Tyler Vertias was the first champion, who won it by defeating Adam Cole in a tournament final.

After a win over Joe Gacy, he was eliminated by Adam Cole in his second round match on November 14.

Adam Cole and Mia Yim would come down to mock Callihan.

After changing his ring name to Adam Cole, he regained the championship from McBride two months later on February 27, 2010.

However, he would go on to fail in his title challenge against Adam Cole on October 9.

Jay made his first successful title defense on May 4 at Border Wars 2013 against Adam Cole.

He received his title shot the following day, but was defeated by the defending champion, Adam Cole.

Adam Cole would be made to submit by Cobian by way of a Backbreaker.

Exactly a month later, he retained the title against Adam Cole after their match ended in a draw.

On June 29, Strong lost the title to Adam Cole.