TNT World Championship

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TNT World Championship
TNT World Championship.jpg
The current title design (2015 present)
Details
Promotion TNT Extreme Wrestling
Date establishedNovember 2015 [1]
Current champion(s)Tate Mayfairs
Date won17 September 2023
Statistics
First champion(s) Bubblegum
Most reignsAll titleholders (1 reign)
Longest reign Bubblegum (649 days)
Shortest reignChe Monet and Leon Slater (<1 day)
Youngest champion Leon Slater (18 years, 109 days)
Heaviest champion Walter (295 lb (134 kg))
Lightest champion Bubblegum (145 lb (66 kg))

The TNT World Championship is a professional wrestling World championship created and promoted by the British professional wrestling promotion TNT Extreme Wrestling. It is the top championship of the promotion. [2]

Contents

Title history

There have been a total of eleven reigns and two vacancies shared between eleven different wrestlers. Bubblegum was the inaugural champion and also holds the record for the longrst reign to day at 649 days. Leon Slater was the youngest champion winning the title at 18 years old and also ties the record for the shortest reign with Che Monet. The current champion is Tate Mayfairs who is in his first reign. He won the championship at TNT Vs. GCW on 17 September 2023 by defeating Che Monet. [3]

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
1 Bubblegum 19 December 2015TNT Cold Day In Hell Liverpool, England 1649Defeated Mark Haskins and Rampage Brown in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2 Joseph Conners 28 September 2017TNT Summer Explosion 2017 Liverpool, England 1280Ashton Smith replaced Bubblegum in the title defense. [1]
3 Walter 5 July 2018TNT Going Off Big Time 2018 Liverpool, England 163 [1]
4 Jordan Devlin 6 September 2018TNT Summer Explosion 2018 Liverpool, England 184This was a three-way match also involving Joseph Conners. [5]
Vacated November 29, 2018
5 Mark Haskins 21 February 2019TNT Merseyside Massacre 2019 Liverpool, England 1224Defeated David Starr and El Phantasmo in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [6]
6 David Starr 3 October 2019TNT Cold Day In Hell 2019 Liverpool, England 1140This was a ladder match. [7]
Vacated February 20, 2020
7 Dan Moloney 25 November 2021TNT Cold Day In Hell 2021 Liverpool, England 1415Defeated Adam Maxted, Dean Allmark and Nathan Cruz in a four-way match to win the vacant title. [8]
8 Leon Slater 14 January 2023TNT Merseyside Massacre 2023 Liverpool, England 1<1 [9]
9Charles Crowley14 January 2023TNT Merseyside Massacre 2023 Liverpool, England 1246 [9]
10Che Monet17 September 2023TNT Vs. GCW 2023 Liverpool, England 1<1This was a no disqualification match. This was a Game Changer Wrestling event. [3]
11Tate Mayfairs17 September 2023TNT Vs. GCW 2023 Liverpool, England 1497+ [3]

Combined reigns

As of January26, 2025.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1 Bubblegum 1649
2Tate Mayfairs †1497+
3 Dan Moloney 1415
4 Joseph Conners 1280
5 David Starr 1259
6Charles Crowley1246
7 Mark Haskins 1224
8 Jordan Devlin 184
9 Walter 163
10Che Monet1<1
Leon Slater 1<1

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