Which wrestler won the first ECW World Heavyweight Championship tournament in 1994?

Shane Douglas won the first ECW World Heavyweight Championship tournament in 1994. He defeated 2 Cold Scorpio in the tournament final to become the promotion’s new champion.

The final took place on August 27, 1994, at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Douglas then rejected the championship’s existing NWA association and declared himself the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. He also announced that the promotion would be renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling.

This moment is commonly called the “Eastern Championship Wrestling” title change because it marked the break from the National Wrestling Alliance. Douglas’s declaration helped define ECW’s identity as a rebellious, alternative promotion. The title later became one of the company’s central symbols until ECW closed in 2001.