Which major wrestling promotion purchased ECW's assets in 2001?
World Championship Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Answer
World Wrestling Entertainment, (WWE) purchased the assets of ECW in 2001 after the promotion folded due to its inability to secure a new national television contract. WWE later relaunched the ECW brand in 2006 as a third brand alongside Raw and SmackDown.
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