Date Event Location Reign Days 1 PJ Black October 23, 2015 GFW Amped Las Vegas, Nevada 1 7001350000000000000♠35 Defeated Jigsaw, TJ Perkins and Virgil Flynn to become the inaugural champion. [1] 2 Sonjay Dutt November 27, 2015 WrestleCade Showcase of Champions (2015) Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 7002364000000000000♠364 [38] 3 Cody Rhodes November 25, 2016 WrestleCade Showcase of Champions (2016) Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 7002191000000000000♠191 [39] – Deactivated June 4, 2017 – – – – On June 4, 2017, it was reported that Rhodes' contract had expired while he was champion. The championship has since been deactivated.