FTW Championship Title Defense History

 FTW Championship Title Defense History:

First Champion: Taz (May 1998 - December 1998):

• ECW Heat Wave 1998: FTW Rules Falls Count Anywhere Match: Taz (c) def. Bam Bam Bigelow to retain the title

• ECW Live Event - December 19th, 1998: 3-Way Dance: Sabu def. Taz (c) and Justin Credible to win the title

Second Champion: Sabu (December 1998 - March 1999):

• ECW Live Event - February 6th, 1999: FTW Rules Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sabu (c) vs. Taz goes to a 30-minute time limit draw

• ECW Living Dangerously 1999: ECW World Heavyweight Championship / FTW Championship Unification Falls Count Anywhere Match: Taz (c) [ECW] def. Sabu (c) [FTW] to become unified champion.

Third Champion: Taz (2) (March 1999 - July 2020):

TITLE BECOMES INACTIVE (March 1999 - July 2020): 

Taz brings the title back in All Elite Wrestling in July 2020 and awards the title to Brian Cage, who he managed. Cage was #1 contender for Jon Moxley's AEW World Championship and Moxley was pulled from the match due to health related issues causing Taz to award the title to Cage much in the same circumstances that Taz introduced the title in the first place when Shane Douglas was injured and Taz wanted to be World Champion. 

Fourth Champion: Brian Cage (July 2020 - July 2021):

• AEW DARK - July 2nd, 2020: Brian Cage (c) def. Brian Pillman, Jr. to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Chris Jericho's 30 Year Anniversary Show: Brian Cage (c) def. Will Hobbs to retain the title

• AEW DARK - March 11th, 2021: Brian Cage (c) def. Brandon Cutler to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest 2021: Ricky Starks def. Brian Cage (c) to win the title

Fifth Champion: Ricky Starks (July 2021 - July 2022):

• AEW Rampage - October 6th, 2021: Philadelphia Street Fight: Ricky Starks (c) def. Brian Cage to retain the title

• Chris Jericho's Rock 'n' Wrestling Rager At Sea: Triple Whammy: Ricky Starks (c) def. Sonny Kiss to retain the title

• Chris Jericho's Rock 'n' Wrestling Rager At Sea: Triple Whammy: Ricky Starks (c) def. Chuck Taylor to retain the title

• AEW Battle of the Belts I: Ricky Starks (c) def. Matt Sydal to retain the title

• AEW Rampage - February 2nd, 2022: Ricky Starks (c) def. Jay Lethal to retain the title

• AEW Rampage - March 23rd, 2022: Ricky Starks (c) def. Swerve Strickland to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite - May 11th, 2022: Ricky Starks (c) def. Jungle Boy to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest 2022: Ricky Starks (c) def. Cole Karter to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen 2022: Ricky Starks (c) def. Danhausen to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen 2022: HOOK def. Ricky Starks (c) to win the title

Sixth Champion: HOOK (July 2022 - July 2023):

• AEW Rampage - August 17th, 2022: HOOK (c) def. Zack Clayton to retain the title

• AEW ALL OUT 2022: Zero Hour: HOOK (c) def. Angelo Parker to retain the title

• AEW Rampage - October 21st, 2022: HOOK (c) def. Ari Daivari to retain the title

• AEW Rampage - November 18th, 2022: HOOK (c) def. Lee Moriarty to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite - March 1st, 2023: HOOK (c) def. Matt Hardy to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite - April 5th, 2023: HOOK (c) def. Ethan Page to retain the title

• AEW Rampage - April 7th, 2023: FTW Rules Match: HOOK (c) def. Ethan Page to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts 2023: Jack Perry def. HOOK (c) to win the title

Seventh Champion: Jack Perry (July 2023 - August 2023):

• AEW Dynamite - August 9th, 2023: FTW Rules Match: Jack Perry (c) def. Rob Van Dam to retain the title

• AEW ALL IN London 2023: Zero Hour: HOOK def. Jack Perry (c) to win the title 

Eighth Champion: HOOK (2) (August 2023 - April 2024):

• AEW Worlds End 2023: Zero Hour: FTW Rules Match for FTW Championship: HOOK (c) def. Wheeler Yuta to retain the title

• AEW Dynamite - March 6th, 2024: FTW Rules for FTW Championship: HOOK (c) def. Brian Cage to retain the title

• AEW Battle of the Belts X: HOOK (c) defends against Shane Taylor

• AEW Dynasty 2024: FTW Rules Match for FTW Championship: Chris Jericho def. HOOK (c) to win the title

Ninth Champion: Chris Jericho (April 2024-present):

*Note: Chris Jericho renamed the FTW "F*ck The World" Championship to the FTW "For The World" Championship during this period, no longer having "FTW Rules" No Disqualification matches for the title. This is all part of Jericho's "The Learning Tree" gimmick, which includes "Redwood" Big Bill and "Bounty Hunter" Bryan Keith! 

• AEW Dynamite - May 1st, 2024: Chris Jericho (c) def. Katsuyori Shibata to retain the title 

• AEW Double or Nothing 2024: 3-Way Match for FTW "For The World" Championship: Chris Jericho (c) def. HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata to retain the title 

• AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts 2024: FTW Rules: Chris Jericho (c) def. Minoru Suzuki to retain the title 

• AEW ALL IN: LONDON 2024: HOOK def. Chris Jericho (c) to win the title for a record-setting 3rd time

10th Champion: HOOK (August 2024-September 2024):

• AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam 2024: HOOK (c) def. Roderick Strong to retain the title

TITLE IS RETIRED FOLLOWING HOOK's DEFENSE AGAINST RODERICK STRONG. HOOK RETURNED THE TITLE TO HIS FATHER, THE HUMAN SUPLEX MACHINE TAZ, WHO WAS THE INAUGURAL FTW CHAMPION in 1998!

HOOK hands the FTW Championship back to his father, wrestling legend Taz, after announcing that the title would be retired effective immediately.