FTW Championship
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The FTW Championship, at different times meaning both Fuck The World Championship, and For The World Championship, is a men's professional wrestling championship currently utilized in the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is presented as an "outlaw" or "renegade" title that is unsanctioned by officials in-storyline, and essentially serves as a hardcore championship, as many matches for the title are held under "FTW Rules". The current champion is Chris Jericho, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Hook in an FTW Rules match at Dynasty in St. Louis, Missouri on April 21, 2024.
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Promotion | Extreme Championship Wrestling (1998–1999) All Elite Wrestling (2020–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | May 14, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Chris Jericho | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | April 21, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The title was originally established in the now defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, in 1998 by its inaugural holder, Taz, making it currently the oldest championship in All Elite Wrestling.
It was originally unified into the ECW World Heavyweight Championship when then ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Taz won the title from Sabu at Living Dangerously 1999. It remained inactive for 21 years, but, as it was never actually property of ECW, but of Taz himself, it was not included as the intellectual property sold to WWE during the sale of ECW in 2001, allowing Taz to reintroduce the title in All Elite Wrestling in 2020, this time awarding it to his client, Brian Cage. It was introduced in a similar matter to how it was introduced in ECW; the world champion of the promotion was inactive at the time, and unable to defend it, thus the FTW Championship was awarded to the would-be challenger.