MLW National Openweight Championship
MLW National Openweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | Major League Wrestling (MLW) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 18, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Bad Dude Tito | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 11, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The MLW National Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW). The title was unveiled on April 18, 2019.[1][2] The title's openweight nature, a division more common in Japanese professional wrestling, means that both heavyweight and middleweight wrestlers are eligible to challenge for it.
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/AHammerstoneMLW2019.jpg/160px-AHammerstoneMLW2019.jpg)
On April 18, 2019, Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced the creation of the MLW National Openweight Championship, a division more common in Japanese professional wrestling, since MLW already had a middleweight division.[3][4] Also announced was a four-man single-elimination tournament that would culminate on June 1 with the crowning of the first champion.[5] The tournament to crown the inaugural champion was later advertised on MLW Fusion, while being announced four wrestler to participate in the tournament, which was announced on May 4 by MLW Fusion's Executive Producer Salina de la Renta.[6][7] The title was unveiled on May 17.[8] On June 1 at Fury Road, Alexander Hammerstone defeated Brian Pillman Jr. in the finals of the tournament to become the inaugural MLW National Openweight Champion.[9][10]
Inaugural championship tournament
[edit]Fusion (May 4, 2019) | Fury Road (June 1, 2019) | ||||||||
Alexander Hammerstone | Pin | ||||||||
Gringo Loco | 4:55 | ||||||||
Alexander Hammerstone | Pin | ||||||||
Brian Pillman Jr. | |||||||||
Rich Swann | Pin | ||||||||
Brian Pillman Jr. | 6:44 |
Reigns
[edit]As of August 21, 2024, there have been six reigns between six champions and one vacancy. Alexander Hammerstone was the inaugural champion. Hammerstone's reign is the longest at 865 days, while John Hennigan's reign is the shortest at 89 days. Hennigan was also the oldest champion when he won it at 43 years old, while Alex Kane was the youngest champion at 28 years old.
Bad Dude Tito is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Rickey Shane Page at MLW Azteca Lucha on April 11, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Alexander Hammerstone | June 1, 2019 | Fury Road | Waukesha, WI | 1 | 865 | Hammerstone defeated Brian Pillman Jr. in the finals of a four-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [11] |
— | Vacated | October 13, 2021 | — | — | — | — | Hammerstone relinquished the title after winning the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. | [12] |
2 | Alex Kane | November 6, 2021 | War Chamber | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 229 | Kane defeated Myron Reed, Alex Shelley, A. C. H. and Zenshi in a five-way ladder match to win the vacant title. | [13] |
3 | Davey Richards | June 23, 2022 | Battle Riot IV | New York City, NY | 1 | 198 | [14] | |
4 | John Hennigan | January 7, 2023 | Blood and Thunder | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 89 | Hennigan won the title as Johnny Fusion, but began using his real name thereafter. | [15] |
5 | Jacob Fatu | April 6, 2023 | War Chamber | Queens, NY | 1 | 150 | [16] | |
6 | Rickey Shane Page | September 3, 2023 | Fury Road | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 353 | [17] | |
7 | Bad Dude Tito | May 11, 2024 | Azteca Lucha | Cicero, IL | 1 | 102+ | [18] |
References
[edit]- ^ "MLW to crown inaugural National Openweight Champion". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. 18 April 2019.
- ^ "MLW Fusion: Openweight Championship Semifinals Begin".
- ^ MLW.com (18 April 2019). "MLW launches National Openweight Championship; Milwaukee to host finals on June 1". MLW: Major League Wrestling®.
- ^ "MLW FUSION REPORT: TABLES MATCH AND MORE". Pro Wrestling Insider. April 28, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "MLW NEWS AND NOTES – PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com.
- ^ "MLW TO PRESENT LIVE BEIN SPORTS BROADCAST SATURDAY JUNE 1st". Pro Wrestling Torch. May 14, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "MLW Fusion Results (5/4/19". WrestleZone. May 4, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ "OFFICIAL MLW: FUSION TV PREVIEW FOR TOMORROW – PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com.
- ^ "OFFICIAL MLW FURY ROAD PREVIEW, DAVEY BOY SMITH JR. UPDATE AND MORE – PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com.
- ^ "MLW Fury Road live results: National title tournament finals". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ Jason Powell (June 5, 2019). "Powell's MLW Fusion TV Review: Fury Road live special with Teddy Hart vs. Jimmy Havoc for the MLW Middleweight Title, Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Alex Hammerstone to become the first MLW National Openweight Championship, Myron Reed vs. Gringo Loco". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ Mike Johnson (October 13, 2021). "MLW National Openweight Championship Championship Vacant, War Chamber match set". PWInsider. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ Haulotte, Kellie (November 6, 2021). "** SPOILERS ** MLW War Chamber Taping". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Jason, Josh (June 23, 2022). "MLW Battle Riot IV spoilers: Former WWE NXT wrestler debuts Additionally, a former Impact World Champion returned to the company". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ NASON, JOSH. "Two titles change hands at MLW Blood & Thunder TV taping There are new champions following Saturday's show". www.f4wonline.com. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ CAREY, IAN. "MLW War Chamber spoilers: New champions crowned". Www.f4wonline.com. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ Powell, Jason (September 3, 2023). "MLW "Fury Road" results: Powell's review of Alex Kane vs. Willie Mack for the MLW Heavyweight Championship, Jacob Fatu vs. Rickey Shane Page in a Weapons of Mass Destruction match for the MLW National Openweight Title". prowrestling.net. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (May 11, 2024). "Bad Dude Tito Wins MLW National Openweight Title At MLW Azteca Lucha". Retrieved May 12, 2024.
External links
[edit]- MLW National Openweight Title History at Cagematch.net