IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship

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IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion International Wrestling Association
Date establishedJune 16, 2008
Date retiredAugust 7, 2011

The IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship ("Campeonato de Puerto Rico Peso Completo de la IWA" in Spanish), was a secondary championship defended in the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico (IWA-PR).

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History

Championship was announced on June 16, 2008 via IWA's website [1] then on IWA's TV Show Impacto Total. The title was shown to the public on June 28, 2008 by IWA's Promoter Edwin Vázquez Ortega at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico then it was announced that the inaugural champion was going to be decided in a Tournament.

The inaugural tournament took place at three dates: On July 5, 2008 at San Juan, Puerto Rico [2] then On July 12, 2008 at Bayamón, Puerto Rico [3] and the final on the Summer Attitude live event on July 19, 2008 at Bayamon, Puerto Rico. [4]

On September 6, 2008 at Armagedón show in Bayamón, the title changed hands in a Tag Team Match, where the IWA Hardcore Championship was also on the line. in the match El Bacano & Vengador Boricua defeated Zaeir Arafat (IWA-Hardcore) & Hardam Kadafi (IWA-PR) to win those titles respectly.

On October 4, 2008 at Golpe de Estado show the IWA Hardcore and IWA World Cruiserweight Championships were unified to this title and the new champion was Noel Rodríguez who defeated Zaer Arafat, Rick Stanley, Hardam Kadafi, Spectro, Manson, Rainstein, Onix and Niche in an Elimination Match.

On April 3, 2010 the championship was defended outside Puerto Rico for the first time when Q. T. Marshall defeated Ray Beez on I Believe in Wrestling live Event Believe XVI on Florida, United States. [5]

On November 20, 2010, Triple Mega Champion Dennis Rivera was stripped of the title by IWA's president Miguel Pérez Jr. as he had not defended it in almost 2 months [6]

Inaugural tournament

First Round (07/05 - San Juan) Semifinals (07/12 - Bayamón) Final (07/19 - Bayamón)
         
Hardam Kadafi W
Angel [7]
Hardam Kadafi W
Onix [8]
Onix W
Escorpión [7]
Hardam Kadafi W
Vengador Boricua
Vengador Boricua W
Eli Rodríguez [7]
Vengador Boricua W
Zaeir Arafat [8]
Zaeir Arafat W
Joseph RPM [7]

Title history

#WrestlersReignDateDays

held

LocationEventNotesRef
1Hardam Kadafi1July 19, 200849 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2008)Defeated Vengador Boricua in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2Vengador Boricua1September 6, 20087Bayamón, Puerto RicoArmagedón (2008)Won a Tag Team Match with Bacano where this title and IWA Hardcore title were on the line [9]
3Hardam Kadafi2September 13, 200821Bayamón, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping [10]
4Noel Rodríguez1October 4, 200869Bayamón, Puerto RicoGolpe de Estado (2008)Defeated Zaier Arafat and others in a 7-Man Elimination Match [11]
5Chris Joel1December 12, 200864 Yauco, Puerto Rico Christmas in PR (2008)w/ Chicano Defeated Noel Rodriguez and Black Devil in a Tag Team Match [12]
6Rick Stanley1February 14, 200963Bayamón, Puerto RicoNoche de Campeones (2009) [13]
7Chris Joel2April 18, 2009120Bayamón, Puerto RicoExtreme Major [14] [15]
8El Bacano1August 16, 2009118 Cataño, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2009) [16]
9 El Chicano 1December 12, 20091Bayamón, Puerto Rico
—Vacated—December 13, 2009—IWA TV TapingAfter El Chicano left IWA-PR.
10Ricky Cruzz1January 30, 201049 Levittown, Puerto Rico La Noche Donde Nada Es Lo Que PareceDefeated Bacano, Bolo The Red Bulldog, Zaer Arafat and Romeo in a Rumble Hardcore Match [17]
11 Q. T. Marshall 1March 20, 2010119 Las Piedras, Puerto Rico Copa Alcalde Las PiedrasQT stole the title and proclaimed himself champion after losing [18]
12 Bryan Danielson 1July 17, 201075Bayamón, Puerto RicoSummer Attitude (2010)In August 2010, Danielson signed with WWE and returned to his role as Daniel Bryan, becoming the first contender for the WWE United States Championship. [19] He was allowed to complete his contracted dates, including a scheduled return to IWA-PR where he would defend the title. [20] [21]
13 Dennis Rivera 1September 10, 201086 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2010) [22]
—Vacated—November 20, 2010— Lajas, Puerto Rico IWA TV TapingStripped by IWA-PR's president Miguel Pérez for failure to defend. [6]
14Noel Rodríguez2December 5, 201048Bayamón, Puerto RicoChristmas in PR (2010)Defeated Spectro to become new champion [23]
15 Damian 1January 22, 201135 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [24]
—Unified—February 26, 2011—Yabucoa, Puerto RicoIWA TV TapingThe IWA Caribbean Championship was unified to this title [25]
16Xix Xavant1February 26, 2011162Yabucoa, Puerto RicoIWA TV TapingDefeated Damian to become IWA Unified Puerto Rico Champion [25]
—Deactivated—August 7, 2011———

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Chris Joel2184
3Xix Xavant1162
4Q. T. Marshall1119
5El Bacano1118
6Noel Rodriguez2117
7Dennis Rivera186
8Bryan Danielson175
9Hardam Kadafi270
10Rick Stanley163
11Ricky Cruzz149
12Damian135
13Vengador Boricua17
14Chicano11>

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