ECW went out of business decades ago, but the brand is still considered to be iconic by many wrestling fans around the world. Back in 2006, WWE launched their own version of ECW which was essentially the company’s third brand at the time.
A number of new ECW World Champions were crowned between 2006 and 2010 including Bobby Lashley, Matt Hardy, Mark Henry, John Morrison and of course CM Punk.
CM Punk’s ECW Championship reign kicked off on September 1, 2007 when he defeated John Morrison to win the title in a Last Chance match. Recently on the WWE Vault YouTube channel it was revealed that WWE created a new ECW Championship belt which was originally supposed to be given to CM Punk, but was never used.
WWE Vault revealed an unused #WWE ECW Championship that never saw the light of day from 2008 with CM Punk’s name featured on it. pic.twitter.com/Vi1UQMKRK3
— Wrestling Radar (@WrestlingRadar) December 23, 2024
WWE Vault just revealed a new ECW Title that was supposed to be given to CM Punk in 2008 when he was champion pic.twitter.com/OJDlSJII2a
— Teffo (@Teffo_01) December 22, 2024
WWE’s version of ECW officially came to an end in 2010. Ezekiel Jackson became the last ECW World Champion when he defeated Christian to win the belt which was immediately retired after he Jackson won it.
