ECW brand moving to Raw looks to still be a go; backstage opinion, info

Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 7:28 PM EST

As reported on earlier, upcoming WWE house show schedules starting in August are now listing the ECW brand on tour with Raw and Smackdown as having stand-alone events from that point forward. So, it appears plans are still underway to have the switch go down in late July or early August to tape ECW before Monday Night Raw.

According to a reports, many backstage within WWE don't see moving the ECW brand over to Raw as a good thing because there is said to be a lot more tension on the night Raw tapes as opposed to on Tuesday night's when Smackdown tapes. The goal is to obviously put more exposure on the ECW brand with ratings at a level they clearly don't want.

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter