GCW Extreme Championship

The GCW Extreme Championship was a professional wrestling hardcore championship created and promoted by the American promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). It was one of the two hardcore championships promoted by the promotion, alongside the GCW Ultraviolent Championship. The title was eligible to won by both male and female wrestlers.^[2]

GCW Extreme Championship
Current design of the title
Details
Promotion	Game Changer Wrestling
Date established	September 13, 2013[1]
Date retired	January 19, 2025
Other name(s)
JCW Extreme Championship (2013–2015) GCW Extreme Championship (2015–2025)
Statistics First champion(s) Bandido Jr. Final champion(s) Matt Tremont Most reigns All titleholders (1) Longest reign PCO (1,225 days) Shortest reign Matt Tremont (<1 day)

Title history

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. Championship matches typically occur on GCW events. There was a total of eleven reigns shared between eleven different champions.

Reigns

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
<1	Reign lasted less than a day
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	Jersey Championship Wrestling (JCW)
1	Bandido Jr.	September 13, 2013	Extreme Title Tournament	Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey	1	505	Bandido defeated Danny Demanto in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.	[3]
2	Steve Scott	January 31, 2015	JCW Live event	Manville, New Jersey	1	42	This was a four-way match which also involving Frightmare and Lucky 13.	[4]
3	Pinkie Sanchez	March 14, 2015	JCW Live event	Howell, New Jersey	1	391	Sanchez defeated Danny Demanto, who was filling in for Steve Scott.	[5]
	Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)
4	Smiley	April 8, 2016	GCW Live event	Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey	1	568		[6]
5	Tony Deppen	October 28, 2017	Worst Behavior	Howell, New Jersey	1	315	This was a four-way match which also involving Eli Everfly and Zenshi.	[7]
6	PCO	September 8, 2018	Nick Gage Invitational 3: Thy Kingdom Come	Villa Park, Illinois	1	1,225	This was a four-way match which also involved Gringo Loco and Nate Webb.	[8]
7	AJ Gray	January 15, 2022	Say You Will	Hoffman Estates, Illinois	1	195		[9]
8	Cole Radrick	July 29, 2022	The People vs. GCW	Nashville, Tennessee	1	72	This was a six-way scramble match also involving Axton Ray, Grim Reefer, Marko Stunt, and Shane Mercer.	[10]
9	Joey Janela	October 9, 2022	Fight Club Night 2	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	517	This was a winner takes all match where Janela's DDT Extreme Championship was also on the line.	[11]
10	Maki Itoh	March 9, 2024	Ashes To Ashes	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	316	This was a six-way scramble match also including Alex Zayne, "Broski" Jimmy Lloyd, Jack Cartwheel, and Marcus Mathers. Itoh became the first female to hold the championship.	[12]
11	Matt Tremont	January 19, 2025	The People vs. GCW	New York City, New York	1	<1	This was a Unification DLC match also including Brandon Kirk, Dr. Redacted, Drew Parker, John Wayne Murdoch, Matthew Justice and Rina Yamashita, alongside the vacant GCW Ultraviolent Championship on the line.	[13]
—	Unified	January 19, 2025	The People vs. GCW	New York City, New York	—	—	Unified with the GCW Ultraviolent Championship.	[13]