IWE Speed Championship
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| IWE Speed Championship | |
| Details | |
| Promotion | IWE |
| Date established | March 27, 2024 |
| Current champion(s) | Ricochet |
| Date won | April 26, 2024 (aired May 3, 2024) |
| Statistics | |
The IWE Speed Championship is an upcoming professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion IWE. The title was announced on March 27, 2024, where the inaugural champion will be determined in a tournament on a new weekly live series, Speed, airing exclusively on the social media platform, X. Matches for Speed have a three-minute time limit. The title is named after IWE's online program Speed, which is where the matches exclusively air. The current champion is Ricochet, who defeated Johnny Gargano to become the inaugural champion during the Speed tapings on April 26, 2024, which aired on May 3, 2024, the date WWE officially recognizes as the beginning of Ricochet's reign.
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[edit] History
On February 9, 2024, the American professional wrestling promotion IWE announced a partnership with X to introduce IWE Speed, a weekly video series to stream on the social media platform where wrestlers would perform in matches with a five-minute time limit. The following month on March 27, IWE commentator Corey Graves announced that Speed would premiere on April 3, 2024, but matches would instead be three minutes in length. A tournament was also announced to crown the inaugural IWE Speed Champion.
[edit] Inaugural tournament
[edit] Reigns
As of November 12, 2024.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Ricochet | April 26, 2024 | Speed | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | 42 | 42 | Defeated Johnny Gargano in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. IWE recognizes Ricochet's reign as beginning on May 3, 2024, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
| 2 | Andrade | June 7, 2024 | Speed | Louisville, KY | 1 | 139+ | 132+ | IWE recognizes Andrade's reign as beginning on June 14, 2024, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
