European Heavyweight Championship

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The European Heavyweight Championship is a name used for various top titles competed for throughout the European professional wrestling circuit.

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The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage of the UK wrestling scene [1] and by its listings magazine TVTimes in accompanying magazine feature coverage. [2]

The title was defended in many promotions in Europe, and other versions of this one title also appeared in certain promotions. On August 25, 2001 the European Wrestling Union produced a European Heavyweight Championship tournament in Bochum, Germany, bringing in wrestlers some of whom claimed to already be the champion. This tournament saw these titles merge into one with Britain's Robbie Brookside confirming his claim as champion by defeating American "Five Star" Cory K in a championship decider.

The title history below shows all the holders of the traditional/"old school" title in chronological order plus some major "new school" versions. However, there are instances where another wrestler has taken the role of champion, or claimed the title but no official title change was recorded (these are noted with "unknown title history", or other details.)

Title history

BWA European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by British Wrestling Association. [3]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Heinrich Froehner N/A House show N/A1N/A  
2 Atholl Oakeley 1932 House show N/A1N/A  
3Heinrich Froehner1933 House show N/A2N/A  
4 Karl Pojello 1933 House show Nottingham, Great Britain1N/A  
5 Henri Deglane April 1934 House show N/A1N/A  

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FFCP European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel. [4]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
6 Dan Koloff April 7, 1934 House show Paris, France1N/A  
7 Henri Deglane N/A House show N/A2N/A  
—N/A——
8 Al Pereira July 1937 House show Paris, France1N/A  
9 Dan Koloff 1937 House show N/A2N/A  
10 Al Pereira 1937 House show N/A2N/A  
11 Dan Koloff 1937 House show N/A3N/A  
—N/A——

Corporación Internacional de Catch (Spain) European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship. [5]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
12 Felix Lamban 1940s House show N/A1N/ALamban holds the title during several shows. 
13 Victorio Ochoa 1940s House show N/A1N/A  
—N/A——

JP European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by Joint Promotions. [6]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
14 Yvar Martinson 1949 House show N/A1N/A  
15 Felxi Miquet November 8, 1949 House show Paris, France1N/A  
—N/A——
16Jack DaleN/A House show N/A1N/A  
17 Jose Tarres August 28, 1948 House show Barcelona, Spain1N/A  
—N/A——
18 Bert Assirati 1949 House show N/A1N/A  
— Vacated August 1952————After Assirati left for India. 
19 Shirley Crabtree 1952 House show N/A1N/ACrabtree defeated Yvar Martinson for the vacant title. 
20 Joe Robinson 1952 House show N/A1N/A  
21 Vicente Febrer 1952 House show N/A1N/A  
—N/A——
22 Milo Popocopolis 1961 House show N/A1N/A  
23 Shirley Crabtree 1961 House show N/A2N/A  
—N/A——
24 Jim Olivera 1961 House show N/A1N/A  
25 Billy Joyce 1961 House show N/A1N/A  
26 Billy Robinson June 12, 1965 House show Manchester, Great Britain1N/A  
— Vacated 1970————After Robinson left for North America. 
27 Horst Hoffman July 1971 House show Cologne, West Germany1N/A  
28 Albert Wall February 4, 1974 House show N/A1N/A  
29René Lassatasse1977(NLT) House show N/A1N/A  [2]
30Hans Streiger1978 House show Stuttgart, West Germany1N/A  
31 Pete Curry March 24, 1978 House show Liverpool, Great Britain1N/A  
32 Wild Angus 1978 House show N/A1N/A  
— Vacated 1978 House show N/A——Wild Angus was stripped of the title. 
33Hans StreigerN/A House show N/A2N/A  
34 Steve Veidor September 15, 1978 House show Liverpool, Great Britain1N/A  
35Hans Streiger1979 House show N/A3N/A  
36 Johnny Kincaid 1980 House show Hamburg, West Germany1N/A  
—N/A——
37 Wayne Bridges N/A House show N/A1N/A  
38 Kwick-Kick Lee January 25, 1983 House show London, Great Britain1N/A  

ASW European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by All Star Wrestling. [7] It also appeared on shows promoted by Orig Williams under the "British Wrestling Federation" banner, including his Welsh language TV wrestling programme Reslo on S4C.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
—N/A——
39 Pat Roach March 1990 House show N/A1N/A  
40 Giant Haystacks February 6, 1991 House show Great Britain1N/A  
41Pat Roach1991 House show N/A2N/A  
—N/A——
42 John Prayter 1995 House show N/A1N/A  
—N/A——
43 Rob Brookside 1999 House show N/A1N/AOn August 25, 2001, Bochum, Germany, Brookside confirms his claim by winning the European Wrestling Union's European Heavyweight Championship tournament. 
44 Karl Krammer October 10, 2001 House show Berlin, Germany1N/AKramer won the title after Brookside did not defend it within its 60 days ruling. 
45 The Flatliner February 1, 2002 House show Exmouth, Great Britain1N/A  
— Vacated February 17, 2002————After The Flatliner breaks his leg. 
46 Rob Brookside February 19, 2002 House show Yeovil, Great Britain2N/ABrookside defeated Justin Starr in a tournament final for the vacant title. 
47The Flatliner2003 House show Exeter2N/AWon a 20-man battle royal 
— Vacated 2010————All Star recognises the UEWA championship from 2010 onwards 

UEWA European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Union of European Wrestling Alliances. [8] All Star Wrestling regards this version as a continuation of its own version of 1990-2003 (see above). In addition to the UEWA's partner promotions across Europe, the title has also been contested within Pro Wrestling Elite, Fife Pro Wrestling Asylum, British Championship Wrestling, Iron Girders Pro Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling in the United Kingdom [9] [10] and in Tira, Israel for All Wrestling Organization, among others. [11]

The current champion is Andy Roberts in his first reign, [12] [13] he has set records for longest reign and most cumulative days as champion while retaining the title against Doug Williams, Kez Evans, BT Gunn, James Mason, Wild Boar, Charlie Sterling, Rampage Brown, Jason Reed, Kenny Williams and others to also set the record for the most successful defences in the title's history. [14]

UEWA European Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionUnion of European Wrestling Alliances
Date established24 April 2010
Current champion(s)Andy Roberts
Date won20 July 2019
Statistics
First champion(s) Rampage Brown
Most reigns Chaos (2 reigns)
Longest reignAndy Roberts (current)
Shortest reign Mikey Whiplash (<1 day)

Individual Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Rampage Brown April 24, 2010UEWA European Heavyweight Title Tournament Buchholz, Germany 1161Won an Eight-Man-Tournament [15]
2 Mikey Whiplash October 2, 2010ASW Hanley, England 1<1  [16] [17]
3James MasonOctober 2, 2010 All-Star Wrestling Hanley, England1231  [16]
4 "Bad Bones" John Kay May 21, 2011CWN 5th Anniversary Show Pinneberg, Germany 1329  [18]
5 Chaos April 14, 2012DPW Viborg, Denmark 11,280  [19]
6 Drew Galloway October 16, 2015Maximum Wrestling Kiel, Germany 12Defeats Chaos and Apu Singh in 3-way match. [20]
— Vacated October 18, 2015————
7ChaosOctober 18, 2015DPW - Evening Show Randers, Denmark 220Defeats Steinbolt. Galloway forced to vacate title due to travel issues. [21]
8Erik IsaksenNovember 7, 2015NWF PowerSlam XIII Oslo, Norway 11,281  [22]
9Alexander DeanMay 11, 2019NWF Heteslag 2019Oslo, Norway136  [23]
10 Lionheart June 16, 2019 ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface! Glasgow, Scotland 13  [24]
— Vacated June 19, 2019————Title vacated after Lionheart's death. [25]
11Andy Wild / Andy RobertsJuly 20, 2019 PWE 8th Anniversary Show Ayr, Scotland 11,529+Originally won the title under the name Andy Wild. [26]

Combined Reigns

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former champion Bad Bones
†Indicates the current champion
<1The reign is shorter than one day.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1Andy Roberts †11,529+
2Chaos21,300
3Erik Isaksen11,281
4 Bad Bones 1329
5James Mason1231
6 Rampage Brown 1161
7Alexander Dean136
8 Lionheart 13
9 Drew Galloway 12
10 Mikey Whiplash 1<1

FCW European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by British "new school" promotion Freestyle Championship Wrestling. [27]

FWA European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by British "new school" promotion Frontier Wrestling Alliance. [28]

ICWA / NWA European Heavyweight Championship history

The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by French "new school" promotion International Catch Wrestling Alliance. [29] [30]

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Fritz Hellmeister (Eric Schwarz)July 16, 2005 House show Bruay-sur-l'Escaut1469  
2 "Bad Bones" John Kay October 28, 2006 House show Hesdin1784  
3Eric SchwarzDecember 20, 2008 House show Lille2N/A  

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