Vendetta Pro Wrestling Tri - Force Championship The NWA / Vendetta Pro Wrestling Tri - Force Championship ( or simply NWA Tri - Force Championship ) is a secondary professional wrestling championship contested for in the independent professional wrestling promotion Vendetta Pro Wrestling . The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches , in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition . The Championship can only be contested in matches with three competitors . Originally , the title would be contested in a three - way elimination match in which the first fall eliminates one wrestler , reducing the match to a standard one - fall match . This style of match was known in Vendetta Pro as a Tri - Force match . Since 2011 , the Tri - Force Championship has been contested in a more standard Triple Threat match , in which three competitors compete in an otherwise standard one - fall contest . This was done to force the Champion to be offensive , rather than allowing him to let the two challengers wear each other down . This has caused some controversy , as the Champion only has a 33 . 3 % chance of successfully defending the title , and can lose the title without being pinned or forced to submit . Regardless of any additional rules or match styles , there are always three competitors involved in a match in which the Tri - Force title is on the line . Since the introduction of the Tri - Force Championship in Vendetta Pro , similar three - way rules have been adopted by TNA Wrestling for matches involving the TNA X - Division Championship . There have been various belts used with different designs to signify the titleholder . The design for the current belt dates back before May 2010 when the title was first activated , but due to numerous delays , the actual belt was not created until April 2012 . Famous B . was the first wrestler to hold the current belt . On July 15 , 2014 , Vendetta Pro Wrestling joined the National Wrestling Alliance . The Vendetta Pro Wrestling Tri - Force Championship , held at the time by Vintage Dragon , was re - branded as the NWA / Vendetta Pro Tri - Force Championship — or simply , the NWA Tri - Force Championship — as the only title in the NWA defended strictly in three - competitor matches . History . The first Tri - Force Champion was Chimaera , who won the title on May 23 , 2010 in Lompoc , California , defeating “ Nightclaw ” Brian Cage and “ Big Nasty ” Jason Watts in a tournament final . Eventually , Chimaera had to relinquish the title due to signing with World Wrestling Entertainment , but would continue to be recognized as Champion until a new titleholder could be crowned since the title change was for a non - punitive reason . Soon , a new Tri - Force Champion would be crowned as " The Asian Sensation " Dana Lee won the vacant title by defeating " Leader of the Groove Nation " Ray Rosas and " The Fly Daddy " Jardi Frantz for the title on March 12 , 2011 in Santa Maria , California in a Tri - Force three - way elimination match . However , on April 10 , 2011 in Lompoc , California , Lee announced that he had enlisted in the United States Army , and has wrestled in his last match after successfully defending the Tri - Force title against Dylan Drake and Jeckles The Jester . As with the previous Champion , the reason for the title change was non - punitive , and as such , Lee would continue to be recognized as Tri - Force titleholder until a new Champion can be crowned . The third Tri - Force Champion was Disco Machine , who won the title on September 10 , 2011 in Bakersfield , California . The Tri - Force title had been vacated earlier in the evening by Vendetta Pro Commissioner Christian Cole . Disco Machine won the title by defeating " Mega Bucks " Mario Banks and " The Heatseeker " Eric Cross in a one - fall Tri - Force match . As with all things Tri - Force , it was not without at least a small amount controversy , as the Commissioner was under the belief that the match was a Three - Way Elimination , as almost all early Tri - Force matches were . During the 15 - minute " bonus " time period of the January 12 , 2012 edition of Vendetta Pro Radio , show host and Vendetta Pro Commissioner Christian Cole announced that the Tri - Force Championship was once again vacant , although he did not immediately state the reason . < ref name = " Vendetta Pro Radio 1 / 10 / 12 " > < / ref > This would be the first time that the Tri - Force title was vacated on a date other than immediately before a match to crown a new Tri - Force Champion . Later on , it was revealed that on January 1 , 2012 , Tri - Force titleholder Disco Machine had announced his retirement from professional wrestling . " Wrestling Personified " Rik Luxury became the fourth Tri - Force Champion , winning the vacant title at Reflexion 2012 by defeating Sheik Khan Abadi and El Chupacabra . Luxury also has the dubious distinction of being the first Tri - Force Champion to actually lose the title in a match . However , Luxury has also the first person to have held the title on multiple occasions . Only Little Cholo has duplicated this feat . In his second reign alone , Cholo held the Tri - Force Championship longer than any other . The current NWA Tri - Force Champion is Sunami , who defeated " The Mexican Werewolf " El Chupacabra and then - Champion , " The Freak " Jeckles The Jester .