ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship
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The ECW FTW (Fuck The World) Heavyweight Championship (also referred to as the Brooklyn World Championship) was an alternate world heavyweight championship contested in the professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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[edit] History
Taz announced the creation of the FTW Heavyweight Championship on May 14, 1998. Frustrated by his inability to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship from Shane Douglas, who was at the time absent and refusing to face him, Taz created and defended his own World title, billing himself as the "real" World champion.
Taz lost the title only once, intentionally pulling an unconscious Sabu over himself on December 19, 1998 (he was confident that he would defeat Shane Douglas in an upcoming title bout, and thus no longer needed the FTW Heavyweight Championship). Taz regained the title at Living Dangerously on March 21, 1999, where he unified the FTW Heavyweight Championship with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (which he then held) by defeating Sabu in a title versus title match. Taz then began using only the ECW Heavyweight Championship title belt.
The FTW title was resurrected by Taz's cousin Chris Chetti, who introduced the title to NWA Midwest on November 23, 2002 after losing the promotion's BMF Championship (essentially a hardcore championship). Chetti defended it in Maryland Championship Wrestling in 2003 and lost it to Danny Doring on the final MCW show on July 16, 2003 when Doring defeated MEWF Champion Romeo Valentino and Chetti in a three-way match to unify their titles with his MCW Heavyweight Championship. The FTW title was subsequently abandoned. It might be considered a grand slam championship with only Taz and Sabu winning Every belt ECW Had to offer.
[edit] Notes
- The original belt used for the FTW belt was a retired TV Championship belt painted orange.
- The "real" belt that was made had Taz's name engraved on it already.
- When Sabu held this version of the title he put a piece of tape with his name on it over Taz's.
- The FTW World Heavyweight Championship was never granted World title status.
[edit] Title lineage
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: |
| Taz | 1 | May 14, 1998 | Queens, New York, New York |
| Sabu | 1 | December 19, 1998 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Taz 1 | 2 | March 21, 1999 | Asbury Park, New Jersey |
| Chris Chetti 2 | 1 | November 23, 2002 | Grayslake, Illinois |
| Danny Doring 3 | 1 | July 16, 2003 | Glen Burnie, Maryland |
- Unified with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
- Reinstated by Chris Chetti.
- Doring unified the FTW title with the MCW Heavyweight Championship and the MEWF Championship, whereupon it was abandoned.
[edit] References
| Extreme Championship Wrestling championships |
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| World Heavyweight (1992-2001, 2006-) | Tag Team (1992-2001) | World Television (1992-2001) |
| FTW Heavyweight (1998-1999) | Maryland (1993) | Pennsylvania (1993) |
