EAW Openweight Championship

EAW Openweight Championship
The Openweight Championship belt with default strap
Details
Promotion(s) EAW Date established June 25, 2017 Date retired April 20, 2019 Statistics First champion(s) Ryan Marx Final champion(s) TLA Most reigns All titleholders (1) Longest reign TLA (169 days) Shortest reign Kevin Hunter (13 days) Oldest champion Ryan Marx (29 years, 8 months) Youngest champion Andrea Valentine (21 years, 4 months) Heaviest champion Ryan Marx (260 lb (117.9 kg)) Lightest champion Andrea Valentine (110 lb (49.9 kg))

The EAW Openweight Championship is a retired professional e-wrestling championship in Elite Answers Wrestling (EAW). It was first established on Showdown when it was announced that the Extreme Enigma Elimination Match competitors would compete for the championship at Pain for Pride X.

History

Origin

The first match to decide the EAW Openweight Champion happened at Pain for Pride X, announced to be defended inside of the Extreme Enigma Elimination Match for that year. The match would result in Ryan Marx being crowned as the first champion, defeating Target Smiles, Solomon Caine and Tarah Nova, in the match.

Rules

Unlike many of the championship that are included in EAW, The EAW Openweight Championship has a set of rules and regulations for the its division. The Openweight Championship can only be defended against a representative from one brand at a given time, moving towards the next brand to be unable to challenge for the championship, until all brands have been challenged. Each match will be contested under singles match rules, with No Count-Outs with the championship able to change hands via disqualification, but an intentional disqualification is used at the referee's discretion. The defense of the championship can be done on a weekly show or at an exclusive Free-Per-View, unless they decide for it to be at an interbranded FPV. If the champion is able to defend his championship against each of the opposing brand's representatives, he is allowed the relinquish the championship for a chance to face their brand's world champion in a title match. If the champion chooses not to relinquish the championship after the necessary defenses, he will continue to defend his championship against new representatives. With each defense, he could still use the opportunity to relinquish the championship for the world championship match but loses the opportunity once he has lost the championship. When a champion has relinquished the championship for the title shot, each brand will select a representative to compete in a Three-Way Dance Match to crown a new champion and order for future challenges to be made.

Reigns

The inaugural champion was Ryan Marx after he defeated Target Smiles, Solomon Caine and Tarah Nova at Pain for Pride. The longest reigning champion is Ryan Marx, who held the title for 160 days between Pain for Pride and Kingsroad. The title was left vacant until King of Elite, where Cameron Ella Ava defeated Stark and Sheridan Müller to become the second champion. Ava relinquished the championship so she could challenge for the EAW Championship at Wrath of the Dragon. The title was once again vacated until a Fatal 4-Way match was announced for the Pain for Pride Festival. The last champion was TLA who won the championship in his first reign on an episode of Showdown. He was the longest reigning Openweight Champion. TLA relinquished his championship to compete for the EAW World Championship at the 2019 Grand Rampage in a Fatal-4-Way.

Title history

Key

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
#	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

Names

Name	Span of Time
EAW Openweight Championship	June 25, 2017–April 20, 2019

History

As of January 16, 2025.

^† indicates reigns and title changes not recognized by EAW.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Event	Date	Days Held	Notes
01 1	Ryan Marx	1	Pain for Pride	02017-06-25-June 25, 2017	160	Defeated Target Smiles, Tarah Nova and Solomon Caine in the Extreme Enigma Elimination Match to become inaugural champion.
Ryan Marx chose to relinquish the championship on November 9, 2017 so he could insert himself into the EAW Championship match at Kingsroad.
02 2	Cameron Ella Ava	1	King of Elite	January 6, 2018	120	Defeated Stark and Sheridan Müller for the vacant championship.
Cameron Ella Ava chose to relinquish the championship on April 14, 2018 so she could challenge Rex McAllister for the EAW Championship at Wrath of the Dragon.
3	Andrea Valentine	1	Pain for Pride Festival	June 21, 2018	93	Defeated TLA, Andrei Sokolova and Hurricane Hawk in a Fatal 4-Way for the vacant championship
4	Lars Grier	1	Territorial Invasion	September 23, 2018	27	Defeated Andrea Valentine at Territorial Invasion. This marks the first time a Champion was unable to retain their title.
5	Kevin Hunter	1	Operation: Doomsday	October 20, 2018	13	Defeated Lars Grier at Operation: Doomsday in a Taipei Deathmatch.
6	TLA	1	Showdown	November 3, 2018	169	Defeated Kevin Hunter on Showdown.
TLA chose to relinquish the championship on April 20, 2019 so he could challenge Ahren Fournier, Malcolm Jones, and Chris Elite for the EAW Championship at Grand Rampage.