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In professional wrestling, a championship is a prop used by promotions elevate talent to higher levels within the promotion and/or to interest fans into focusing of certain storylines surrounding certain wrestlers.
Professional wrestling portrays the structure of title match combat sports. Participants compete for a championship, and must defend it after winning it. These titles are represented physically by a championship belt that is worn or carried by the champion(s). In the case of team wrestling, there is a belt for each member of the team.
The men's tag team title is the NXT Tag Team Championship. It is held by Nathan Frazer and Axiom, who are in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating Chase U (Andre Chase and Ridge Holland) at No Mercy on September 1, 2024. [23] Women. The top title for female wrestlers is the NXT Women's Championship.
Inoki immediately vacated the title after a title defense rematch with Bob Backlund ended in a no contest due to the interference of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Tiger Jeet Singh. [16] [31] † Bob Backlund: December 17, 1979: WWF on MSG Network: New York, NY: 1 1,470 — Defeated Bobby Duncum in a Texas deathmatch to fill the vacancy.
Southern California Pro-Wrestling Year End Awards SoCal Uncensored: Promotion of the Year; Wrestler of the Year; Women's Wrestler of the Year; Tag Team of the Year; Most Outstanding Wrestler; Rookie of the Year; Match of the Year [14] Year End Pro Wrestling Coverage Awards (Sheety Awards) Sheet Sandwich: Best Review Site; Best Show Previews ...
Pages in category "Professional wrestling champion lists" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
WWE's inaugural world champion, Buddy Rogers, who became the WWWF World Heavyweight Champion in 1963, a title that is now known as the WWE Championship.. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE has maintained several men's world championships since Capitol Wrestling Corporation seceded from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1963 to become the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF ...
The title was retired on the final episode of ECW with the closure of the ECW brand. [27] NXT Cruiserweight Championship: September 14, 2016 T. J. Perkins: January 4, 2022 Carmelo Hayes: 5 The title was retired after it was unified into the NXT North American Championship. [36] NXT United Kingdom Championship: December 15, 2016 Tyler Bate ...