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 The ECW Championship belt (July 4, 2006 – present) |
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| Date won | September 1 2007 (aired September 4 2007) |
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||
| Brand | ECW | ||||||||||||||||
| Date created | August 27 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It was originally the highest ranked title of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. Currently, it is the only championship on the ECW brand.
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History
The ECW Championship was originally a National Wrestling Alliance endorsed title, officially known as the Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) Heavyweight Championship.[1] However, on August 27 1994, ECW Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas, participated in a tournament for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He defeated 2 Cold Scorpio in the tournament final to win the title, but immediately relinquished it and instead proclaimed himself the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion.[2][3] Days later, Eastern Championship Wrestling left the National Wrestling Alliance and the name of the promotion was changed to Extreme Championship Wrestling, thus the title became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) World Heavyweight Championship. However, the title wasn't designated "World" status by Pro Wrestling Illustrated until July 6 1999,[4] though there is no official method or stipulation for declaring a championship as a "World" title. The championship remained active until April 11 2001 when Extreme Championship Wrestling folded and World Wrestling Entertainment subsequently purchased its assets. In June 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment revived Extreme Championship Wrestling as a third brand and reactivated the championship to be it's primary title. It should be noted that the WWE incarnation of the ECW Championship has yet to be given World Title status by PWI. On June 13, Paul Heyman awarded the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Rob Van Dam as a result of his winning the WWE Championship at One Night Stand. He'd originally stated that the WWE Championship would "become" the ECW World Heavyweight Championship if Rob Van Dam became the WWE Champion at the event.[5] However, Rob Van Dam later declared that he would hold both titles simultaneously instead.[6] In July 2006, the ECW World Heavyweight title belt was replaced with a belt that features an updated ECW logo on its plates. Following this, the title became known as the ECW World Championship.[7] In August 2007, WWE began to refer to the title simply as the ECW Championship.
Current champion
The current champion is CM Punk, who is in his first reign. He defeated John Morrison on September 1 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The match aired on the September 4 edition of ECW.[8]
See also
- List of ECW Champions
- List of ECW Championship reigns by length
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- ECW brand
References
- ^ ECW World Heavyweight Title. Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ NWA World Title Tournament
August 27, 1994 in Philadelphia, PA. Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved on 2007-06-15. - ^ History of the ECW World Title. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ Wrestling History. Pro Wresting Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-06-15. “July 6 [1999]: PWI grants world title status to ECW following the promotion’s deal with The Nashville Network to begin airing weekly programs on August 27.”
- ^ WWE RAW results - June 5, 2006. Online World of Wresting. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
- ^ ECW on Sci Fi results - June 13, 2006. Online World of Wresting. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ ECW on Sci Fi results - July 11, 2006. Online World of Wresting. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ "ECW champions a new Punk era", WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
External links
- The ECW Championship at WWE.com
- CygyWrestling.com - ECW World Heavyweight Title History
- Wrestling-Titles.com
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Brand Championships
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RAW: WWE • Intercontinental • World Tag Team • Women's SmackDown!: World Heavyweight • United States • Tag Team • Cruiserweight ECW: ECW |
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Developmental Championships
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Ohio Valley Wrestling: Heavyweight • Television • Southern Tag Team • Women's Florida Championship Wrestling: Southern Heavyweight |
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Other accomplishments
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Royal Rumble • Money in the Bank • King of the Ring • Diva Search |
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Championship lists
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List of current champions in WWE WWE (reigns) • Intercontinental (reigns) • World Tag Team (reigns) • Women's (reigns) World Heavyweight (reigns) • United States (reigns) • Tag Team (reigns) • Cruiserweight (reigns) ECW (reigns) |
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| World Heavyweight (1992-2001, 2006-present) · Tag Team (1992-2001) · Television (1992-2001) · FTW Heavyweight (1998-1999) · Maryland (1993) · Pennsylvania (1993) |
