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HWA Heavyweight Championship Promotion Heartland Wrestling Association Date established January 5, 1996 Date retired 2015 First champion(s) D'Lo Brown Final champion(s) Dustin Rayz Most reigns Race Steele (5 reigns) Longest reign Brian Jennings (381 days) Shortest reign Johnny The Bull (1 hour)
The HWA Heavyweight Championship was the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association .
Title history
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
D'Lo Brown
January 5, 1996
HWA
Fort Wright, KY
1
64
Defeated Bobby Blaze in the tournament final to become inaugural champion.
[ 1]
2
Bobby Blaze
March 9, 1996
HWA
Ashland, KY
1
7
[ 2]
3
D'Lo Brown
March 16, 1996
HWA
Lima, OH
2
77-106
[ 3]
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
4
Race Steele
May 25, 2000
3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
Cincinnati, OH
1
246
Steele defeated Chip Fairway in the tournament final to win vacant title.
[ 4]
5
Chad Collyer
January 26, 2001
HWA
Rising Sun, IN
1
32
[ 5]
Chad Collyer stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
6
Shark Boy
February 27, 2001
HWA
Cincinnati, OH
1
17
This was a Battle Royal match for the vacant title.
[ 6]
7
Race Steele
March 16, 2001
HWA
Rising Sun, IN
2
113
[ 7]
8
Cody Hawk
July 7, 2001
HWA
Cincinnati, OH
1
28
[ 8]
9
Race Steele
August 4, 2001
HWA
Batavia, OH
3
5
10
Nick Dinsmore
August 9, 2001
4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
Cincinnati, OH
1
9
[ 9]
11
Race Steele
August 18, 2001
HWA
Dayton, OH
4
88
[ 10]
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
12.
E. Z. Money
November 14, 2001
Dayton, OH
1
56
Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament final.
13.
Charlie Haas
January 9, 2002
Dayton, OH
1
20
Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002.
14.
E. Z. Money
January 29, 2002
Dayton, OH
2
45
Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped.
15.
Rico Constantino
March 15, 2002
Dayton, OH
1
2
16.
Stevie Richards
March 17, 2002
Jeffersonville, IN
1
3
17.
Race Steele
March 20, 2002
Cincinnati, OH
5
49
18.
Johnny the Bull
May 8, 2002
Dayton, OH
1
11
19.
Lance Cade
May 19, 2002
Jeffersonville, IN
1
62
20.
Johnny the Bull
July 20, 2002
Batavia, OH
2
<1
21.
Lance Cade
July 20, 2002
Batavia, OH
2
1
22.
Cody Hawk
July 21, 2002
Jeffersonville, IN
2
58
23.
Matt Stryker
September 17, 2002
Cincinnati, OH
1
53
24.
Chet Jablonski
November 9, 2002
Batavia, OH
1
55
25.
Matt Stryker
January 3, 2003
Batavia OH
2
80
26.
Cody Hawk
March 24, 2003
Wilmington, OH
3
5
27.
Matt Stryker
March 29, 2003
Wilmington, OH
3
17
28.
Ala Hussein
April 15, 2003
Cincinnati, OH
1
17
29.
Chad Collyer
May 2, 2003
Aurora, IN
2
127
Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match.
30.
Nigel McGuinness
September 6, 2003
Batavia, OH
1
119
31.
Hoss
January 3, 2004
Batavia, OH
1
3
32.
Nigel McGuinness
January 6, 2004
Cincinnati, OH
2
71
33.
El Temor
March 17, 2004
Cincinnati, OH
1
13
34.
Rory Fox
March 30, 2004
Cincinnati, OH
1
360
35
Shawn Osborne
March 25, 2005
Dayton, OH
1
84
36.
Matt Stryker
June 17, 2005
Cincinnati, OH
4
98
37.
Cody Hawk
September 23, 2005
Cincinnati, OH
4
39-68
Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005.
38.
Pepper Parks
January 1, 2006
Cincinnati, OH
1
128
Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship.
39.
Jon Moxley
May 9, 2006
Cincinnati, OH
1
126
40.
Chad Collyer
September 12, 2006
Cincinnati, OH
3
56
41.
Pepper Parks
November 7, 2006
Cincinnati, OH
2
28
Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up".
42.
Jon Moxley
December 30, 2006
Dayton, OH
2
3
Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title.
43.
Brian Jennings
January 2, 2007
Cincinnati, OH
1
381
44
B. J. Whitmer
January 18, 2008
Dayton, OH
1
145
Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008.
45.
Jake Crist
July 11, 2008
Cincinnati, OH
1
407
Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match.
46.
Richard Phillips
August 22, 2009
Norwood, OH
1
119
47.
Aaron Williams
December 19, 2009
Norwood, OH
1
18
48.
Jon Moxley
January 6, 2010
Middletown, OH
3
189
Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
49.
Gerome Phillips
July 14, 2010
Middletown, OH
2
248
50.
B. J. Whitmer
March 19, 2011
Norwood, OH
2
161
51.
Jesse Emerson
August 27, 2011
Norwood, OH
1
112
52.
Jake Crist
December 17, 2011
Hamilton, OH
2
307
Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
53.
Ron Mathis
October 19, 2012
Hamilton, OH
1
281
Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson.
54.
Chance Prophet
July 27, 2013
Hamilton, OH
1
343
Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.
55.
Dustin Rayz
July 5, 2014
Middletown, OH
1
—
Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. This was after the writing/booking duties were removed from Prophet.
Retired in 2015
See also
References
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 5, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Fort Wright, Kentucky, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 9, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Ashland, Kentucky, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 16, 1996). "HWA - Event @ Lima, Ohio, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 25, 2000). "3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Schmidt Field House in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 26, 2001). "HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 16, 2001). "HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ "Cody Hawk defeated Race Steele on July 7, 2001" .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 9, 2001). "4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Oak Hills High School in Oak Hills, Ohio, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ "Race Steele defeated Nick Dinsmore on August 18, 2001" .
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