MLW World Middleweight Championship

The MLW World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW). The title was unveiled on July 18, 2018, it is contested in MLW's middleweight division by wrestlers at a maximum weight of 205 lb (93 kg).^[1][2] As of April 5, 2025, the title is vacant as previous champion Místico vacated the title due to an injury.

MLW World Middleweight Championship
The MLW World Middleweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Major League Wrestling (MLW)
Date established	June 28, 2018
Current champion	David Bryant
Date won	August 14th, 2025
Statistics First champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman Most reigns Myron Reed (3 reigns) Longest reign Myron Reed (424 days) Shortest reign Shun Skywalker (42 days) Oldest champion Tajiri (51 years, 23 days) Youngest champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (22 years, 126 days) Heaviest champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (216 lb (98 kg)) Lightest champion Myron Reed (154 lb (70 kg))

History

Inaugural champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman.

On June 28, 2018, Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced the creation of the MLW World Middleweight Championship, for their middleweight division instead of the "cruiserweight" division, which is more common in American professional wrestling.^[2][3][4] It was announced that the title holds a weight limit of 205 lb (93 kg).^[2][3] Also announced was an singles match between Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Joey Ryan to crown the first champion.^[2][3][4] The title match was later advertised on July 6 during episode 12 of MLW Fusion.^[5] The title was unveiled on July 18.^[1] The following day, Maxwell Jacob Friedman defeated Joey Ryan to become the inaugural MLW World Middleweight Championship (air date July 27, 2018).^[6][7][8] The title would be vacated on December 7, after Friedman was sidelined with an elbow injury.^[9] Teddy Hart would defeat El Hijo de L.A. Park, Dezmond Xavier, Gringo Loco and Kotto Brazil in a five-way ladder match on December 14 at MLW Fusion Live to win the title.^[10]

Reigns

Key

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
	Major League Wrestling (MLW)
1	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	July 19, 2018	Battle Riot I	New York City, New York	1	141	Friedman defeated Joey Ryan to become the inaugural champion. The episode aired on tape delay on July 27, 2018.	[6][7][8][11]
—	Vacated	December 7, 2018	—	—	—	—	Friedman vacated the championship after an elbow injury.	[9]
2	Teddy Hart	December 14, 2018	Fusion Live	Miami, Florida	1	330	Hart defeated Dezmond Xavier, El Hijo de L.A. Park, Gringo Loco and Kotto Brazil in a five-way ladder match to win the vacant championship.	[12]
3	Myron Reed	November 9, 2019	Blood and Thunder	Orlando, Florida	1	424	Aired on the November 9 episode of Fusion via tape delay.	[13]
4	Lio Rush	January 6, 2021	Kings of Colosseum	Orlando, Florida	1	119		[14]
5	Myron Reed	May 5, 2021	Fusion Live	Orlando, Florida	2	150		[15]
6	Tajiri	October 2, 2021	Fightland	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	111	This was a four-way match also involving Aramis and Arez.	[16]
7	Myron Reed	January 21, 2022	Blood and Thunder	North Richland Hills, Texas	3	240	This was a four-way match also including Bandido and Matt Cross.	[17]
8	Shun Skywalker	September 18, 2022	Super Series	Norcross, Georgia	1	42		[18]
9	Lince Dorado	October 30, 2022	Fightland	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	158		[19]
10	Akira	April 6, 2023	War Chamber	Queens, New York City, New York	1	191	This was a Three-way match also including Lio Rush.	[20]
11	Rocky Romero	October 14, 2023	Slaughterhouse	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	138	This was a Winner Takes All match, with Romero's NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship also on the line.
12	Místico	February 29, 2024	Intimidation Games	New York City, New York	1	401		[21]
—	Vacated	April 5, 2025	—	—	—	—	Místico vacated the championship after announcing his intention to move up to the heavyweight division.	[22]

Combined reigns

As of August 17, 2025.

Record-setting three-time and most combined days as MLW World Middleweight champion at 814, Myron Reed.

†	Indicates the current champions

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Myron Reed	3	814
2	Místico	1	401
3	Teddy Hart	1	330
4	Akira	1	191
5	Lince Dorado	1	158
6	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	1	141
7	Rocky Romero	1	138
8	Lio Rush	1	119
9	Tajiri	1	111
10	Shun Skywalker	1	42