WCPW Middleweight Championship
Details
PromotionWindy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 13, 1991
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Other name(s)
  • WCW Middleweight Championship
    (1991 - 1997)
  • WCPW Middleweight Championship
    (1997 - present)
Statistics
First champion(s)K.C. Knight
Final champion(s)Buddy Roberts, Jr.
(won September 18, 2010)
Most reignsJosh Hardy (5)
Longest reignRipper Manson (455 days)
Shortest reignMike Londos (<1 day)
Youngest championJosh Hardy 18 years
Lightest championCrazy Mary Dobson

The WCPW Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate middleweight title (211 to 240 lbs).

The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Josh Hardy has the most reigns, with five total. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Crazy Mary Dobson is 1st female to win. Overall, there have been 32 reigns shared between 25 wrestlers, with two vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown

Names

Name Years
WCW Middleweight Championship 1991 — 1996
WCPW Middleweight Championship 1997 — 2010

Reigns

No. Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Event Notes Ref.
1 K.C. Knight 1 April 13, 1991 322 Hebron, Indiana Live event Knight defeated Mike Samson to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. [1][2][3]
2 Mike Samson 1 February 29, 1992 448 Barrington, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
3 Rick Valentino 1 May 22, 1993 336 Chicago, Illinois Live event [4]
4 Kevin Quinn 1 April 23, 1994 392 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
5 Ripper Manson 1 May 20, 1995 455 Hammond, Indiana Live event [1][2][3]
6 Brett Sanders 1 August 17, 1996 257 Springfield, Illinois Live event [5]
7 Christopher Daniels 1 May 1, 1997 16 Ponce, Puerto Rico Live event [1][2][3]
8 Brandon Bishop 1 May 17, 1997 364 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
9 Staff Sgt. Storm 1 May 16, 1998 371 Cicero, Illinois Live event [6]
10 Mike Londos 1 May 22, 1999 <1 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
11 Stone Manson 1 May 22, 1999 371 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
12 Valyk 1 May 27, 2000 175 Crete, Illinois Live event [2][3]
13 Jeffro King 1 November 18, 2000 156 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2][3]
14 Baltazar 1 April 23, 2001 145 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2][3]
15 Mike Anthony 1 September 15, 2001 245 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2][3]
16 Ivan Manson 1 May 18, 2002 294 Cicero, Illinois Live event [7]
17 Abaddon 1 March 8, 2003 N/A Chicago, Illinois March to Victory (2003) [2][3]
18 Cameron Cage 1 N/A N/A N/A Live event [3]
19 Cassius XL 1 March 12, 2005 66 Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2005) This was a tournament final. [3]
20 Mike Anthony 2 May 17, 2005 N/A Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 17 (2005) This was a Triple Threat match. [3][8]
22 Curse 1 2005 18 Live event [3]
— Vacated
22 Josh Hardy 1 August 28, 2005 152 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
23 Tyler Black 1 January 27, 2006 152 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][9]
24 Josh Hardy 2 January 28, 2006 146 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
25 Tyler Black 2 June 22, 2006 97 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
26 Josh Hardy 3 September 27, 2006 197 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
27 Gavin Dunn 1 April 12, 2007 362 [3]
— [[Vacated]]
28 Josh Hardy 4 April 8, 2008 157 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
29 Crazy Mary Dobson 1 September 12, 2008 91 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][3]
30 Josh Hardy 5 December 12, 2008 92 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1][2][10]
31 Chris Collins 2 March 14, 2009 118 Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2009) Defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [3]
32 Psycho 1 July 10, 2009 36 Bridgeview, Illinois Legends Under the Stars (2009) Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions. [3]
33 Barry Ryte 1 August 15, 2009 105 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009) Ryte was awarded the vacant championship. The previous champion, Chris Collins, was stripped as champion due to undergoing back surjury. [3]
34 DTA 1 November 28, 2009 294 Chicago, Illinois November to Remember (2009) [3]
— Vacated — September 18, 2010 — Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show The championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles. [3]
35 Buddy Roberts, Jr. 1 September 18, 2010 89 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show [3]
— Deactivated — December 16, 2010 — N/A N/A WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Roberts was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

Combined reigns

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Josh Hardy 5 744
2 Ripper Manson 1 455
3 Mike Samson 1 448
4 Kevin Quinn 1 392
5 Staff. Sgt. Storm 1 371
6 Stone Manson 1 371
7 Brandon Bishop 1 364
8 Rick Valentno 1 336
9 K.C. Knight 1 322
10 Ivan Manson 1 294
11 DTA 1 294
12 Brett Sanders 1 257
13 Tyler Black 2 249
14 Mike Anthony 2 245
15 Valyk 1 175
16 Jeffro King 1 156
17 Baltazar 1 145
18 Chris Collins 2 118
19 Barry Ryte 1 105
20 Crazy Mary Dobson 1 91
21 Buddy Roberts, Jr. 1 89
22 Cassius XL 1 66
23 Psycho 1 36
24 Christopher Daniels 1 16
25 Mike Londos 1 <1

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