CZW Wired Championship

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CZW Wired Championship
Details
Promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW)
Date establishedDecember 12, 2009
Date retired2021
Other name(s)
  • CZW Wired TV Championship
  • CZW World Wired Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Tyler Veritas
Final champion(s)KC Navarro
Most reigns A. R. Fox, Joe Gacy and Joey Janela (3 reigns)
Longest reignA. R. Fox (455 days)
Shortest reign Ace Austin (1 day)
Oldest championBlackwater (33 years)
Youngest champion Jordan Oliver (19 years, 117 days)
Heaviest champion Joe Gacy (249 lb)
Lightest championKC Navarro (134 lb)

The CZW Wired Championship was a professional wrestling world television championship in the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion.

Contents

History

Throughout the championship's history, there were 28 reigns between 20 champions. The inaugural champion was Tyler Veritas. The oldest champion was Blackwater, winning the title at 33 years old, while the youngest champion was Jordan Oliver when he won it at 19. A. R. Fox, Joe Gacy and Joey Janela were tied for the most reigns at three. A. R. Fox's sole reign was the longest reign at 455 days, while Ace Austin' reign was the shortest at less than a day.

Inaugural tournament (2009)

First Round
September 12

[1]
October 10 [2]

Semifinals
November 14 [3] 		Finals
December 12 [4]
         
Drew Gulak Pin
Ryan Slater [1]
Drew Gulak [3]
Tyler VeritasPin
LJ Cruz [1]
Tyler VeritasPin
Tyler VeritasPin
Adam Cole [4]
Adam Cole Pin
Alex Colon [2]
Adam ColePin
Rich Swann [3]
Joe Gacy [2]
Rich Swann Pin

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Tyler VeritasDecember 12, 2009Cage Of Death XI Philadelphia, PA 1119Defeated Adam Cole in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2 Drew Gulak April 10, 2010Swingin For The Fences Philadelphia, PA 1429 [5]
3 A. R. Fox June 13, 2011Prelude To Violence 2 Philadelphia, PA 126 [6]
4 Jake Crist July 9, 2011New Heights Philadelphia, PA 1280 [7]
5 Dave Crist April 14, 2012 CZW Best of the Best 11 Voorhees, NJ 1147 [8]
6 A. R. Fox September 8, 2012Down with the Sickness Voorhees, NJ 2371This was a Chri$ Ca$h Memorial title unification ladder match, in which Fox also defended his CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship. [9]
7Alex ColonSeptember 14, 2013Down With The Sickness Voorhees, NJ 1119This was a Chri$ Ca$h Memorial four way ladder match, also involving Andrew Everett and Shane Strickland. [10]
8Devon MooreJanuary 11, 2014Answering The Challenge Voorhees, NJ 156 [11]
9 Shane Strickland March 8, 2014High Stakes 5 Voorhees, NJ 1144 [12]
10 Joe Gacy July 30, 2014Dojo Wars Blackwood, NJ 114 [13]
11 Shane Strickland August 13, 2014Dojo Wars 7 Blackwood, NJ 2122 [14]
12 Joe Gacy December 13, 2014Cage of Death XVI Voorhees, NJ 2200 [15]
13Frankie PickardJuly 1, 2015Dojo Wars 34 Blackwood, NJ 17 [16]
14 Joe Gacy July 8, 2015Dojo Wars 35 Blackwood, NJ 33 [17]
15 Tim Donst July 11, 2015New Heights Philadelphia, PA 191 [18]
16 Joey Janela October 10, 2015Tangled Web 8 Voorhees, NJ 163 [19]
17 Lio Rush December 12, 2015Cage of Death XVII Voorhees, NJ 163 [20]
18 Joey Janela February 13, 2016Seventeen Voorhees, NJ 242Defeated Rush in a 2 out of 3 falls match. [21]
19 Lio Rush March 26, 2016Proving Grounds 2016 Voorhees, NJ 2168Won title in a four-way match also involving Dave Crist and David Starr. [22]
20 Joey Janela September 10, 2016Down With The Sickness Voorhees, NJ 3197This was a ladder match. [23]
21YUMAMarch 26, 2017Championship Wrestling From Hollywood Port Hueneme, CA 148Won title at Championship Wrestling From Hollywood taping. [24]
22 Maxwell Jacob Friedman May 13, 2017Sacrifices Voorhees, NJ 1336Joey Janela defeated MJF at CZW The Wolf of Wrestling 2018 on October 14th. MJF defeats Joey Janela at CZW Cage of Death 19 on December 9th, 2018. By virtue of the victory, Janela's victory and Wired Title win were voided leaving MJF still undefeated. [25]
— Vacated April 14, 2018Best of The Best 17 Sewell, NJ ——Stripped of the title by DJ Hyde due to throwing the belt to the ground. [26]
23 Zachary Wentz May 12, 2018Prelude To Violence Voorhees, NJ 1118Defeated Alex Reynolds, John Silver and Wheeler Yuta in a four-way elimination match to win the vacant title. [27]
24 Ace Austin September 7, 2018Rockstar Pro Weekend At Murray's Dayton, OH 11This was a triple threat match also contested for Austin's PWR Scramble Title and Alex Colon's DTU Alto Impacto Title. [28]
25BlackwaterSeptember 8, 2018Down With The Sickness Voorhees, NJ 135This was a four-way match also involving Jordan Oliver and KC Navarro. [29]
26 Jordan Oliver October 13, 2018Better Than Our Best Voorhees, NJ 1427 [30]
27 A. R. Fox December 14, 2019Cage Of Death XXI Voorhees, NJ 356 [31]
28KC NavarroFebruary 8, 202021st Anniversary Voorhees, NJ 1 [32]
—2021——

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 A. R. Fox 3453
2 Drew Gulak 1429
3 Jordan Oliver 1427
4 Maxwell Jacob Friedman 1336
5 Joey Janela 3302
6 Jake Crist 1280
7 Shane Strickland 2266
8 Lio Rush 2231
9 Joe Gacy 3217
10 Dave Crist 1147
11 Alex Colon 1119
Tyler Veritas1119
13 Zachary Wentz 1118
14 Tim Donst 191
15Devon Moore156
16YUMA148
17Blackwater135
18Frankie Pickard17
19 Ace Austin 11
20KC Navarro1–

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