PWP Heavyweight Championship

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PWP Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Pro Wrestling Pride (PWP)
Date establishedApril 28, 2013
Current champion(s) Bram (wrestler)
Date won25 June 2017

The PWP Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Pro Wrestling Pride. [1] It was the second championship incorporated by Pro Wrestling Pride; behind the PWP Catch Division Championship. As the companies main championship, it is usually competed for in the main event of each show.

Contents

The Championship was established on the companies 5th show, in Teignmouth, Devon in the main event. Chris Andrews would become the first champion, in a four-way match for the championship; defeating 'Wild Boar' Mike Hitchman, PJ Jones & The UK Dominator.

PWP Heavyweight Wrestling

Unlike the catch division championship, the Heavyweight championship in Pro Wrestling Pride is designed to be fought over by heavyweight wrestlers, rather than the no-limits PWP Catch Division Championship. This is suggested by the lightest wrestler to hold the championship – PJ Jones weighing in at 211 lbs, [2] and the heaviest being Steve Griffiths at 305lbs. [3]

It is also unusual for the championship to be defended in gimmick matches, unlike other championships. The belt is usually contested under regular match rules; with the only exceptions being best two out of three falls matches, a lumberjack match, [4] and a loser leaves town match. [5] Certain tournaments in Pro Wrestling Pride win number one contendership for the championship, including the Prizefighters tournament, and the King of Christmas Rumble winner. To date, only Steve Griffiths has won the championship this way. [6]

Since its inception, the championship has been challenged for by likes of James Storm, [7] Hardcore Holly, [8] Rhyno [9] and Billy Gunn. [10]

Unlike the catch division championship (trophy), and the tag team championships (medallions), the heavyweight championship has always been represented as a traditional championship belt.

Title History

The full history of the championship is listed below. As the championship is currently on hiatus; the current championship reign of Bram is being accumulated; however, it may not be accurate. The championship status as of 20October2022. [11] [12]

Championship Lineage

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefencesNumber of successful defences
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefences
1 Chris Andrews April 28, 2013PWP Debut Show Teignmouth, Devon 11191Defeated Mike Hitchman, PJ Jones and The UK Dominator to become the inaugural champion
2Mike MasonAugust 25, 2013Unnamed Exmouth, Devon11802
3Danny WalshFebruary 21, 2014Adrenaline Rush Tour – Day 1 Babbacombe, Devon110This was a No Disqualification match
4Mike MasonFebruary 22, 2014Adrenaline Rush Tour – Day 2 Exeter, Devon210
5Danny WalshFebruary 23, 2014Adrenaline Rush Tour – Day 3 Chudleigh, Devon21603This was a Last Man Standing Loser Leaves Town match.
6PJ JonesAugust 2, 2014PWP Nevermore... Never Again – Raven's Last UK Stand Torquay, Devon100
7UK DominatorJune 22, 2014PWP Nevermore... Never Again – Raven's Last UK StandTorquay, Devon11692Cashed in a Money in the Bank contract won earlier that night.
8 Chris Andrews January 18, 2015PWP One Night Only Exeter, Devon21051This was a lumberjack match.
9Steve GriffithsMarch 5, 2015PWP 2nd Anniversary ShowExeter, Devon11363
10 Mr. Kennedy July 19, 2015PWP Heroes & Legends Paignton, Devon1420This was a Two out of three falls match [13] [14]
11Steve GriffithsAugust 30, 2015PWP Inner City Showdown Truro, Cornwall 23010
12 Eddie Ryan June 26, 2016PWP One of A Kind Taunton, Somerset 11265 [15]
13 Bram October 30, 2016PWP Undisputed 2Taunton, Somerset1420This was a six-man elimination match, also including Doug Williams, Chris Andrews, James Baker and John Harding
14 Ultimo Tiger December 11, 2016Heroes & Legends 4Paignton, Devon11460This was a No Disqualification match
15 Bram May 6, 2017PWP Live In Falmouth Falmouth, Cornwall 21,983+6This was a No Disqualification match.

Combined reigns

The total list of combined championship days held. As of 20October2022.

†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1 Bram †2606+
2 Chris Andrews 2224
3Steve Griffiths2378
4Mike Mason2181
5The UK Dominator1169
6Danny Walsh1161
7 Ultimo Tiger 1145
8 Eddie Ryan 1126
9 Mr. Kennedy 149
10PJ Jones1<1

Triple Crown Champion

In professional wrestling, a triple crown champion is a wrestler that has won three of a promotions championships; specifically, a world championship, secondary singles championship and tag team championship. To date, only one wrestler has won the PWP Heavyweight, PWP Catch & PWP tag team Championships – Ultimo Tiger, "completing" the triple crown with his win of the Heavyweight Championship in December 2016. He had previously won the other two championships in 2014, winning the tag team championships with his 'Wrestling Time' partner Darren Saviour.

ChampionPrimary championshipTag team championshipSecondary championship
PWP Heavyweight ChampionshipPWP Tag Team Championship PWP Catch Division Championship
Ultimo Tiger December 11, 2016October 05, 2014
(with Darren Saviour) [16] 		May 17, 2014

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