The ‘New’ ECW World Championship

[Ben Rodrigues]

I didn’t see a thread made on this – and if there is one – maybe one of the mods can merge it. It occurred to me, as I’m sure it did many of you, that if Rob Van Dam does in fact dethrone John Cena and renames the belt - the ECW World Championship will effectively become the most prized title in professional wrestling due to it’s lineage.

In that effect the WWE’s most prized championship which carries both the history of the WWF/E Championship and the WCW Championship, will be the torch represented by somewhat of a minor brand which will be featured once a week in a one hour timeslot on the sci-fi channel. I know pretty much the entire board is hoping for a RVD victory, as am I – but do we all really think Vince is going to in a sense ‘prostitute’ his #1 Championship and arguably tarnish it’s legacy?

From the Hulk Hogan’s to Steve Austin’s to the Bret Hart’s – will we now see names such as Sandman, Sabu, Balls Mahoney, etc associated with that same distinction?