List of ECW World Television Champions

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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. 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. 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. The ECW World Heavyweight Championship was the only former ECW title to be recommissioned by WWE for the new brand. While this championship remains decommissioned, its records are under the name "ECW Television Championship" on the official WWE website.

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. 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	Johnny Hotbody	1	August 12, 1992		Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
—	Vacated	—	September 12, 1992		N/A	N/A	N/A	Hotbody legitimately injured his ankle, and as a result, ECW forced him to relinquish the title.
2	Glen Osbourne	1	September 30, 1992		Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
—	Vacated	—	February 1993		N/A	N/A	N/A	ECW forced Osbourne to vacate the title for unknown reasons.
3	Jimmy Snuka	1	March 12, 1993		Radnor, PA	—	Hardcore TV #3	Defeated Glenn Osbourne in a tournament final.Aired April 19, 1993 on TV
4	Terry Funk	1	October 1, 1993		Philadelphia, PA	—	NWA Bloodfest: Part 1	Aired October 5, 1993 on TV
5	Sabu	1	November 13, 1993		Philadelphia, PA	—	November to Remember	Pinned Funk in a tag team match (Sabu & Hawk vs. Funk & King Kong Bundy).
6	The Tazmaniac	1	March 6, 1994		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #47	Aired on March 15, 1994 on TV
7	J.T. Smith	1	March 6, 1994		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #48	Aired 3-22-94 on TV
8	The Pitbull	1	April 16, 1994		Philadelphia, PA	—	Live event
9	Mikey Whipwreck	1	May 13, 1994		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #56	Aired on May 17, 1994 on TV
10	Jason	1	August 13, 1994		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
11	2 Cold Scorpio	1	November 4, 1994		Hamburg, PA	—	Hardcore TV #82	Aired on November 22, 1994 on TV
12	Dean Malenko	1	November 4, 1994		Hamburg, PA	—	Hardcore TV #83	Aired on November 29, 1994 on TV
13	2 Cold Scorpio	2	March 18, 1995		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore TV #100	Aired on March 21, 1995 on TV
14	Eddie Guerrero	1	April 8, 1995		Philadelphia, PA	—	Three Way Dance
15	Dean Malenko	2	July 21, 1995		Tampa, FL	—	Live event
16	Eddie Guerrero	2	July 28, 1995		Middletown, NY	—	Hardcore TV #120	Aired on August 8, 1995 on TV
17	2 Cold Scorpio	3	August 25, 1995		Jim Thorpe, PA	—	Hardcore TV #124	Aired on September 5, 1995 on TV
18	Mikey Whipwreck	2	December 29, 1995		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	2 Cold Scorpio	4	January 5, 1996		Philadelphia, PA	—	House Party
20	Shane Douglas	1	May 11, 1996		Philadelphia, PA	—	A Matter of Respect
21	Pitbull #2	1	June 1, 1996		Philadelphia, PA	—	Fight the Power
22	Chris Jericho	1	June 22, 1996		Philadelphia, PA	—	Hardcore Heaven
23	Shane Douglas	2	July 13, 1996		Philadelphia, PA	30	Heat Wave	Defeated Jericho, Pit Bull #2, and 2 Cold Scorpio in a Four Corners match.
24	Tazz	2	June 7, 1997		Philadelphia, PA	43	Wrestlepalooza
25	Bam Bam Bigelow	1	March 1, 1998		Asbury Park, NJ	5	Living Dangerously
26	Rob Van Dam	1	April 4, 1998		Buffalo, NY	121	Hardcore TV #259	Aired April 8, 1998 on TV
—	Vacated	—	March 4, 2000		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	N/A	N/A	Van Dam was legitimately injured, and as a result, The Network forced him to relinquish the title.
27	Super Crazy	1	March 12, 2000		Danbury, CT	8	Living Dangerously	Defeated Rhino in a tournament final
28	Yoshihiro Tajiri	1	April 8, 2000		Buffalo, NY	1	ECW on TNN#34	Aired on April 14, 2000 on TV
29	Rhino	1	April 22, 2000		Philadelphia, PA	11	CyberSlam
30	Kid Kash	1	August 26, 2000		New York, NY	2	ECW on TNN#56	Aired on September 8, 2000 on TV
31	Rhino	2	September 9, 2000		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.

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