New wrestlers introduced to ECW brand

With most of the ECW brand star power cleared out by a WWE storyline trade, this week's June 30 edition of "ECW on Sci Fi" was compelled to introduce new wrestlers from the Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory.

Japanese wrestlers Yoshi Tatsu came in first as a babyface opponent for returned ECW wrestler Shelton Benjamin, defeating Benjamin with one surprise kick. Before his FCW stint, Tatsu worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling under his real name Naofumi Yamamoto. Abraham Washington was introduced next as a talk show segment host. Washington works an Obama-style gimmick in FCW.

Irish signee Sheamus O'Shaunessy wrestled the second match of the show as a heel, billed simply as Sheamus. He defeated NWA mainstay Oliver John who was apparently just there for jobber duty. The fourth new wrestler, current FCW champion Tyler Reks, appeared in a backstage segment with Zack Ryder and will wrestle Ryder on this week's Superstars.

Obviously, ECW is the logical brand to introduce such new talent. However, this many wrestlers debuting combined with the tradees from the Raw and Smackdown brands may make it next to impossible for any of the new WWE superstars to get over.

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