List of ECW World Television Champions

The longest reigning ECW World Television Champion was Rob Van Dam.

The ECW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling television championship contested for in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was the secondary title of ECW and currently remains inactive.

Originally, ECW was a subsidiary of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), a promotion that had numerous subsidiaries. The championship was created for ECW by the NWA, the owner of the copyrights to the title and the overseer of its operation, in 1992. ECW withdrew as a subsidiary in 1994 and gained ownership of the copyrights to its championships. The championship remained active until April 2001, when ECW filed for bankruptcy. All of ECW's assets were later purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in mid-2003, including the copyrights to ECW's championships. In May 2006, WWE extended its promotion by adding ECW as a third additional brand, the others being Raw and SmackDown, in a brand extension. The ECW World Heavyweight Championship was the only former ECW title to be recommissioned by WWE for the new brand. While this championship remains decommissioned, its records are under the name "ECW Television Championship" on the official WWE website.

Title reigns were determined by professional wrestling matches, often contested under hardcore wrestling regulations, with wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a match or series of matches for the championship. As implied by its name, the championship could only be won on television or on pay-per-view events. The title was won in one Canadian municipality and in five American states. The inaugural champion was Johnny Hotbody, who defeated Larry Winters at a live event to win the title in August 1992. Rhino, who won the title in September 2000, was the final wrestler to hold the title before ECW filed for bankruptcy. 2 Cold Scorpio had the most reigns as champion, with four. At 700 days, Rob Van Dam's reign from 1998 to 2000 was the longest in the title's history. The Tazmaniac and 2 Cold Scorpio's reigns in 1994 were the shortest title reigns at less than one day. Overall, there were 31 title reigns.

Key

Reigns	The number of times a specific set of wrestlers have won the titles
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Successful defenses	Event	Notes
01 !1	Hotbody, JohnnyJohnny Hotbody	01 !1	01992-08-12 August 12, 1992	31	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event	Weiss was the first wrestler to hold the ECW Championship.
01.5 !—	Vacated	— !—	01992-09-12 September 12, 1992	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	Hotbody legitimately injured his ankle, and as a result, ECW forced him to relinquish the title.
02 !2	Osbourne, GlenGlen Osbourne	01 !1	01992-09-30 September 30, 1992	154	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
02.5 !—	Vacated	— !—	01993-02 February 1993	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	ECW forced Osbourne to vacate the title for unknown reasons.
03 !3	Snuka, JimmyJimmy Snuka	01 !1	01993-03-12 March 12, 1993	203	Radnor, PA	—	Live event
04 !4	Funk, TerryTerry Funk	01 !1	01993-10-01 October 1, 1993	33	Philadelphia, PA	—	NWA Bloodfest: Part 1
05 !5	, SabuSabu	01 !1	01993-11-13 November 13, 1993	113	Philadelphia, PA	—	November to Remember
06 !6	Tazmaniac, TheThe Tazmaniac	01 !1	01994-03-06 March 6, 1994	0	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
07 !7	Smith, J.T.J.T. Smith	01 !1	01994-03-06 March 6, 1994	41	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
08 !8	Pitbull, TheThe Pitbull	01 !1	01994-04-16 April 16, 1994	27	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
09 !9	Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck	01 !1	01994-05-13 May 13, 1994	92	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
10	, JasonJason	01 !1	01994-08-13 August 13, 1994	83	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
11	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	01 !1	01994-11-04 November 4, 1994	0	Hamburg, PA	—	Live event
12	Malenko, DeanDean Malenko	01 !1	01994-11-04 November 4, 1994	134	Hamburg, PA	—	Live event
13	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	02 !2	01995-03-18 March 18, 1995	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
14	Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero	01 !1	01995-04-08 April 8, 1995	104	Philadelphia, PA	—	Three Way Dance
15	Malenko, DeanDean Malenko	02 !2	01995-07-21 July 21, 1995	7	Tampa, FL	—	Live event
16	Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero	02 !2	01995-07-28 July 28, 1995	28	Middletown, NY	—	Live event
17	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	03 !3	01995-08-25 August 25, 1995	126	Jim Thorpe, PA	—	Live event
18	Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck	02 !2	01995-12-29 December 29, 1995	7	New York, NY	—	Live event	This was a match where Scorpio put both his World Television Championship and the ECW World Tag Team Championship held by Scorpio and The Sandman on the line.
19	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	04 !4	01996-01-05 January 5, 1996	127	Philadelphia, PA	—	House Party
20	Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas	01 !1	01996-05-11 May 11, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	A Matter of Respect
21	, Pitbull #2Pitbull #2	01 !1	01996-06-01 June 1, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Fight the Power
22	Jericho, ChrisChris Jericho	01 !1	01996-06-22 June 22, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
23	Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas	02 !2	01996-07-13 July 13, 1996	329	Philadelphia, PA	30	Heat Wave
24	, TazzTazz	02 !2	01997-06-07 June 7, 1997	267	Philadelphia, PA	43	Wrestlepalooza
25	Bigelow, Bam BamBam Bam Bigelow	01 !1	01998-03-01 March 1, 1998	34	Asbury Park, NJ	5	Living Dangerously
26	Van Dam, RobRob Van Dam	01 !1	01998-04-04 April 4, 1998	700	Buffalo, NY	121	Live event	Van Dam's reign was the longest in the championship's history.
26.5 !—	Vacated	— !—	02000-03-04 March 4, 2000	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	Van Dam was legitimately injured, and as a result, The Network forced him to relinquish the title.
27	Crazy, SuperSuper Crazy	01 !1	02000-03-12 March 12, 2000	27	Danbury, CT	8	Living Dangerously
28	Tajiri, YoshihiroYoshihiro Tajiri	01 !1	02000-04-08 April 8, 2000	14	Buffalo, NY	1	ECW on TNN
29	, RhinoRhino	01 !1	02000-04-22 April 22, 2000	126	Philadelphia, PA	11	CyberSlam
30	Kash, KidKid Kash	01 !1	02000-08-26 August 26, 2000	14	New York, NY	2	ECW on TNN
31	, RhinoRhino	02 !2	02000-09-09 September 9, 2000	214	Mississauga, ON	10	ECW on TNN	Rhino was the final wrestler to hold the title.

List of combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Rob Van Dam	1	700
2.	Shane Douglas	2	350
3.	Rhino	2	340
4.	2 Cold Scorpio	4	275
5.	Taz	2	267
6.	Jimmy Snuka	1	203
7.	Dean Malenko	2	141
8.	Eddie Guerrero	2	132
9.	Sabu	1	113
10.	Mikey Whipwreck	2	99
11.	Jason	1	83
12.	Terry Funk	1	43
13.	J.T. Smith	1	41
14.	Bam Bam Bigelow	1	34
15.	Johnny Hotbody	1	31
16.	The Pitbull	1	27
17.	Super Crazy	1	27
18.	Pitbull #2	1	21
19.	Chris Jericho	1	21
20.	Yoshihiro Tajiri	1	14
21.	Kid Kash	1	14

Footnotes

• ^ This title change was excluded from the title history published by World Wrestling Entertainment.

References

General

• "ECW Television Championship reigns by Wrestling Title Histories". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tvecw.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
• "ECW Television Champions reigns at WWE.com". World Wrestling Entertainment. http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwtvtitlehistory/. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 

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