HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Promotion | High Impact Wrestling Canada | ||||||||||||||
Date established | September 2, 2001 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Shaun Moore | ||||||||||||||
Date won | July 19, 2019 | ||||||||||||||
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The HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the professional wrestling promotion, High Impact Wrestling. The championship was first awarded on September 2, 2001 as the World High Impact Pro Wrestling Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship. Charlie Hayes was the inaugural champion. [1] The current champion is El Asesino who is in his second reign.
As of January12, 2022.
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Venue | Event | Notes | Ref |
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1 | Charley Hayes | 1 | September 2, 2001 | 177 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Taylor Field | Labour Day Classic | Hayes pinned Rex Roberts in a gauntlet match to become the first champion. | [2] [3] |
2 | Titan Tower | 1 | February 26, 2002 | 56 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Pump Country Roadhouse | House show | [2] [4] | |
3 | Charley Hayes | 2 | April 23, 2002 | 460 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Pump Country Roadhouse | House show | [4] | |
4 | Rex Roberts | 1 | July 27, 2003 | 174 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Wascana Park | Pile O'Bones Rumbles VIII | [2] | |
5 | Thryllin' Dylan | 1 | January 17, 2004 | 251 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Veterans Hall | House show | ||
6 | Big Daddy Kash | 1 | September 24, 2004 | 182 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Cultural Exchange | House show | [2] [5] | |
7 | Principal Pound | 1 | March 25, 2005 | 85 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Cultural Exchange | House show | [2] [6] | |
8 | The Chief | 1 | June 8, 2005 | 72 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Cultural Exchange | House show | ||
9 | Principal Pound | 2 | August 19, 2005 | 63 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] | |
10 | Big Daddy Kash | 2 | October 21, 2005 | 91 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [6] | |
11 | Rex Roberts | 2 | January 20, 2006 | 175 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [7] | |
12 | Todd Myers | 1 | July 14, 2006 | 112 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [7] | |
— | Vacated | — | November 3, 2006 | — | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [7] | |
13 | Principal Pound | 3 | February 23, 2007 | 35 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [8] | |
14 | Rex Roberts | 3 | March 30, 2007 | 28 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [8] | |
15 | Principal Pound | 4 | April 27, 2007 | 336 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [8] | |
16 | Dixie Dragon | 1 | March 28, 2008 | 266 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [9] | |
17 | Wavell Starr | 1 | December 19, 2008 | 406 | Regina, Saskatchewan | German Club | House show | [2] [9] | |
18 | Jeff Tyler | 1 | January 29, 2010 | 210 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Victoria Club | House show | [2] [10] | |
19 | Bucky McGraw | 1 | August 27, 2010 | 35 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Victoria Club | House show | [2] [10] | |
20 | King Kash | 3 | October 1, 2010 | 509 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Victoria Club | House show | [2] [10] | |
21 | Jumpin' Joe | 1 | February 22, 2012 | 247 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Victoria Club | House show | [2] [11] | |
22 | Robbie Gamble | 1 | October 26, 2012 | 406 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Victoria Club | House show | [2] [11] | |
23 | Rex Roberts | 4 | December 6, 2013 | 140 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | Kings Challenge IV | [2] [12] | |
24 | Bull Bodnar | 1 | April 25, 2014 | 140 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | Spring Meltdown | [2] [13] | |
— | Vacated | — | September 12, 2014 | — | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | |||
25 | Wavell Starr | 2 | December 5, 2014 | 141 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | King's Challenge V | [2] [13] | |
26 | Robbie Gamble | 2 | April 24, 2015 | 140 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | Spring Meltdown | This was a three-way match which also included Bobby Sharp. | [2] [14] |
27 | Cannonball Kelly | 1 | September 11, 2015 | 91 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | Domination | [2] [14] | |
28 | Bobby Sharp | 1 | December 11, 2015 | 49 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | King's Challenge VI | Sharp defeated Cannonball Kelly, Mentallo, and Tyler Colton in a fatal four way to become the new champion. | [2] [14] |
29 | Cannonball Kelly | 2 | January 29, 2016 | 91 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural & Social Club | The Great Canadian Rebellion 2016 | [2] [15] | |
30 | Tyler Colton | 1 | April 29, 2016 | 231 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Highland Curling Club | Spring Meltdown | [2] [15] [16] | |
31 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 1 | December 16, 2016 | 133 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | King's Challenge VII | This was a triple threat match which also included Tyler Colton and Mentallo. | [2] [15] |
32 | Alexander Prime | 1 | April 28, 2017 | 70 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Highland Curling Club | Spring Meltdown | [2] [16] | |
33 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 2 | July 7, 2017 | 35 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | War Before the Storm 2017 | This was a loser leaves HIW street fight. | |
34 | Jeff Tyler | 2 | August 11, 2017 | 28 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | Pile O'Bones Rumble XXII | ||
35 | El Asesino | 1 | September 8, 2017 | 21 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Sutherland Hall | Night of the Wild 2017 | ||
36 | Dixie Dragon | 2 | September 29, 2017 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | Domination 2017 | Defeated El Asesino and Jeff Tyler in a triple threat match. | [17] | |
37 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 3 | November 11, 2017 | 28 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | Hostile Games 2017 | Defeated Jeff Tyler, Dixie Dragon, and El Asesino in a four way match. | |
38 | Jeff Tyler | 3 | December 15, 2017 | 155 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | King's Challenge 8 | ||
39 | El Asesino | 2 | May 19, 2018 | 426 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Sutherland Curling Club | Battle Arts V | This was a mask vs. title match. | |
40 | Shaun Moore | 1 | July 19, 2019 | 15 | Regina, Saskatchewan | Hungarian Cultural and Social Club | Friday Night Impact | ||
— | Vacated | — | August 3, 2019 | — | Regina, Saskatchewan | — | — | Title vacated upon Shaun Moore departing from the company. |
As of January12, 2022. [2]
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | King Kash | 3 | 782 |
2 | Charley Hayes | 2 | 637 |
3 | Wavell Starr | 547 | |
4 | Robbie Gamble | 546 | |
5 | Principal Pound | 4 | 519 |
6 | Rex Roberts | 517 | |
7 | El Asesino | 2 | 447 |
8 | Jeff Tyler | 3 | 393 |
9 | Dixie Dragon | 2 | 315 |
10 | Thryllin' Dylan | 1 | 251 |
11 | Jumpin' Joe | 247 | |
12 | Tyler Colton | 1 | 231 |
13 | Cannonball Kelly | 2 | 182 |
14 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 1 | 168 |
15 | Bull Bodnar | 1 | 140 |
16 | Todd Myers | 112 | |
17 | The Chief | 72 | |
18 | Alexander Prime | 70 | |
19 | Titan Tower | 56 | |
20 | Bobby Sharp | 49 | |
21 | Bucky McGraw | 35 | |
22 | Shaun Moore | 15 |
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