ECW World Tag Team Championship explained

ECW World Tag Team Championship
Created:August 27, 1994
Retired:April 4, 2001
Promotion:Extreme Championship Wrestling
Firstchamp:The Super Destroyers
Finalchamp:Danny Doring and Roadkill
Mostreigns:The Dudley Boyz (8)
Longestreign:The Super Destroyers (283 days)
Shortestreign:The Super Destroyers, Raven and Stevie Richards, The Dudley Boyz (<1 day)
Oldest:Kevin Sullivan (44 years)
Youngest:Chris Candido (21 years)
Pastnames:
  • NWA-ECW Tag Team Championship
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship
  • ECW Tag Team Championship (official name listed in WWE website)

The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992, but was established under ECW in 1994.

History

The ECW World Tag Team Championship was introduced on June 23, 1992 under Eastern Championship Wrestling, the precursor to ECW as the Eastern Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship.[1] This was during the time Eastern Championship Wrestling was a member of the NWA. In September 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA, and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. The title was then established as a world tag team championship and became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship.[2] On January 3, 1997, wrestling legend Killer Kowalski presented ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators with brand-new title belts in Webster, Massachusetts. The championship continued to be defended within the promotion until April 2001, when ECW closed down. ECW's assets were subsequently purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[3] In 2006, WWE relaunched ECW as a WWE brand that remained active until 2010.[4] However, the tag team championship was not reactivated.[5] [6]

Reigns

See main article: List of ECW World Tag Team Champions.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECW World Tag Team Title. October 21, 2016. Wrestling-Titles.
  2. Book: Loverro, Thorm. Paul Heyman, Tazz Dreamer, Tazz, Tommy Dreamer. Simon and Schuster. The Rise and Fall of ECW. 2006. 5–24. 1-4165-1058-3. October 21, 2016.
  3. Web site: United States Bankruptcy Court: Case No. 01-B-11982 (ASH). United States Bankruptcy Court. PDF. October 21, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217101134/http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/opinions/ash/32381_167_opinion.pdf. December 17, 2008.
  4. Web site: WWE Launches ECW As Third Brand. May 26, 2006. World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. October 21, 2016.
  5. Web site: An Extreme Debut. Hoffman. Brett. World Wrestling Entertainment. October 21, 2016.
  6. Web site: ECW TV Championship. WWE. October 21, 2016.