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well is it still a world championship title? As WWE has somewhat put it along the sides, and recently, Wikipedia pages aren't recognizing it as a World Title, noting that Kane, Rob Van Dam, and CM Punk are 1-time World champions, or The Big Show, noting that he is just a 4-time champion, not even recognizing the ECW Title. though, I think it should be noted that sometime during Chavo Guerrero's reign it was still considered as such, till mid-January 2008, then they would totally bury the title in the Royal Rumble of 2008 (of which the champion, Chavo, competed in). In conclusion, I think, people that held the title from 1992 - January 2008 should be recognized as World Champions and people who held it afterward won't be recognized. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.2.105.130 (talk) 11:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I put the fact that in the ECW re-incarnation, the class-A title was know as the ECW Championship, deleting the World Heavyweight. So, I asked if the title of this article should be changed to ECW Championship. I put a link to WWE.com who confirms that. So, it should be done, or not?

• But they're still introducing him as the "ECW World Heavyweight Champion" (on ECW at least; he's simply called "the champion" when on RAW), and it's been called that ever since One Night Stand. I have yet to hear it called the "ECW Championship" except on that title history page, and that could very well be a simple mistake. MarcK 10:25, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, given that the original ECW and the WWE brand have different pages, why not for the title? Also, I beleive it was brought up that the "world heavyweight" has been dropped from the title to avoid any possible confusion with Smackdown's top belt...I'll try to find a source on that. Tromboneguy0186 07:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They're still calling him the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. His profile page says that. The page you linked to (the history on WWE.com) says ECW Championship, but the page that links to that page describes the title as the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

And about the new and old versions of the titles being separate... I don't know. Other than the fact that RVD hasn't been added to the title history at ECW.com (which could be blamed on mere page neglect, which WWE has been prone to in the past), there's absolutely nothing to indicate this is a new title. Jeff Silvers 06:05, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tonight, ECW.com reads "Big Show pinned Rob Van Dam to become the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion." So, I guess that's that. Tromboneguy0186 03:25, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody add a clearer version of the ECW Current Platinum design belt? This looks crap!

Its the best free image we have Adster95 (talk) 17:14, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WWE has changed the ECW World Heavyweight Championship history on ECW.com so that any champions who held the title prior to Douglas' throwing down the NWA World belt are no longer recognized. This is in contrast to the previous version of the page, which acknowledged all champions starting with Snuka's first reign in 1992. Jeff Silvers 01:02, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The reason is probably because before that it was the NWA: ECW Championship, and the NWA is technically their competition. TJ Spyke 00:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That hasn't stopped them from recognizing holders of the NWA United States Championship in their WWE United States Championship history. Jeff Silvers 08:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

they could also being only reconizing the championship of extreme championship wrestling and not eastern championship wrestling Ranul 04:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ranul could be right, they didn't change their name to "Extreme Championship Wrestling" until the Shane Douglas incident. TJ Spyke 04:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably due to the lawsuit between Tod Gordon and the WWE concerning the tape library of the old NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling.Wwb 19:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. A year later... Anyway, the reason is becuase the ECW Championship was not a World title prior to Douglas throwing down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 21:43, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't we just say he's the champion because he's never been beaten on ECW. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.201.122 (talk) 18:02, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

...What? Jeff Silvers 21:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...Our survey sayss...BZZT! Lemon Demon (talk) 11:57, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the July 22nd episode of ECW, the new belt design has the WWE logo on the top and sides, and reads World Wrestling Entertainment at the top. This means that the belt is the WWE ECW Championship. And I think it should be moved there. wwesocks^sign 19:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The World Heavyweight Championship belt reads "WWE World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion". The WWE Championship belt reads "WWE CHAMP". Both Tag Team belts in each brand read "WWE Tag Team Champions" yet one is referred to as the World Tag Team Championship and the other, the WWE Tag Team Championship. The fact is that a physical belt is not a Championship, it's only a physical representation of one and the official name of the title is unaffected by what actually reads on the belt.^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 20:17, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just like how they went from calling it the "ECW World Heavyweight Championship" to the "ECW World Championship" to just the "ECW Champpionship". Or how the old IC title belt used to say "WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Wrestling Champion". TJ Spyke 15:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is the new belt silver or "black and white gold" as it said on this article? It sure looks like silver and I don't think you could have black gold. Or am I mistaken? wwesocks^sign 04:34, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looked silver to me. Gavyn Sykes (talk) 04:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It looks silver, but it could be white and black gold, Black gold (Jewelery). Whether it is silver or not you can bet they'll say its a type of gold 'cause saying something like 'Matt hardy will be going for the silver at Summerslam' doesn't have the nice ring to it that gold has. Bm2 (talk) 09:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I actually think heard Matt Striker mentioning the ECW Title being Platinum, during the main event Match (Matt Hardy & Finlay vs Mark Henry & Mike Knox). --Gtadood (talk) 06:15, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yea its official Striker said it again this week and I quote "17 pounds of pure platinum". During Hardy vs Knox match.Adster95 (talk) 15:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia can't have copyrighted photos, okay? SuperSilver901 (talk) 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a picture of the current belt on the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.168.205 (talk) 12:49, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have a Free-use image to use, or else it would be on the page. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 19:28, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mean seriously, lol! TonyFreakinAlmeida (talk) 16:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's pretty awesome. Tony2Times (talk) 22:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awesomely horrible. Haha. TonyFreakinAlmeida (talk) 00:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is not recognized by PWI and it would appear not to be an officially sanctioned world title, eligible for defense internationally and meeting all criteria of a "world" championship, unlike the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships. The ECW Title did meet the criteria for a world title for a short period while active in the original ECW, but it would seem that it is no longer a world title, so Wikipedia is likely offering false information. The title's name has now officially been changed to the "ECW Championship" - no longer is it the ECW World Championship. Perhaps the clue is in the title, so to speak. The title may indeed be referred to as a "world" title on TV from time to time, but if so, the ECW Championship would surely be a kayfabe or storyline world championship. Shane McMahon way have been WCW owner on TV, but Vince owned it in real life. The ECW Championship does not appear to be an official world title, in real life. Wikipedia does not deal in kayfabe, so it seems logical to alter the opening sentence to "The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)," rather than "The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)". Could be please acquire some consensus on this as it was raised above and completely ignored. I think the opening should be altered, so there's one vote in favour of alteration. Born of Champions (talk) 12:49, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PWI means nothing on here. We don't go by their opinion on a world title. WWE believes the ECW Championship is a world championship so that makes it a world championship.--WillC 14:50, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]