On August 27, 1994 at the ECW Arena, the landscape of sports-entertainment changed forever when ”The Franchise” Shane Douglas defeated The Tazmaniac, Dean Malenko and 2 Cold Scorpio to win a tournament to become the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. In an angle which only he, Tod Gordon, and Paul Heyman knew about, Douglas threw down the NWA title belt and stated that he did not want to be champion of a “dead promotion”. Douglas threw down the title and picked up the ECW Championship instead. Doug

549K views · 395 shares | On April 14, 2000 ECW aired on TNN. Just days after Mike Awesome appeared on WCW Nitro, he appeared at an ECW house show at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana to drop the Ecw championship. Officially a WCW employee, Awesome showed up in the building for a very tense situation and dropped the belt to then-WWF employee Taz, who dropped the belt the following week to Tommy Dreamer at the ECW arena. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

On April 14, 2000 ECW aired on TNN. Just days after Mike Awesome appeared on WCW Nitro, he appeared at an ECW house show at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana to drop the ECW championship. Officially a WCW employee, Awesome showed up in the building for a very tense situation and dropped the belt to then-WWF employee Taz, who dropped the belt the following week to Tommy Dreamer at the ECW arena. | Davenport Sports Network

Rhyno Plays Winner Stays On - ECW Legends 👀🩸 | The History of Wrestling