Absolute Ricky Starks won the FTW Championship on July 14, 2021 on a special edition AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest Night 1 in Cedar Park, TX at the HEB Center. Ricky Starks defeated Brian Cage in a singles match via pinfall and ended his 377 day reign.

On the July 8th, 2020 special edition of AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest Night 2 in Jacksonville, FL at Daily’s Place, the Machine Brian Cage was awarded the FTW Championship by Taz. The FTW Championship remained inactive for 21 years until being re-established here in AEW