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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.
[edit] Title history
- Key
| Reign
| The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
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| No.
| Indicates what number the reign is
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| Event
| The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
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| N/A
| The information is not available or is unknown
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| —
| Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
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| +
| Indicates the current reign is changing daily.
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| No.
| Champion
| Championship change
| Reign statistics
| Notes
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| 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
| 98
| Kevin McAlmond was the special guest referee.
|
| 32
| Kyle Skonberg
| January 9, 2025
| NGW:
New Year's Evil
| Great Falls, MT
| 1
| 1+
| This was a six-man Ladder Match.
|
[edit] Combined reigns
As of July 22, 2025.
| +
| Indicates the current champion
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
