Internet Championship
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The Internet Championship is a professional championship in WWE created by The "Long Island Iced Z" Zack Ryder
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The belt is custom-made with Ryder's siluette on it.
After ten episodes, Ryder proclamed himself Internet Champion (although he later claimed he had taken part in a 64-men tournament), with a belt that resembled the Intercontinental Championship, which was later changed into a larger one with Ryder's face on it.
On November 25, John Morrison held the title for a day when he "borrowed" it. However since he was legitimately leaving the WWE he was written off Ryder's YouTube show, and gave the title back before leaving.
Zack Ryder
Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag...
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The belt is custom-made with Ryder's siluette on it.
History
Ryder was unable to get on the RAW program, and started a YouTube show which became an instant internet sensation.After ten episodes, Ryder proclamed himself Internet Champion (although he later claimed he had taken part in a 64-men tournament), with a belt that resembled the Intercontinental Championship, which was later changed into a larger one with Ryder's face on it.
On November 25, John Morrison held the title for a day when he "borrowed" it. However since he was legitimately leaving the WWE he was written off Ryder's YouTube show, and gave the title back before leaving.
Title history
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. | |
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1 | Zack Ryder Zack Ryder Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag... |
1 | Long Island, New York | Z True Long Island Story | On Episone 11 Ryder introduced the title and claimed WWE had named him Internet Champion. | ||||
John Morrison | 1 | Long Island, New York | Z True Long Island Story | On Episone 41 Morrison stole the title, but gave it back seconds before "dying" in an explosion. | |||||
Zack Ryder Zack Ryder Matthew Joseph Cardona, Jr. better known by his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE and works on the Raw brand as a wrestler and the SmackDown brand as an assistant to SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.Cardona wrestled mostly with his tag... |
2 | + | Long Island, New York | Z True Long Island Story | Morrison was written off the show and gave the title back. |
Combined reigns
Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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