Ezekiel Jackson Jokes He Is Still The Reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion

Ezekiel Jackson is simultaneously the shortest and longest reigning ECW World Champion, with big Zeke technically still the champion… from a certain point of view.

Jackson won the title from Christian on the final episode of WWE ECW in February 2010, with the brand and the title folded after the show went off the air. Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm, Jackson joked he is still the champ:

“90 seconds maybe," Jackson said 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 recognised 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 would go on to hold the Intercontinental Championship during his run on SmackDown. Jackson is set to wrestle his first match in a decade on March 15.

H/T: Fightful

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