Post by pegasuswarrior on Apr 30, 2007 15:43:03 GMT -5
kawalimus said:
Really people, this kind of thing is what original ECW was all about. If they had a chance back in those days to make Vince McMahon the champion of ECW, you bet your ass they would have done it...... bwahahahahaha.
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Extreme Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
Shane Douglas 2 August 27, 1994 Philadelphia, PA Pinned 2 Cold Scorpio in a tournament final to become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, but immediately relinquished the title. Days later, Eastern Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA and renamed itself Extreme Championship Wrestling, thus the title became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship.
The Sandman 2 April 15, 1995 Philadelphia, PA
Mikey Whipwreck 1 October 28, 1995 Philadelphia, PA
The Sandman 3 December 9, 1995 Philadelphia, PA Won a three-way dance against Whipwreck and Steve Austin.
Raven 1 January 27, 1996 Philadelphia, PA
The Sandman 4 October 5, 1996 Philadelphia, PA Defeated Stevie Richards in a tag team match with Sandman and Tommy Dreamer vs. Richards and Brian Lee when Raven no-showed.
Raven 2 December 7, 1996 Philadelphia, PA
Terry Funk 2 April 13, 1997 Philadelphia, PA Defeated The Sandman and Stevie Richards in a three-way dance to earn an immediate championship match against Raven.
Sabu 2 August 9, 1997 Philadelphia, PA
Shane Douglas 3 August 17, 1997 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Defeated Terry Funk and Sabu in a three-way dance.
Bam Bam Bigelow 1 October 16, 1997 Queens, NY
Shane Douglas 4 November 30, 1997 Monaca, PA
Taz 1 January 10, 1999 Kissimmee, FL
The championship attained World Title status per Pro Wrestling Illustrated when ECW on TNN premiered on August 27, 1999
Mike Awesome 1 September 19, 1999 Villa Park, IL Defeated Taz and Masato Tanaka in a three-way dance.
Masato Tanaka 1 December 17, 1999 Nashville, TN
Mike Awesome 2 December 23, 1999 White Plains, NY
Tazz 2 April 13, 2000 Indianapolis, IN Taz had signed with the World Wrestling Federation shortly after losing the title to Mike Awesome. Awesome, however, had unexpectedly signed with WCW and had shown up on television for that promotion a few weeks before this match. Outraged, Paul Heyman asked Vince McMahon to borrow Tazz for this show to win the title. This was the only time that a WWF wrestler faced a WCW wrestler in an ECW ring.
Tommy Dreamer 1 April 22, 2000 Philadelphia, PA
Justin Credible 1 April 22, 2000 Philadelphia, PA
Jerry Lynn 1 October 1, 2000 St. Paul, MN
Steve Corino 1 November 5, 2000 Villa Park, IL Defeated Justin Credible, Jerry Lynn & The Sandman in a "Double Jeopardy" match.
The Sandman 5 January 7, 2001 New York, NY
Rhino 1 January 7, 2001 New York, NY Held the title until April 11, 2001 when ECW folded. Reign deemed inactive by WWE.
(credit: wikipedia)
1. Everyone listed above is a wrestler.
2. McMahon would have been nothing short of MURDERED if he even thought about being involved in an ECW World Title match as a competitor. (note to mods: not a threat; just a pretty accurate opinion of what actually would've happened)
3. Please don't be so deluded as an "outsider" (who was apparently far removed from the 90s ECW atmosphere) as to prescribe would-have-been storylines and declare "what ECW was all about." I'm pretty sure I can testify to the fact that a few thousand Philadelphians WHO LIVED IT would laugh in your face if you were bold enough to suggest this.
(Not trying to knock you as a wrestling fan, especially a "modern" WWECW fan. But don't pretend like the ECW contigency of yore did not exist as what it was.)