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THE HISTORY
OF THE SGW GIMMICK CHAMPIONSHIP 3/29/2000 - 7/30/2006 The SGW Gimmick Championship can only be defended in stipulation matches. On 7/22/2001, Tommy Dreamer won the championship and renamed it the Extreme Championship until it was vacated on 2/17/2002. When the championship was reinstated in 2006, it was reverted to its Gimmick roots until its unification with the Hardcore Championship at WrestleBrawl 2. |
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1st CHAMPION
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REIGN Steve Austin won a battle royal to become the first champion.
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VACATED Believing the championship was beneath him, Austin vacated it immediately after winning it in order to pursue the World Championship. |
2nd CHAMPION
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REIGN Doink the Clown was defeated by The Big Show (Dan Shepherd). After the match, Big Show was awarded the SGW Television Championship by Arn Anderson and Doink was given the SGW Gimmick Championship.
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3rd CHAMPION
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REIGN Lance Storm defeated Doink the Clown in a Submission Match to become the new champion.
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4th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Gangrel defeated Lance Storm in a First Blood Match to become the new champion.
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5th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Tommy Dreamer defeated Gangrel and Justin Credible (Unknown) in an Extreme Rules Match to become the new champion. Following the match, Tommy Dreamer spit on the Gimmick Championship and renamed it the SGW EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP, with all matches being contested under Extreme Rules.
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6th CHAMPION
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REIGN Mankind defeated Tommy Dreamer to become the new champion.
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7th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Johnny the Bull defeated Mankind to become the new champion.
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VACATED Johnny the Bull vacated the championship, announcing his intention to pursue the SGW World Heavyweight Championship. |
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8th CHAMPION
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REIGN Rhyno defeated Test (Unknown) to win the vacant championship.
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9th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Taz defeated Rhyno to become the new champion.
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10th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Shane Douglas defeated Taz and Steve Corino (Kfir Hezroni) to become the new champion.
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VACATED SGW ceases operations and the SGW Extreme Championship was declared vacant indefinitely. |
11th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Edge defeated Val Venis (Brett Albers) in a Mystery Box Ladder Match. It was revealed that the box contained the vacant SGW Gimmick Championship.
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VACATED Edge threw the Gimmick Championship in the trash as soon as he made it backstage. |
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12th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Christian pulled the championship from the trash can and declared himself the SGW Gimmick Champion.
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VACATED Jeff Jarrett stripped Christian of the SGW Gimmick Championship upon his return from injury, due to Christian also being the SGW World Heavyweight Champion at the time. |
13th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Jeff Jarrett awarded Ken Kennedy with the vacant SGW Gimmick Championship.
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VACATED After failing an assignment, Jeff Jarrett stripped Ken Kennedy of the championship, declaring it vacant again. |
14th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN When Jillian Hall protested Jarrett's decision to strip Kennedy of the title, Jarrett awarded her with the vacant championship and revealed she would make her first defense next week in a Four Corner Survival against Triple H, The Rock, & Scott Steiner.
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15th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Triple H defeated Jillian Hall, Scott Steiner (Craig McDermid), and The Rock (Kyle Ackers) in a Four Corner Survival to become the new champion.
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16th CHAMPION
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DATE REIGN Kane defeated Triple H in an Inferno Match to become the new champion.
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17th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN Alex Shelley defeated Kane and Triple H (Andy Caruso) in a 49ers Match to become the new champion.
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18th CHAMPION
HANDLER DATE REIGN In a Pure Wrestling Rules match, Chris Benoit defeated Alex Shelley to unify the Gimmick Championship with the Hardcore Championship, merging them into the Pure Wrestling Championship.
Upon being
unified with the Hardcore Championship, the SGW Gimmick Championship
is finally laid to rest once and for all.
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