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PWG World Championship

The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla professional wrestling promotion. It was first introduced in 2003 as the PWG Championship...

is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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world championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

owned and copyrighted by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...

(PWG). The championship was created and debuted on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event

House show

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. Originally called the PWG Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time—that month, then-champion Joey Ryan defeated Emil Sitoci

Emil Sitoci

Emil Sitoci is a Dutch professional wrestler and television personality.- Wrestling career :Sitoci started his career in 2001, wrestling under a mask, in mainland European wrestling promotions. In 2003 he travelled to America as an exchange student, which enabled him to stay for a full year and...

in Essen

Essen

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, Germany at European Vacation – Germany and Jonny Storm

Jonny Storm

Jonathan Whitcombe is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent promotions across the United Kingdom, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and One Pro Wrestling...

in Orpington

Orpington

Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms the southeastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...

, England at European Vacation – England.

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches

Professional wrestling match types

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, in which participants execute scripted

Screenplay

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finishes rather than contend in direct competition. All reigns are won at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian

Frankie Kazarian

Frank B. Gerdelman is an Armenian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Frankie Kazarian or simply Kazarian. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

, whom PWG recognized to have become the champion after defeating Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event. As of , Kazarian, Human Tornado

Human Tornado

Craig Williams , better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American retired professional wrestler. His character was that of a stereotypical 1970s blaxploitation street pimp. He performed primarily on the Californian independent circuit, most prominently for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, the...

, Bryan Danielson

Bryan Danielson

Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing...

, Kevin Steen

Kevin Steen

Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...

and El Generico

El Generico

Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...

are tied for most reigns, with two. Chris Hero

Chris Hero

Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...

's only reign at 425 days is the longest in the title's history. PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses for each champion on their official website. As of , Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega have the least, with 0. El Generico is the current champion in his second reign, after defeating Kevin Steen in a ladder match

Ladder match

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on October 22, 2011, to win the title. Overall, there have been 19 reigns among 14 different wrestlers and three vacancies. Low Ki, Bryan Danielson, and Davey Richards, all of whom vacated the championship, are the only people to have not been defeated for the championship.

Names

Name	Years
PWG Championship	August 2003 – February 2006
PWG World Championship	February 2006 – present

Reigns

#	Numbers in bold indicate that a reign is current and changes daily
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Successful defenses	Accounts how many defenses the champion had during their reign
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
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Successful defenses	Event	Notes

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|Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion.
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|Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)
|The title was renamed from the "PWG Championship" to the "PWG World Championship" following PWG's European Vacation tour of England

England

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and Germany

Germany

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Japan

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|¡Dia de los Dangerous!
|Tornado defeated Karl Anderson

Karl Anderson

Chad Allegra is an American professional wrestler better known by his stage name Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is currently one half of the IWGP and GHC Tag Team Champions with partner Giant Bernard.-Personal life:Allegra grew up in Asheville,...

and Roderick Strong

Roderick Strong

Chris Lindsey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong. Strong currently competes in several independent promotions, most notably Ring of Honor , Full Impact Pro , and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla .He initially debuted as The Jester on the Floridian...

World Wrestling Entertainment

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professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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|2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two
|Defeated Roderick Strong in the finals of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title.
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|As the Worm Turns
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|The Curse of Guerrilla Island
|Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson

Brandon Gatson

Brandon Gatson is an American professional wrestler, primarily working for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Empire Wrestling Federation...

Ladder match

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List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days







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External links

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com

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