WWE acquired WCW in March of 2001. Due to the Attitude Era in the WWE (Esp. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock etc gaining great popularity), the ratings and viewership of WCW consistently came down in comparison to WWE. When WCW was considering acquisition, Vince McMahon was able to strike a deal and buy WCW.
I heard it was around $ 1 million dollars because McMahon wanted the ECW name logo superstars names and everything! (Hope I helped from Ferraridriver332) (Hey look at my BIO and there should be news on WWE,TNA,ECW, And other crap!
First answerer-Its 1994.
Second answerer-no its 2001
Third answerer-2000
I have seen a shirt that says "It All Began in 1993"
WWF changed to WWE on May 5,2002.
he didn't they created it
He bought WCW in febuary, 2001
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March 2001
they are retired as wwe retired them when they bought ecw
No because ECW was bought by WWE and replaced by it's new program NXT
The Alliance, which comprised of WCW and ECW. This was a storyline in which the WWE screwed up. It took place after WWE had bought WCW and ECW.
There are 89 superstars in the wwe i counted ecw also but without ecw there's only 70
What happened was ECW simply went bankrupt because it wasn't handling its fiances properly. After that WWE bought it out and now owns the rights to the old ECW.
yeah, they were an independent promotion from philly until 2001
Never. They are an internationally sold, bought, and traded company. Keep in mind this is the same company that bought ECW and WCW.
WWE's ECW has not been on TV since 2010.
yes WWE owns ECW so mr macmahon desided to finish ECW and have NXT AND WWE SUPERSTARSand the ECW people got to go to what ever brand they wanted to
Both on eBay WWE.shop if you go to Raw SmackDown or Ecw.
Maybe because the ECW show wasnt generating as much revenue and audience as the WWE expected
no