GFW Global Championship
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| Private, limited liability company | |
| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Genre | Sports entertainment |
| Fate | Merged with Impact Wrestling |
| Founded | April 7, 2014 |
| Founder |
Jeff Jarrett Karen Jarrett |
| Defunct | April 20, 2017 |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Jeff Jarrett (co-founder/CEO) Karen Jarrett (co-founder) Scott D'Amore (VP – International Relations) Hermie Sadler (Member of Board of Directors) |
| Owner |
Jeff Jarrett Karen Jarrett |
| Website | Official website |
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| Promotion |
Impact Wrestling Global Force Wrestling |
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| Date established | October 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Alberto El Patrón | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 22, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Nick Aldis/Magnus |
| Most reigns | Nick Aldis/Magnus (1 reigns) |
| Longest reign | Nick Aldis/Magnus (547 days) |
| Shortest reign | Alberto El Patron (64+ days) |
| Oldest winner | Alberto El Patron (38 years, 333 days) |
| Youngest winner | Nick Aldis/Magnus (28 years, 351 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Alberto El Patron (240 lb (110 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Nick Alds/Magnus (239 lb (108 kg)) |
| GFW NEX*GEN Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Impact Wrestling Global Force Wrestling |
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| Date established | October 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Cody / Cody Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | November 25, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | PJ Black |
| Most reigns | All champions (1 reign) |
| Longest reign | Sonjay Dutt (364 days) |
| Shortest reign | PJ Black (35 days) |
| Oldest winner | Sonjay Dutt (33 years, 234 days) |
| Youngest winner | Cody Rhodes (31 years, 148 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Cody Rhodes (220 lb (100 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Sonjay Dutt(194 lb (88 kg)) |
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Impact Wrestling Global Force Wrestling |
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| Date established | October 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Sienna | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 21, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Christina Von Eerie |
| Most reigns | All champions (1 reign) |
| Longest reign | Christina Von Eerie (546 days) |
| Shortest reign | Sienna (65+ days) |
| Oldest winner | Sienna (29 years, 167 days) |
| Youngest winner | Christina Von Eerie (26 years, 56 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Sienna (150 lb (68 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Christina Von Eerie (123 lb (56 kg)) |
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| Promotion |
Impact Wrestling Global Force Wrestling |
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| Date established | October 23, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) |
The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana) |
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| Date won | April 23, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | The Bollywood Boyz |
| Most reigns | All champions (1 reign) |
| Longest reign | The Bollywood Boyz (406 days) |
| Shortest reign | The Latin American Xchange (63+) |
| Oldest winner | Gurv Sihra (30 years, 344 days) |
| Youngest winner | Harv Sihra (27 years, 355 days) |
Global Force Wrestling (GFW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by Jeff Jarrett, the co-founder and former President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (now known as Impact Wrestling), and his wife Karen Jarrett. The promotion ran 24 live events and several television tapings for a potential television show which, as of 2017, has never aired. Jeff Jarrett returned to Impact Wrestling in an executive role in January 2017 and Karen Jarrett announced that GFW had "merged" with Impact Wrestling on April 20, 2017. GFW championships have since appeared on Impact Wrestling television.
With Jeff Jarrett out as minority investor of TNA Wrestling, he debuted the branding of Global Force Wrestling in April 2014 and began promoting the brand and establishing international partnerships with wrestling promotions across the world. The organization had a strategic partnership with 25/7 Productions and David Broome (creator of NBC's The Biggest Loser). Broome stated that the organization planned to create new on-air content 52 weeks per year.
By August 2014, GFW announced working agreements with Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), Japan's New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, multiple European promotions, South African promotion World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), and promotions from Australia and New Zealand. As part of GFW's relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling, GFW "presented" NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 9 at the Tokyo Dome on the American pay-per-view market on January 4, 2015, which featured commentary from Jim Ross and Matt Striker. The "Wrestle Kingdom 9" event reportedly drew 12,000 to 15,000 buys in North America.
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