ɪnstˈɛd, ðeɪ ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪz ʃˈeɪn dˈʌɡləz sˈɛkənd ɹˈeɪn, wˌɪtʃ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli bɪɡˈæn ˌɔn mˈɑːɹtʃ twˈɛnti sˈɪks, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ, bˌʌt ɪz ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪzd æz stˈɑːɹɾɪŋ ˌɔn ˈɔːɡəst twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ ðə sˈeɪm dˈeɪ ðə tʃˈæmpiənʃˌɪp wʌz ɹᵻnˈeɪmd ðɪ ˌiːsˌiːdˈʌbəljˌuː wˈɜːld hˈɛviwˌeɪt tʃˈæmpiənʃˌɪp æz ðɪ ɪnsˈɛpʃən ʌvðə tˈaɪɾəlz hˈɪstɚɹi.
Instead, they recognize Shane Douglas' second reign, which originally began on March 26, 1994, but is recognized as starting on August 27, 1994 – the same day the championship was renamed the ECW World Heavyweight Championship – as the inception of the title's history.