WWN Championship

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WWN Championship
Keith Lee, Shown here with the WWN Championship
Details
PromotionWWNLive
Date establishedNovember 23, 2016[1]
Date retiredNovember 9, 2019
Statistics
First championMatt Riddle[2]
Final championAustin Theory
Most reignsAustin Theory
(2 reigns)
Longest reignJD Drake
(258 days)
Shortest reignAustin Theory
(1st reign, 78 days)
Oldest championJD Drake
(34 years, 275 days)
Youngest championAustin Theory
(20 years, 247 days)
Heaviest championKeith Lee
(320 lb (150 kg))
Lightest championJoey Janela
(183 lb (83 kg))

The WWN Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by the WWNLive governing body. The inaugural champion was crowned on April 1, 2017, when 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

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Matt Riddle, the inaugural WWN Champion

On November 23, 2016, WWNLive, the governing body overseeing promotions such as Evolve and Full Impact Pro (FIP), announced the creation of the WWN Championship.[1] The champion would defend the title across all promotions under the WWNLive umbrella. Each promotion was asked to send their representative for an elimination match on April 1, 2017, at Mercury Rising 2017 to determine the inaugural champion. Former Evolve Champion and Evolve Tag Team Champion Drew Galloway was the first entrant into the match on February 22.[3] Over the following weeks, Fred Yehi, Jon Davis, 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

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Key
No. Overall reign number
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.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Matt Riddle April 1, 2017 Mercury Rising Fern Park, FL 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 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 six-way ladder match for the vacant title, also involving Anthony Henry, Austin Theory, Darby Allin, 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

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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

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References

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