HWA Heavyweight Championship
The HWA Heavyweight Championship is the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.
| HWA Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Heartland Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
| Date established | January 5, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 2015 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
| No. | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days Held: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | D'Lo Brown | 1 | January 5, 1996 | 64 | Fort Wright, KY | Defeated Bobby Blaze in tournament Final |
| 2. | Bobby Blaze | 1 | March 9, 1996 | 7 | Ashland, KY | |
| 3. | D'Lo Brown | 2 | March 16, 1996 | 77-106 | Lima, OH | |
| Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000 | ||||||
| 4. | Race Steele | 1 | May 25, 2000 | 246 | Cincinnati, OH | Won tournament final over Chip Fairway to win vacant Championship |
| 5. | Chad Collyer | 1 | January 26, 2001 | 32 | Rising Sun, IN | Was stripped of title |
| 6. | Shark Boy | 1 | February 27, 2001 | 17 | Cincinnati, OH | Defeated Dean Jablonski and Matty Stryker in tournament for vacant Championship[1] |
| 7. | Race Steele | 2 | March 16, 2001 | 113 | Rising Sun, IN | |
| 8. | Cody Hawk | 1 | July 7, 2001 | 28 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 9. | Race Steele | 3 | August 4, 2001 | 5 | Batavia, OH | |
| 10. | Nick Dinsmore | 1 | August 9, 2001 | 9 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 11. | Race Steele | 4 | August 18, 2001 | 43 | Dayton, OH | |
| Championship was held up on September 30, 2001 | ||||||
| 12. | EZ Money | 1 | November 14, 2001 | 56 | Dayton, OH | Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament Final |
| 13. | Charlie Haas | 1 | January 9, 2002 | 20 | Dayton, OH | Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002 |
| 14. | EZ Money | 2 | January 29, 2002 | 45 | Dayton, OH | Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped |
| 15. | Rico Constantino | 1 | March 15, 2002 | 2 | Dayton, OH | |
| 16. | Stevie Richards | 1 | March 17, 2002 | 3 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| 17. | Race Steele | 5 | March 20, 2002 | 49 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 18. | Johnny the Bull | 1 | May 8, 2002 | 11 | Dayton, OH | |
| 19. | Lance Cade | 1 | May 19, 2002 | 62 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| 20. | Johnny the Bull | 2 | July 20, 2002 | <1 | Batavia, OH | |
| 21. | Lance Cade | 2 | July 20, 2002 | 1 | Batavia, OH | |
| 22. | Cody Hawk | 2 | July 21, 2002 | 58 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| 23. | Matt Stryker | 1 | September 17, 2002 | 53 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 24. | Chet Jablonski | 1 | November 9, 2002 | 55 | Batavia, OH | |
| 25. | Matt Stryker | 2 | January 3, 2003 | 80 | Batavia OH | |
| 26. | Cody Hawk | 3 | March 24, 2003 | 5 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 27. | Matt Stryker | 3 | March 29, 2003 | 17 | Wilmington, OH | |
| 28. | Ala Hussein | 1 | April 15, 2003 | 17 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 29. | Chad Collyer | 2 | May 2, 2003 | 127 | Aurora, IN | Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match |
| 30. | Nigel McGuinness | 1 | September 6, 2003 | 119 | Batavia, OH | |
| 31. | Hoss | 1 | January 3, 2004 | 3 | Batavia, OH | |
| 32. | Nigel McGuinness | 2 | January 6, 2004 | 71 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 33. | El Temor | 1 | March 17, 2004 | 13 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 34. | Rory Fox | 1 | March 30, 2004 | 360 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 35 | Shawn Osborne | 1 | March 25, 2005 | 84 | Dayton, OH | |
| 36. | Matt Stryker | 4 | June 17, 2005 | 98 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 37. | Cody Hawk | 4 | September 23, 2005 | 39-68 | Cincinnati, OH | Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005 |
| 38. | Pepper Parks | 1 | January 1, 2006 | 128 | Cincinnati, OH | Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship |
| 39. | Jon Moxley | 1 | May 9, 2006 | 126 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 40. | Chad Collyer | 3 | September 12, 2006 | 56 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 41. | Pepper Parks | 2 | November 7, 2006 | 28 | Cincinnati, OH | Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up" |
| 42. | Jon Moxley | 2 | December 30, 2006 | 3 | Dayton, OH | Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title |
| 43. | Brian Jennings | 1 | January 2, 2007 | 381 | Cincinnati, OH | |
| 44 | B.J. Whitmer | 1 | January 18, 2008 | 145 | Dayton, OH | Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008 |
| 45. | Jake Crist | 1 | July 11, 2008 | 407 | Cincinnati, OH | Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match |
| 46. | Richard Phillips | 1 | August 22, 2009 | 119 | Norwood, OH | |
| 47. | Aaron Williams | 1 | December 19, 2009 | 18 | Norwood, OH | |
| 48. | Jon Moxley | 3 | January 6, 2010 | 189 | Middletown, OH | Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot. |
| 49. | Gerome Phillips | 2 | July 14, 2010 | 248 | Middletown, OH | |
| 50. | B.J. Whitmer | 2 | March 19, 2011 | 161 | Norwood, OH | |
| 51. | Jesse Emerson | 1 | August 27, 2011 | 112 | Norwood, OH | |
| 52. | Jake Crist | 2 | December 17, 2011 | 307 | Hamilton, OH | Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot. |
| 53. | Ron Mathis | 1 | October 19, 2012 | 281 | Hamilton, OH | Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson. |
| 54. | Chance Prophet | 1 | July 27, 2013 | 343 | Hamilton, OH | Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. |
| 55. | Dustin Rayz | 1 | July 5, 2014 | — | Middletown, OH | Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. |
| Retired in 2015 | ||||||
See also
References
- Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
External links
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