ECW Championship
| ECW Championship | |
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CM Punk as ECW Champion, 2007.
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| owner | ECW |
| Introduced | April 25, 1992 |
| Discontinued | February 16, 2010 |
The ECW Championship (in German ECW Championship ) was one of the most important wrestling titles of WWE and was awarded to individual wrestlers of the ECW roster . The title, also known as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship , was introduced in April 1992 and originally belonged to the National Wrestling Alliance's wrestling promotion NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling , later Extreme Championship Wrestling . In June 2006 the title was reactivated by the WWE. On February 16, 2010, the title was finally discontinued because the wrestling show ECW was no longer produced. As is common in wrestling, the award was made according to a previously determined storyline .
history
The ECW Championship had its origins in the NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship . Eastern Championship Wrestling was then a member of the National Wrestling Alliance . In August 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling taught in Philadelphia a tournament titled Walk over the line ( dt. Cross the bridge ) for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship from. On August 27, 1994, the then ECW title holder Shane Douglas also received the NWA World Heavyweight Championship as the winner of the tournament. But it came to a head when he did not accept the title as originally planned ( storyline ), but basically declared the NWA title as unimportant and rejected it. He declared himself the "ECW World Heavyweight Champion" and 1994 as the year of the ECW. At the end of the month, Eastern Championship Wrestling left the NWA and was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling , whereupon the title was officially renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship . The title remained active until the ECW closed on April 11, 2001.
After World Wrestling Entertainment decided to revive the ECW as its own brand ( Roster ECW ) on June 13, 2006 , the former ECW heavyweight title was also reactivated and passed on to Rob Van Dam by the previous owner Paul Heyman as a reward for winning the WWE Championship handed over.
Title holder
The first ECW champion was Jimmy Snuka , who defeated Salvatore Bellomo in the first match for the title. The Sandman has the most reigns (5) as ECW Champion. Shane Douglas held the longest title reign in his fourth reign with 406 days. The reign of the last ECW Champion Ezekiel Jackson is the shortest with less than 3 minutes. He won the title in the last edition of ECW by beating Christian . There have been a total of 49 ECW Championship reigns among 32 titleholders.
Title Statistics
| record | Record holder | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Most title wins | The Sandman | 5 |
| Longest reign | Shane Douglas | 406 days |
| Shortest reign | Ezekiel Jackson | <3 minutes (setting the title) |
| Oldest title holder | Mr. McMahon | 61 years and 248 days |
| Youngest title holder | Mikey Whipwreck | 23 years and 146 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Big show | 230 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | Jerry Lynn | 84 kilograms |
List of title holders
| No. | Title holder | Regent- economy |
Days | date | place | event | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Snuka | 1 | 1 | April 25, 1992 | Mount Tabor , PA | Houseshow | Snuka defeated Salvatore Bellomo in a tournament final and becomes the first NWA-ECW Heavyweight Champion. NWA-ECW Heavyweight Championship reigns are not recognized by the WWE. |
| 2 | Johnny Hotbody | 1 | 79 | April 26, 1992 | Philadelphia , PA | Houseshow | |
| 3 | Jimmy Snuka | 2 | 78 | July 14, 1992 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | |
| 4th | Don Muraco | 1 | 47 | September 30, 1992 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | |
| 5 | The Sandman | 1 | 138 | November 16, 1992 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | |
| 6th | Don Muraco | 2 | 127 | April 3, 1993 | Radnor , PA | Houseshow | |
| 7th | Tito Santana | 1 | 32 | August 8, 1993 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | |
| 8th | Shane Douglas | 1 | 23 | September 9, 1993 | Roanoke , VA | Houseshow | Douglas won the title by giving up. |
| 9 | Sabu | 1 | 85 | 2nd October 1993 | Philadelphia, PA | Bloodfest: Part 2 | |
| 10 | Terry Funk | 1 | 90 | December 26, 1993 | Philadelphia, PA | Holiday Hell (1993) | This was a no disqualification match. |
| 11 | Shane Douglas | 2 | 385 | March 26, 1994 | Devon-Berwyn , PA | Ultimate Jeopardy (1994) | Douglas pinned funk in an Ultimate Jeopardy match that also included Mr. Hughes, Rocco Rock , Johnny Grunge , Road Warrior Hawk , Kevin Sullivan, and The Tazmaniac . On April 27, 1994, the title was renamed the ECW World Heavyweight Championship after Douglas rejected the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and declared himself ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Eastern Championship Wrestling breaks away from NWA and is renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling. |
| 12 | The Sandman | 2 | 196 | April 15, 1995 | Philadelphia, PA | Hostile City Showdown (1995) | |
| 13 | Mikey Whipwreck | 1 | 42 | October 28, 1995 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | This was a ladder match . Whipwreck was the youngest ECW champion. |
| 14th | The Sandman | 3 | 49 | December 9, 1995 | Philadelphia, PA | December to Dismember (1995) | This was a three way dance in which Steve Austin was also involved. |
| 15th | Raven | 1 | 252 | January 27, 1996 | Philadelphia, PA | Houseshow | |
| 16 | The Sandman | 4th | 63 | 5th October 1996 | Philadelphia, PA | Ultimate Jeopardy (1996) | The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer defeated Stevie Richards and Brian Lee in a tag team match . The Sandman pinned his opponent to claim the title after Raven failed to appear at the event to defend his title. |
| 17th | Raven | 2 | 127 | December 7, 1996 | Philadelphia, PA | Holiday Hell (1996) | This was a barbed wire match . |
| 18th | Terry Funk | 2 | 118 | April 13, 1997 | Philadelphia, PA | ECW Barely Legal | |
| 19th | Sabu | 2 | 8th | August 9, 1997 | Philadelphia, PA | Born to Be Wired | This was a barbed wire match . |
| 20th | Shane Douglas | 3 | 60 | 17th August 1997 | Fort Lauderdale , FL | Hardcore Heaven (1997) | This was a three way dance in which Terry Funk was also involved. |
| 21st | Bam Bam Bigelow | 1 | 45 | October 16, 1997 | New York , NY | Houseshow | |
| 22nd | Shane Douglas | 4th | 406 | November 30, 1997 | Monaca , PA | November to Remember (1997) | |
| 23 | Taz | 1 | 252 | January 10, 1999 | Kissimmee , FL | Guilty as Charged (1999) | |
| 24 | Mike Awesome | 1 | 89 | September 19, 1999 | Villa Park , IL | Anarchy Rulz (1999) | This was a three way dance in which Masato Tanaka was also involved. |
| 25th | Masato Tanaka | 1 | 6th | December 17, 1999 | Nashville , TN | ECW on TNN | |
| 26th | Mike Awesome | 2 | 112 | December 23, 1999 | White Plains , NY | ECW on TNN | |
| 27 | Tazz | 2 | 9 | April 13, 2000 | Indianapolis , IN | ECW on TNN | Tazz signed with the World Wrestling Federation after losing his title to Mike Awesome on September 19, 1999. Mike Awesome unexpectedly signed a deal with World Championship Wrestling in 2000 while continuing to be a champion. Because of this, Paul Heyman and Vince McMahon organized Taz's return to ECW and he defeated Awesome in a title match. |
| 28 | Tommy Dreamer | 1 | 0 | April 22, 2000 | Philadelphia, PA | CyberSlam (2000) | |
| 29 | Justin Credible | 1 | 162 | April 22, 2000 | Philadelphia, PA | CyberSlam (2000) | |
| 30th | Jerry Lynn | 1 | 35 | October 1, 2000 | Saint Paul , MN | Anarchy Rulz (2000) | |
| 31 | Steve Corino | 1 | 63 | November 5, 2000 | Villa Park , IL | November to Remember (2000) | This was a double jeopardy match that also included Justin Credible , Jerry Lynn and The Sandman. |
| 32 | The Sandman | 5 | 0 | January 7, 2001 | New York , NY | Guilty as Charged (2001) | Beat Steve Corino and Justin Credible in a three-way Tables, Ladders, Chairs and Canes match. |
| 33 | Rhino | 1 | 94 | January 7, 2001 | New York , NY | Guilty as Charged (2001) | |
| - | Title set | - | - | April 10, 2001 | N / A | N / A | Extreme Championship Wrestling will be declared bankrupt on April 4, 2001 and will be closed. World Wrestling Entertainment acquired the rights in 2003. |
| 34 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 21st | June 13, 2006 | Trenton , NJ | ECW | Extreme Championship Wrestling will be revived as the ECW brand and title by the WWE on July 13, 2006, the title will be presented by Paul Heyman to Rob Van Dam as a reward for winning the WWE Championship . |
| 35 | Big show | 1 | 152 | 4th July 2006 | Philadelphia, PA | ECW | This was an Extreme Rules match . |
| 36 | Bobby Lashley | 1 | 147 | December 3, 2006 | Augusta , GA | December to Dismember (2006) | Lashley defeated Big Show, Hardcore Holly , CM Punk, Test and Rob Van Dam in an Extreme Elimination Chamber match. |
| 37 | Mr. McMahon | 1 | 35 | April 29, 2007 | Atlanta , GA | Backlash (2007) | Mr. McMahon pinned Lashley in a handicap match in which Shane McMahon and Umaga sided with Mr. McMahon . |
| 38 | Bobby Lashley | 2 | 8th | June 3, 2007 | Jacksonville , FL | One Night Stand (2007) | Lashley defeated Mr. McMahon in a street fight . |
| - | Title vacant | - | - | June 11, 2007 | Wilkes-Barre , PA | RAW | The title was stripped from Bobby Lashley due to his move to RAW by the WWE Draft . |
| 39 |
Johnny Nitro / John Morrison |
1 | 69 | June 24, 2007 | Houston , TX | Vengeance: Night of Champions | Defeated CM Punk to win the vacant title. The ring name Johnny Nitro was changed to John Morrison on July 17, 2007. Chris Benoit was planned as the actual winner, but he did not appear for the show. The reason was that the Benoit family tragedy had happened at that time. |
| 40 | CM punk | 1 | 143 | September 1, 2007 | Cincinnati , OH | ECW | This was a last chance match and aired on September 4, 2007. |
| 41 | Chavo Guerrero | 1 | 68 | January 22, 2008 | Charlottesville , VA | ECW | This was a no disqualification match. |
| 42 | Kane | 1 | 91 | March 30, 2008 | Orlando , FL | WrestleMania XXIV | The title moved to RAW on June 23, 2008 after Kane was drafted to RAW in the 2008 WWE Draft. |
| 43 | Mark Henry | 1 | 70 | June 29, 2008 | Dallas , TX | Night of Champions (2008) | This was a triple threat match that also included Big Show. The title changed back to ECW. |
| 44 | Matt Hardy | 1 | 127 | September 7, 2008 | Cleveland , OH | Unforgiven (2008) | This was a 20 minute championship scramble match that also included The Miz , Chavo Guerrero and Finlay . |
| 45 | Jack Swagger | 1 | 104 | January 12, 2009 | Sioux City , IA | ECW | Aired January 13, 2009. |
| 46 | Christian | 1 | 42 | April 26, 2009 | Providence , RI | Backlash (2009) | |
| 47 | Tommy Dreamer | 2 | 49 | June 7, 2009 | New Orleans , LA | Extreme Rules (2009) | Won a Triple Threat Hardcore match against Christian and Jack Swagger. |
| 48 | Christian | 2 | 205 | July 26, 2009 | Philadelphia , PA | Night of Champions (2009) | Christian had the longest reign of any ECW Champion during the WWE era of the title. |
| 49 | Ezekiel Jackson | 1 | 0 | February 16, 2010 | Kansas City , MO | ECW | This was an Extreme Rules match on the final episode of ECW. Jackson only held the title for 3 minutes. |
| - | Title set | - | - | February 16, 2010 | Kansas City , MO | ECW | The title was discontinued as ECW was replaced by the new wrestling show WWE NXT. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thom Loverro: The Rise + Fall of ECW . World Wrestling Entertainment, 2004, ISBN 1416513124 .
Web links
- ECW Championship history on wwe.com