ECW World Heavyweight Championship / Extreme Championship Wrestling / Championship Histories

ECW World Heavyweight Championship

Shane Douglas

08.27.1994 - 04.15.1995

231 days

Douglas had been the reigning Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) Heavyweight Champion since 03.26.1994. On 08.27.1994, he won a tournament

for the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He immediately threw down the NWA belt to vacate it. He then announced ECW's withdrawal

from the NWA, the renaming of Eastern Championship Wrestling to Extreme Championship Wrestling. His championship was then declared the first

ECW World Heavyweight Championship

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The Sandman

04.15.1995 - 10.28.1995

195 days

Mikey Whipwreck

10.28.1995 - 12.09.1995

42 days

The Sandman

12.09.1995 - 01.27.1996

49 days

Raven

01.27.1996 - 10.05.1996

252 days

The Sandman

10.05.1996 - 12.07.1996

63 days

Raven

12.07.1996 - 04.13.1997

127 days

Terry Funk

04.13.1997 - 08.09.1997

118 days

Sabu

08.09.1997 - 08.17.1997

8 days

Shane Douglas

08.17.1997 - 10.16.1997

60 days

Bam Bam Bigelow

10.16.1997 - 11.30.1997

45 days

Shane Douglas

11.30.1997 - 01.10.1999

403 days

Taz

01.10.1999 - 09.19.1999

252 days

Mike Awesome

09.19.1999 - 12.17.1999

89 days

Masato Tanaka

12.17.1999 - 12.23.1999

6 days

Mike Awesome

12.23.1999 - 04.13.2000

112 days

Taz

04.13.2000 - 04.22.2000

9 days

Tommy Dreamer

04.22.2000 - 04.22.2000

less than 1 day

Justin Credible

04.22.2000 - 10.01.2000

162 days

Jerry Lynn

10.01.2000 - 11.05.2000

35 days

Steve Corino

11.05.2000 - 01.07.2001

63 days

The Sandman

01.07.2001 - 01.07.2001

less than 1 day

Rhyno

01.07.2001 - 04.11.2001

94 days

The championship was deactivated when ECW went out of business

Rob Van Dam

06.13.2006 - 07.04.2006

21 days

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) purchased the rights and assets to ECW in 2003 and resurrected it as a third brand alongside Monday Night Raw

and Smackdown in 2006. Van Dam was awarded the reactivated championship by former ECW Owner and new ECW General Manager Paul Heyman

The Big Show

07.04.2006 - 12.03.2006

152 days

Bobby Lashley

12.03.2006 - 04.29.2007

147 days

Vince McMahon

04.29.2007 - 06.03.2007

35 days

Bobby Lashley

06.03.2007 - 06.11.2007

8 days

Stripped of the championship after being drafted to the Raw brand in the 2007 WWE Draft

Johnny Nitro / John Morrison

06.24.2007 - 09.01.2007

69 days

Johnny Nitro defeated CM Punk to win the vacant championship. After winning the championship, Nitro changed his ring name to John Morrison

CM Punk

09.01.2007 - 01.22.2008

143 days

Chavo Guerrero Jr.

01.22.2008 - 03.30.2008

68 days

Kane

03.30.2008 - 06.29.2008

91 days

Mark Henry

06.29.2008 - 09.07.2008

70 days

Matt Hardy

09.07.2008 - 01.12.2009

127 days

Jack Swagger

01.12.2009 - 04.26.2009

104 days

Christian

04.26.2009 - 06.07.2009

42 days

Tommy Dreamer

06.07.2009 - 07.26.2009

49 days

Christian

07.26.2009 - 02.16.2010

205 days

Ezekiel Jackson

02.16.2010 - 02.16.2010

less than 1 day

The championship was deactivated when WWE cancelled ECW as a third brand