FOW Light Heavyweight Championship

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FOW Light Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Future of Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 1, 2001
Date retired2003

The FOW Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Future of Wrestling. The title was created when Johnny Vandal won the title in Davie, Florida on December 1, 2001. It was defended throughout southern Florida, most often in Davie, Plantation, Boca Raton and occasionally in Orlando, Florida. The title was abandoned shortly before the promotion closed in early 2003. There have been a total of 9 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 22 official reigns. [1] [2]

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Title history

No.WrestlersReignsDateDays heldPlaceNotes
1Johnny Vandal1December 1, 200170 Davie, Florida Defeated Al Bino
2J-Dawg1February 9, 200263 Davie, Florida Defeated previous champion Johnny Vandal, Ricky Vandal and Tommy Vandal in a four-way Ladder match.
3Al Bino1April 13, 200235 Davie, Florida Defeated previous champion J-Dawg and Johnny Vandal in a Three-way match.
4Jeff Roth1May 18, 200229 Plantation, Florida
5Al Bino2June 16, 200220 Hollywood, Florida
6Chris Charger1July 6, 2002<1 Plantation, Florida Title is unified with the FOW Hardcore Championship.
7Tommy Vandal1July 6, 200214 Plantation, Florida
8David Babylon1July 20, 20027 Orlando, Florida
9J-Dawg2July 27, 200214 Oakland Park, Florida
10Tommy Vandal2August 10, 2002<1 Plantation, Florida Defeated previous champion J-Dawg and David Babylon in a Three-way Dance match.
11Johnny Vandal2August 10, 200221 Plantation, Florida
12David Babylon2August 31, 200234 Plantation, Florida
13Al Bino3October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida [3]
14David Babylon3October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
15Johnny Vandal3October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
16David Babylon4October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
17Dan Evans1October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
18David Babylon5October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
19Johnny Vandal4October 4, 2002<1 Boca Raton, Florida
20David Babylon6October 4, 200236 Boca Raton, Florida
21Naphtali4November 9, 200235 Plantation, Florida
22Justice1December 14, 2002– Pembroke Pines, Florida Justice remains champion until the promotion closes in early 2003.

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1Johnny Vandal491
2Al Bino/Naphtali490
3David Babylon677
J-Dawg277
5Jeff Roth129
6Tommy Vandal214
7Chris Charger1<1
Dan Evans1<1
9Justice1–

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References

  1. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ↑ "FOW Light Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. 2002.
  3. ↑ "Kill The Man With The Belt Match". CageMatch. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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