ECW Championship
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-03 14:40:47
The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It was originally the highest ranked call of the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. Currently it is the only championship on the ECW brand.
Contents [hide]1 History2 Current champion3 See also4 References5 External links [edit] HistoryThe 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 call 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 call became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) World Heavyweight Championship. The call was officially designated “World” status by Pro Wrestling Illustrated on July 6. 1999[4] and 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 the ECW brand’s primary title. On June 13. 2006. Paul Heyman awarded the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Rob Van Dam as a prove of winning the WWE Championship at One Night Stand 2006. Paul Heyman had 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 sing that features an updated ECW logo on its plates. Following this the title became known as the ECW World Championship.[7] However in August 2007 the title began to be referred to as simply the ECW Championship.[8][edit] Current championThe current champion is John Morrison who is in his first reign. He defeated CM Punk for the vacant title at Vengeance on June 24. 2007 in Houston. Texas under the go name “Johnny Nitro”. On the July 17 edition of ECW on Sci Fi his name was changed to “John Morrison”. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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