ECW World Television Championship
The ECW World Television Championship was the secondary title in Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1992 until it folded in 2001. The title was almost on level with the ECW World Title when Rob Van Dam held it due to the calibre of matches he had and the calibre of opponents he faced. He had a sensational 23-month reign as champion that only ended due to an injury. His title reign had propelled him into the World Title picture when the injury occurred.
The last ECW World Television Champion was Rhino, who unified the title with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on January 7, 2001 before ECW folded.
Title history
| Wrestlers: | Reigns together: | Date: | Place: |
| Johnny Hot Body | 1 | August 12, 1992 | Philadelphia, PA (defeated Larry Winters) |
| Vacated | September 12, 1992 | Hot Body breaks ankle | |
| Glenn Osbourne | 1 | September 30, 1992 | Philadelphia, PA (won battle royal) |
| Vacated | February 1993 | Title vacant | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 1 | March 12, 1993 | Radnor, PA (defeated Glenn Osbourne in tournament final) |
| Terry Funk | 1 | October 1, 1993 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Sabu | 1 | November 13, 1993 | Philadelphia, PA (wins title in tag team match) |
| Tazmaniac (AKA Tazz) | 1 | March 6, 1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| J.T. Smith | 1 | March 6, 1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Pit Bull #1 | 1 | April 15, 1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Mikey Whipwreck | 1 | May 13, 1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Jason Knight | 1 | August 13, 1994 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2 Cold Scorpio | 1 | November 4, 1994 | Hamburg, PA |
| Dean Malenko | 1 | November 4, 1994 | Hamburg, PA |
| 2 Cold Scorpio | 2 | March 18, 1995 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | April 8, 1995 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Dean Malenko | 2 | July 21, 1995 | Tampa, FL |
| Eddie Guerrero | 2 | July 28, 1995 | Middletown, NY |
| 2 Cold Scorpio | 3 | August 25 1995 | Jim Thorpe, PA |
| Mikey Whipwreck | 2 | December 29 1995 | New York, NY |
| 2 Cold Scorpio | 4 | January 5 1996 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Shane Douglas | 1 | May 11 1996 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Pit Bull #2 | 1 | June 1 1996 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Chris Jericho | 1 | June 22 1996 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Shane Douglas | 2 | July 13 1996 | Philadelphia, PA (won 4 way match) |
| Taz | 2 | June 7 1997 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Bam Bam Bigelow | 1 | March 1 1998 | Asbury Park, NJ |
| Rob Van Dam | 1 | April 4 1998 | Buffalo, NY |
| Vacated | March 4 2000 | Van Dam injured | |
| Super Crazy | 1 | March 12 2000 | Danbury, CT (defeated Rhino in tournament final) |
| Yoshihiro Tajiri | 1 | April 8 2000 | Buffalo, NY |
| Rhino | 1 | April 22 2000 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Kid Kash | 1 | August 26 2000 | New York, NY |
| Rhino | 2 | September 9 2000 | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Title Retired | January 2001 | ECW closed |
Facts & Trivia
- The oldest champion was Jimmy Snuka. When he lost the title to Terry Funk on October 1, 1993, he was 49 years old.
- The youngest champion was Glenn Osbourne, who won the vacant title in a battle royal on September 30, 1992 at age 21.
- 2 Cold Scorpio won the title 4 times, more than any other wrestler.
- Scorpio also has the shortest title reign ever. He won the title from Jason Knight and lost it to Dean Malenko on the same day, November 4, 1994.
- Rob Van Dam is the longest reinging champion ever. He was champion for exactly 700 days (April 4, 1998-March 4, 2000) before he was forced to vacate the belt due to a broken leg.
- The only person to win both the ECW and WCW Television titles is Chris Jericho. He won the WCW TV title on September 10, 1998.
- 4 wrestlers have won the ECW Heavyweight, Television, and Tag Team championships. The first to accomplish this was Johnny Hotbody, who won the Tag title with The Suicide Blondes on April 3, 1993. Next was Sabu, after he won the Tag title with The Tazmaniac on February 4, 1995. Mikey Whipwreck was the next man to do this, after winning the Heavyweight title on October 28, 1995. The last person to do this was Taz, after winning the heavyweight title on January 10, 1999. This accomplisment is sometimes called "The ECW Triple Crown".
- Wrestlers who have also won the ECW Television Championship that have also won the WWE Championship/World Heavyweight Championship are: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Chris Jericho.