List of NGW Champions
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The NGW Championship is a professional wrestling world championship competed for exclusively in NGW, WIW's developmental division. The championship was first introduced on the July 1, 2012, edition of WIW NGW when NGW Commissioner announced a tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NGW Superstars and 4 main roster WIW Superstars competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NGw Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Michael Fonger defeating Craig Sandvig in the tournament finals.
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[edit] Title history
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| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| No. | Indicates what number the reign is |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily. |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Michael Fonger | July 26, 2012 | NGW TV | 1 | 135 | Defeated Craig Sandvig in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Brandon Martin | November 27, 2012 | NGW TV | 1 | 197 | ||
| 3 | Kooper McAlmond | June 11, 2013 | NGW TV | 1 | 280 | Defeated Martin and Keenan | |
| 4 | Elijah Eason | March 4, 2014 | NGW TakeOver | 1 | 287 | This was a Ladder War match | |
| 5 | Chris Gomez | December 16, 2014 | NGW Takeover: Our Evolution | 1 | 63 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Hunter | February 17, 2015 | NGW Takeover: Big Rivals | 1 | 144 | ||
| 7 | Brandon Bickel | July 11, 2015 | Aftershock in the Rockies | 1 | 296 | This was a Steel Cage match | |
| 8 | Peter Damrow | May 2, 2016 | NGW Live | 1 | 110 | ||
| 9 | Corbin Edwards | August 20, 2016 | NGW Takeover: Great Falls II | 1 | 91 | ||
| 10 | Peter Damrow | November 19, 2016 | NGW TakeOver: Welcome to Hell | 2 | 21 | ||
| 11 | Corbin Edwards | December 10, 2016 | Live event | 2 | 49 | ||
| 12 | Jordan Keltz | January 28, 2017 | NGW TakeOver: Belgrade | 1 | 204 | ||
| 13 | Jared Hunt | August 19, 2017 | NGW TakeOver: Great Falls III | 1 | 91 | ||
| 14 | Sean Conner | November 18, 2017 | NGW TakeOver: WarGames in Hell | 1 | 140 | ||
| 15 | Cody Koffman | April 7, 2018 | NGW TakeOver: SuperBrawl | 1 | 104 | ||
| 15 | Justin Kirkbride | July 20, 2018 | NGW | 1 | 259 | Aired on tape delay on July 27 | |
| 16 | Pat Morgan | April 5, 2019 | NGW TakeOver: SuperBrawl II | Butte, MT | 1 | 57 | Morgan defeated Kurkbride (2) and Michael Drake (1) in a triple threat two out of three falls match which Morgan won 3-2-1. |
| 17 | Michael Drake | June 1, 2019 | NGW TakeOver XXV: A New Era | Great Falls, MT | 1 | 404 | |
| 18 | Brett Hall | July 9, 2020 | The NGW Bash Night 2 | Helena, MT | 1 | 45 | Hall's NGW Television Championship was also on the line. |
| 19 | Lucas Fradette | August 22, 2020 | TakeOver XXX | Helena, MT | 1 | 12 | |
| 20 | Brandon Bickel | September 3, 2020 | NGW | Helena, MT | 2 | 217 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Michael Drake. |
| 21 | Lucas Fradette | April 8, 2021 | TakeOver: Rise & Extricate Night 2 | Helena, MT | 2 | 141 | |
| 22 | Peter Damrow | August 22, 2021 | TakeOver: Resurgence | Helena, MT | 1 | 21 | Peter Damrow relinquished the title due to an undisclosed injury. |
| — | Vacated | September 12, 2021 | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Justin Kirkbride | September 16, 2021 | The New NGW | Helena, MT | 2 | 112 | This was a Fatal four-way match for the vacant championship, also involving Skyler Danger, Jon Orthmeyer, and Tim Sparing. |
| 24 | Brendan McGuire | January 6, 2022 | New Year's Assault | Helena, MT | 1 | 63 | |
| 25 | Eric Stevens | March 10, 2022 | Barricade | Helena, MT | 1 | 27 | |
| 26 | Brendan McGuire | April 6, 2022 | Rage | Great Falls, MT | 2 | 360 | |
| 27 | Brandon Clouse | April 1, 2023 | Rise & Extricate | Helena, MT | 1 | 182 | |
| 28 | Tyson Booth | September 30, 2023 | No Remorse | Billings, MT | 1 | 208 | |
| 29 | Ryan Clouse | April 25, 2024 | NGW: Spring Break Brawl | Helena, MT | 1 | 73 | |
| 30 | Layne Phillips | July 7, 2024 | Heatwire | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 88 | This was a Fatal four-way match also involving Trey Pomeroy and Gregory Woodrow. |
| 31 | Ryan Clouse | October 3, 2024 | NGW's debut on The Ion | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 59+ | Kevin McAlmond was the special guest referee. |
[edit] Combined reigns
As of January 15, 2025.
| + | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Bickel | 2 | 513 |
| 2 | Brendan McGuire | 2 | 423 |
| 3 | Michael Drake | 1 | 404 |
| 4 | Justin Kirkbride | 2 | 371 |
| 5 | Elijah Eason | 1 | 287 |
| 6 | Kooper McAlmond | 1 | 280 |
| 7 | Tyson Booth | 1 | 208 |
| 8 | Jordan Keltz | 1 | 204 |
| 9 | Brandon Martin | 1 | 197 |
| 10 | Brandon Clouse | 1 | 182 |
| 11 | Lucas Fradette | 1 | 153 |
| 12 | Peter Damrow | 3 | 152 |
| 13 | Kevin Hunter | 1 | 144 |
| 14 | Corbin Edwards | 2 | 140 |
| Sean Conner | 1 | 140 | |
| 16 | Michael Fonger | 1 | 135 |
| 17 | Ryan Clouse † | 2 | 132+ |
| 18 | Cody Koffman | 1 | 104 |
| 19 | Jared Hunt | 1 | 91 |
| 20 | Layne Phillips | 1 | 88 |
| 21 | Chris Gomez | 1 | 63 |
| 22 | Pat Morgan | 1 | 57 |
| 23 | Brett Hall | 1 | 45 |
