WWN Championship
Appearance
WWN Championship | |
---|---|
Matt Riddle[2] | |
Final champion(s) | Austin Theory |
Most reigns | Austin Theory (2 reigns) |
Longest reign | JD Drake (258 days) |
Shortest reign | Austin Theory (1st reign, 78 days) |
Oldest champion | JD Drake (34 years, 275 days) |
Youngest champion | Austin Theory (20 years, 247 days) |
Heaviest champion | Keith Lee (320 lb (150 kg)) |
Lightest champion | Joey Janela (183 lb (83 kg)) |
The WWN Championship was a
Matt Riddle defeated five other men for the title.[2]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There have been six reigns shared among five wrestlers.
History
Matt Riddle
, the inaugural WWN ChampionOn November 23, 2016,
Matt Riddle, Parrow and Tracy Williams were added to the match.[4] At Mercury Rising 2017, Timothy Thatcher was added to the match, while Galloway was pulled out, after suffering a storyline injury at the hands of Keith Lee.[2] It was later revealed that this had been done due to Galloway having re-signed with WWE.[5] Riddle went on to win the six-way elimination match to become the inaugural WWN Champion.[2]
It was later retired at Evolve’s 10th Anniversary Show when it was defended by JD Drake against then Evolve Champion Austin Theory in a Title for Title Match
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Matt Riddle | April 1, 2017 | Mercury Rising
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Fern Park, FL
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1 | 196 | 9 | Defeated Fred Yehi, Jon Davis, Parrow, Timothy Thatcher and Tracy Williams in a six-way elimination match to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
2 | Keith Lee | October 14, 2017 | Evolve 94
|
Queens, NY
|
1 | 174 | 4 | This was a Last Man Standing match
|
[6] |
3 | Austin Theory | April 6, 2018 | Evolve 103
|
Kenner, Louisiana | 1 | 78 | 1 | This was a winner takes all match, in which Theory defended the FIP World Heavyweight Championship .
|
[7] |
4 | Joey Janela | June 23, 2018 | Evolve 106
|
Brooklyn, NY
|
1 | 101 | 2 | [8] | |
— | Vacated
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October 2, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | WWN stripped Janela of the title after a knee injury | [9] |
5 | JD Drake | October 28, 2018 | Evolve 114 | Ybor City, FL
|
1 | 258 | 11 | This was a Harlem Bravado .
|
[10] |
6 | Austin Theory | July 13, 2019 | Evolve 131 | Philadelphia, PA
|
2 | 119 | 0 | This was also for Theory's Evolve Championship. | [11] |
— | Deactivated | November 9, 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was then retired without an official announcement. |
Combined reigns
Record two-time and final champion Austin Theory
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JD Drake | 1 | 11 | 258 |
2 | Austin Theory | 2 | 1 | 197 |
3 | Matt Riddle | 1 | 9 | 196 |
4 | Keith Lee | 1 | 4 | 174 |
5 | Joey Janela | 1 | 2 | 101 |
See also
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Mike (November 23, 2016). "WWNLive launching new title, new brand". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Trionfo, Richard (April 1, 2017). "WWN Mercury Rising 2017 report: the first WWN Champion is crowned, Progress versus Evolve series, Shine Championship match, and is there a new sheriff in Evolve?". PWInsider. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Fernandes, Steven (February 22, 2017). "How WWNLive champ will be crowned, first competitor announced". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (April 1, 2017). "Evolve 81 recap: The man of the hour". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Currier, Joseph (April 1, 2017). "Drew Galloway re-signs with WWE, appears at NXT TakeOver". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Williams, JJ (October 15, 2017). "EVOLVE 94 results: Matt Riddle vs. Keith Lee last man standing match". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- ^ Williams, JJ (April 6, 2018). "Evolve 103 Results: Matt Riddle vs. Daisuke Sekimoto". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Csonka, Larry (June 23, 2018). "Join 411's LIVE EVOLVE 106 Coverage". 411MANIA. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ Csonka, Larry (October 2, 2018). "WWN Strips Joey Janela of The WWN Title, Announces Tournament". 411MANIA. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 28, 2018). "EVOLVE 114 - Pay Per View @ The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ Moore, John. "7/13 Evolve 131 on WWE Network results: Moore's live review of the 10th Anniversary show featuring Adam Cole vs. Akira Tozawa for the NXT Championship, Evolve Champion Austin Theory vs. WWN Champion JD Drake in a winner take all match, Matt Riddle vs. Drew Gulak". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
External links
- WWN Championship History at Cagematch.net