Every WWE Championship And The Superstar That Defined It

41. ECW Championship (2008-2010) - Mark Henry

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When it finally looked like there'd been enough talk and it was time for the main event, Mark Henry shone.

Foreshadowing his 'Hall Of Pain' World Title tenure years later, Henry's run with the in-house ECW Championship was - at long last - a bonafide success story for the 'World's Strongest Man'. Jack Swagger, a returning Christian and others would ultimately shine under the relatively dim spotlight, but Henry was the first to truly make the problematic prize matter. It wasn't ECW ECW, but nothing about WWE's rebrand was.

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