WCPW Middleweight Championship

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WCPW Middleweight Championship
Details
Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 13, 1991
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Other name(s)
  • WCW Middleweight Championship
    (1991 - 1997)
  • WCPW Middleweight Championship
    (1997 - present)
Statistics
First champion(s)K.C. Knight
Final champion(s)Buddy Roberts, Jr.
(won September 18, 2010)
Most reignsMike Anthony (2)
Chris Collins (2)
Longest reignRipper Manson (455 days)
Shortest reignMike Londos (<1 day)

The WCPW Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original secondary title 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 middleweight title (211 to 240 lbs).

Contents

The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Mike Anthony and Chris "Curse" Collins are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 25 wrestlers, with three 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

Names

NameYears
WCW Middleweight Championship1991 1996
WCPW Middleweight Championship1997 2010

Reigns

No.WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1K.C. Knight1April 13, 1991322 Hebron, Indiana Live event Knight defeated Mike Samson to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. [1] [2] [3]
2Mike Samson1February 29, 1992448 Barrington, Illinois Live event [1] [2] [3]
3Rick Valentino1May 22, 1993336 Chicago, Illinois Live event [4]
4Kevin Quinn1April 23, 1994392 Joliet, Illinois Live event [1] [2] [3]
5Ripper Manson1May 20, 1995455 Hammond, Indiana Live event [1] [2] [3]
6Brett Sanders1August 17, 1996257 Springfield, Illinois Live event [5]
7 Christopher Daniels 1May 1, 199716 Ponce, Puerto Rico Live event [1] [2] [3]
8Brandon Bishop1May 17, 1997364 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1] [2] [3]
9Staff Sgt. Storm1May 16, 1998371 Cicero, Illinois Live event [6]
10Mike Londos1May 22, 1999<1 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1] [2] [3]
11Stone Manson1May 22, 1999371 Cicero, Illinois Live event [1] [2] [3]
12Valyk1May 27, 2000175 Crete, Illinois Live event [2] [3]
13Jeffro King1November 18, 2000156 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3]
14Baltazar1April 23, 2001145 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3]
15Mike Anthony1September 15, 2001245 Chicago, Illinois Live event [2] [3]
16Ivan Manson1May 18, 2002294 Cicero, Illinois Live event [7]
17Abaddon1March 8, 2003N/A Chicago, Illinois March to Victory (2003) [2] [3]
18Cameron Cage1N/AN/AN/A Live event [3]
19Cassius XL1March 12, 200566 Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2005)This was a tournament final. [3]
20Mike Anthony2May 17, 2005N/A Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 17 (2005)This was a Triple Threat match. [3] [8]
21Curse12005N/AN/A Live event [3]
Vacated 2006N/AN/A [3]
22Gavin Dunn12007N/AN/AN/A [3]
Vacated April 8, 2008 Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2008)Dunn voluntarily relinquished the championship to wrestle Curse in a "career vs. career" match at Battle of the Belts 20. [3]
23Chris Collins2March 14, 2009118 Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2009)Defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [3]
24Psycho1July 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. [3]
25Barry Ryte1August 15, 2009105 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)Ryte was awarded the vacant championship. The previous champion, Chris Collins, was stripped as champion due to undergoing back surjury. [3]
26DTA1November 28, 2009294 Chicago, Illinois November to Remember (2009) [3]
Vacated September 18, 2010 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio ShowThe championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles. [3]
27Buddy Roberts, Jr.1September 18, 201089 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show [3]
Deactivated December 16, 2010N/AN/AWCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Roberts was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Ripper Manson1455
2Mike Samson1448
3Kevin Quinn1392
4Staff. Sgt. Storm1371
5Stone Manson1371
6Brandon Bishop1364
7Rick Valentno1336
8K.C. Knight1322
9Ivan Manson1294
10DTA1294
11Brett Sanders1257
12Mike Anthony2245
13Valyk1175
14Jeffro King1156
15Baltazar1145
16Chris Collins2118
17Barry Ryte1105
18Buddy Roberts, Jr.189
19Cassius XL166
20Psycho136
21 Christopher Daniels 116
22Mike Londos1<1

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