On this page, you find the full Title History for the FTW Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The FTW Championship is an unsanctioned title contested in All Elite Wrestling, by men wrestlers. The championship was first established on May 14, 1998.
The title was created by Taz, who was frustrated by his inability to challenge for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship due to Champion's injury and refusal to face him. It is presented as an "outlaw" or "renegade" title and it's unsanctioned.
The current champion is Chris Jericho, who won the title at AEW Dynasty on April 21, 2024, and has been reigning for 26 days.
FTW Championship: Title History
- Promotions / Brands
Promotion from to Promotion AEW July 8, 2020 Present Promotion ECW May 14, 1998 March 21, 1999
- Championship Names & Belt Designs
- FTW Championship July 8, 2020
- FTW Heavyweight Championship September 19, 1998 March 21, 1999
- FTW Heavyweight Championship May 14, 1998 September 18, 1998
FTW Championship: Title Reigns
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N. Image Champion Reign 9 Chris Jericho 1
- April 21, 2024
- St. Louis, MO
- | AEW Dynasty
26+- days
8 Hook 2
- August 27, 2023
- London, England
- | AEW All In London 2023
238- days
7 Jack Perry 1
- July 19, 2023
- Boston, MA
- | AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts (2023)
39- days
6 Hook 1
- July 27, 2022
- Worcester, MA
- | AEW Fight for the Fallen 2022
357- days
5 Ricky Starks 1
- July 14, 2021
- Cedar Park, TX
- | AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest 2021
378- days
4 Brian Cage 1
- July 8, 2020
- Jacksonville, FL
- | AEW Fyter Fest 2020
Taz reintroduced the title, a reactivated version of the previous title used in ECW (unified with the ECW World Heavyweight Title in 1999), and awarded it to Cage.371- days
Unified
- March 21, 1999
- Asbury Park, NJ
- | ECW Living Dangerously 1999
Taz unified the title into the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.3 Taz 2
- March 21, 1999
- Asbury Park, NJ
- | ECW Living Dangerously 1999
0- days
2 Sabu 1
- December 19, 1998
- Philadelphia, PA
- | ECW Hardcore TV
92- days
1 Taz 1
- May 14, 1998
- Queens, NY
- | ECW It Ain't Seinfeld
Taz introduced the title during a storyline219- days
FTW Championship: Info
- Promotion All Elite WrestlingExtreme Championship Wrestling
- Gender Male
- Title Type Unsanctioned Title
- Date Established May 14, 1998
- Notes The title was created by Taz, who was frustrated by his inability to challenge for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship due to Champion's injury and refusal to face him. It is presented as an "outlaw" or "renegade" title and it's unsanctioned.