GCW Ultraviolent Championship

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GCW Ultraviolent Championship
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Rina Yamashita with the current design of the title
Details
Promotion Game Changer Wrestling
Date establishedApril 10, 2021
Current champion(s) Rina Yamashita
Date wonAugust 13, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Alex Colon
Most reignsAlex Colon (3 reigns)
Longest reign Rina Yamashita (431+ days)
Shortest reign Masashi Takeda (19 days)
Oldest championAlex Colon (36 years, 360 days)
Youngest champion Drew Parker (23 years, 207 days)
Heaviest championAlex Colon (189 lb (86 kg))
Lightest champion Rina Yamashita (154 lb (70 kg))

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]

Contents

Title history

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.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Alex ColonApril 10, 2021Planet Death Ybor City, FL 1105Defeated Lucky 13 to become the inaugural champion. [2]
2 Drew Parker July 24, 2021Homecoming Weekend
Night 1
Atlantic City, NJ 193This 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 119 [4]
4Alex ColonNovember 13, 2021Nick Gage Invitational 6 Summit, IL 2138This 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 166 [6]
6Alex ColonJune 5, 2022Cage of Survival Atlantic City, NJ 369 [7]
7 Rina Yamashita August 13, 2022Homecoming
Part 1
Atlantic City, NJ 1431+ [8]

Combined reigns

As of October18, 2023.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Rina Yamashita 1431+
2Alex Colon3312
3 Drew Parker 193
4 John Wayne Murdoch 166
5 Masashi Takeda 119

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