List of ECW World Television Champions

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 member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an organization with many member promotions. ECW withdrew as an NWA member in 1994.^[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.

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

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Successful defenses	Event	Notes
1	Hotbody, JohnnyJohnny Hotbody	1	August 12, 1992	31	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
—	Vacated	—	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	September 30, 1992	131	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
—	Vacated	—	February 1993	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	ECW forced Osbourne to vacate the title for unknown reasons.
3	Snuka, JimmyJimmy Snuka	1	March 12, 1993	203	Radnor, PA	—	Hardcore TV #3	Defeated Glenn Osbourne in a tournament final.Aired April 19, 1993 on TV
4	Funk, TerryTerry Funk	1	October 1, 1993	43	Philadelphia, PA	—	NWA Bloodfest: Part 1	Aired October 5, 1993 on TV
5	, SabuSabu	1	November 13, 1993	113	Philadelphia, PA	—	November to Remember	Pinned Funk in a tag team match (Sabu & Hawk vs. Funk & King Kong Bundy).
6	Tazmaniac, TheThe Tazmaniac	1	March 6, 1994	0	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #47	Aired on March 15, 1994 on TV
7	Smith, J.T.J.T. Smith	1	March 6, 1994	41	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #48	Aired 3-22-94 on TV
8	Pitbull, TheThe Pitbull	1	April 16, 1994	27	Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
9	Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck	1	May 13, 1994	92	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #56	Aired on May 17, 1994 on TV
10	, JasonJason	1	August 13, 1994	83	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
11	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	1	November 4, 1994	0	Hamburg, PA	—	Hardcore TV #82	Aired on November 22, 1994 on TV
12	Malenko, DeanDean Malenko	1	November 4, 1994	134	Hamburg, PA	—	Hardcore TV #83	Aired on November 29, 1994 on TV
13	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	2	March 18, 1995	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #100	Aired on March 21, 1995 on TV
14	Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero	1	April 8, 1995	104	Philadelphia, PA	—	Three Way Dance
15	Malenko, DeanDean Malenko	2	July 21, 1995	7	Tampa, FL	—	Live event
16	Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero	2	July 28, 1995	28	Middletown, NY	—	Hardcore TV #120	Aired on August 8, 1995 on TV
17	Scorpio, 2 Cold2 Cold Scorpio	3	August 25, 1995	126	Jim Thorpe, PA	—	Hardcore TV #124	Aired on September 5, 1995 on TV
18	Whipwreck, MikeyMikey Whipwreck	2	December 29, 1995	7	New York, NY	—	Holiday Hell 1995	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	January 5, 1996	127	Philadelphia, PA	—	House Party
20	Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas	1	May 11, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	A Matter of Respect
21	, Pitbull #2Pitbull #2	1	June 1, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Fight the Power
22	Jericho, ChrisChris Jericho	1	June 22, 1996	21	Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
23	Douglas, ShaneShane Douglas	2	July 13, 1996	329	Philadelphia, PA	30	Heat Wave	Defeated Jericho, Pit Bull #2, and 2 Cold Scorpio in a Four Corners match.
24	, TazzTazz	2	June 7, 1997	267	Philadelphia, PA	43	Wrestlepalooza
25	Bigelow, Bam BamBam Bam Bigelow	1	March 1, 1998	34	Asbury Park, NJ	5	Living Dangerously
26	Van Dam, RobRob Van Dam	1	April 4, 1998	700	Buffalo, NY	121	Hardcore TV #259	Aired April 8, 1998 on TV
—	Vacated	—	March 4, 2000	0	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	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	March 12, 2000	27	Danbury, CT	8	Living Dangerously	Defeated Rhino in a tournament final
28	Tajiri, YoshihiroYoshihiro Tajiri	1	April 8, 2000	14	Buffalo, NY	1	ECW on TNN#34	Aired on April 14, 2000 on TV
29	, RhinoRhino	1	April 22, 2000	126	Philadelphia, PA	11	CyberSlam
30	Kash, KidKid Kash	1	August 26, 2000	14	New York, NY	2	ECW on TNN#56	Aired on September 8, 2000 on TV
31	, RhinoRhino	2	September 9, 2000	214	Mississauga, ON	10	ECW on TNN#58	Rhino was the final wrestler to hold the title. Aired on September 21, 2000 on TV
—	Deactivated	—	N/A	—	N/A	N/A	N/A

List of combined reigns

2 Cold Scorpio had the most reigns as champion with four.

Rank	Wrestler	No. 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

Footnotes

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

References

General

• "ECW Television Championship reigns by Wrestling Title Histories". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie.org. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
• "ECW Television Champions reigns at WWE.com". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

Specific

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2. "United States Bankruptcy Court: Case No. 01-B-11982 (ASH)" (PDF). United States Bankruptcy Court. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
3. "WWE Launches ECW As Third Brand". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
4. Hoffman, Brett. "An Extreme Debut". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
5. "ECW Television Championship History on WWE.com". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
6. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2008-12-02.