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HWA Heavyweight Championship Promotion Heartland Wrestling Association Date established January 5, 1996 Date retired 2015 First champion(s) D'Lo Brown Final champion(s) Dustin Rayz Most reigns Race Steele (5 reigns) Longest reign Brian Jennings (381 days) Shortest reign Johnny The Bull (1 hour)
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
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