Introducing the DEFY Interim Championship
Brody King determined to be DEFY Champion. | Photo: West Smith
News broke early Wednesday, December 1st that a DEFY Interim Championship will be introduced for a match that will take place at DEFY Darkhorse on December 18th in Seattle between number one and two contenders; Christopher Daniels and Brody King.
An interim championship is an alternate title that is awarded by the sanctioning bodies of professional wrestling and in other combat sports such as boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts.
Occasionally, the champion of a particular division is temporarily unable to defend their championship because of medical, legal, or other reasons that are beyond the competitor's control. When this case occurs, two highly ranked contenders may fight for an interim championship of the same division – leading to two champions existing in the same division simultaneously. Once the original champion is able to return, at the discretion of the sanctioning body or promotion concerned, they must defend their title against the interim champion - who will relinquish their interim title in order to fight for the full world title.
Current champion Randy Myers has been unable to defend his DEFY Championship this year due to pandemic-related restrictions. Because of this, DEFY Wrestling championship bylaws came into effect on December 1st and stipulate a mandatory defense of an interim title. Myers will remain DEFY Champion and will meet the DEFY Interim Champion in a future unification bout. When asked for comment, Myers provided the following letter to the Defyance.
Dearest darlings ,
It has to come to my attention that rent is due on our house and our title must be defended. But alas I am still stuck. 😔 That being said I couldn’t think of two better males to retrieve my mail and take care of the place in my absence. Whether it be that beautiful beast that is Brody King or be it the fallen Darlin Angel muffin Christopher Daniels. I promise you two things - 1, you will be in good hands, and 2, when I return to our house who ever our interim champ is will be in yer Weirdos Hero hands. See you soon snookums
Sincerely yer true Champ
Ps Miss you 🧟♂️💋
The darker side of “The Fallen Angel” has revealed itself in the post-lockdown DEFY. | Photo: West Smith
The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels enters this DEFY Interim Championship match with two recent big DEFY victories over top prospects Titus Alexander and Daniel Garcia. He faces the returning Brody King who comes off an impressive win against Tom Lawlor and in tag-action with Eddie Kingston defeated The Reavers.
"We want to assure everyone that our weirdo hero is not going anywhere!" commented DEFY Head of Talent Matt Farmer. "These bylaws now present an opportunity to crown another worthy Champion in Myers' current absence, and also, set the stage for one hell of a unification bout to come."
