ECW Television Championship

Infobox championship


caption=The final ECW Television Championship title belt design.
championshipname=ECW Television Championship
currentholder=
won=
promotion=Extreme Championship Wrestling
brand=
created=August 12 1992
mostreigns=2 Cold Scorpio (4 reigns)
firstchamp=Johnny Hotbody
lastchamp=Rhino
longestreign=Rob Van Dam (700 days)
shortestreign=Taz and 2 Cold Scorpio (<1 day)
oldest=Jimmy Snuka (49 years)
youngest=Glen Osbourne (21 years)
heaviest=Bam Bam Bigelow (convert|360|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on)
lightest=Jason (convert|180|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on)
pastnames=small
*Eastern Championship Wrestling Television Championship
*Extreme Championship Wrestling World Television Championship
titleretired=April 11 2001

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 TitleFact|date=April 2008 when Rob Van Dam held it due to the calibre of matches he had. He had a 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 held it until ECW folded. According to Rhino, the physical title belt was stolen from the ECW locker room. ^{[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/43861/411s-TNA-Conference-Call-Report-08.08.06:-Rhino-discusses-TNA,-ECW,-WWE,-Samoa-Joe,-Jeff-Hardy,-Paul-Heyman,-More!.htm]}

World Wrestling Entertainment resurrected the promotion into one of their brands in 2006 and, although they haven't reactivated the title, they renamed it on their website the ECW Television Championship. ^{[http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/]} Three former TV champs, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam, would go on to win the WWE Championship. In addition, five wrestlers have won the ECW Heavyweight Championship, 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. Next was Taz, after winning the heavyweight title on January 10 1999. Rob Van Dam did so after being awarded the ECW Championship on June 13 2006. The only to win both the WCW and ECW Television Championships is Chris Jericho, having won the WCW World Television Championship on September 10 1998 and the ECW TV title on June 22 1996. Paul Heyman originally intended the TV title to be a belt held by pure wrestlers from all over the world, and they would graduate to main event status when the fans gained interest. Fact|date=January 2008

ee also

*List of ECW Television Champions
*List of ECW Television Championship reigns by length
*Extreme Championship Wrestling

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/history/ecwtvtitlehistory/ The ECW Television Championship at WWE.com]