British Cruiserweight Championship (RevPro)

The British Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on December 6, 2008.[1]

British Cruiserweight Championship
Former champion El Phantasmo with the title
Details
PromotionRevolution Pro Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 6, 2008
Current champion(s)Michael Oku
Date wonFebruary 14, 2020
Other name(s)
  • Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
  • RQW Cruiserweight Championship.

The first champion was Mark Haskins, the-then holder of the Real Quality Wrestling (RQW) Cruiserweight Championship. Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) recognized the RQW Cruiserweight Champions as British Cruiserweight Champions until Rockstar Spud vacated the title due to inactivity. Following the vacancy, both titles split their lineages. To crown a new champion, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) hosted an 8-man tournament, won by Marty Scurll.

During his 2016 championship reign, Will Ospreay frequently travelled to Japan to work with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This inactivity caused RPW to host a match to crown an interim champion, won by Josh Bodom. On April 13, 2017, Bodom defeated Ospreay to become undisputed champion.

Title History

As of February 9, 2021.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
RQW
1 Mark Haskins December 6, 2008 Live event Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland 1 123 Haskins, the-then RQW Cruiserweight Champion, is recognized as the first British Cruiserweight Champion. [1][2]
2 The British Eagle April 8, 2009 Live event Selsey, West Sussex, England 1 7 [3]
IPW:UK
3 Mark Haskins April 15, 2009 IPW:UK Live In Selsey Selsey, West Sussex, England 2 221 [4]
4 The Lion Kid November 22, 2009 IPW:UK Brawl At The Hall 2009 Sittingbourne, Kent, England 2 196 Formerly known as The British Eagle. [5]
5 Rockstar Spud June 6, 2010 IPW:UK Unfinished Business 2010 Sittingbourne, Kent, England 1 315 [6]
— Vacated April 17, 2011 — — — — Spud vacated the title due to inactivity. [7]
6 Marty Scurll April 28, 2012 IPW:UK Revolution 2012 London, England 1 202 Scurll defeated Sami Callihan in the finals of an 8-man tournament to win the vacant title. [8]
RevPro
7 Prince Devitt November 16, 2012 RevPro St Ives Debut St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England 1 540 [9]
8 Josh Bodom May 10, 2014 RevPro Make Or Break 2014 Birmingham, West Midlands, England 1 162 [10]
9 Will Ospreay October 19, 2014 RevPro Okada Vs. Aries Clapham, London, England 1 321 This was a triple threat match involving Rich Swann. [11]
10 Josh Bodom September 5, 2015 RevPro TV #1.27 Marylebone, Greater London, England 2 50 [12]
11 Andrew Everett October 25, 2015 RevPro Live In Sittingbourne Sittingbourne, Kent, England 1 2 [13]
— Vacated October 27, 2015 — — — — Andrew Everett had to vacate the title due to injury. [1]
12 Pete Dunne January 3, 2016 RevPro Live At The Cockpit Marylebone, Greater London, England 1 189 Defeated Morgan Webster in a tournament final. [14]
13 Will Ospreay July 10, 2016 RevPro Summer Sizzler 2016 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 2 277 [15]
— Josh Bodom January 21, 2017 RevPro High Stakes 2017 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 3 82 Bodom defeated Ryan Smile to become the interim champion until Ospreay had returned from Japan. [16]
14 Josh Bodom April 13, 2017 RevPro Epic Encounter 2017 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 3 210 [17]
15 Ryan Smile November 9, 2017 RevPro/NJPW Global Wars UK 2017: Night 1 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 24 This was a three-way match, also involving Bushi. [18]
16 Flash Morgan Webster December 3, 2017 RevPro Live At The Cockpit Marylebone, Greater London, England 1 5 [19]
17 Kurtis Chapman December 8, 2017 RevPro Uprising 2017 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 154 Chapman pinned David Starr in a five man scramble match, also involving Flash Morgan Webster, Ryan Smile and El Phantasmo. [20]
18 David Starr May 11, 2018 RevPro Epic Encounter 2018 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 364 [21]
19 El Phantasmo May 10, 2019 RevPro Epic Encounter 2019 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 280 This was a Ladder match. [22]
20 Michael Oku February 14, 2020 RevPro High Stakes 2020 York Hall, London, England 1 361+ On September 13 2020, Oku defeated Ricky Knight Jr. to unify the title with the Southside Speed King Championship [23][24]

Combined reigns
Prince Devitt, record longest reigns at 540 days

As of February 9, 2021.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined Days
1 Will Ospreay2598
2 Prince Devitt1540
3 Josh Bodom3422
4 David Starr1364
5 Mark Haskins2344
6 Michael Oku †1361+
7 Rockstar Spud1315
8 El Phantasmo1280
9 The British Eagle/Lion Kid2203
10 Marty Scurll1202
11 Pete Dunne1189
12 Kurtis Chapman1154
13 Ryan Smile124
14 Flash Morgan Webster15
15 Andrew Everett12

See also

References
  1. "RPW British Cruiserweight Championship Title History". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. "IWW Results - December 6, 2008". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  3. "IPW: UK Results - April 8, 2009". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  4. "IPW:UK Live in Sesley". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  5. "IPW:UK Brawl at the Hall 2009". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  6. "IPW:UK Unfinished Business 2010". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  7. Wood, Bill (April 17, 2011). "Rockstar Spud Forced to Vacate British Cruiserweight Championship". International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. "IPW:UK Revolution 2012". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  9. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro St Ives Debut". cagematch.net.
  10. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro Make Or Break 2014". cagematch.net.
  11. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro Okada Vs. Aries". cagematch.net.
  12. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro TV #1.27". cagematch.net.
  13. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro Live In Sittingbourne". cagematch.net.
  14. Philip Kreikenbohm. "RevPro Live At The Cockpit". cagematch.net.
  15. "RevPro Summer Sizzler 2016". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  16. "RevPro High Stakes 2017". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  17. "RevPro Epic Encounter 2017". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  18. Figure Four Wrestling (November 10, 2017). "RevPro Global Wars UK results: Ishii vs. Keith Lee steals the show". Figure Four Wrestling Online. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  19. "RevPro Live At The Cockpit". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  20. "RevPro Uprising 2017". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  21. "RevPro Epic Encounter 2018". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  22. "RevPro Epic Encounter 2019". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
  23. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=251081
  24. https://411mania.com/wrestling/hamiltons-rev-pro-epic-encounters-two-09-13-2020-review/
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