STAMFORD Conn. May 31 2006 – World Wrestling Entertainment today released the dates for its first ECW live event tour following the announcement that it is officially launching an ECW brand and that a live ECW summer television series will be on the SCI FI Channel.

Tickets for all events June through August go on sale June 17 unless otherwise noted.

Following the sold-out “ECW: One Night Stand” pay-per-view event in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 11   the ECW live event tour kicks off with a performance broadcast live on SCI FI Channel on Tuesday June 13 from the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton N. J. following the taping of “Friday Night SmackDown®.”  Tickets for the event in Trenton are currently on sale.

In June July and August ECW will perform in the following locations:

June 20 – Albany N.Y. – Pepsi Arena (already on sale)

June 24 – Philadelphia Pa. – Alhambra Arena

June 25 – Elizabeth Pa. – Court Time Sports Center

June 26 – Beckley W. Va. – Armory Civic Center Arena

July 1 – Toms River N.J. – Poland Springs Arena

July 2 – York Pa. – Toyota Center

July 8 – Racine Wis. – Memorial Hall

July 9 – Green Bay Wis. – Brown County Expo Center

July 10 – La Crosse Wis. – La Crosse Center

July 11 – Minneapolis Minn. –Target Center (on sale June 10)

July 15 – Tyler Texas – Oil Palace

July 16 – Huntsville Texas – Sam Houston Coliseum

July 17 – Austin Texas – Palmer Event Center

July 18 – Corpus Christi Texas – American Bank Center

July 22 – Muskegon Mich. – L.C. Walker Arena

July 23 – Saginaw Mich. – Dow Event Center

July 24 – Battle Creek Mich – Kellogg Arena

July 25- Detroit Mich. – Joe Louis Arena (On Sale June 24)

July 29 – Durham N.H. – Whittemore Center

July 30 – Fitchburg Mass. – Wallace Civic Center

August 5 – Poplar Bluff Mo – Black River Coliseum

August 6 – Jackson Tenn. – Oman arena

August 7 – McMinnville Tenn.– McMinnville Civic Center

August 8 – Nashville Tenn. – Gaylord Entertainment Center (on Sale June 24)

August 12 – Elmira N.Y. – First Arena

August 13 – White Plains N.Y. – Westchester County Center

August 14 – Salisbury Md. – Wicomico Center

August 15 – Washington D.C. – MCI Center (on Sale June 24)

For more information go to ECW.com.

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