WEW Championship

The WEW Championship was the premier championship title in the World Elite Wrestling federation hosted on the Animosity brand. The first champion was determined on the companies flagship brand, Animosity, and was Jordan Zachary. The champion with the most reigns was Chris McKenzie, with four reigns. Alexis Morrison retired the original WEW Championship at 298 days as champion, taking over as the longest-reigning champion while Chance Rugani‘s three reigns made him the longest combined WEW Champion with over 400 days; juxtaposed, the inaugural champion, Jordan Zachary, holds the shortest reign at 13 days.
==History==
The WEW Championship was originally to be contested in a tournment, but when the two finalists, Kameron Copeland and Jordan Zachary fought to a double count out, the WEW Owner announced that it was to be contested under No Disqualification Pinfall Anywhere rules two weeks later. Two weeks later, Jordan defeated Kameron to become the inaugural champion, along the way he re-injured Kameron, this time with an ankle injury, and Copeland requested and was granted his release from WEW. Two weeks prior, at the Cyberslam event, Jordan was defeated for the title by James Kash: a man who had been voted into the match by the Cyberslam theme. Two weeks later, Zachary was released after failing to regain the title from Kash. On September 25, 2011 at the Shattered Dreams pay-per-view, Sophie Oliveira became the first female WEW Champion and James Kash left the company. Oliveira lost the championship months later to Jaxson Baxter after a handicap match including her boyfriend and WEW President Chance Rugani, a match where Chance tapped out to Jaxson's finisher, thus Sophie lost her championship for Jaxson to gain his first title in the WEW. Rugani pinned Baxter during a Fatal Four-Way to gain the Championship, and win his first title in the company. On October 14, 2012, Rugani hit a milestone 200 days, at the time an accomplishment only 3 other Superstars attained. Rugani's reign came to an end shortly after at the Third Degree Burns pay-per-view when he lost an Inferno Match to Chris McKenzie. McKenzie would lose the belt back to Chance three weeks later during the main event of the 50th Animosity episode, making Chance the first person to hold the championship more than once. On February 8, 2013, Chance Rugani would defend his championship against Adam Banz in a losing effort following an interference from long time rival, Brian James' stable, Nation of Prominence. On April 15, 2013, Chance entered his third reign as WEW Champion after defeating Adam Banz in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match. Rugani lost the championship to long-time rival Chris McKenzie at the Crossroads pay-per-view in a singles match. Six months later, after a heated rivalry, McKenzie lost the championship in a Casket match at Legacy: Jamaica to Vantage, marking the veterans first WEW title run; McKenzie would regain the championship at Beach Brawl for a record-setting fourth time. On the November 3, 2014 edition of Animosity, McKenzie quit the company, thus vacating the WEW Championship. At CyberSlam III, Alexis Morrison won an Open Invitational Battle Royal to be named the new WEW Champion. At Legacy: Japan, Morrison headlined the event in a main event Title vs. Title Unification Match; Morrison, the defending WEW Champion, defeated Ashley Tierney to earn her first WEW World Championship reign.
==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 	Jordan Zachary 	August 8, 2011 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	
Jordan defeated Kameron Copeland to become the inaugural WEW Champion.
2 	James Kash 	August 21, 2011 	WEW Cyberslam 	Kash was voted by the fans via the Cyberslam theme to face Jordan in a singles match and defeated him to become the new champion.
3 	Sophie Oliveira	September 25, 2011	WEW Shattered Dreams 	Sophie became the first female WEW Champion.
4 	Jaxson Baxter 	March 19, 2012 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	Baxter defeated Oliveira and Chance Rugani in a 2-on-1 Handicap match.
5 	Chance Rugani 	April 8, 2012 	WEW Retribution 	Rugani pinned Baxter in a Fatal Four-Way match consisting of himself, Baxter, Ligeia Cariosus, and Sophie Oliveira.
6 	Chris McKenzie 	October 28, 2012 	WEW Third Degree Burns 	McKenzie defeated Rugani in an Inferno match.
7 	Chance Rugani 	November 19, 2012 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	This was the 50th Episode celebration of Animosity; Rugani defeated McKenzie in a Steel Cage match.
8 	Adam Banz 	February 8, 2013 	WEW Friday Night Adrenaline Super Show	Banz defeated Rugani in a No Disqualification match.
9 	Chance Rugani 	April 15, 2013 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	Rugani defeated Banz in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match.
10	Chris McKenzie 	November 3, 2013 	WEW Crossroads II 	
11	Craig Anderson 	December 8, 2013 	WEW Third Degree Burns II 	Anderson defeated McKenzie in an Inferno match.
12	Chris McKenzie 	December 23, 2013 	WEW Monday Night Animosity Supershow 	
13	Vantage 	June 29, 2014 	WEW Legacy: Jamaica 	Vantage defated McKenzie in a Casket match.
14	Chris McKenzie 	September 7, 2014 	WEW Beach Brawl III 	
— 	Vacated 	November 3, 2014 	WEW Monday Night Animosity 	
15	Alexis Morison 	December 1, 2014 	WEW CyberSlam III 	Morrison won an Open Invitational Battle Royal.
— 	Deactivated 	September
25, 2015	Legacy: Japan 	Morrison merged the WEW and WEW World Championship in the main event of Legacy: Japan against Ashley Tierney.
==List of individual reigns==
† 	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates the reign was less than 1 day
WEW Championship Reigns
Wrestler 	Days Held	Date Won 	Date Lost
Alexis Morrison	298 	December 1, 2014 	—
Chance Rugani 	208 	April 8, 2012 	October 28, 2012
Chance Rugani 	202 	April 15, 2013 	November 3, 2013
Chris McKenzie 	189 	December 23, 2013 	June 29, 2014
Sophie Oliveira	179 	September 25, 2011	March 19, 2012
Chance Rugani 	82 	November 19, 2012 	February 9, 2013
Vantage 	70 	June 29, 2014 	September 7, 2014
Adam Banz 	67 	February 8, 2013 	April 15, 2013
Chris McKenzie 	58 	September 7, 2014 	November 3, 2014
Chris McKenzie 	35 	November 3, 2013 	December 8, 2013
James Kash 	35 	August 21, 2011 	September 25, 2011
Chris McKenzie 	22 	October 28, 2012 	November 19, 2012
Jaxson Baxter 	20 	March 19, 2012 	April 8, 2012
Jordan Zachary 	13 	August 8, 2011 	August 21, 2011
Craig Anderson 	15 	December 8, 2013 	December 23, 2013
==List of combined reigns==
† 	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates the reign was less than 1 day
Total WEW Championship Reigns
Rank	Wrestler 	# of Reigns	Combined Days
1. 	Chance Rugani 	3 	494
2. 	Chris McKenzie 	4 	304
3. 	Alexis Morrison	1 	298
4. 	Sophie Oliveira	1 	179
5. 	Vantage 	1 	70
6. 	Adam Banz 	1 	67
7. 	James Kash 	1 	35
8. 	Jaxson Baxter 	1 	20
9. 	Craig Anderson 	1 	15
10. 	Jordan Zachary 	1 	13
==Past Designs==