WWE Speed Championship

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WWE Speed Championship
Details
Promotion WWE
Date establishedMarch 27, 2024
Current champion(s) Ricochet
Date wonApril 26, 2024
(airing May 8, 2024)
Statistics
First champion(s) Ricochet

The WWE Speed Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, available to male wrestlers from all three of WWE's brand divisions. It was announced on March 27, 2024, and it has a stipulation in which matches have a time limit of three minutes. The title is named after WWE's online program Speed , which is where the matches exclusively air. The current champion is Ricochet, who defeated Johnny Gargano to become the inaugural champion during the Speed tapings on April 26, 2024, which will air on May 8, 2024, the date WWE will officially recognize as the beginning of Ricochet's reign.

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History

Inaugural and current champion Ricochet Ricochet April 2019.jpg
Inaugural and current champion Ricochet

On February 9, 2024, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE announced a partnership with X to introduce WWE Speed , a weekly video series to stream exclusively on the social media platform where wrestlers would perform in matches with a five-minute time limit. [1] The following month on March 27, WWE commentator Corey Graves announced that Speed would premiere on April 3, 2024, but matches would instead be three minutes in length. An eight-man tournament was also announced to crown the inaugural WWE Speed Champion that would take place over the first few episodes of the program. It was also revealed that male wrestlers from all three of WWE's brand divisionsRaw, SmackDown, and the developmental brand NXT—were eligible to challenge for the title. [2] During the tournament final, which was taped on April 26, 2024, and will air on tape delay on May 8, Ricochet defeated Johnny Gargano to become the inaugural champion. [3]

Inaugural tournament

Quarterfinals
Speed
(April 3–17, 2024)
Semifinals
Speed
(April 24–May 1, 2024)
Final
Speed
(airing May 8, 2024)
         
Ricochet
Pin
Dragon Lee 02:57 [4]
Ricochet Pin
JD McDonagh 01:58 [5]
JD McDonagh Pin
Axiom 02:26 [6]
Ricochet [3]
Johnny Gargano
Bronson Reed Pin
Cedric Alexander 01:50 [4]
Bronson Reed
Johnny Gargano [3]
Johnny Gargano Pin
Angel 02:08 [7]

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
1 Ricochet April 26, 2024 Speed Cincinnati, OH 13+−9+Defeated Johnny Gargano in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. WWE will recognize Ricochet's reign as beginning on May 8, 2024, when the episode will air on tape delay. [3]

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