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Promotion | Game Changer Wrestling | ||||||||||
Date established | September 13, 2013 [1] | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Maki Itoh | ||||||||||
Date won | March 9, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The GCW Extreme Championship is a professional wrestling hardcore championship created and promoted by the American promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). It is one of the two hardcore championships promoted by the promotion, alongside the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. The title can be won by both male and female wrestlers. [2]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. Championship matches typically occur on GCW events. There have been a total of ten reigns shared between ten different champions. The current champion is Maki Itoh who is in her first reign.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW) | ||||||||||
1 | Bandido Jr. | September 13, 2013 | Extreme Title Tournament | Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey | 1 | 505 | Bandido defeated Danny Demanto in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [3] | ||
2 | Steve Scott | January 31, 2015 | JCW Live event | Manville, New Jersey | 1 | 42 | This was a four-way match which also involving Frightmare and Lucky 13. | [4] | ||
3 | Pinkie Sanchez | March 14, 2015 | JCW Live event | Howell, New Jersey | 1 | 391 | Sanchez defeated Danny Demanto, who was filling in for Steve Scott. | [5] | ||
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) | ||||||||||
4 | Smiley | April 8, 2016 | GCW Live event | Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey | 1 | 568 | [6] | |||
5 | Tony Deppen | October 28, 2017 | Worst Behavior | Howell, New Jersey | 1 | 315 | This was a four-way match which also involving Eli Everfly and Zenshi. | [7] | ||
6 | PCO | September 8, 2018 | Nick Gage Invitational 3: Thy Kingdom Come | Villa Park, Illinois | 1 | 1,225 | This was a four-way match which also involved Gringo Loco and Nate Webb. | [8] | ||
7 | AJ Gray | January 15, 2022 | Say You Will | Hoffman Estates, Illinois | 1 | 195 | [9] | |||
8 | Cole Radrick | July 29, 2022 | The People vs. GCW | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 72 | This was a six-way scramble match also involving Axton Ray, Grim Reefer, Marko Stunt, and Shane Mercer. | [10] | ||
9 | Joey Janela | October 9, 2022 | Fight Club Night 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 1 | 517 | This was a winner takes all match where Janela's DDT Extreme Championship was also on the line. | [11] | ||
10 | Maki Itoh | March 9, 2024 | Ashes To Ashes | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 1 | 117+ | This was a six-way scramble match also including Alex Zayne, "Broski" Jimmy Lloyd, Jack Cartwheel, and Marcus Mathers. Itoh became the first female to hold the championship. | [12] |
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