December to Dismember was a
professional wrestling event. It was first held by the former
Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in 1995 as a non-televised
supercard. After
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) acquired the assets of the former promotion in 2003, December to Dismember was revived as a
pay-per-view
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(PPV) event in 2006 and was promoted by WWE for its new
ECW ECW may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001
* The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...
brand division. An event was planned for 2007, but was canceled as WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following
WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, resulting in the reduction of yearly PPVs produced.
History
In 1995,
Extreme Championship Wrestling held an event titled
December to Dismember on December 9 at the
ECW Arena in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. This inaugural event was a non-televised
supercard.
This would be the only December to Dismember event held by the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion as in 2001, the promotion was closed down due to financial issues.
In 2003,
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) acquired the assets of Extreme Championship Wrestling.
[https://www.scribd.com/doc/305765539/WWE-acquires-ECW-Assets-HHG-Corporation ] In May 2006, WWE launched a third
brand dubbed
ECW ECW may refer to:
Professional wrestling
* Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001
* The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...
in which alumni of the defunct promotion, as well as newer talent, would compete—brands were a subdivision of WWE's roster where wrestlers exclusively performed; WWE's other two brands at this time were
Raw
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and
SmackDown!
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.
WWE then revived
December to Dismember as a
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast.
Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program guid ...
(PPV) for their ECW brand, and it was scheduled to be held on December 3, 2006, at the
James Brown Arena
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It features an 8,000-seat arena, renamed the James Brown Arena, in honor of ...
in
Augusta, Georgia.
This was the only ECW branded pay-per-view WWE produced before the decision was made to discontinue brand-exclusive PPVs following
WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, which resulted in WWE reducing the amount of yearly PPVs produced. Before the change, an event for 2007 had been planned.
Dates and venues
See also
*
List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events
*
List of WWE pay-per-view events
References
External links
Official ECW December to Dismember website
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