FOW Heavyweight Championship

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FOW world Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Future of Wrestling
Date establishedMay 1, 1998
Date retiredDecember 2013
Statistics
First champion(s)Johnny Evans
Final champion(s)Sean Allen
Most reignsBilly Fives (6 reigns)
Longest reignSean Allen (435-465 days)
Shortest reignT.J. Jackson (<1 day)

The FOW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Future of Wrestling. The title was created when "Ram Man" Johnny Evans won the title in Miami, Florida on May 1, 1998. It was defended throughout southern Florida, most often in Davie, Oakland Park, Pembroke Pines and occasionally in Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida. The title was also defended outside the United States during international tours to Peru and Saudi Arabia in 1999 and 2002 respectively. There have been a total of 21 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 30 official reigns. [1]

Contents

Title history

No.WrestlersReignsDateDays heldPlaceNotes
1Johnny Evans1May 1, 199892 Miami, Florida
2T.J. Jackson1August 1, 1998<1 Oakland Park, Florida
Title vacant.
3 Rusty Brooks 1October 10, 199863 Oakland Park, Florida Won title in a battle royal.
4J.R. James1December 12, 199838 Oakland Park, Florida
5Gator B. Long1January 19, 199911 Tampa, Florida
6Pat McGuire1January 30, 199991 Oakland Park, Florida Pat McGuire also holds the FOW Hardcore Championship during this time.
7Bobby Rogers1May 1, 199919 Cooper City, Florida
8Prince Ali Khan1May 20, 19992 Lima, Peru
9Bobby Rogers2May 22, 199935 Lima, Peru
10Dennis Allen1June 26, 199991 Pembroke Pines, Florida Won title in a 10-man "Table Death Match".
11Pat McGuire2September 25, 1999 Pembroke Pines, Florida
Title vacant.
12Chris Charger1March 26, 200027 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Defeated Billy Fives in a tournament final at Chairshots and Champions.
13Pat McGuire3April 22, 2000273 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
14Billy Fives1January 20, 200175 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Scoot Andrews 1April 5, 200137 Tampa, Florida
16Billy Fives2May 12, 200135 Davie, Florida
17 Low Ki 1June 16, 20011 Davie, Florida
18Billy Fives3June 17, 2001300 Hollywood, Florida
19 Norman Smiley 1April 13, 200277 Davie, Florida
20Billy Fives4June 29, 200226 Davie, Florida
21 Mike Sullivan 1July 25, 20021 Saudi Arabia
22Billy Fives5July 26, 200236 Saudi Arabia
23 Bruno Sassi 1August 31, 2002105 Plantation, Florida Sassi also holds the FOW International Heavyweight Championship.
24 Curt Hennig 1December 14, 200258 Pembroke Pines, Florida Curt Hennig died as champion prior to the FOW closing.
Title vacant.
25The Sheik1October 10, 2009 Davie, Florida Sheik defeated Big Daddy Gonzo, Casey Thompson, Craig Classic, Dirty White Boy, J-Dawg, Jason Trade, Joey Saint, Jordan Rayner and The Beast in a Ten Man Elimination Tables Match for the vacant Championship
Title vacant.
26Billy Fives6January 29, 2011189 Davie, Florida Billy Fives defeated ERA III in a tournament final in the FOW Relaunch event.
27Tommy Vandal1August 6, 2011350 Hollywood, Florida
28Aron Agony1July 21, 201221 Miami, Florida
29Tommy Vandal2August 11, 201242 Deerfield Beach, Florida
30Sean Allen1September 22, 2012435 - 465 Deerfield Beach, Florida Ended December 2013

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1Billy Fives6661
2Sean Allen1435-465
3Tommy Vandal2392
4Pat McGuire3364 -
5 Bruno Sassi 1105
6Johnny Evans192
7Dennis Allen191
8 Norman Smiley 177
9 Rusty Brooks 163
10 Curt Hennig 158
11Bobby Rogers254
12J.R. James138
13 Scoot Andrews 137
14Chris Charger127
15Aron Agony121
16Gator B. Long111
17Prince Ali Khan12
18 Low Ki 11
Mike Sullivan 11
20T.J. Jackson1<1
21 The Sheik 1

References

  1. "FOW Heavyweight Title History" . Retrieved September 10, 2020.