On the February 16, 2010 episode of ECW on Syfy, Ezekiel Jackson defeated Christian (Christian Cage in AEW) to win the ECW Championship.
When the show went off the air, Jackson's reign officially ended as the brand was defunct with the final episode.
Technically, Ezekiel is still the reigning ECW Champion.
“90 seconds maybe," Jackson said to MuscleManMalcolm when asked about his reign. "You could be pessimistic and say 90 seconds or optimistic and it’s been 12 years or something like that. [laughs] I’m still holding the championship, I’m actually looking at it. Again, they wanted to do the NXT thing. This business is all about cycling, trying new things, trying what wasn’t working. I remember ECW at one point used to do its own tours and then you found out the houses weren’t responding. So, the E is all about business man, bottom line is make sure the company’s making money. NXT, at the point when they came in, they did the Nexus, they built from that. Selfishly, I would have loved to defend the title to be recognized as, but after that, I came through the curtain and the next week I was on SmackDown and they announced on the titantron, Ezekiel Jackson is coming to SmackDown. Sadly, my dad died within the next couple weeks of that. I buried my dad on April 3, on April 10 I would’ve been celebrating my sister’s 40th birthday, who had died 5 years earlier, but then I blew my right quad out that same day. But yeah, I would’ve loved to defend it. When they do the tours, they still have me, the name and things, so it’s cool to have.”
Jackson is set return to the ring for the first time since 2015 at some point this year.
Fans can learn more about Jackson's in-ring return by clicking here.
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