True Expert Championship - Title History

[Alex Smiley]

The True Expert Championship



Current Champion: Doug E. Fresh
Longest Reign: Jack Benevolence (410 Days)
Most Reigns: Black Death (3)

The True Expert Championship was designed to be an underground championship that recognises the best in the wrestling world. With many rp'ing Hall of Famers having held it, and fierce competition to be True Expert, it has become regonised as a major achievement to be a TE champion. Defended at least four times a year, often against multiple opponent, the skill level needed to be True Expert is second to none.

Smitty
(??/??/00 - Unknown)
* Smitty defeats multiple competitors to become True Expert at the Extreme Tournament 2000

* The title becomes vacant during the Experts' 'Dark Ages'

The Crimson Shadow
(17/08/07 - 23/09/07)
* The Crimson Shadow beats five legends at the Invitational II (2007) to take the championship for his first reign.

* He loses it one month later to Sewaside when he is defeated in the Extreme Tournament.

Sewaside
(23/09/07 - ??/??/08)
* Sewaside wins the Extreme Tournament 2007, defeating Jason Blade in the final to become True Expert Champion.

* He is defeated by Black Death on a Global Chaos Wrestling show.

Black Death
(??/??/08 - ??/??/08)
* Black Death defeats Sewaside at a GCW show to start his first reign as True Expert Champion.

* One week later, Black Death loses to the belt in the XWF to Reggie Fresh.

Reggie Fresh
(??/??/08 - ??/??/08)
* After one week of Black Death as champion, Reggie Fresh is able to beat him in the XWF.

* Fresh doubles Black Death's first reign, lasting two weeks as champion before losing it back to Black Death.

Black Death [2]
(??/??/08 - ??/??/08)
* Black Death wins a triple threat match between himself, Reggie Fresh and Legion to become a two-time champion.

* Less than a month later, Dandelion is able to defeat Black Death in GCW and become the first female champion.

Dandelion
(??/??/08 - ??/??/08)
* In Global Chaos Wrestling Dandelion manages to defeat Black Death to be named True Expert Champion - the first female (and puppet) to do so.

* Dandelion loses the title in her first defence back to Black Death in the Experts Invitational 2008.

Black Death [3]
(??/??/08 - 18/08/08)
* Black Death wins a star-filled battle royal to win his legendary third reign as champion.

* In August 2008 Black Death loses the final of the Extreme Tournament, and so loses the title to Level-One.

Level-One
(18/08/08 - 22/03/09)
* Level-One shoots to stardom as he beats over 60 wrestlers to become True Expert Championship in one of the biggest Extreme Tournament (2008) of all time.

* He successfully defends the title against Scorpio at Rival Factions 2008.

* Level-One defeats Legion to retain the title on a Collective show.

* The first reign comes to an end as Level-One is beaten by Sandy Makel during a gauntlet match in early 2009.

Sandy Makel
(22/03/09 - 29/06/09)
* Sandy Makel makes his mark on the Experts as he storms through 20 other competitors to become True Expert.

* Rise of the Dragon sees Jack Purcell and Level-One challenge Makel for the belt, in which Level-One is able to take his second reign.

Level-One [2]
(29/06/09 - 16/08/09)
* Level-One is able to beat Purcell and Makel at Rise of the Dragon, becoming a two-time True Expert.

* In a re-match of the Extreme Tournament 2008, Level-One loses to Keaton Saint when he taps out, thus making the True Expert title vacant.

VACANT
(16/08/09 - 30/08/09)
* Level-One taps out in the quarter-finals of the Extreme Tournament 2009, vacating the True Expert champioship.

* Georgie Nickles' victory in the final of the Extreme Tournament 2009 gives the title its new holder.

Georgie Nickles
(30/08/09 - 31/01/10)
* Georgie Nickles shocks the world as she goes through 64 others to defeat Hannibal Cage in a gruelling 2 out of 3 falls deathmatch at the final of the Extreme Tournament 2009 and become True Expert Champion.

* Georgie is able to defeat Level-One at Rival Factions 2009, defending her title despite interference from Draeden Darksky.

* Hannibal Cage wins a steel cage match against Georgie Nickles to become the champion in early 2010.

Hannibal Cage
(31/01/10 - 22/08/10)
* Hannibal Cage is able to pin Georgie Nickles in an epic steel cage match at the Invitational V, claiming the True Expert title for his own.

* At On Hallowed Ground (A CWC/Experts event) Hannibal Cage defeats both Level-One and Cecile Lecrux to retain the belt.

* In the Quarter Finals of the Extreme Tournament 2010 Hannibal Cage was eliminated when Jack Benevolence made Jose Ramon submit in their triple threat match, thus vacating the title.

VACANT
(22/08/10 - 05/09/10)
* Almost a year to the day, another submission in the quarter finals of the Extreme Tournament robs the champion of his title, this time when Hannibal Cage failed to prevent Jose Ramon submitting to Jack Benevolence.

Sandy Makel [2]
(05/09/10 - 18/06/11)
* Sandy Makel pins Jack Benevolence following a dragon suplex onto barbed wire and metal inside of the Siberian Rules match cage in order to enter is second reign as True Expert and win the Extreme Tournament 2010.

* Due to injury Sandy Makel is forced to surrender the True Expert Championship instead of defending it through the Extreme Tournament 2011.

VACANT
(18/06/11 - 13/08/11)
* Sandy Makel's injury forces him to pull out of ET2011 before it begins, vacating the True Expert championship.

Jack Benevolence

(14/08/11 - 26/09/12)
* After trying everything in the book to be awarded the title outright, Benevolence succeeds in the final of the 2011 Extreme Tournament, defeating Kurt Noble in a Three Stages of Hell match to claim the title.

* Jack Benevolence successfully defends the title against Dan Ryan, Johnny Rebel and CJ Gates at Dreams and Nightmares 2011 by submitting Ryan to the Critical Quick

* Once again Jack Benevolence retains the True Expert Championship by escaping the cage against CJ Gates at Rival Factions 2012

* Another successful defence comes Benevolence's way as he defeats CJ Gates, Masaru Inoue, Doug E. Fresh and Jonny Cedrone in the High Stakes 2012 main event. After the match the Warden declares that Benevolence will defend the championship through every stage of the Extreme Tournament 2012 and that a 24/7 bounty is on Benevolence's head as champion.

* In the run-up to ET2012 Benevolence narrowly escapes bounty attempts by Hannah Rickman, Leander Apollo and Dragon Demonico as well as other unknown assailants.

* May 27th 2012, Jack Benevolence officially becomes the longest-reigning True Expert Champion of all time.

* Week One of ET2012, Benevolence retains against Jacob Wright and survives bounty attempts by Maverick Jones, Seth Black, Sean Edmunds, Terry Marvin, Evan Envi and Keaton Saint.

* Week Two of ET2012, Benevolence retains against Keaton Saint and survives a bounty attempt by Paradox McSweeney.

* Week Three of ET2012, Benevolence retains the title against Smith Young.

* Week Four of ET2012, Benevolence retains the title against Diego de la Vega and narrowly survives a bounty attempt by Adrien Specter.

* August 15th 2012, Jack Benevolence officially enters one year as True Expert Champion.

* Week Five of ET2012, Benevolence submits to Adrien Specter and should have lost the True Expert Championship, however the referee was distracted; he takes advantage by hitting the Jack's Hammer and pinning Specter to retain.

* Elimination Round of ET2012, Adrien Specter is granted a re-match against Benevolence for the title, this time with No DQ/Countout rules enforced. Benevolence is able to once more defend the title as he lands the Jack's Hammer through a table.

* Quarter-Finals of ET2012, Jack Benevolence retains the True Expert Championship against Marko Flins after a huge Jack's Hammer on the gigantic Sinistry member. Following the match Marko's Sinistry leader and Benevolence's next opponent, Doug E. Fresh, attacks Benevolence and takes the title belt itself hostage. Elsewhere during the night Benevolence acts uncharacteristically to save Inner Council position rival Talon Wilkinson from the clutches of the new Warden of Siberia, the psychotic Drake Mosa. Mosa appears to take exception to Benevolence, with the two appearing to begin a struggle for power within the Experts.

* Semi-Finals of ET2012, the night begins for Benevolence with a confrontation between he and Mosa, where Benevolence continues to oppose the new warden's regime, much to the chagrin of Mosa and Russell White (Benevolence's manager). In the main event Jack Benevolence defends the True Expert Championship against Doug E. Fresh; Drake Mosa interferes to distract Benevolence and kidnap White, resulting in Fresh landing his patented A+ superkick, knocking Benevolence out enough to pin him and win the True Expert Championship, thus ending Jack Benevolence's reign atop the Experts.

* Jack Benevolence's record-breaking reign as True Expert Champion ends in the semi-finals of the Extreme Tournament 2012, losing the title to Doug E. Fresh. His reign sits at 410 days (1 year, 1 month and 13 days), the longest in the Experts' history.

Doug E. Fresh
(26/09/12 - ??/??/??)

* Capitalising on a distraction from the new Warden of Siberia, Drake Mosa, Doug E. Fresh knocks Jack Benevolence out with the A+ superkick and pins him in the semi-finals of the 2012 Extreme Tournament, defeating him and becoming the new True Expert Champion.

* Length of reign is in dispute, as it is unclear whether the title has been vacated since the closure of The Experts.

* With things moving in place for The Experts to reopen, how much longer will Fresh be able to hold onto the title!?