OCWFed.com Exclusive - New Championship Belt to be Unveiled at Summercide 2023!

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With just 6 days until OCWFed's biggest event of the Summer, OCWFed recently announced that a brand new championship belt will debut at Summercide 2023, which is set to air August 26th at 3PM ET LIVE on twitch.tv/OCWFed.

 

Over the last 5 years, OCWFed has been forward thinking when it comes to championships.

 

In 2018, after interest in the tag team division sparked up, OCW introduced the Turmoil Tag Team Championships, which were held by Code Jackmon and Tay Terror of Code Terror. The Turmoil Tag Titles were unified with the RIOT Tag Titles at Wrestlution 13, but the company's willingness to give their roster a chance to prove themselves has continued to be present.

 

In 2019, OCWFed owner and CEO Jaysin Clinton Sensation re-introduced the OCW International championship to put spotlight on the up-and-comers on the roster, which was won by recently retired OCW veteran Thomas Archer after a grueling "Road 2 Gold" tournament.

 

In 2021, the prestigious OCW Light Heavyweight Championship was unified with the OCW Pride Championship to form the OCW North American Championship in a match between Anthony Baker and Rust Cohle, which Rust Cohle emerged victorious in.

 

OCWFed has always had the best long-term intentions in mind with their championship picture, but the recent announcement is not about a NEW championship itself, but instead refers to a brand new OCW Championship belt which will follow the lineage of an existing title.

 

The OCW Women's championship has officially been held in abeyance since Wrestlution 17 after defending champion Jasmin Kaffee successfully defended the title in a hellacious triple threat match which also included Zoe Cohle and Furiosa.

 

Even before Wrestlution, the championship's legitimacy has been called into question. Current OCW General Manager Empress (otherwise known as EMP) thrust herself into the title picture in early 2023. Despite officially tasting defeat to then champion Harri Etiquette at the 18th Anniversary show, Empress attacked the champion after the match, calling herself the winner.

 

Though Jasmin Kaffee defeated Harri Etiquette at RIOT 600 to become the new, officially recognized OCW World Women's Wrestling Champion, Empress maintained control of the original championship belt, forcing OCW to commission a second title for Jasmin Kaffee to defend. Even despite countless attempts to clarify that Empress' championship is not officially recognized, she still entered into her match with Terra Daturas at Wrestlution 17 with the championship belt, carrying it out of Las Vegas after her victory.

 

Since Wrestlution, Jasmin Kaffee was forced to take a leave of absence after sustaining continued injuries and a women's championship tournament was created to crown a new world champion.

 

It appears OCW CEO Jaysin Sensation has grown tired of the ambiguity and in an attempt to clearly mark a brand new world champion, OCWFed has commissioned a brand new championship belt, which will usher in the newest era of women's wrestling in the company. Rather than fight with Empress about the current title, the company will debut a brand new championship belt and award it to the winner of the Deborah Soto vs Sue Plex match next Saturday.

 

It's unknown at this point what the new world championship will look like, but officials within OCW have said they are attempting to "match the women's world championship with the two men's titles in grandeur".

 

The news comes at an exciting time for OCW, as they look to anoint the newest crop of superstars in the Summer of 2023, with many matches featuring the best and brightest of OCW's future.

 

OCW Summercide 2023 will air LIVE on August 26th, 2023 at 3PM ET on Twitch.tv/ocwfed and will feature several extremely high stakes matches including "The Kang" DOC against Wrex for the CCW World Championship, Sheldon Tremblay vs Aries for the OCW World Championship, the aforementioned Deborah vs Sue Plex encounter, as well as Rust Cohle vs B17 in a dream match encounter, among others.

 

With the future stars at the forefront, you won't want to miss Summercide 2023, that part is for certain!