Champions

ECW Championship Title Holders

During the promotion’s combined run from 1992 to 2001 (as Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling), ECW had six different titles. Most of the data on this page comes from the archived snapshots of this website from October 2000. Additional title holder information was added in through researching other professional wrestling history websites which have content specific to ECW.

Additional ECW (Eastern and Extreme eras from 1992 to 2001) championship information can be found through the links near the bottom of this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling

ECW World Heavyweight Championship History

1 Jimmy Snuka and Wildman Bellomo won separate Battle Royals to advance to a match in which the winner became the first ECW Heavyweight champion

2 Shane Douglas won the championship by forfeit when Tito Santana did not appear for the match

3 Shane Douglas pinned Terry Funk in the first ever Ultimate Jeopardy Tag Team match

4 Awesome defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka in a 3 way dance, with Taz being the first eliminated

ECW World Television Championship History

1 Defeated Larry Winters to become the first ECW Television champion

2 Defeated The Sandman after both were finalists in Battle Royal to determine contenders

3 This was a tournament final.

4 Sabu pins Terry Funk in a tag team encounter pitting Sabu & Road Warrior Hawk against Funk & King Kong Bundy

5 As a result of contract stipulation, Mikey also won the World Tag Team championship

6 Douglas defeated Jericho, Pitbull2, and 2 Cold Scorpio in a Four Corners Match

7 This was a tourament final. Rob Van Dam was forced to forfeit the title on March 4, 2000 due to a broken leg.

8 This was a three way dance also featuring Guido, he was first to be eliminated.

ECW World Tag Team Championship History

1 This is a four-team tournament final

2 This is a tournament final to fill the vacancy created when The Suicide Blondes were stripped of the belts in July 1993

3 This was a win via forfeit

4 Shane Douglas was allowed to substitute for the injured Johnny Gunn. During the bout, he turned against Tommy Dreamer

5 This was a Three Way Dance with The Gangstas

6 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Rocco Rock in a singles bout, due to a pre match stipulation, the tag team belts were on the line

7 2 Cold Scorpio’s manager Woman signed a contract placing Scorpio’s World TV championship and the World Tag Team championships at stake. After Mikey won the championships, Cactus Jack entered the ring and assumed half of the World Tag Team Championships.

8 The Dudley Boys were named ECW World Tag Team champions after Mustafa could not compete due to injuries sustained in an attack by the Dudleys.

9 This was a Three Way Dance with Masato Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer

10 This was a one night Tournament which started out with twelve teams. Once it broke down into three remaining teams (Jerry Lynn & Tommy Dreamer and Simon Diamond & Swinger being the other two) they battled in a Three Way Dance for the vacated Championships.

FTW Championship History

Taz introduced the FTW Championship in Queens, NY (Elks Lodge) at the “It Ain’t Seinfeld” show on May 14, 1998.

Sabu won it from Taz at the ECW Arena on December 19, 1998 (a Three Way Dance match which included Justin Credible).

Taz then won back the title on March 21, 1999 Living Dangerously pay per view event in his match against Sabu. This unified the FTW Championship with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

The FTW title is not defended again during the rest of ECW’s history.

ECW Maryland Championship

This title was simultaneously known as the NWA Maryland Heavyweight Championship during the Eastern Championship Wrestling affiliation with the NWA.

JT Smith won the title in a battle royal on October 16, 1993. Title retired in early 1994

ECW Pennsylvania Championship

This title was simultaneously known as the NWA Pennsylvania Heavyweight Championship during the Eastern Championship Wrestling affiliation with the NWA.

Tommy Cairo won a battle royal on May 14, 1993 at the ECW Arena to become the first champion

Tony Stetson won the title on August 7, 1993 at the ECW Arena. He was the last champion as the title was retired in September 1993.