GCW Extreme Championship

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GCW Extreme Championship
GCW Extreme Championship.jpg
Current design of the title
Details
Promotion Game Changer Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 13, 2013 [1]
Date retiredJanuary 19, 2025
Other name(s)
  • JCW Extreme Championship
    (2013–2015)
  • GCW Extreme Championship
    (2015–2025)
Statistics
First champion(s)Bandido Jr.
Final champion(s) Matt Tremont
Most reignsAll titleholders (1)
Longest reign PCO (1,225 days)
Shortest reign Matt Tremont (<1 day)

The GCW Extreme Championship was a professional wrestling hardcore championship created and promoted by the American promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). It was one of the two hardcore championships promoted by the promotion, alongside the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. The title was eligable to won by both male and female wrestlers. [2]

Contents

Title history

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. Championship matches typically occur on GCW events. There was a total of eleven reigns shared between eleven different champions.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW)
1Bandido Jr.September 13, 2013Extreme Title Tournament Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey 1505Bandido defeated Danny Demanto in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2Steve ScottJanuary 31, 2015JCW Live event Manville, New Jersey 142This was a four-way match which also involving Frightmare and Lucky 13. [4]
3Pinkie SanchezMarch 14, 2015JCW Live event Howell, New Jersey 1391Sanchez defeated Danny Demanto, who was filling in for Steve Scott. [5]
Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)
4SmileyApril 8, 2016GCW Live event Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey 1568 [6]
5 Tony Deppen October 28, 2017Worst Behavior Howell, New Jersey 1315This was a four-way match which also involving Eli Everfly and Zenshi. [7]
6 PCO September 8, 2018Nick Gage Invitational 3: Thy Kingdom Come Villa Park, Illinois 11,225This was a four-way match which also involved Gringo Loco and Nate Webb. [8]
7AJ GrayJanuary 15, 2022Say You Will Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1195 [9]
8 Cole Radrick July 29, 2022The People vs. GCW Nashville, Tennessee 172This 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 1517This was a winner takes all match where Janela's DDT Extreme Championship was also on the line. [11]
10 Maki Itoh March 9, 2024Ashes To Ashes Atlantic City, New Jersey 1316This 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]
11 Matt Tremont January 19, 2025The People vs. GCW New York City, New York 1<1This was a Unification DLC match also including Brandon Kirk, Dr. Redacted, Drew Parker, John Wayne Murdoch, Matthew Justice and Rina Yamashita, alongside the vacant GCW Ultraviolent Championship on the line. [13]
— Unified January 19, 2025The People vs. GCW New York City, New York ——Unified with the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. [13]

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