WCPW Heavyweight Championship

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WCPW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 13, 1988
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Other name
WCW Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion Steve Regal
Final championSean Mulligan
Most reignsSean Mulligan (4)
Longest reignRipper Manson (1,092 days)
Shortest reignSean Mulligan (<1 day)

The WCPW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original top singles championship for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate heavyweight title (over 240 lbs). It was eventually unified with the Bare Knuckles and League Championships to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship".

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The inaugural champion was "Mr. Electric" Steve Regal, who won the title in Chicago, Illinois on April 13, 1988 to become the first WCPW Heavyweight Champion. Sean Mulligan holds the record for most reigns, with four. [1] At 1,092 days, Ripper Manson's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. He is the only wrestler in the promotion's history to retire as champion. Mulligan's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was returned to him on the same night as he lost it. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 17 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
#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
WCW Heavyweight Championship1988 — 1996
WCPW Heavyweight Championship1997 — 2008
WCPW World (Unified) Heavyweight Championship2008 — 2010

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1 Steve Regal 1April 13, 1988619 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
2Frank Melson1December 23, 1989126 Harvard, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
3Hurricane Smith1April 28, 1990238 Dixon, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
4Frank Melson2December 22, 1990147 Harvard, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
5 Ron Powers 1May 18, 1991421 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
6K.C. Knight1July 12, 1992664 Stone Park, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4] [5]
7Mike Samson1May 7, 1994952 Hammond, Indiana Live event [2] [3] [4]
8Mike Anthony1December 14, 1996938 Hammond, Indiana Live event [2] [3] [4]
9The Polish Crippler1July 10, 199988 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
10Killer Khalsa Singh1October 6, 1999N/A Schaumburg, Illinois Live event [2] [3] [4]
— Vacated —November 1999—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Singh is stripped of the title. [3] [4]
11The Polish Crippler2December 11, 1999161N/ASeason's Beatings (1999)The Polish Crippler won the vacant championship in a tournament final. [3] [4]
12Willie Richardson1May 20, 2000371 Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000) [3] [4]
13Steve Boz1May 26, 200182 Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 13 (2001) [3] [4] [6] [7] [8]
14Willie Richardson2August 16, 2001107 Fairbury, Illinois Live event [3] [4]
15Steve Boz2December 1, 2001168 Chicago, Illinois Live event [3] [4] [8] [9]
16Ripper Manson1May 18, 20021,092 Cicero, Illinois Live event [3] [4]
— Vacated —May 14, 2005— Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 17 (2002)Manson defeated Larry Zbyszko in what would be his final match. He was the first and only wrestler to retire as champion. The championship is subsequently vacated due to Manson's retirement. [10]
17Vito Fontaine12005N/AN/A Live event [4]
18Baltazar1June 24, 2006N/A Midlothian, Illinois Live event [4] [11]
— Vacated —June 2007—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Night Breed (Abaddon and Baltazar) leave the promotion to join the rival Vanguard Wrestling All-Star Alliance. [4]
19Austin Roberts1October 26, 2007561 Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2009)Roberts defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. On May 17, 2008, the title was unified with the Bare Knuckles and League Championships to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship". [4] [12]
20Sean Mulligan1May 9, 200962 Calumet City, Illinois Battle of the Belts 21 (2009) [4] [13]
21Psycho1July 10, 200936 Bridgeview, Illinois Legends Under the Stars (2009)Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions. [4]
21Sean Mulligan2August 15, 2009<1 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)The heavyweight championship was returned to Mulligan when the titles were returned to the previous champions. [4]
22Mike Anthony2August 15, 200970 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009) [4]
23Sean Mulligan3October 24, 2009119 Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2009) [4]
24Bailey Mannix1February 20, 2010210 Chicago, Illinois Live event [4]
— Vacated —September 18, 2010— Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio ShowThe championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles. [4]
25Sean Mulligan4September 18, 201089 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio ShowDefeated Justin Reno to win the vacant championship. [4]
— Deactivated —December 16, 2010—N/AN/AWCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mulligan was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

Combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Ripper Manson11,092
2Mike Anthony21,008
3Mike Samson1952
4K.C. Knight1664
5 Steve Regal 1619
6Austin Roberts1561
7 Ron Powers 1421
8Willie Richardson2478
9Frank Melson2273
10Sean Mulligan4270
11Steve Boz2250
12The Polish Crippler2249
13Hurricane Smith1238
14Bailey Mannix1210
15Psycho136

References

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