AEW Fyter Fest 2020: 5 Surprising Moments From Night Two

#4 The FTW Championship returns

Is it 1999 again?

We were promised a major announcement that would shock the pro wrestling world on Wednesday night during Taz’s promo. That certainly raised the bar pretty high. Did the announcement deliver at AEW Fyter Fest? Well, that is hard to say.

Taz decided to give a title to Brian Cage at Fyter fest before his AEW World Title match at next week’s Fight for the Fallen. Brian Cage is now the FTW World Champion. This is a title invented by Taz back in 1998 as part of a storyline in ECW when he couldn’t get a title shot against Shane Douglas for the World Title. The belt itself was only held by Taz and Sabu before it was “retired” in March of 1999. It wasn’t exactly a prestigious title to say the least.

But, it was certainly a surprise. I can’t think any of us expected Taz to bring back a storyline title twenty years later after it was retired at Fyter Fest.

What role that title will play going forward will be interesting and shall see it in the weeks to come. However, it does add another wrinkle to next week’s World Title match between Cage and Jon Moxley.