UNION Internet Championship (RLS Championship)

The UNION Internet Championship is a mid-card male championship fought for in UNION Wrestling, and is recognised by the RLSverse as "a premier enhancement, or stopgap, title among the highest in the United Kingdom and Ireland". It was debuted in December 2015 and has been held by five superstars so far.
== History: ==
The belt was brought in during the second month of the UK&I Tour, and contested in a "final" matchup following two "qualifier" six-men Battle Royals. This "final" saw Bangura defeat Wroe by submission.
Bangura, however, faced issues with his passport and family back in The Gambia, and dropped the belt five weeks later to Wroe in Ireland.
Wroe held the title for sixty-three weeks exactly, finally losing it in the Canadian Tour to trainer Ace. The two would feud again, in a rebooted format, upon moving onto the WWE Network.
Ace would successfully defend the belt at Hardcore Brawl 2016 (against Wroe), PWU Capitol Punishment 2017 (against Wroe and Ravi Rafik) and PWU Money In The Bank 2017 (against Sinyster) before dropping the belt at European Invasion 2017 to former stablemate Mayhem.
Mayhem, the current champion, would successfully defend against Ace at The UNION Wrestling Classic 2017, and technically do so again in a 3-3 Ironman Match draw at Open Challenge 2017. At Heavy Metal 2017, despite having Ace in his corner, Mayhem was defeated by the new champion Bull Fraser.
The belt was fully rebranded in October 2017 as the UNION Internet Champion, given the online nature of the promotion.
== Reigns: ==
#	Champion 	Won 	Defences (#)
1	Bangura 	Won in "final" matchup against Wroe during UK&I Tour in December 2015	3
2	Wroe 	Won from Bangura on Irish leg of UK&I Tour in January 2016 	5
3	Ace 	Won from Wroe on Canadian Tour in May 2016 	9
4	Mayhem 	Won from Ace in Singles Match at European Invasion 2017 in June 2017 	2
5	Bull Fraser	Won from Mayhem in Singles Match at Heavy Metal 2017 in October 2017 	
== Trivia: ==
* Like all officially recognised RLSverse titles, the reigns were measured in weeks rather than days, with the final day before completing a full seven considered the day when another week is added to the total. This was abandoned in August 2017, with a switch to # of Successful Defences replacing it as the measured statistic for all championships.
* Despite the original faceplate clearly saying "INTERCONTINENTAL", both Eddie Hamer and Ace have claimed that Inter meant "Interdivisional" rather than the traditional IC name. This discrepancy was put down to cost-cutting measures during the plate's design by Chief Executive of UW Bill Arson, and disregarded in October 2017 following the name change to "Internet". 
* Ace apparently wanted the title to take the name "Open Championship", with every major show having a defence, but he ended up being outvoted, mainly due to concerns of it losing appeal over time, which he praised as "absolutely the right choice, in hindsight".
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