ID Championship Tournament
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| Promotion(s) | WWE (WWE ID) Future Stars of Wrestling Game Changer Wrestling | ||
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| City | Night 1: Paradise, Nevada Night 2: Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
| Venue | Night 1: Palms Casino Resort Night 2: FSW Arena | ||
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The ID Championship Tournament was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) and Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) in partnership with WWE's Independent Development program. The event took place on April 16, 2025 at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada as part of GCW's Collective and April 18, 2025 at the FSW Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of FSW's Full Tilt 3. Both nights were streamed live on Triller TV and featured opening rounds for both the WWE ID Championship tournament and the WWE Women's ID Championship tournament.
Background
During a press conference on February 18, 2025, WWE's Chief Content Officer, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, unveiled the men's and women's WWE ID Championships. The titles would be defended exclusively across the independent circuit, offering emerging talent increased exposure and opportunities.[1][2] WWE also announced that the inaugural champions would be determined through a tournament featuring top prospects from the WWE ID program. The tournament matches were scheduled to take place at various independent wrestling shows, highlighting WWE's collaboration with the independent wrestling scene. Participants of the inaugural tournament were all WWE ID prospects. On March 17, 2025, WWE announced that first round matches for the tournament would held by Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) on April 16 and Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) on April 18 during WrestleMania 41 weekend.[3][4] On April 7, 2025, WWE confirmed that after the crowning of the inaugural champions, all independent wrestlers would be eligible to challenge for the ID Championships and that if a non-WWE ID wrestler were to win either title, they would receive a WWE ID contract.[5]
Storylines
The ID Championship Tournament featured professional wrestling matches that involves different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6] Storylines were produced on WWE Evolve and various events on the independent circuit.
Results
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Jake Black (FSW) |
| Trevin Adams | |
| Dave Prazak (GCW) | |
| Ring announcers | Mianda Morales (FSW) |
| Diana Sandoval (FSW) | |
| Emil Jay (GCW) |
| No. | Results[7][8] | Stipulations | Times[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Oasis defeated Freedom Ramsey by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 10:58 |
| 2 | Zara Zakher defeated Izzy Moreno by pinfall | Singles match | 4:53 |
| 3 | It's GAL defeated Aaron Rourke by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 8:45 |
| 4 | Ice Williams defeated Aaron Roberts and Atticus Cogar by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round triple threat match | 6:32 |
| 5 | Kylie Rae defeated Zayda Steel by pinfall | WWE Women's ID Championship Tournament first round match | 8:44 |
| 6 | Marcus Mathers defeated Sam Holloway by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round | 12:38 |
| 7 | Jackson Drake and Swipe Right (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) defeated Cappuccino Jones, Jack Cartwheel, and Sean Legacy by pinfall | Six man tag team match | 21:00 |
| No. | Results[10][11] | Stipulations | Times[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cappuccino Jones defeated It's GAL by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 7:03 |
| 2 | Brittnie Brooks and Zara Zakher defeated Mazzerati and Zayda Steel by pinfall | Tag team match | 10:35 |
| 3 | Freedom Ramsey defeated Bodhi Young Prodigy by pinfall | Singles match | 5:47 |
| 4 | Aaron Rourke defeated Sam Holloway by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 9:28 |
| 5 | Aaron Roberts defeated Jordan Oasis by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 7:07 |
| 6 | Jackson Drake defeated Marcus Mathers by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 18:32 |
| 7 | Sean Legacy defeated Ricky Smokes (w/Brad Baylor and Jackson Drake) by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 8:32 |
| 8 | Ice Williams defeated Brad Baylor by pinfall | WWE ID Championship Tournament first round match | 11:13 |
References
- ^ Ucchino, Rick (February 18, 2025). "Triple H Unveils New WWE ID Championships To Spotlight Up-And-Coming Talent". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (February 18, 2025). "WWE ID Championships Unveiled". Fightful. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ Renner, Ethan (March 17, 2025). "WWE ID championship tournament to begin on WrestleMania week indie shows". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/03/17/gcw-future-stars-of-wrestling-hosting-opening-round-of-wwe-id-championship-tournament/%7Ctitle=GCW & Future Stars of Wrestling hosting opening round of WWE ID Championship tournament|first=Andrew|last=Thompson|date=March 17, 2025|work=POST Wrestling}
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy; Defelice, Robert (April 7, 2025). "WWE ID Announces WWE ID Titles Will Be Open To All Independent Talent Once Champions Are Crowned". Fightful. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 17, 2025). "GCW Presents WWE ID Championship Tournament Results (4/16): First Round WWE ID Tournament Matches". Fightful.
- ^ Nason, Josh (April 17, 2025). "Several advance in men's & women's WWE ID Championship tournaments". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
- ^ "GCW Presents ID Championship Tournament". Cagematch. April 16, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 19, 2025). "FSW Presents ID Championship Tournament (4/18): Ice Williams, Brad Baylor, Marcus Mathers Compete". Fightful.
- ^ Nason, Josh (April 19, 2025). "Updates on men's WWE ID Championship tournament". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
- ^ "FSW Presents ID Championship Tournament". Cagematch. April 18, 2025.