WWE Bringing Back Classic ECW Pay-Per-Views?!

Recent trademarks suggest WWE might revisit these long-forgotten ECW events.

by Jamie Kennedy
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WWE has filed for several original ECW trademarks, and that has people talking about the potential for some of Paul Heyman's old events to show up on the current product soon.

Cyberslam, Massacre On 34th Street, Barely Legal (ECW's very first pay-per-view way back in 1997) and Hardcore Heaven have been logged. This was done on 11 August, and very well may be routine business from the promotion.

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Perhaps they had rights to those names anyway, but the copyright had lapsed. Don't forget that WWE currently offers all of those event titles via WWE Network/Peacock. It could be something as simple as that, but wrestling fans want to believe that something bigger is in the works.

None of the four titles seem to fit WWE's current profile though. Cyberslam feels ancient, Massacre On 34th Street was a one-off ECW show, Barely Legal is a bit risqué, and Hardcore Heaven also sounds rather out-there.

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However, there'd be nothing stopping Triple H from serving up NXT specials bearing some of those names above. WWE has already done that with old WCW pay-per-views, so why not ECW too?

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.