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More Various News: Why Ezekiel Jackson Won The ECW Title, Tommy Dreamer To Work Dragon Gate USA, More
– Ezekiel Jackson is not only the final ECW champion, but is technically the shortest reigning ECW champion ever. At Guilty as Charged 2001, The Sandman won the Title, and held it for 6 minutes, 32 seconds, before losing it to Rhino. From the three count to the credits rolling and fading to black, Jackson’s reign was 2 minutes, 59 seconds.
– The reason Ezekiel Jackson won the title is because Vince McMahon wanted Jackson to have momentum as he will be heading to the Smackdown brand. There was a thought of Christian retaining, to give the crowd a happy ending, but that was shot down.
– Some wanted to honor the old ECW on the show, including some old names coming back for cameo appearances, but the thought was that it was more important to get WWE NXT over, while closing out ECW as quickly as possible.
– Tommy Dreamer will be working for Dragon Gate USA on March 27th in Phoenix. He works for Tajiri’s SMASH promotion on March 26th in Japan, so he will work that show and fly straight back to the US for the Dragon Gate event.
Credit: Pwinsider.com
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