Apparently some of the workers thought that Vince McMahon had fired Adamle via headset, until WWE.com posted that story. Just goes to show that not everyone backstage is clued into everything WWE does, which is kind of refreshing.

That angle was so poorly executed.

Adamle didn't even act like he was mad when he walked off. He just looked like he had to go to the bathroom really bad, which I don't think the WWE wanted it to come off as.

Also, why would Taz stop and read a Judgement Day promo before running off?

It was just stupid.

ECW is unwatchable. Nobody cares about Chavo, Mike Knox or Mike Adamle.

Shelton should be carrying that brand and instead he is jobbing to Kofi Kingston.

Adamle is the only person worth watching on ECW programming, and that's only because how hysterically bad he is. I never watch ECW, but tuned in Tuesday Night to get a front row seat to watch the slow and painful end of a man's dignity.

I loved his dry humor at the beginning - calling his announce partner "The Tazz" again.

And when he finally took Mr. Socko out of his mouth, acknowledging that some people would rather him keep the sock in.

I don't really pay attention to ECW so I probably shouldn't comment on Adamle's performance . But I do know that afew years ago after his pro football career he was a serviceable sportscaster for a number of years . Unfortunately from what I read , he is out of his realm . Give the guy a break , its too bad he was miscast for this assignment . Not everyone can cross over to another "sport " . Lets face it , this job entails alittle acting etc . its not like calling NFL play by play .

Mike,
Dont know if you will comment on the Michael Hayes thing. But wow, how can his behavior be tolerated. There are reports that his job is waiting for him when he comes back from his 60 day suspention. I'm sure things go on in every workplace that are not considered politically correct, but even as an african american in my workplace, if I dropped N-bombs as freely as he allegitly has, I'd be done. It's a real shame for the african american wrestlers and employees to have to tolerate this, out of fear for there job. I love wrestling with all of my DNA, But if im watching a product where the minorities in the company are openly discriminated. I'm no different than the word that Michael Hayes apparently uses on a regular bases.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: I am planning to comment on it soon. I wanted to wait until more details come out before I rushed to judgment.

This idea has McMahon written all over it.

He realized that he made a mistake, so he turned it into a storyline.

It's kind of like when he developed a heel character once he knew that there would be backlash towards him from the Hart situation.

As bad as the commentary is on ECW, it really isn't any worse than TNA commentators. Tenay is terribly over-rated and Don West is about the most idiotic person ever to be a commentator. All he does is shake his head and spit, yes spit, phrases that hardly ever make sense.

Tenay was good as the provider of information back in WCW, but he is terrible as a go-to announcer, usually just talking about anything but the current match.

Adamle replacing Styles was a mistake, but Cole was rough as an announcer at first as well, and he has gotten much better. Plus, does anyone know if Styles maybe requested to no longer be on air?

i hope wwe will respect the legacy of ecw and get rid of mike adamle permanently!

Why would WWE replace Styles with Adamle? Styles was "the voice of ECW". He was the first and only man to call a payperview alone, and he did a fantastic job. Styles was an excellent announcer, overall. I gues WWE is getting rid of the original ECW piece by piece. RVD, Sabu, The Sandman, Balls Mahoney, they're all leaving the company. And now Styles is an announcer on WWE.com.

This post is now linked on wwe.com. Pretty cool

I like Adamle as an announcer, he's way better than Coachman, and 10 times better than Cole was when he took over for JR back in late 98

I know this is a far cry,but what if what Vince is doing,he is bringing back the old ECW? Tazz walked off too with Adamle,I am thinking that Original ECW wrestlers like Sabu,Sandman,RVD,Tazz,and alot of others,will come back and rebel against Vince and the New "ECW". If this happens,it will give ECW the 2 hour slot,and hopefully would give them there own brand again? Would anybody else wanna see this?

ecw is a bunch of crap now that vince ownes it. he should go back to the old ecw ways and let it roll. then it would be worth watching.i used to like ecw and in fact i went to one of there pay per veiws that was in dayton oh. and to be true it was the best thing i ever seen when it comes to wrestling .my hat is off to paul h. and the crew at that time. you guys rocked. thanks your wresting fan for years DAN.

we may as well hold a funeral for the original ecw programming and spirit. i'ts over guys, let's stop deluding ourselves into thinking vince mcmahon will come around and give the fans what they want. he never does. the only way that would happen is if it resulted in good business for him in terms of ratings and exposure. mike adamle is the wrong man for the job, plain and simple. lets not take it too far and swear that vince is doing it in conspiratorial fashion to further degrade the memory of ecw.

Hey we watch wwe monday night raw and ecw plus tna and plus smackdown. Iam so sick of chavo and edge getting there own ways that is like so wrong. I mean dating the boss come on thats not right they should put Teddy long back as gm. Vicky ant hurt she just fakes it all the time and that bs. iam sorry but thats so not right what they are doing to the Real Ecw Originals. Vince shouldent do that they are all great guys.

hey kevin did you know wwe.com has a link to this blog? Its on the industy news.

But the ending is going to lead to something.

One thing that some fans are saying will happen is Vicki will lose job as Smackdown GM. Because when you think about it, this new move of Taker's is just a modfired version of a triangle submission, and what reason is that for someone to have their title stripped from them, none from what I can tell.

Another thing fans are saying is this along with the other odd endings on RAW and ECW are part of some kind major stable that's going to cross over into all three brands.

I think the entire ECW has gone down the sink. The worst problem is not the announcers, it is that ECW have been considered a B-league (junior league at best) for the other WWE-shows, if someone is good enough they will get more time wrestling on either Smackdown or RAW, the rest ends up at best as punching bags for the A-league in RAW and Smackdown (like Colin Delaney is for ECW).
It wouldn´t surprise me at all if this "MR Money in the bank" is this time just an angle to transfer CM Punk over to either smackdown or RAW permanently.

And if we dont speak of the wrestlers, the entire show has been a gigantic commercial for the other 2 brands, and between those commercials we get to see some wrestling.

I AGREE THAT THE WWE IS WRONG FOR WHAT THEY DOING TO THE COMMENTATORS AND I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH TAKING THE BELT AWAY FROM THE UNDERTAKER WHY IS THAT EVERY TIME THE UNDERTAKER GET THE BELT THEY ALWAYS TAKE IT AWAY FROME HIM I'M A BIG UNDERTAKER FAN AND I THINK HE SHOULD BE ALLOW TO HOLD THE BELT FOR 8 OR9 MONTHS LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE DOES THE UNDERTAKER IS THE BACK BONE OF THE WWE RIGHT NOW AND HIS FANS WANT TO SEE HIM AS THE CHAMP SO COME WWE LET GET THIS RIGHT.

friday night smackdown stripping of undertaker's world heavy weight title is bogus. Prior to matches he had used same hold and nothing was said. Now that Vicki and Edge cant win they strip the title. The Boss needs to step in return Teddy Long back to GM and Undertaker back to Champ. If b.s. like this can happen to a 16 yr vet of WWE then may as well not watch any more and i have been watching for 30 yrs plus. Thanks for allowing my comments

Mike adamle stinks as an announcer,Styles is good he knows how to call the action as the match goes on. Unlike the other announcers who go on with lame story lines. Some ot the wrestlers can be very good if they stick to wrestling instead of brawling.

listen just because wwe,ecw,tna etc is entertainment doesnt mean its always as people would call it "fake" (which is a word we as wwe fans despise).Just think about it if you were an anouncer and people behind you were laughing at you and saying you stink and all that wouldnt you leave and make less of a laughing stock of your self and if tazz was replaced with your best freind im sure your best freind would follw you out the arena. So come on cut the guy a break he's trying the best he can-thank you

The announce teaming walking out was one of the most awkward things that I have seen in wrestling. When Joey Styles stormed out of Raw, there was a logical build to it, but Adamle stopped in mid-sentence and walked away with little or no build preceding it. Then, as John pointed out, Tazz fulfilled his plugging duties and walked away, too. That was even stranger, and not in a good way.

wwe.com links to this blog? Then Styles, himself, might be reading it and our comments (and laughing about what is going on in his absence from the announce table).

Im not gonna comment on anyones lack of commentating but all I wanna know as a WWE fan....When is The Ultimate Wariior coming back? I heard hes supposed to come back and wrestle McMahon! Is it true? Wrestling hasnt been the same since he left!! Now all the wrestlers r posers and try to be like all the greats!! Sorry but theirs only 1 Warrior

I think this is the most unpredictable week the WWE has had in years.
Let's let it pan out, then comment.
Mr Adamle, hang in there!