GCW Ultraviolent Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Game Changer Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 10, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Rina Yamashita | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | August 13, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The GCW Ultraviolent 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 Extreme Championship. The title can be won by both male and female wrestlers. [1]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. Championship matches typically occur on GCW events, though at least one championship match has been promoted by Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
There have been a total of seven reigns shared between five different champions. The current title holder is Rina Yamashita 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 |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Alex Colon | April 10, 2021 | Planet Death | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 105 | Defeated Lucky 13 to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
2 | Drew Parker | July 24, 2021 | Homecoming Weekend Night 1 | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 93 | This was a winner-takes-all match where Parker's BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. | [3] |
3 | Masashi Takeda | October 25, 2021 | BJW live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 19 | [4] | |
4 | Alex Colon | November 13, 2021 | Nick Gage Invitational 6 | Summit, IL | 2 | 138 | This was also the finals of the Nick Gage Invitational 6 tournament. | [5] |
5 | John Wayne Murdoch | March 31, 2022 | Joey Janela's Spring Break 6 Part 1 | Dallas, TX | 1 | 66 | [6] | |
6 | Alex Colon | June 5, 2022 | Cage of Survival | Atlantic City, NJ | 3 | 69 | [7] | |
7 | Rina Yamashita | August 13, 2022 | Homecoming Part 1 | Atlantic City, NJ | 1 | 691+ | [8] |
As of July4, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Rina Yamashita † | 1 | 691+ |
2 | Alex Colon | 3 | 312 |
3 | Drew Parker | 1 | 93 |
4 | John Wayne Murdoch | 1 | 66 |
5 | Masashi Takeda | 1 | 19 |
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