List of ECW World Television Champions
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.
Originally, ECW was a member of the
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
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
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.
Reigns
Names
Name | Years |
---|---|
ECW Television Championship | August 12, 1992 – September 18, 1993 |
NWA-ECW Television Championship | September 18, 1993 - August 27, 1994 |
ECW World Television Championship | August 27, 1994 – April 11, 2001 |
Reigns
No. | Overall reign number |
---|---|
Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
N/A | Unknown information |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Johnny Hotbody
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August 12, 1992 | Live event | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 31 | N/A | Defeated Larry Winters for the vacant championship. Following outside interference; Hot Body originally won the match via disqualification after Winters hit referee John Finnegan but Tod Gordon ordered the match to continue; due to pre-match stipulations. | [7] |
— | Vacated
|
September 12, 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | legitimately injured his ankle , and as a result, ECW forced him to relinquish the title.
|
|
† | Glen Osbourne[a] | September 30, 1992 | Live event | Philadelphia, PA | – | [b] | N/A | Defeated Mr. Sandman for the vacant Championship. | [8] |
— | Vacated
|
February 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | ECW forced Glen Osbourne to vacate the title to set it up to be defended in a tournament after beginning its television show Hardcore TV. | |
2 | Jimmy Snuka | March 12, 1993 | Hardcore TV | Radnor, PA | 1 | 203 | N/A | Defeated Glen Osbourne in a tournament final. Aired on April 19, 1993, via broadcast delay. | [9][10] |
3 | Terry Funk | October 1, 1993 | NWA Bloodfest: Part 1
|
Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 43 | N/A | Aired on October 5, 1993, episode of Hardcore TV via broadcast delay. | [11] |
4 | Sabu | November 13, 1993 | November to Remember | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 113 | N/A | This was a tag team match featuring Sabu and Road Warrior Hawk against Terry Funk and King Kong Bundy, with Sabu's ECW Heavyweight Championship also on the line. | [12] |
5 | The Tazmaniac
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March 6, 1994 | Hardcore TV | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | <1 | N/A | Aired on March 15, 1994, via broadcast delay. | [13] |
6 | J.T. Smith
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March 6, 1994 | Hardcore TV | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 41 | N/A | Aired on March 22, 1994, via broadcast delay. | [14] |
7 | The Pitbull | April 16, 1994 | Live event | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 27 | N/A | [15] | |
8 | Mikey Whipwreck | May 13, 1994 | Hardcore TV | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 92 | N/A | Aired on May 17, 1994, via broadcast delay. | [16] |
9 | Jason | August 13, 1994 | Hardcore Heaven | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 83 | N/A | Aired on August 16, 1994, episode of Hardcore TV via broadcast delay. | [17] |
10 | 2 Cold Scorpio | November 4, 1994 | Hardcore TV | Hamburg, PA | 1 | <1 | N/A | Aired on November 22, 1994, via broadcast delay. | [18] |
11 | Dean Malenko | November 4, 1994 | Hardcore TV | Hamburg, PA | 1 | 134 | N/A | Aired on November 29, 1994, via broadcast delay. | [19] |
12 | 2 Cold Scorpio | March 18, 1995 | Extreme Warfare | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 21 | N/A | Aired on March 21, 1995, via broadcast delay. | [20] |
13 | Eddie Guerrero | April 8, 1995 | Three Way Dance | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 104 | N/A | Aired on April 11, 1995, episode of Hardcore TV via broadcast delay. | [21] |
14 | Dean Malenko | July 21, 1995 | Hardcore TV | Tampa, FL | 2 | 7 | N/A | Aired on August 1, 1995, via broadcast delay. | [22] |
15 | Eddie Guerrero | July 28, 1995 | Hardcore TV | Middletown, NY
|
2 | 28 | N/A | Aired on August 8, 1995, via broadcast delay. | [23][24] |
16 | 2 Cold Scorpio | August 25, 1995 | Live event | Jim Thorpe, PA | 3 | 126 | N/A | [25] | |
17 | Mikey Whipwreck | December 29, 1995 | Holiday Hell
|
New York, NY | 2 | 7 | N/A | 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. | [26] |
18 | 2 Cold Scorpio | January 5, 1996 | House Party | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 127 | N/A | [27] | |
19 | Shane Douglas | May 11, 1996 | A Matter of Respect | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 21 | N/A | [28] | |
20 | Pitbull #2 | June 1, 1996 | Fight the Power | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 21 | N/A | [29][30] | |
21 | Chris Jericho | June 22, 1996 | Hardcore Heaven | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 21 | N/A | [31][32] | |
22 | Shane Douglas | July 13, 1996 | Heat Wave | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 329 | 30 | This was a four-way dance also involving Pitbull #2 and 2 Cold Scorpio. Aired on July 23, 1996, episode of Hardcore TV via broadcast delay. | [33] |
23 | Taz
|
June 7, 1997 | Wrestlepalooza | Philadelphia, PA | 2 | 267 | 43 | [34] | |
24 | Bam Bam Bigelow | March 1, 1998 | Living Dangerously | Asbury Park, NJ | 1 | 34 | 5 | [35] | |
25 | Rob Van Dam | April 4, 1998 | Hardcore TV | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 700 | 121 | Aired on April 8, 1998, via broadcast delay. | [36] |
— | Vacated
|
March 4, 2000 | — | Philadelphia, PA | — | — | — | legitimately injured, and as a result, The Network forced him to relinquish the title.
|
|
26 | Super Crazy | March 12, 2000 | Living Dangerously | Danbury, CT | 1 | 27 | 8 | Defeated Rhino in a tournament final. | [37][38] |
27 | Yoshihiro Tajiri | April 8, 2000 | ECW on TNN | Buffalo, NY | 1 | 14 | 1 | Aired on April 14, 2000, via broadcast delay. | [39] |
28 | Rhino
|
April 22, 2000 | CyberSlam | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 126 | 11 | [40] | |
29 | Kid Kash | August 26, 2000 | Midtown Massacre | New York, NY | 1 | 14 | 2 | Aired on September 8, 2000 on ECW on TNN, via broadcast delay. | [41] |
30 | Rhino
|
September 9, 2000 | ECW on TNN | Mississauga, ON
|
2 | 214 | 10 | Rhino was the final wrestler to hold the title. Aired on September 21, 2000, via broadcast delay. | [42] |
— | Deactivated | April 11, 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | ECW closed on April 4, 2001, and World Wrestling Entertainment purchased its assets in 2003. | |
† | Matt Cardona[c] | January 14, 2022 | GCW Most Notorious | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cardona defeated Rhino for the championship. The next day he threw the title into a garbage can. This reign is not recognized since WWE owns the rights to the title.
|
[43] |
Combined reigns
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | 700 | 700 |
2 | Shane Douglas | 2 | 350 | 348 |
3 | Rhino |
2 | 340 | 338 |
4 | 2 Cold Scorpio | 4 | 274 | 271 |
5 | Taz |
2 | 267 | 266 |
6 | Jimmy Snuka | 1 | 203 | 202 |
7 | Dean Malenko | 2 | 141 | 139 |
8 | Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 132 | 130 |
— | Glen Osbourne | — | 124 - 151 | — |
9 | Sabu | 1 | 113 | |
10 | Mikey Whipwreck | 2 | 99 | 97 |
11 | Jason | 1 | 83 | 82 |
12 | Terry Funk | 1 | 43 | 42 |
13 | J.T. Smith |
1 | 41 | 9 |
14 | Bam Bam Bigelow | 1 | 34 | 33 |
15 | Johnny Hotbody | 1 | 31 | 30 |
16 | The Pitbull | 1 | 27 | 26 |
Super Crazy | 1 | 27 | 26 | |
18 | Pitbull #2 | 1 | 21 | 20 |
Chris Jericho | 1 | 21 | 20 | |
20 | Kid Kash | 1 | 14 | 13 |
Yoshihiro Tajiri | 1 | 14 | 13 | |
— | Matt Cardona | — | 1 | — |
Notes
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External links
- ECW World Television Championship on WWE.com
- ECW Television Championship reigns by Wrestling Title Histories
- ECW World Television Championship