History
1 –
Chase Martelle05.22.12 to 08.07.12
-Defeated Thomas McGibbons at Salvation 7 in the tournament finals.
2 –
Ravyn08.07.12 to 10.09.12
Defeated Chase Martelle at Salvation 16.
3 –
Bree Van der Lew10.09.12 to 10.09.12
Defeated Ravyn at Salvation 24: Gold Edition in a title vs title match.
4 –
Ravyn (2)10.09.12 to 12.18.12
Defeated Bree Van der Lew at Salvation 24: Gold Edition
5 –
Derek Daughtery12.18.12 to 06.13.13
Defeated Ravyn at Salvation 31
6 –
Shawn St. James 06.13.13 to 08.01.13
Defeated Derek Daughtery, Bree Van der Lew, and Ravyn at Uprising
7 –
Bree Van der Lew08.01.13 to 10.17.13
Defeated Shawn St. James at Desolation Row
Vacant
10.17.13 to 10.17.13
Bree Van der Lew injured and unable to defend the title
8 –
Ram10.17.13 to 12.12.13
Defeated Noah Field at Salvation 64: Gold Edition
9 –
Slade12.13.13 to 01.30.14
Defeated Ram at Retribution in a Title vs Career match
10 –
Ram (2)01.30.14 to 06.19.14
Defeated Slade at Road to Glory II in a Stairway to Heaven match
11 –
Tony Field06.19.14 to 07.24.14
Defeated Ram at Apex II.
12 –
Ram (3) 07.24.14 to 07.24.14
Defeated Tony Field at Sole Survivor in a ladder match
13 –
Ashton Crowley 07.24.14 to 10.02.14
Defeated Ram at Sole Survivor.
14 –
Jeff Wylde10.02.14 to 10.30.14 / 04.02.15 to 05.07.15
Defeated Ashton Crowley at Windy City Brawl in a House of Horrors Three Tier Cage match
*From 10.30.14 to 04.02.15 Redemption went on a short hiatus. Upon return Jeff Wylde kept the belt, but the days between do not count toward his total reign.
15 –
Ram (4)05.07.15 to 06.11.15
Defeated Jeff Wylde Resurrection 3.
16 –
Noah Field06.11.15 to 11.19.15
Noah Field defeated Ram at Salvation 111
17 –
Scarlett Payne11.19.15 to 01.28.16
Vacant
09.27.16 to 01.05.17
Redemption temporarily closed as a part of a reboot, while just posting teasers across various federations. On 09.27.16 Redemption rebooted as Redemption: Redux, and the World title was reinstated.
18 –
Stephen Rawlings01.05.17 to 02.16.17
Defeated Scarlett Payne and Max Ramsey in a tournament final.
19 –
Ashton Crowley (2)02.16.17 to 06.16.17
Defeated Stephen Rawlings
*title was held up due to controversy, and later won back at Championship Blitz in a six person match. The reign was seen as continuous once the controversy was resolved.
20 –
Eva Broussard06.16.17 to 11.17.17
Defeated Ashton Crowley at Road to Glory IV
*On 08.13.17 the belt was consolidated with the Independent Wrestling Association Championship and renamed the IWA World Championship after the rights were purchased by Brad Maxwell.
21 –
Adrian Knight11.17.17 to 03.14.18
Defeated Eva Broussard at Fight Fest III, in a 3xW Event.
22 –
Christian Dement 03.14.18 to 08.28.18
Defeated Adrian Knight at IWA Presents: One Night Only
23 –
Iggy Clash08.28.18 to 01.01.19
Defeated Christian Dement at Fight Fest IV
24 –
Christian Dement (2)01.01.09 to 02.01.19
Defeated Iggy Clash at IWA Presents: Redemption Reunions
Inactive
02.01.19 to 07.04.20
Title rights were purchased by JP Payne for his upcoming Payne Project. When contract negotiations between him and the current champion fell through he was stripped of the belt and the title was declared temporarily inactive until the launch of Payne Project.
Vacant 07.04.20 to 09.27.20
Payne Project officially reopened on July 4th, 2020 and renamed the title the 2P World Heavyweight Championship.
25 –
Jason Sandman 09.27.20 to Current
Defeated Azrael Knight at Good as Gold.
*On 10.01.20, 2P went bankrupt. The title rights converted back to Brad Maxwell as a part of the bankruptcy, and he renamed the title the World Championship. Sandman defended the title in various companies as it became a travelling championship.
*On 04.09.21 Derek Daughtery bought the rights to the belt and Redemption Wrestling. He renamed the title the Redemption World Championship.
