List of ECW World Television Champions

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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.[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.

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[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 Days held Location Successful defenses Event Notes
1
Hotbody, JohnnyJohnny Hotbody
1
01992-08-12 August 12, 1992 31 Philadelphia, PA Live event Weiss was the first wrestler to hold the ECW Championship.
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.
2
Osbourne, GlenGlen Osbourne[1]
1
01992-09-30 September 30, 1992 154 Philadelphia, PA Live event
Vacated[2]
01993-02 February 1993 0 N/A N/A N/A ECW forced Osbourne to vacate the title for unknown reasons.
3
Snuka, JimmyJimmy Snuka
1
01993-03-12 March 12, 1993 203 Radnor, PA Live event
4
Funk, TerryTerry Funk
1
01993-10-01 October 1, 1993 33 Philadelphia, PA NWA Bloodfest: Part 1
5
, SabuSabu
1
01993-11-13 November 13, 1993 113 Philadelphia, PA November to Remember
6
Tazmaniac, TheThe Tazmaniac
1
01994-03-06 March 6, 1994 0 Philadelphia, PA Live event
7
Smith, J.T.J.T. Smith
1
01994-03-06 March 6, 1994 41 Philadelphia, PA Live event
8
Pitbull, TheThe Pitbull
1
01994-04-16 April 16, 1994 27 Philadelphia, PA Live event
9
Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck
1
01994-05-13 May 13, 1994 92 Philadelphia, PA Live event
10
, JasonJason
1
01994-08-13 August 13, 1994 83 Philadelphia, PA Hardcore Heaven
11
Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio
1
01994-11-04 November 4, 1994 0 Hamburg, PA Live event
12
Malenko, DeanDean Malenko
1
01994-11-04 November 4, 1994 134 Hamburg, PA Live event
13
Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio
2
01995-03-18 March 18, 1995 21 Philadelphia, PA Live event
14
Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero
1
01995-04-08 April 8, 1995 104 Philadelphia, PA Three Way Dance
15
Malenko, DeanDean Malenko
2
01995-07-21 July 21, 1995 7 Tampa, FL Live event
16
Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero
2
01995-07-28 July 28, 1995 28 Middletown, NY Live event
17
Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio
3
01995-08-25 August 25, 1995 126 Jim Thorpe, PA Live event
18
Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck
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
4
01996-01-05 January 5, 1996 127 Philadelphia, PA House Party
20
Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas
1
01996-05-11 May 11, 1996 21 Philadelphia, PA A Matter of Respect
21
, Pitbull #2Pitbull #2
1
01996-06-01 June 1, 1996 21 Philadelphia, PA Fight the Power
22
Jericho, ChrisChris Jericho
1
01996-06-22 June 22, 1996 21 Philadelphia, PA Hardcore Heaven
23
Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas
2
01996-07-13 July 13, 1996 329 Philadelphia, PA 30 Heat Wave
24
, TazzTazz
2
01997-06-07 June 7, 1997 267 Philadelphia, PA 43 Wrestlepalooza
25
Bigelow, Bam BamBam Bam Bigelow
1
01998-03-01 March 1, 1998 34 Asbury Park, NJ 5 Living Dangerously
26
Van Dam, RobRob Van Dam
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.
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
1
02000-03-12 March 12, 2000 27 Danbury, CT 8 Living Dangerously
28
Tajiri, YoshihiroYoshihiro Tajiri
1
02000-04-08 April 8, 2000 14 Buffalo, NY 1 ECW on TNN
29
, RhinoRhino
1
02000-04-22 April 22, 2000 126 Philadelphia, PA 11 CyberSlam
30
Kash, KidKid Kash
1
02000-08-26 August 26, 2000 14 New York, NY 2 ECW on TNN
31
, RhinoRhino
2
02000-09-09 September 9, 2000 214 Mississauga, ON 10 ECW on TNN Rhino was the final wrestler to hold the title.

[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 2 267
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

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