HWA Heavyweight Championship

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HWA Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Heartland Wrestling Association
Date establishedJanuary 5, 1996
Date retired2015

The HWA Heavyweight Championship was the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.

Contents

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 D'Lo Brown January 5, 1996HWA Fort Wright, KY 164Defeated Bobby Blaze in the tournament final to become inaugural champion. [1]
2 Bobby Blaze March 9, 1996HWA Ashland, KY 17 [2]
3 D'Lo Brown March 16, 1996HWA Lima, OH 277-106 [3]
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
4Race SteeleMay 25, 20003rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show Cincinnati, OH 1246Steele defeated Chip Fairway in the tournament final to win vacant title. [4]
5 Chad Collyer January 26, 2001HWA Rising Sun, IN 132 [5]
Chad Collyer stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
6 Shark Boy February 27, 2001HWA Cincinnati, OH 117This was a Battle Royal match for the vacant title. [6]
7Race SteeleMarch 16, 2001HWA Rising Sun, IN 2113 [7]
8Cody HawkJuly 7, 2001HWA Cincinnati, OH 128 [8]
9Race SteeleAugust 4, 2001HWA Batavia, OH 35
10 Nick Dinsmore August 9, 20014th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show Cincinnati, OH 19 [9]
11Race SteeleAugust 18, 2001HWA Dayton, OH 488 [10]
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
12. E. Z. Money November 14, 2001Dayton, OH156Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament final.
13. Charlie Haas January 9, 2002 Dayton, OH 120Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002.
14. E. Z. Money January 29, 2002Dayton, OH245Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped.
15. Rico Constantino March 15, 2002Dayton, OH12
16. Stevie Richards March 17, 2002 Jeffersonville, IN 13
17.Race SteeleMarch 20, 2002Cincinnati, OH549
18. Johnny the Bull May 8, 2002Dayton, OH111
19. Lance Cade May 19, 2002Jeffersonville, IN162
20. Johnny the Bull July 20, 2002 Batavia, OH 2<1
21. Lance Cade July 20, 2002Batavia, OH21
22.Cody HawkJuly 21, 2002 Jeffersonville, IN 258
23. Matt Stryker September 17, 2002Cincinnati, OH153
24.Chet JablonskiNovember 9, 2002Batavia, OH155
25. Matt Stryker January 3, 2003Batavia OH280
26.Cody HawkMarch 24, 2003 Wilmington, OH 35
27. Matt Stryker March 29, 2003Wilmington, OH317
28.Ala HusseinApril 15, 2003Cincinnati, OH117
29. Chad Collyer May 2, 2003Aurora, IN2127Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match.
30. Nigel McGuinness September 6, 2003Batavia, OH1119
31.HossJanuary 3, 2004Batavia, OH13
32. Nigel McGuinness January 6, 2004Cincinnati, OH271
33.El TemorMarch 17, 2004Cincinnati, OH113
34.Rory FoxMarch 30, 2004Cincinnati, OH1360
35 Shawn Osborne March 25, 2005Dayton, OH184
36. Matt Stryker June 17, 2005Cincinnati, OH498
37.Cody HawkSeptember 23, 2005Cincinnati, OH439-68Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005.
38. Pepper Parks January 1, 2006Cincinnati, OH1128Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship.
39. Jon Moxley May 9, 2006Cincinnati, OH1126
40. Chad Collyer September 12, 2006Cincinnati, OH356
41. Pepper Parks November 7, 2006Cincinnati, OH228Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up".
42. Jon Moxley December 30, 2006Dayton, OH23Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title.
43.Brian JenningsJanuary 2, 2007Cincinnati, OH1381
44 B. J. Whitmer January 18, 2008Dayton, OH1145Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008.
45. Jake Crist July 11, 2008Cincinnati, OH1407Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match.
46.Richard PhillipsAugust 22, 2009 Norwood, OH 1119
47.Aaron WilliamsDecember 19, 2009Norwood, OH118
48. Jon Moxley January 6, 2010Middletown, OH3189Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
49.Gerome PhillipsJuly 14, 2010Middletown, OH2248
50. B. J. Whitmer March 19, 2011Norwood, OH2161
51.Jesse EmersonAugust 27, 2011Norwood, OH1112
52. Jake Crist December 17, 2011Hamilton, OH2307Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
53.Ron MathisOctober 19, 2012Hamilton, OH1281Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson.
54.Chance ProphetJuly 27, 2013Hamilton, OH1343Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.
55.Dustin RayzJuly 5, 2014Middletown, OH1—Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. This was after the writing/booking duties were removed from Prophet.
Retired in 2015

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  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 9, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Ashland, Kentucky, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 16, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Lima, Ohio, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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