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| Formerly called | Eastern Championship Wrestling |
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| Type | Private |
| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Founded | April 25, 1992 (Reformed May 1, 2022) |
| Founders | Tod Gordon |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Paul Heyman (CEO) |
| Products | Television, merchandise |
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), is a professional wrestling promotion and media company that is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon and in 1993, businessman Paul Heyman took over the creative end of the promotion from Eddie Gilbert and rechristened the promotion from Eastern Championship Wrestling to "Extreme" Championship Wrestling.
The promotion showcased various international styles of professional wrestling, ranging from lucha libre to puroresu and hardcore wrestling. Heyman's creative direction created new stars, and established the "third" big brand in the United States, competing with the billionaire-backed World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling promotions. HHG closed ECW in 2001 when it was unable to secure a new national television contract, and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. purchased the assets of the company from bankruptcy in January 2003.
In 2006, WWE relaunched the ECW franchise as a third brand with their existing Raw and SmackDown brands. It debuted on June 13, 2006 on Sci Fi in the United States and ran for close to four years until it aired its final episode on February 16, 2010 on the rebranded Syfy. In 2022 the WWE reformed ECW as a separate company.
Championships[]
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Location | Notes |
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| ECW World Heavyweight Championship | Rickey Shane Page | 1 | March 14, 2023 | 671 | Asbury Park, NJ | Defeated Nick Gage in a boards of nails, carpet stripes and pains of glass death match at Living Dangerously. |
| ECW Television Championship | Rob Van Dam | 1 | May 14, 2023 | 610 | New York, NY | Defeated Matt Cardona at Hardcore Heaven. |
| ECW Women's Championship | Vacant | October 1, 2023 | Lena vacated the title after announcing her pregnancy. | |||
| ECW World Tag Team Championship | The Lucha Bros (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) |
1 | August 13, 2023 | 519 | Philadelphia, PA | Defeated Heath Slater and Rhyno in a ladder match at Midtown Massacre. |