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WWE ECW (officially known as simply ECW and colloquially known as ECW on Sci-Fi or ECW on Syfy and WWECW, a portmanteau of both "WWE" and "ECW") is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by WWE, based on the independent Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion that lasted from 1992 to 2001.
The ECW Championship subsequently became the top championship of WWE's ECW brand. January 22, 2008 SmackDown: The ECW Championship moved to SmackDown after Chavo Guerrero Jr., a member of the SmackDown brand, defeated CM Punk to win the ECW Championship. March 30, 2008 ECW: ECW Champion Kane was transferred to ECW. June 23, 2008 Raw
WWE: ECW and Raw: 43 Mark Henry: June 29, 2008: Night of Champions: Dallas, TX: 1 70: 69 This was a triple threat match also involving the SmackDown brand's Big Show. The title is once again exclusive to ECW due to Mark Henry being a member of the ECW roster. [57] [58] WWE: ECW: 44 Matt Hardy: September 7, 2008: Unforgiven: Cleveland, OH: 1 127 ...
The DVD featured interviews with ECW alumni who were not employed by WWE telling their side of ECW's history. [31] The success of Rise and Fall of ECW and Forever Hardcore led to WWE reassessing the value of the ECW brand and directly resulted in WWE hosting ECW One Night Stand 2005 to further test how much strength remained in the ECW fandom. [30]
ECW withdrew as a member of the NWA in 1994 and renamed itself to Extreme Championship Wrestling. [1] 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. [2]
The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/ECW Alliance), a 2001 World Wrestling Federation stable that included Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW (WWE brand) , a World Wrestling Entertainment brand from 2006 to 2010 based on the Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion
WWE signs most of its talent to exclusive contracts, meaning talent can appear or perform only on WWE programming and events. They are not permitted to appear or perform for another promotion unless special arrangements are made beforehand. WWE keeps all wrestlers' salary, employment length, benefits, and all other contract details strictly ...
The next night on the July 4 episode of ECW, he lost the ECW World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show after Heyman turned on him. Later on WWE.com, Heyman suspended Van Dam for 30 days without giving a reason (in reality, WWE suspended Van Dam for 30 days as a result of his recent drug possession arrest). [149]