List of ECW World Television Champions

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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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] The ECW World Heavyweight Championship was the only former ECW title to be recommissioned by WWE for the new brand.^[4] While this championship remains decommissioned, its records are under the name "ECW Television Championship" on the official WWE website.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.

Contents 1 Key 2 Title history 3 List of individual reigns 4 List of combined reigns 5 Footnotes 6 References

[edit] 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

[edit] Title history

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

[edit] List of individual reigns

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Rob Van Dam	700	April 4, 1998	March 4, 2000
Shane Douglas	329	July 13, 1996	June 7, 1997
Taz	267	June 7, 1997	March 1, 1998
Rhino	214	September 9, 2000	April 11, 2001
Jimmy Snuka	203	March 12, 1993	October 1, 1993
Dean Malenko	134	November 4, 1994	March 18, 1995
2 Cold Scorpio	127	January 5, 1996	May 11, 1996
2 Cold Scorpio	126	August 25, 1995	December 29, 1995
Rhino	126	April 22, 2000	August 26, 2000
Sabu	113	November 13, 1993	March 6, 1994
Eddie Guerrero	104	April 8, 1995	July 21, 1995
Mikey Whipwreck	92	May 13, 1994	August 13, 1994
Jason	83	August 13, 1994	November 4, 1994
Terry Funk	43	October 1, 1993	November 13, 1993
J.T. Smith	41	March 6, 1994	April 16, 1994
Bam Bam Bigelow	34	March 1, 1998	April 4, 1998
Johnny Hotbody	31	August 12, 1992	September 12, 1992
Eddie Guerrero	28	July 28, 1995	August 25, 1995
The Pitbull	27	April 16, 1994	May 13, 1994
Super Crazy	27	March 12, 2000	April 8, 2000
2 Cold Scorpio	21	March 18, 1995	April 8, 1995
Shane Douglas	21	May 11, 1996	June 1, 1996
Pitbull #2	21	June 1, 1996	June 22, 1996
Chris Jericho	21	June 22, 1996	July 13, 1996
Yoshihiro Tajiri	14	April 8, 2000	April 22, 2000
Kid Kash	14	August 26, 2000	September 9, 2000
Dean Malenko	7	July 21, 1995	July 28, 1995
Mikey Whipwreck	7	December 29, 1995	January 5, 1996
The Tazmaniac	<1	March 6, 1994
2 Cold Scorpio	<1	November 4, 1994

[edit] 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	268
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

[edit] Footnotes

• ^  This title change was excluded from the title history published by WWE.^[5]

[edit] 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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