5 Best ECW World Champions of All Time

#2 Raven (Two reigns, 379 days as champion)

Raven: Reigned as ECW World Champion twice

Raven is persona non grata in 2019 with WWE, the company he worked for between 1993-94 and 2000-03, due to a lawsuit he co-authored against the company regarding their Independent Contractor policy. Had it been successful, it would have literally cost WWE hundreds of millions of dollars in back-pay, expenses and future costs.

So, don't expect Raven to be in the WWE Hall of Fame anytime soon. In truth, his runs in WWE were unspectacular, but his ECW tenure was extremely rewarding and was highlighted by two memorable World Title runs. Raven won World Title number one from The Sandman in January 1996 and held onto it in defense against top line opponents Shane Douglas, Chris Jericho and Terry Gordy.

In a hugely controversial but nevertheless memorable storyline, Raven brainwashed Sandman's ex-wife and son (with whom he was feuding) and used the pair as psychological warfare to get the upper hand in their title bouts. Sandman finally earned his revenge on the dastardly Raven, ending his epic 252-day reign in October 1996.

Raven regained the strap again from Sandman two months later and dropped the title to veteran Terry Funk at ECW's first ever pay-per-view event, Barely Legal in April 1997. It was Raven's last hurrah in the company and he soon joined WCW before returning to ECW for a short, unmemorable period between 1999-2000. There were few characters like Raven in wrestling in the 1990s and he is unquestionably one of the greatest world title holders in ECW history.