WEW Universal Championship

The WEW Universal Championship was the second tier championship title in the World Elite Wrestling federation hosted on the Adrenaline brand. The first champion was Ligeia Cariosus, who won the championship at WEW's first ever pay-per-view in a Fatal Four Way match. Vantage and Flame share the most amounts of reigns as champion, with two each. The final champion, Stefan Raab, holds the record for the longest reign as Universal Champion in his first reign, at 341 days. The Broken Saint holds the record for the shortest reign with 15 days. The championship was established on the flagship brand of Animosity but went to Adrenaline for the first time ever following the conclusion of a dual-championship scramble match at Legacy: Jamaica when Emily Poison was proclaimed the champion.
==History==
The first champion was Ligeia Cariosus, who won the championship at WEW's first pay-per-view, Free Fall to Fury in a fatal four way match. The match was named the Second Life Fatal Four Way fore all the competitors were former losers of the WEW and WEW Starlets Championship tournaments. However, Ligeia was released after losing her championship to Brie Bella at the next pay-per-view: Cyberslam. Brie Bella had won the shot at the championship earlier on in the night in a Cyberslam battle royal. The title changed hands once again at Shattered Dreams when SM Raye defeated Brie Bella, and Brie later left the company. A night after Halloween X, where SM obtained the King of the Ring crown and defeating his nemesis Priscilla Oliveira, the Universal Championship was stripped from Raye when he was drafted to the new WEW brand, Adrenaline. The new Universal Champion was decided after a miniature tournament which led to Vantage defeating Chris Cane, Broken Saint, Rocky J, and Chris Matthews in a ladder match to win the championship. His 199 day reign came to an end at WEW's Legacy pay-per-view, in which he lost to Alistar Bane after a long heated feud. Vantage went on to regain the championship at the Crossroads pay-per-view in a ladder match for a second reign. At the Third Degree Burns pay-per-view, Vantage dropped the title to The Broken Saint in a triple threat match. The championship was vacated only two weeks later following Broken Saint's release, and awarded to Flame, giving Saint the shortest reign in Universal Championship history. Kevin Hunter defeated Flame on the February 8, 2013 edition of Adrenaline for the belt. On March 4, 2013 edition of Animosity, Flame regained his championship in a rematch. In a first-ever Hell's Asylum match, Brian James defeated Flame for the championship at the Battlefield pay-per-view for his first title. James would lose his championship in a "Winner Take All" match at the Legacy: Hawaii pay-per-view event against Chance Rugani where the WEW Championship was also on the line. Rugani would drop the championship to Dexter Black in a Triple Threat Match at the Beach Brawl pay-per-view in which he put the championship on the line against his New Regime partners, Black and Chris McKenzie; the match was revealed to be a ploy for Black and Rugani to turn on McKenzie, thus kicking him out of Rugani’s faction: The New Regime. Black lost the championship three months later to Chris Dunn. Dunn would then lose the championship at WEW's Legacy: Jamaica in the first-ever dual-championship scramble to Emily Poison, thus bringing the Universal Championship to Adrenaline for the first time. Poison lost the championship to Stefan Raab at Crossroads III. Raab surpassed Chris Dunn's record-setting reign at the conclusion of Battlefield IV and became the longest-reigning Universal Champion until he would unify the belt with the WEW Titan Championship at Legacy: Japan, WEW’s final PPV; the Title was subsequently deactivated the following day.
==Reigns==
===Key===
# 	Indicates what number the reign is
Date 	The date in which the championship was obtained
Venue	The event where the championship was obtained
Notes	Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands
— 	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# 	Wrestler Name 	Date 	Venue 	Notes
1 	Ligeia Cariosus	July 17, 2011 	Free Fall to Fury 	
Ligeia pinned Jason Krow in the Fatal 4 Way match to become the inaugural WEW Universal Champion.
2 	Brie Bella 	August 21, 2011 	WEW Cyberslam 	Brie was entered as a last minute participant to the Ligeia vs. Ariane Chevalier match after having won the #1 Contendership to the championship earlier in the night. Due to the Cyberslam theme, the match was a Last Woman Standing and after neither Ligeia or Ariane could answer a 10 count, Brie was crowned the new champion.
3 	SM Raye 	September 25, 2011	WEW Shattered Dreams 	Raye became the first male WEW Universal Champion.
— 	Vacated 	October 31, 2011 	— 	After SM Raye was traded to the newest WEW brand, Adrenaline, he was forced to vacate his championship.
4 	Vantage 	November 21, 2011 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	Vantage defeated Chris Cane, Broken Saint, Rocky J, and Chris Matthews in a Ladder Match to win the vacated title.
5 	Alistar Bane 	June 3, 2012 	WEW Legacy 	Alistar defeated Vantage in a Last Man Standing match.
6 	Vantage 	July 22, 2012 	WEW Crossroads 	Vantage defeated Alistar in a Ladder Match.
7 	Broken Saint 	October 28, 2012 	WEW Third Degree Burns 	Saint pinned Vantage in a Triple Threat match which also included WSG.
— 	Vacated 	November 12, 2012 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	The Universal title was vacated by General Manager Jayceon Taylor after Broken Saint failed to perform a second week in a row.
8 	Flame 	November 12, 2012 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	Later on that same night, Jayceon Taylor awarded the Universal Championship to Flame following the scheduled main event on Animosity.
9 	Kevin Hunter 	February 8, 2013 	WEW Friday Night Adrenaline	Defeated Flame in a Tables match.
10	Flame 	March 4, 2013 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	
11	Brian James 	May 12, 2013 	WEW Battlefield 	James defeated Flame in a first-ever Hell's Asylum match.
12	Chance Rugani 	July 28, 2013 	WEW Legacy: Hawaii 	Rugani defeated James in a Winner Takes All match where the WEW Championship was also on the line.
13	Dexter Black 	September 8, 2013 	WEW Beach Brawl II 	Black defeated Rugani and Chris McKenzie in a Triple Threat Match.
14	Chris Dunn 	December 8, 2013 	WEW Third Degree Burns II 	Dunn defeated Black in a Steel Cage match.
15	Emily Poison 	June 29, 2014 	WEW Legacy: Jamaica 	Poison won a Championship Scramble match that also involved the Titan Championship and effectively brought the Universal Championship over to the Adrenaline brand.
16	Stefan Raab 	October 19, 2014 	WEW Crossroads III 	
— 	Deactivated 	September
25, 2015	— 	Following Legacy: Japan, the Universal and Titan Championship were unified when Raab defeated Neffe Jones.
==List of individual reigns==
† 	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates the reign was less than 1 day
WEW Universal Championship Reigns
Wrestler 	Days Held	Date Won 	Date Lost
Stefan Raab 	341 	October 19, 2014 	September 25, 2015
Chris Dunn 	204 	December 28, 2013 	June 29, 2014
Vantage 	195 	November 21, 2011 	June 3, 2012
Emily Poison 	113 	June 29, 2014 	October 19, 2014
Vantage 	101 	July 22, 2012 	October 28, 2012
Dexter Black 	91 	September 8, 2013 	December 8, 2013
Flame 	89 	November 12, 2012 	February 8, 2013
Brian James 	77 	May 12, 2013 	July 28, 2013
Flame 	69 	March 4, 2013 	May 12, 2013
Alistar Bane 	49 	June 3, 2012 	July 22, 2012
Chance Rugani 	43 	July 28, 2013 	September 8, 2013
SM Raye 	37 	September 25, 2011	October 31, 2011
Brie Bella 	36 	August 21, 2011 	September 25, 2011
Ligeia Cariosus	35 	July 17, 2011 	August 21, 2011
Kevin Hunter 	24 	February 8, 2013 	March 4, 2013
Broken Saint 	15 	October 28, 2012 	November 12, 2012
==List of combined reigns==
† 	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates the reign was less than 1 day
As of May 10, 2015
Rank	Wrestler 	# of Reigns	Combined Days
1. 	Stefan Raab 	1 	341
2. 	Vantage 	2 	296
3. 	Chris Dunn 	1 	204
4. 	Flame 	2 	158
5. 	Emily Poison 	1 	113
6. 	Dexter Black 	1 	91
7. 	Brian James 	1 	77
8. 	Alistar Bane 	1 	49
9. 	Chance Rugani 	1 	43
10. 	SM Raye 	1 	37
11. 	Brie Bella 	1 	36
12. 	Ligeia Cariosus	1 	35
13. 	Kevin Hunter 	1 	24
14. 	Broken Saint 	1 	15
==Past Designs==