PWG World Championship
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 Human Tornado with the PWG World Championship |
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| Current champion(s) | El Generico[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 22, 2011[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 30, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other name(s) | PWG Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
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The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla professional wrestling promotion. It was first introduced in 2003 as the PWG Championship. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.
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[edit] History
The title became known under its current name in February 2006, when PWG had a two-event European Vacation tour stopping in Essen, Germany and Orpington, England. The title has also been defended in Japan in the Dragon Gate promotion, as well as in the United Kingdom in 1PW and again on PWG's European Vacation II tour in Paris, France, Portsmouth, England and Essen, Germany, with it recently being defended in Queensland, Australia. Bryan Danielson and Davey Richards are the only individuals to have held the PWG World Championship, FIP World Heavyweight Championship and the ROH World Championship.
[edit] Reigns
The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian, who won the championship by defeating Joey Ryan in the finals of a sixteen man tournament on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 - Stage 2 event.[2] At 425 days, Chris Hero's only reign is the longest in the title's history.[3] Bryan Danielson is the shortest reigning champion in history by vacating it immediately after winning it for the second time.[4] Frankie Kazarian, Human Tornado, Bryan Danielson, Kevin Steen and El Generico hold the record for most reigns, with 2.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] As of March 2012, El Generico is the current champion in his second reign, after defeating Kevin Steen in a ladder match on October 22, 2011, to win the title.[1][12] Overall, there have been 19 reigns among 14 different wrestlers.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "El Generico's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion019.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ a b "Frankie Kazarian's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion001.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Chris Hero's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion013.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ a b "Bryan Danielson's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion014.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Frankie Kazarian's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion003.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Human Tornado's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion008.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Human Tornado's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion012.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Bryan Danielson's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion010.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Kevin Steen's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion006.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Kevin Steen's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion018.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "El Generico's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/champion009.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ "Steen Wolf". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2011/show0127.html. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ^ Westcott, Brian. "PWG Heavyweight Title History". Solie.org. http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/htpwg.html. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
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