Northeast Wrestling
American professional wrestling promotion
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Northeast Wrestling (NEW) is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States and has promoted events since 1996. It is currently owned and operated by promoter Mike Lombardi and is one of the top independent wrestling promotions in the Northeast.[citation needed]
AcronymNEW
FoundedDecember 9, 1995
StyleAmerican Wrestling
HeadquartersNewburgh, New York, United States
| Acronym | NEW |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 9, 1995 |
| Style | American Wrestling |
| Headquarters | Newburgh, New York, United States |
| Founder | Michael Lombardi |
| Formerly | NWA Northeast (1996-2000) |
| Website | Official Website |
Championships
Active Titles
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Location | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW Heavyweight Championship | Matt Taven | 3 | December 17, 2022 | 1,187 | Bethany, CT | Won a tournament after former champion, Traevon Jordan, relinquished belt due to injury | [1] | |
| NEW Live Championship | KC Navarro | 1 | August 13, 2022 | 1,313 | Bethany, CT | Defeated J. T. Dunn on Destiny. | [2] | |
| NEW Tag Team Championship | Waves and Curls (Traevon Jordan and Jaylen Brandyn) |
1 | February 19, 2022 | 1,488 | Bethany, CT | Defeated Club Cam (Cam Zagami and Antonio Zambrano) at The Future is Now. | [3] | |
Former Championships
| Championship | Date of entry | First champion(s) | Date retired | Last champion(s) | Years active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA Northeast Junior Heavyweight Championship NEW Light Heavyweight Championship | December 12, 1995 | Johnny Handsome | 2000 | Mike Quackenbush | 5 |
| NWA Northeast Television Championship | February 1998 | John Diamond | July 9, 1999 | Juan Xaviar | 1 |
| NEW United States Championship | - | Brother Devon | - | - | - |
Other accomplishments
| Accomplishment | Latest winner(s) | Date won | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of Bethany | Brian Anthony | Dec. 17, 2017 | Bethany, Connecticut | [6] |
NEW Tag Team Championship
| NEW Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Northeast Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 1, 2014 | ||||||||||
| Current champions | Waves and Curls (Traevon Jordan and Jaylen Brandyn) | ||||||||||
| Date won | February 19, 2022 | ||||||||||
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Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | The Dredded Dead (Bull Dredd and Ron Zombie) |
November 1, 2014 | Army of One | Bethany, CT | 1 | 160 | Justin Dredd and Ron Zombie defeated The Battle Brothers (Anthony Battle and Chris Battle) and The Arrogation (Dan The Man and Vladimir Joseph) in a three-way match to become the inaugural champions. During their reign, Justin was also recognized as Bull Dredd | [7] |
| 2 | The Battle Brothers (Anthony Battle and Chris Battle) |
April 10, 2015 | The Future is Now | Danbury, CT | 1 | 183 | This was a no disqualification match. | [8] |
| 3 | Team Friendship (Mark Shurman and Scotty Slade) |
October 10, 2015 | The Hunt For Gold October | Bethany, CT | 1 | 210 | [9] | |
| 4 | Frankie Arion and Vinny Marseglia | May 7, 2016 | Zombie's Last Stand | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 35 | [10] | |
| 5 | So Over (Jimmy Preston and Mark Shurman (2)) |
June 11, 2016 | The Big Bethany Bash | Bethany, CT | 1 | 281 | [11] | |
| 6 | The Battle Brothers (Anthony Battle and Chris Battle) |
March 19, 2017 | Kingdom In Chaos | Waterbury, CT | 2 | 68 | This was a four-way elimination match also involving Adrenaline Rush (Keith Youngblood & Daniel Evans) and NOW (Hale Collins & Vik Dalishus) | [12] |
| 7 | NOW (Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus) |
May 26, 2017 | Spring Slam Tour: Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | 1 | 113 | This was a steel cage match | [13] |
| 8 | The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia (2)) |
September 16, 2017 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 1 | 76 | [14] | |
| 9 | Adrenaline Rush (Daniel Evans and Keith Youngblood) |
December 1, 2017 | Holiday Havoc | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 91 | This was a three-way ladder match also involving NOW (Hale Collins & Vik Dalishus) | [15] |
| 10 | Cam Zagami and Robbie E | March 2, 2018 | Wrestlefest XXII | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 162 | [16] | |
| 11 | Adrenaline Rush (Daniel Evans and Keith Youngblood) |
August 11, 2018 | Heat Wave | Bethany, CT | 2 | 70 | This was a Texas tornado match. | [17] |
| 12 | The Royal Court (Anthony Battle (3), Brian Anthony and Daniel Evans (3)) |
October 20, 2018 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 1 | 188 | Initially, Anthony Battle and Brian Anthony defeated Daniel Evans and Keith Youngblood to win the titles. However, Evans is somehow recognized as a champion with Battle and Anthony by the freebird rule. His reign is recognized to have been started the same day he lost the titles alongside Evans. | [18] |
| 13 | Jerry Lawler and Keith Youngblood (3) | April 26, 2019 | Wrestlefest XXIII | Danbury, CT | 1 | 113 | [19] | |
| 14 | The Royal Court (Brian Anthony (2) and Daniel Evans (4)) |
August 17, 2019 | Under the Stars Tour: Norwich | Norwich, CT | 1 | 7 | [20] | |
| 15 | InZanely Rude (Zane Bernardo and RJ Rude) |
August 24, 2019 | Heat Wave | Bethany, CT | 1 | 693 | [21] | |
| 16 | Club Cam (Antonio Zambrano and Cam Zagami) |
July 17, 2021 | Heat Wave | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 217 | [22] | |
| 17 | Waves and Curls (Traevon Jordan and Jaylen Brandyn) |
February 19, 2022 | The Future Is Now | Bethany, CT | 1 | 1,488+ | number = 18
champion = Swipe Right reign = 1 date = May 10 2025 location = Westchester County Center White Plains NY event = Northeast Wrestling WrestleFest XXVIII |
[3] |
Combined reigns
| † | Indicates the current champions |
|---|---|
| <1 | The reign is shorter than one day. |
| ¤ | The exact length of the title is unknown |
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | InZanely Rude (Zane Bernardo and RJ Rude) | 1 | 693 |
| 2 | So Over (Jimmy Preston and Mark Shurman) | 1 | 281 |
| 3 | Waves and Curls (Traevon Jordan and Jaylen Brandyn) † | 1 | 1,488+ |
| 4 | Club Cam (Antonio Zambrano and Cam Zagami) | 1 | 217 |
| 5 | The Royal Court (Anthony Battle, Bryan Anthony and Daniel Evans) | 1 | 188 |
| 6 | Cam Zagani and Robbie E | 1 | 162 |
| 7 | Adrenaline Rush (Daniel Evans and Keith Youngblood) | 2 | 161 |
| 8 | The Dredded Dead (Justin Dredd and Ron Zombie) | 1 | 160 |
| 9 | Jerry Lawler and Keith Youngblood | 1 | 113 |
| 10 | NOW (Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus) | 1 | 113 |
| 11 | The Kingdom (T. K. O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia) | 1 | 76 |
| 12 | The Battle Brothers (Anthony Battle and Chris Battle) | 2 | 68¤ |
| 13 | Frankie Arion and Vinny Marseglia | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | The Royal Court (Brian Anthony and Daniel Evans) | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Team Friendship (Mark Shurman and Scotty Slade) | 1 | N/A¤ |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zane Bernardo | 1 | 693 |
| RJ Rude | |||
| 3 | Cam Zagani | 2 | 379 |
| 4 | Daniel Evans | 4 | 356 |
| 5 | Mark Shurman | 2 | 281¤ |
| 6 | Jimmy Preston | 1 | 281 |
| 7 | Jaylen Brandyn † | 1 | 1,488+ |
| Traevon Jordan† | 1 | 1,488+ | |
| 9 | Keith Youngblood | 3 | 274 |
| 10 | Anthony Battle | 3 | 256¤ |
| 11 | Antonio Zambrano | 1 | 217 |
| 12 | Bryan Anthony | 2 | 195 |
| 13 | Robbie E | 1 | 162 |
| 14 | Justin Dredd | 1 | 160 |
| Ron Zombie | 1 | 160 | |
| 16 | Jerry Lawler | 1 | 113 |
| Hale Collins | |||
| Vik Dalishus | |||
| 19 | Vinny Marseglia | 2 | 111 |
| 20 | T. K. O'Ryan | 1 | 76 |
| 21 | Chris Battle | 2 | 68¤ |
| 22 | Frankie Arion | 1 | 35 |
| 23 | Scotty Slade | 1 | N/A¤ |
NEW Live Championship
| NEW Live Championship[23] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Northeast Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | December 21, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion | Victorious BRG | ||||||||||||
| Date won | August 13, 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Christian Casanova | December 21, 2019 | Holiday Havoc | Bethany, CT | 1 | 430 | Defeated J. T. Dunn and Keith Youngblood in a triple threat match to become inaugural Champion. | [24] |
| 2 | Brad Hollister | February 23, 2021 | Studio Wars | Bethany, CT | 1 | 123 | This was a two out of three falls match. | [25] |
| 3 | Keith Youngblood | June 26, 2021 | Resurgence | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 112 | [26] | |
| 4 | Mike Verna | October 16, 2021 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 1 | 98 | [27] | |
| 5 | Hale Collins | January 22, 2022 | Wrestlefest XXVI | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1 | 91 | [28] | |
| 6 | J. T. Dunn | April 23, 2022 | Spring Slam | Danbury, CT | 1 | 112 | This was a five-way match, also involving Channing Thomas, Chris Battle and Wrecking Ball Legursky. | [29] |
| 7 | KC Navarro | August 13, 2022 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 1 | 1,313+ | [2] | |