1PW Heavyweight Championship

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1PW World Heavyweight Championship
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Current design of the title (2022 2023)
Details
Promotion One Pro Wrestling
Date established4 March 2006
Date retired29 September 2023
Statistics
First champion(s) Abyss
Final champion(s) Will Ospreay
Most reigns Abyss (2 reigns)
Longest reign Martin Stone
(681 Days)
Shortest reign Lionheart
(95 days)
Oldest champion Ulf Herman
(40 years, 285 days)
Youngest champion Sterling James Keenan
(23 years, 231 days)
Heaviest champion Abyss
(350lb (159 kg))
Lightest champion Sterling James Keenan
(208lb (94 kg))

The One Pro Wrestling (1PW) World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the British promotion One Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and was the highest ranked men's championship in the company. 1PW became defunct on 29 September 2023.

Contents

Title history

As the company's closure on 29 September 2023, were eight reigns between seven champions. Abyss was the inaugural champion and has most reigns at two. Martin Stone's reign is the longest at 681 days. Lionheart's reign is the shortest at 95 days. Ulf Herman is the oldest champion when he won it at 40 years old, while Sterling James Keenan is the youngest champion at 23 years old.

Will Ospreay was the final champion.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Abyss 4 March 2006All Or Nothing - Night I Doncaster, South Yorkshire 184Defeated A.J. Styles in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1] [2] [3]
2 Steve Corino 27 May 2006Know Your Enemy - Night II Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1145This was a three-way match also involving Christian Cage. [4]
3 Abyss 19 October 2006First Anniversary Show Doncaster, South Yorkshire 286This was a no rope barbed wire match. [5]
Vacated 13 January 2007
4 Ulf Herman 13 January 2007Will Not Die Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1273Defeated Iceman and Jay Phoenix in a three-way match for the vacant title. [6]
5 Sterling James Keenan 13 October 2007Second Anniversary Show Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1553This was a Steel Cage match. [7]
6 Martin Stone 18 April 2009To The Extreme - Night I Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1681 [8]
Vacated 28 February 2011
7 Lionheart 28 May 2011The Last Stand Queensferry, Wales 195 [9] [10]
Deactivated31 August 2011Title was deactivated over One Pro Wrestling's closure.
8 Will Ospreay 22 April 2023All or Nothing Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1146This was a tournament final for reactivating the title, where Ospreay defeated Lance Archer, Cara Noir and Mark Haskins in four way match. [11] [12]
Vacated 15 September 2023Championship was vacated after Will Ospreay ended his working relationship with 1PW. [13]
Deactivated29 September 2023Title was deactivated over One Pro Wrestling's closure. [14]

Combined reigns

As of 2October2023.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1 Martin Stone 1681
2 Sterling James Keenan 1553
3 Ulf Herman 1273
4 Abyss 2170
5 Will Ospreay 1146
6 Steve Corino 1145
7 Lionheart 195

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