HWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionHeartland Wrestling Association
Date establishedJanuary 5, 1996
Date retired2015
Statistics
First champion(s)D'Lo Brown
Final champion(s)Dustin Rayz
Most reignsRace Steele (5 reigns)
Longest reignBrian Jennings (381 days)
Shortest reignJohnny The Bull (1 hour)

The HWA Heavyweight Championship was the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 D'Lo Brown January 5, 1996 HWA Fort Wright, KY 1 64 Defeated Bobby Blaze in the tournament final to become inaugural champion. [1]
2 Bobby Blaze March 9, 1996 HWA Ashland, KY 1 7 [2]
3 D'Lo Brown March 16, 1996 HWA Lima, OH 2 77-106 [3]
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
4 Race Steele May 25, 2000 3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show Cincinnati, OH 1 246 Steele defeated Chip Fairway in the tournament final to win vacant title. [4]
5 Chad Collyer January 26, 2001 HWA Rising Sun, IN 1 32 [5]
Chad Collyer stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
6 Shark Boy February 27, 2001 HWA Cincinnati, OH 1 17 This was a Battle Royal match for the vacant title. [6]
7 Race Steele March 16, 2001 HWA Rising Sun, IN 2 113 [7]
8 Cody Hawk July 7, 2001 HWA Cincinnati, OH 1 28 [8]
9 Race Steele August 4, 2001 HWA Batavia, OH 3 5
10 Nick Dinsmore August 9, 2001 4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show Cincinnati, OH 1 9 [9]
11 Race Steele August 18, 2001 HWA Dayton, OH 4 88 [10]
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
12. E. Z. Money November 14, 2001 Dayton, OH 1 56 Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament final.
13. Charlie Haas January 9, 2002 Dayton, OH 1 20 Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002.
14. E. Z. Money January 29, 2002 Dayton, OH 2 45 Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped.
15. Rico Constantino March 15, 2002 Dayton, OH 1 2
16. Stevie Richards March 17, 2002 Jeffersonville, IN 1 3
17. Race Steele March 20, 2002 Cincinnati, OH 5 49
18. Johnny the Bull May 8, 2002 Dayton, OH 1 11
19. Lance Cade May 19, 2002 Jeffersonville, IN 1 62
20. Johnny the Bull July 20, 2002 Batavia, OH 2 <1
21. Lance Cade July 20, 2002 Batavia, OH 2 1
22. Cody Hawk July 21, 2002 Jeffersonville, IN 2 58
23. Matt Stryker September 17, 2002 Cincinnati, OH 1 53
24. Chet Jablonski November 9, 2002 Batavia, OH 1 55
25. Matt Stryker January 3, 2003 Batavia OH 2 80
26. Cody Hawk March 24, 2003 Wilmington, OH 3 5
27. Matt Stryker March 29, 2003 Wilmington, OH 3 17
28. Ala Hussein April 15, 2003 Cincinnati, OH 1 17
29. Chad Collyer May 2, 2003 Aurora, IN 2 127 Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match.
30. Nigel McGuinness September 6, 2003 Batavia, OH 1 119
31. Hoss January 3, 2004 Batavia, OH 1 3
32. Nigel McGuinness January 6, 2004 Cincinnati, OH 2 71
33. El Temor March 17, 2004 Cincinnati, OH 1 13
34. Rory Fox March 30, 2004 Cincinnati, OH 1 360
35 Shawn Osborne March 25, 2005 Dayton, OH 1 84
36. Matt Stryker June 17, 2005 Cincinnati, OH 4 98
37. Cody Hawk September 23, 2005 Cincinnati, OH 4 39-68 Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005.
38. Pepper Parks January 1, 2006 Cincinnati, OH 1 128 Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship.
39. Jon Moxley May 9, 2006 Cincinnati, OH 1 126
40. Chad Collyer September 12, 2006 Cincinnati, OH 3 56
41. Pepper Parks November 7, 2006 Cincinnati, OH 2 28 Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up".
42. Jon Moxley December 30, 2006 Dayton, OH 2 3 Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title.
43. Brian Jennings January 2, 2007 Cincinnati, OH 1 381
44 B. J. Whitmer January 18, 2008 Dayton, OH 1 145 Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008.
45. Jake Crist July 11, 2008 Cincinnati, OH 1 407 Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match.
46. Richard Phillips August 22, 2009 Norwood, OH 1 119
47. Aaron Williams December 19, 2009 Norwood, OH 1 18
48. Jon Moxley January 6, 2010 Middletown, OH 3 189 Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
49. Gerome Phillips July 14, 2010 Middletown, OH 2 248
50. B. J. Whitmer March 19, 2011 Norwood, OH 2 161
51. Jesse Emerson August 27, 2011 Norwood, OH 1 112
52. Jake Crist December 17, 2011 Hamilton, OH 2 307 Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
53. Ron Mathis October 19, 2012 Hamilton, OH 1 281 Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson.
54. Chance Prophet July 27, 2013 Hamilton, OH 1 343 Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.
55. Dustin Rayz July 5, 2014 Middletown, OH 1 — Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. This was after the writing/booking duties were removed from Prophet.
Retired in 2015

See also

References

  1. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 5, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Fort Wright, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 9, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Ashland, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 16, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Lima, Ohio, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 25, 2000). "3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Schmidt Field House in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 26, 2001). "HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  7. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 16, 2001). "HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  8. ^ "Cody Hawk defeated Race Steele on July 7, 2001".
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 9, 2001). "4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Oak Hills High School in Oak Hills, Ohio, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Race Steele defeated Nick Dinsmore on August 18, 2001".

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