The WWN Championship was a

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promoted by the WWNLive governing body. The inaugural champion was crowned on April 1, 2017, when

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defeated five other men for the title. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There have been six reigns shared among five wrestlers.

History

On November 23, 2016, WWNLive, the governing body overseeing promotions such as Evolve and

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(FIP), announced the creation of the WWN Championship. The champion would defend the title across all promotions under the WWNLive umbrella. Each promotion was asked to send their representative for an elimination match on April 1, 2017, at Mercury Rising 2017 to determine the inaugural champion. Former Evolve Champion and Evolve Tag Team Champion

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was the first entrant into the match on February 22. Over the following weeks,

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, Jon Davis,

, Parrow and

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were added to the match. At Mercury Rising 2017,

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was added to the match, while Galloway was pulled out, after suffering a storyline injury at the hands of Keith Lee. It was later revealed that this had been done due to Galloway having re-signed with WWE. Riddle went on to win the six-way elimination match to become the inaugural WWN Champion. It was later retired at Evolve’s 10th Anniversary Show when it was defended by JD Drake against then Evolve Champion

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in a Title for Title Match

Title history

Combined reigns

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References

External links

WWN Championship History
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History

Title history

Combined reigns

See also

References

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