THW Hardcore Championship

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THW Hardcore Championship
p9awm.jpg Design Used March 11, 2012 - Present.
Details
Current champion The Demon
Date won September 30, 2012
Promotion Total Hardcore Wrestling
Date introduced May 12, 2007
Most reigns Skull Jr. (5)
First champion Skull Jr.
Longest reign Skull Jr. (154 Days)
Shortest reign Clause Suburbanite (1 Day)

The THW (Total Hardcore Wrestling) Hardcore Championship is a backyard wrestling Hardcore Championship as recognized by THW. It was first awarded on May 12, 2007 to Skull Jr..

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Design used May 12, 2007 - March 11, 2012.

Since it's beginning, THW wanted to award a Hardcore Championship. It originally planned to do this by giving the wrestler with the most wins at the end of it's first year the title. However, that plan was scrapped when it was getting hard to tell how many wins a wrestler had, as this was before THW had a website (the results were eventually archived on the website, showing that at the end of the first year, Skull Jr. had the most wins with 54). After the plan fell through, THW made the Hardcore Title and first decided it on the May 12, 2007 edition of THW Saturday. Skull Jr. defeated his brother Sunomi. Skull had a successful reign (so successful in fact that THW got rid of the 24/7 rule which was originally placed on the belt in September), even winning a Steel Cage Match with the title on the line, until October 13. JG won the title, and subsequently pinned Skull to win the Old Fed Hardcore Title by way of 24/7 rule. After beating Skull the next week in two separate rematches for both titles, Skull challenged him to unify his titles with a match the next week. JG accepted, and on October 27, Skull won the THW Hardcore Title back. The Old Fed Hardcore Title was declared defunct as soon as the match ended, and JG is considered the last champion. Skull once again defended the title valiantly until he was defeated by The Demon on March 8, 2008 in a battle royal that also involved Snipe, Sunomi, JG, and Snake. Skull and The Demon were in a feud at the time, caused by Skull winning the THW Championship from him. For a month, The Demon would successfully defend his Hardcore Title, eventually forming an alliance with Guy In A Box Man and winning the THW Tag Team Titles, slowly turning face. Skull won the title back from him on April 15, shortly before a unification match where he and Sunomi would defend the THW Hardcore and Undisputed Championships against Demon and Guy In A Box Man's THW Tag Team Titles. On April 17, Skull and Sunomi won the tag team unification match, and declared the Tag Team Titles defunct on April 19 as the first match of the 2008 THW Unification Series, where wrestlers would unify their titles (the results of the matches were either one title became defunct, both would create a new title, or the titles became defunct). Skull was defeated by JG on May 19 for the title, and Skull won a rematch on May 26. Title changes became more common after that, with Sunomi winning the title on June 4, Skull winning it back on June 14, and JG becoming the champion on June 18, before a Gauntlet Match was booked on June 23 to determine the last champion. The Demon won the match. On June 25, the title was honored with a match featuring The Demon and JG. The title was declared defunct immediately afterward. JG won the match, and due to his cheating in it, Skull made him defend his THW International World Championship against him to determine the last spot in a triple threat unification match at THW's last show on July 12. Skull won the match and the subsequent match on July 12. The Demon and the THW Hardcore Championship weren't seen again until October 2011. On July 14, 2011, Skull revived THW and the World Heavyweight Championship, resuming his reign from the July 12th match in 2008. On October 6, THW announced the reinstatement of the Hardcore Championship, making it vacant as opposed to defunct. The Demon was re-signed shortly afterward, though the title wasn't awarded to him. This was explained by the fact that The Demon wasn't signed until after the announcement of bringing the title back. After the NBYWA World Heavyweight Championship was vacated on January 1, 2012, a 6-man tournament was booked to determine a new champion, scheduled to take place in April. A third-place match was also booked for the tournament to determine a new THW Hardcore Champion. On March 11, a new design was introduced for the title. In June, the NBYWA World Title tournament was canceled so that a one-on-one match could be booked at the Michigan Wrestling Association's last event on July 29 (after many delays, the show took place on September 16). Instead, the THW Hardcore Championship was brought out of vacancy at THW 23/NBYWA 8. On September 29, Day 1 of the event, Clause Suburbanite defeated The Demon after RPK interfered on his behalf. The next day, Demon easily took Clause down in a rematch. Clause was betrayed by RPK afterward, upset at Clause for "wasting every opportunity given to him".

Title History

# Wrestler: Reign: Location: Date: Event: Notes:
1
Skull Jr.
1
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
May 12, 2007
THW Saturday
Skull defeated his brother Sunomi to become the first champion.
2
JG Knight
1
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
October 13, 2007
THW Saturday
Defeated Skull for the title.
3
Skull Jr.
2
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
October 27, 2007
THW Saturday
Defeated JG in a unification match. The Old Fed Hardcore Title was also on the line.
4
The Demon
1
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
March 8, 2008
THW Preview Saturday
Defeated Skull, Sunomi, JG Knight, Snake, and Snipe in a battle royal.
5
Skull Jr.
3
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
April 15, 2008
THW Independent Event 13
Defeated Demon for the title.
6
JG Knight
2
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
May 19, 2008
THW Independent Event 21
Defeated Skull for the title.
7
Skull Jr.
4
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
May 26, 2008
THW Independent Event 24
Defeated JG in a rematch.
8
Sunomi
1
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
June 4, 2008
THW Independent Event 26
Defeated Skull for the title.
9
Skull Jr.
5
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
June 14, 2008
THW Saturday
Defeated Sunomi in a rematch.
10
JG Knight
3
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
June 18, 2008
THW Independent Event 30
Defeated Skull for the title.
11
The Demon
2
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
June 23, 2008
THW Independent Event 32
Defeated JG, Guy In A Box Man, Sunomi, and Skull Jr. in a Gauntlet Match.
N/A
Vacant
N/A
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
June 25, 2008
THW House Show #14
Originally declared defunct when JG Knight defeated The Demon, the declaration was changed to vacant on October 6, 2011 when THW brought the title back.
12
Clause Suburbanite
1
Kalamazoo, Michigan
September 29, 2012
THW 23/NBYWA 8 (Day 1)
With help from RPK, Clause defeated The Demon for the vacant belt.
13
The Demon
3
Kalamazoo, Michigan
September 30, 2012
THW 23/NBYWA 8 (Day 2)
Defeated Clause in a rematch.

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