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) Matt Tremont
Date wonJanuary 19, 2025
Statistics
First champion(s)Alex Colon
Most reignsAlex Colon (3 reigns)
Longest reign Rina Yamashita (791 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). Until January 19, 2025, it was one of the two hardcore championships promoted by the promotion, alongside the GCW Extreme Championship, until both titles was unified, retiring the second one. 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 nine reigns shared between seven different champions plus one vacancy. There is currently no title holder as it's declared vacant, after Sawyer Wreck has declared retired following winning the 2024 Nick Gage Invitational Finals and the championship belt.

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, Florida 1105Defeated Lucky 13 to become the inaugural champion. [2]
2 Drew Parker July 24, 2021Homecoming Weekend
Night 1		 Atlantic City, New Jersey 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, Illinois 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, Texas 166 [6]
6Alex ColonJune 5, 2022Cage of Survival Atlantic City, New Jersey 369 [7]
7 Rina Yamashita August 13, 2022Homecoming
Part 1		 Atlantic City, New Jersey 1791 [8]
8Brandon KirkOctober 12, 2024Fight Club
Night 1: The Art Of War Games		 Atlantic City, New Jersey 135 [9]
9Sawyer WreckNovember 16, 2024Nick Gage Invitational 9 Orlando, Florida 1<1Last match of Sawyer Wreck's career. This was also the finals of the Nick Gage Invitational 9 Tournament. [10]
— Vacated November 16, 2024Nick Gage Invitational 9 Orlando, Florida ——Sawyer Wreck vacated the championship after her last match in career. [10]
10 Matt Tremont January 19, 2025The People vs. GCW New York City, New York 11+This was a Unification DLC match also including Brandon Kirk, Dr. Redacted, Drew Parker, John Wayne Murdoch, Matthew Justice and Rina Yamashita, alongside Maki Ito's GCW Extreme Championship on the line. [11]

Combined reigns

As of January20, 2025.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Rina Yamashita 1791
2Alex Colon3312
3 Drew Parker 193
4 John Wayne Murdoch 166
5Brandon Kirk135
6 Masashi Takeda 119
7 Matt Tremont †11+
8Sawyer Wreck1<1

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