! I get the fact that it was a stage to build up their stars and all but how was that possible when ECW only had like 2-3 matches per show, the matches werent even that hyped up or then well planned. The wrestling was very shitting some times except for maybe the main-event. Sometimes even that didnt last longer then some of Raw's or Smackdown's low-mid - Card matches.

Point Three:
[Note: I am not going to comment on how WWECW does not stand up to ECW cos well...We've all been there.] The Storywriters decided not to give ECW good storylines...Well what do you know. They were probably working their ass for for the two main shows and simple chewing on they underpants for ECW. The Storylines were so boring I no-longer wanted to watch ECW. I mean there was no solid evidence or hype for why wrestler(s) A and wrestler(s) B were feuding. Most of the time its just because of some interference or maybe cos he was the number 1 contender for the title...LAME!

Point 4:
WWE knew that their act with WWECW was getting old and probably only started it to get the viewers who loved the traditional ECW. They saw that hey, they could actually do something with it and run a pretty decent show for awhile. Then the ECW legends seem to leave and the audience dimmed as well. So why not scrap it?!

Point 5:
WWE wanted to refresh their show, they wanted to bring in a new idea and the geniuses(no sarcasm intended) decided on NXT(I LOVE THIS). It as a brilliant idea and WWE did not need another show ontop of the shows they were already running so they decided to scrap the hour long show but still keep the viewers they had for that.

Basically I think that their idea to scrap ECW was genius cos well, it was getting boring and I love the idea of NXT...Well thats about it!

that was a lot said and i agree with you. Especially the part about plots for the show going to the bigger brands. The only thing I say is that now they have bigger rosters on the 2 brands. A lot more former WWE starts will be TNA stars. Its just not going to be room for everone.