 Meanwhile, Ring of Honor had established their ROH World Championship, defending the title internationally over several continents by 2003.Additionally, following ECW's original closure in 2001, WWE had purchased its assets and remaining properties.In 2006, WWE re-established the Extreme Championship Wrestling franchise as a third brand to complement the existing "Raw" and "SmackDown" brands while the ECW World Heavyweight Championship was recommissioned for the new ECW brand.