EAW Championship

EAW World Championship
The EAW World Championship belt
Details
Promotion(s) EAW Brand Voltage Date established June 13, 2007 Current champion(s) Charlie Marr Date won December 9, 2023 Statistics First champion(s) CM Bank$ Most reigns Mr. DEDEDE (2) StarrStan (2) MaK (2) Extreme Enigma (2) Cyclone (2) Xavier Williams(2) Diamond Cage (2) Rex McAllister (2) Myles (2) Drake King (2) Charlie Marr (2) Longest reign Kawajai (225 days) Shortest reign Captain Charisma (<1 day) Other name(s) AWF EAW Championship EAW World Championship EAW Undisputed Hardcore Championship Past design(s)

The EAW World Championship is a professional e-wrestling world championship in Elite Answers Wrestling (EAW). It is currently part of the Voltage brand and is one of the three major championships, complimenting the EAW World Heavyweight Championship on the Dynasty brand and the EAW Answers World Championship on the Showdown brand. It was first established in June 2007 when EAW was introduced as a brand within Answers Championship Wrestling when AWF crowned CM Banks as the EAW World Champion after defeating Jaywalker at EAW: Debut. The AWF EAW World Championship became the EAW World Championship when the Answers Wrestling Federation disbanded and EAW became its own e-federation. Since then, the EAW World Championship has been held by many notable competitors including Hall of Famers and other notorious extremists.

History

Origin

The EAW World Championship was first introduced as part of a handful of championships as a result of Answer Wrestling Federation's (AWF) brand extension in the summer of 2007.

EAW's promotional poster for Pain For Pride (2007)

On the debut show, CM Ronn was set to take on Jaywalker in a ladder match for the newly-created EAW World Championship. The championship was subsequently won by CM Ronn after he was able to retrieve the championship. In the following months, CM Ronn and MaK developed a feud with each other that ran through AWF Dia Del Diablo, where MaK was able to defeat CM Ronn in an elimination chamber for the EAW World Championship. With the successful championship victory and a developing rivalry, it was decided that MaK and CM Ronn would face each other in an EAW World Championship singles match at EAW's second brand-exclusive free-per-view, Pain For Pride. However, the match would never happen due to the closing of Answers Wrestling Federation under the chairmanship of WWEFan.

Prominence

After Answers Wrestling Federation had closed, EAW broke off of the former e-federation and became its own company, gathering several members of Answers Wrestling Federation and cultivating a new wave of extremists. With the birth of the brand-turned-federation came the revival of the AWF EAW World Championship. Since MaK was relatively inactive at the time of the creation of Extreme Answers Wrestling, the AWF EAW World Championship (Now simply called the "EAW World Championship" was vacated so that a new champion could be crowned in the upcoming Extreme Answers Wrestling events.

WWEFan during his reign as the EAW Undisputed Hardcore Champion (2008)

The EAW World Championship was first won by Tyler A although he is not officially recognized as the original champion due to backstage discrepancy. Tyler A lost his second EAW World Championship against Masters at the first successful EAW Pain For Pride event. As a result, Extreme Answers Wrestling officially recognizes Masters as the original EAW World Champion under independent Extreme Answers Wrestling.

The EAW World Championship arguably got its biggest jump-start when it was merged with the EAW Hardcore Championship to create the EAW Undisputed Hardcore Champion as a result of the events that took place at Midsummer Massacre in 2008. After Mr. DEDEDE had interfered in a triple threat EAW World Championship, he won the EAW World Championship from Masters, pinned Captain Charisma for the EAW Hardcore Championship, and combined the two to make him the EAW Undisputed Hardcore Champion. Under this name, Extreme Answers Wrestling saw four new champions and revamped the top world championship at the time.

When Voltage was scrapped and Kawajai was the drafted over to the Showdown roster, there were two world champions on the brand and EAW decided for there only to be one. At No Regards 2012, Kawajai was pitted against then-EAW World Heavyweight Champion Dark Demon for in a match to determine what title remains: the EAW World Championship or the EAW World Heavyweight Championship. Dark Demon would be victorious against Kawajai, retiring the EAW World Championship in the process.

When Voltage made it's grand return on July 5, 2014, the EAW World Championship was resurrected and would have a new champion for it at the upcoming Midsummer Massacre FPV. Jacob Senn would face Brian Daniels for the championship in the match and Jacob Senn would be the first champion to hold the championship after the title's two-year hiatus.

Controversy

Although Extreme Answers Wrestling generally keeps all history accessible to the EAW community, the EAW World Championship has had three reigns erased from the history of EAW. This is the only case in Extreme Answers Wrestling where championship reigns were not included in the championship history due to problems surrounding the extremists who held the EAW World Championship at the time. The three reigns happened consecutively between two extremists at the beginning of Extreme Answers Wrestling's independence from Answers Wrestling Federation.

With the dawn of Extreme Answers Wrestling came the crowning of a new EAW World Champion. Tyler A was given the vacant EAW World Championship during the first several episodes of Showdown in early 2008. The move had mixed reactions due to the fact that Tyler A had a very split fan-base at the time.

Tyler A with his EAW Championship, a reign that has since been deleted from EAW's History. (2008)

However, it was Tyler's decision to resign from Extreme Answers Wrestling as the EAW World Champion in the following weeks that made him hated by many people in EAW. With the departure, Extreme Answers Wrestling decided to have King Kjors pin him to become the new EAW World Champion. King Kjors being a very recognizable character between Extreme Answers Wrestling and the rivaling Answers Championship Wrestling, not to mention several other Yahoo!Answers-Based e-federations made Kjors a desirable EAW World Champion for the sake of gaining attention in the e-federation world. Despite the decision, the plan proved to have backfired on Extreme Answers Wrestling because of King Kjors' initiative to have the EAW World Championship burned during an Answers Championship Wrestling show. In response, Extreme Answers Wrestling had Tyler A, who had rejoined and apparently made amends with the staff, defeat King Kjors for the EAW World Championship, ultimately firing King Kjors from Extreme Answers Wrestling. The championship troubles did not stop there. Although King Kjors was out of Extreme Answers Wrestling, Tyler A showed a slight bias for Answers Championship Wrestling along with a slight disdain for Extreme Answers Wrestling, hinting that Tyler A had no true desire to be in EAW let alone hold a World Championship in the federation.

At Pain For Pride, Extreme Answers Wrestling put then-champion, Tyler A, against the Grand Rampage winner, Masters, for the EAW World Championship. Masters was successful in winning the EAW World Championship and ending the string of poor EAW World Champions.

Reigns

The EAW World Championship was the first World Championship introduced into Extreme Answers Wrestling in 2007, and again re-introduced in 2008. The inaugural champion was CM Ronn which is recognized despite having been won as a part of the Answers Wrestling Federation. Masters is recognized as the first Extremist to hold the EAW World Championship under the independent e-federation, EAW. There have been 51 different official champions, with Mr. DEDEDE, Captain Charisma, Extreme Enigma, Cyclone, and MaK, StarrStan, Xavier Williams, Diamond Cage, Rex McAllister and Myles all having the most reigns at two each. The longest reigning EAW World Champion was Kawajai who held the championship for 225 days, between King of Extreme and No Regards. The shortest reigning EAW World Champion was Captain Charisma who held the championship for 3 minutes. The current champion is Charlie Marr. He cashed in his Cash in the Vault briefcase at Road to Redemption, winning the championship in the Extreme Elimination Chamber match.

Key

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
#	Indicates what number the reign is
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign

Names

Name	Span of Time
AWF EAW World Championship	EAW: Debut (June 13, 2007)–Showdown (January 1, 2008)
EAW World Championship	Showdown (January 19, 2008)–Midsummer Massacre (August 23, 2008)
EAW Undisputed Hardcore Championship	Midsummer Massacre (August 23, 2008)–Showdown (March 2009)
EAW World Championship	Showdown (March 2009)–present

History

^† indicates reigns and title changes not recognized by EAW.

#	Elitist	Reign	Event	Date	Days Held	Notes
1	CM Banks	1	EAW: Debut (AWF)	TBD	TBD	Defeated Jaywalker to become inaugual AWF EAW World Champion
2	MaK	1	Dia Del Diablo (AWF)	TBD	TBD	MaK was the final AWF EAW World Champion
—	Vacated	—	—	—	—	The EAW World Championship was vacated due to the closing of Answers Wrestling Federation
—	Tyler A	1†	Showdown	TBD	TBD	Tyler A was crowned EAW World Champion by EAW Management by defeating King Kjors; the reign is not officially recognized by EAW due to Tyler A's actions off-screen
—	King Kjors	1†	Showdown	TBD	TBD	The reign is not officially recognized by EAW due to King Kjors' actions off-screen
—	Tyler A	2†	Showdown	TBD	TBD	The reign is not officially recognized by EAW due to Tyler A's actions off-screen
3	Masters	1	Pain For Pride	02008-06-29-June 29, 2008	55	The reign is officially recognized as the first EAW World Championship reign
4	Mr. DEDEDE	1	Midsummer Massacre	02008-08-23-August 23, 2008	154	Mr. DEDEDE interfered in an EAW World Championship match, stealing the championship and then winning the Hardcore Championship to merge the belts, creating the EAW Undisputed Hardcore Championship
5	Captain Charisma	1	Road to Redemption	02009-01-24-January 24, 2009	0
6	WWEFan	1	Road to Redemption	02009-01-24-January 24, 2009	TBD	Successfully cashed-in his Cash in the Vault contract
7	Lethal Consequences	1	Showdown	TBD	TBD
—	Vacated	—	—	—	—	Title vacated due to the inactivity of Lethal Consequences
8	StarrStan	1	Showdown	TBD	TBD	StarrStan was awarded the EAW World Championship by EAW Management
9	MaK	2	Grand Rampage	02009-06-20-June 20, 2009	61	Mak won the title by cashing in his King of Extreme Crown
10	Captain Charisma	2	Pain For Pride	02009-08-23-August 23, 2009	TBD	Defeated Mak and Mister K in a Triple Threat match
11	Extreme Enigma	1	Dynasty	TBD	TBD
12	Montell Smooth	1	Dynasty	TBD	TBD
13	Extreme Enigma	2	Grand Rampage	02010-04-17-April 17, 2010	98	This was contested in a Ladder match
14	Cyclone	1	Pain For Pride	02010-07-24-July 24, 2010	15	Defeated Extreme Enigma and Kevin Devastation in a Triple Threat match
15	Kevin Devastation	1	Midsummer Massacre	02010-08-08-August 8, 2010	69
16	Mr. DEDEDE	2	Road to Redemption	02010-10-16-October 16, 2010	98	Won the EAW World Championship as a result of cashing in his "contract for anything" which allowed him to participate in the Extreme Elimination Chamber
17	Cyclone	2	King of Extreme	02011-01-22-January 22, 2011	TBD
18	Alexander Da Vinci	1	Showdown	TBD	TBD	Won a Best-of-Five series against then-champion, Cyclone which ended in a score of 3-1
19	Heart Break Boy	1	Grand Rampage	02011-04-16-April 16, 2011	98
20	John Alloy	1	Midsummer Massacre	02011-07-23-July 23, 2011	24
—	Vacated	—	—	—	—	Due to the attack from StarrStan, Alloy had to vacate the championship due to injury
21	StarrStan	2	Territorial Invasion	02011-09-24-September 24, 2011	TBD	StarrStan won the title by defeating Devan Dubian, who replace John Alloy due to Alloy getting injured earlier in the night
22	Superior Quality 85	1	Voltage	TBD	TBD	Superior Quality 85 won by cashing in his Cash in the Vault contract
23	Kawajai	1	King of Extreme	02012-01-21-January 21, 2012	225
—	Retired	—	—	—	—	The championship was retired after Kawajai was defeated by Dark Demon to have a sole world champion
24	Jacob Senn	1	Midsummer Massacre	02014-08-16-August 16, 2014	126	The championship was resurrected as part of the Voltage brand after two years
25	Diamond Cage	1	Road to Redemption	02014-12-20-December 20, 2014	90
26	Xavier Williams	1	Reckless Wiring	02015-03-21-March 21, 2015	78	Williams won the championship by cashing in his Cash in the Vault Contract during the match between Diamond Cage and Heart Break Boy
—	Vacated	—	—	—	—	The championship was stripped from Xavier Williams by Zack Crash due to their personal issues
27	Zack Crash	1	Voltage	02015-06-07-June 7, 2015	20	Crash awarded himself the championship after stripping Xavier Williams of the championship
28	Xavier Williams	2	Pain for Pride	02015-06-27-June 27, 2015	133
29	Jamie O'Hara	1	Redemption	02015-11-07-November 7, 2015	84
30	Das Lannister	1	King of Elite	02016-01-30-January 30, 2016	TBD	This match was a Last Man Standing match
—	Vacated	—	—	—	—	The championship was stripped from Lannister after being assaulted by Kevin Devastation and unable to defend his title
31	Vic Vendetta	1	Reasonable Doubt	02016-02-27-February 27, 2016	84	This match was a Falls Count Anywhere match
32	Aren Mstislav	1	Showdown	02016-05-21-May 21, 2016	182
33	Y2Impact	1	Shock Value	02016-11-19-November 19, 2016	92	This match was a High Voltage match
34	Eclipse Diemos	1†	Voltage	02017-02-19-February 19, 2017	55	The reign is not officially recognized by EAW due to Eclipse Diemos' actions off-screen
35	Drastik	1	Grand Rampage	02017-04-15-April 15, 2017	70
36	Tiberius Jones	1	Pain For Pride	02017-06-24-June 24, 2017	162
37	Heart Break Gal	1	Kingsroad	02017-12-03-December 3, 2017	118	Defeated Tiberius IV and Ryan Marx in a Triple Threat match to become the first ever female EAW World Champion
38	Rex McAllister	1	Grand Rampage	02018-03-31-March 31, 2018	85	Defeated Heart Break Gal and Diamond Cage in a Triple Threat match
39	Diamond Cage	2	Pain for Pride Festival	June 24, 2018	181	This was a two out of three falls match
40	Ahren Fournier	1	Road To Redemption	December 22, 2018	119	This was a 6-man Extreme Elimination Chamber also featuring Diamond Cage, Drake King, Chris Elite, Cody Marshall, and Heart Break Boy
41	Malcolm Jones	1	Grand Rampage	April 20, 2019	112	Defeated Ahren Fournier, TLA & Chris Elite in a fatal four way match.
42	Charlie Marr	1	Bloodsport	August 10, 2019	126	Defeated Malcolm Jones in an Electrified Steel Cage of Death Match.
43	Andrea Valentine	1	EAW Road to Redemption (2019)	December 14, 2019	127	Second ever female EAW World Champion.
44	Rex McAllister	2	Pain for Pride XIII	June 27, 2020	92
45	SOSA Henderson	1	Territorial Invasion	September 26, 2020	142
46	Terry Chambers	1	King of Elite	February 14, 2021	76	This was a Four Corners Chain Match.
47	Malcolm Jones	2	EAW Grand Rampage (2021)	May, 1, 2021	57
48	Drake King	1	Pain for Pride XIV	June 27, 2021	168	This was a New Eden versus Career Match.
49	Myles	1	Road To Redemption 15	December 12, 2021	194	This was a Cash in the Vault cash-in.
50	Minerva	1	Pain for Pride XV	June 24, 2022	226	Defeated Drake King and Myles in Barbed Wire Massacre XVIII
51	Myles	2	King of Elite (2023)	February 4, 2023	91	Defeated Minerva and TLA in a Triple Threat Match.
52	Drake King	2	Fighting Spirit (2023)	May 6, 2023	349
53	Charlie Marr	2	Road to Redemption	December 9, 2023