DPW Worlds Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Deadlock Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | December 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Jake Something | ||||||||||||
Date won | October 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||
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DPW World Championship DPW Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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The DPW Worlds Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW). The current champion is Jake Something who defeated Calvin Tankman at Super Battle to win the championship.
On December 11, 2021, Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW) filmed their first DPW Fire episode, where a tournament for the title was started. [2] On January 8, 2022, Bojack defeated Andrew Everett in the tournament finals to become the inaugural world champion. [1]
First round Fire (December 11, 2021) | Semifinals Fire (December 11, 2021) | Final You Already Know (January 8, 2022) | ||||||||||||
Bojack | Pin [2] | |||||||||||||
Josh Fuller | 6:42 | |||||||||||||
Bojack | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kevin Ku | 6:32 | |||||||||||||
Diego Hill | ||||||||||||||
Kevin Ku | Sub | |||||||||||||
Bojack | Pin | |||||||||||||
Andrew Everett | 21:57 | |||||||||||||
Andrew Everett | Pin [2] | |||||||||||||
Rosemary | 14:00 | |||||||||||||
Andrew Everett | Pin | |||||||||||||
Calvin Tankman | 13:23 | |||||||||||||
Calvin Tankman | Pin [3] | |||||||||||||
Donnie Ray | 9:01 |
As of December14, 2024, there have been four reigns between four champions with one vacancy.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Bojack | January 8, 2022 | You Already Know | Raleigh, NC | 1 | 308 | 6 | Defeated Andrew Everett in the finals of a 8-wrestlers single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. Aired on tape delay on January 15. | [1] |
2 | Lucky Ali | November 12, 2022 | World's Strongest | Concord, NC | 1 | 309 | 6 | This was a three-way match, also involving Kidd Bandit. Aired on tape delay on November 12. | [4] |
3 | Jay Malachi | September 17, 2023 | Carolina Classic | Concord, NC | 1 | 56 | 2 | Aired on tape delay on September 23, 2023. | [5] |
— | Vacated | November 12, 2023 | World's Strongest | Durham, NC | — | — | — | Jay Malachi relinquished the title after signing with WWE. Aired on tape delay on November 18, 2023. | [6] |
4 | Calvin Tankman | December 10, 2023 | 2nd Anniversary | Durham, NC | 1 | 308 | 12 | Defeated Colby Corino to win the vacant championship. Aired on tape delay on December 16, 2023. | [7] |
5 | Jake Something | October 13, 2024 | Super Battle | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 62+ | 1 | Aired on tape delay on October 23, 2024. | [8] |
As of December14, 2024
† | Indicates the current champion |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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2 | Lucky Ali | 1 | 6 | 309 |
2 | Calvin Tankman | 1 | 12 | 308 |
Bojack | 1 | 6 | 308 | |
4 | Jake Something † | 1 | 1 | 62+ |
5 | Jay Malachi | 1 | 2 | 56 |
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