IPWA Heavyweight Championship (United States)

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IPWA Heavyweight Championship
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Tom Brandi was the final IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
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Promotion Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedOctober 9, 1995
Date retired2001

The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael, who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.

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There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond, "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.

Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
IPWA Heavyweight Championship1995–2001

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Cueball Carmichael 1October 9, 1995186 Manassas, Virginia IPWA Debut Show (1995)Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal, to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
2 Johnny Gunn 1April 12, 1996108 Alexandria, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
3Cueball Carmichael2July 27, 1996116 Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a steel cage match. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
— Vacated —November 22, 1996— Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
4Big Slam Vader1January 19, 1997255 Pikeville, North Carolina Live event Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
— Vacated —October 1, 1997—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
5 Salvatore Sincere 2November 6, 199770N/A Live event Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7]
— Vacated —January 15, 1998— Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
6Cueball Carmichael3January 15, 199835 Alexandria, Virginia Live event Carmichael defeated Christian York in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal, to win the vacant title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
7 Lance Diamond 1February 19, 1998<1 Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8]
8 Jimmy Cicero 1February 19, 1998114 Alexandria, Virginia Live event Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8]
9 Buddy Landel 1June 13, 1998210 Alexandria, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [9] [10]
— Vacated —January 9, 1999— Chincoteague, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi and is stripped of the title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
10 Tom Brandi 3January 9, 1999205 Chincoteague, Virginia Live event Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [11]
10Cueball Carmichael4August 2, 199919 Clifton, New Jersey Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
10Tom Brandi4August 21, 1999N/A Chincoteague, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
— Deactivated —2001—N/AN/AThe IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

Cueball Carmichael, who was the longest-reigning IPWA Heavyweight Champion Cueball Carmichael.jpg
Cueball Carmichael, who was the longest-reigning IPWA Heavyweight Champion
<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1 Tom Brandi 4255
2 Cueball Carmichael 4356
3Big Slam Vader1255
4 Buddy Landel 1210
5 Jimmy Cicero 1114
6 Lance Diamond 1<1

Explanatory footnotes

  1. ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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