HWA Heavyweight Championship

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HWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionHeartland Wrestling Association
Date establishedJanuary 5, 1996
Date retired2015

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

Title history[]

No. Champion Reign Date Days 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 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. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.
55. Dustin Rayz 1 July 5, 2014 — Middletown, OH 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. ^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

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