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The [[PWG World Championship]] is a [[professional wrestling]] [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned and copyrighted by [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG). The championship was created and debuted on August 30, 2003 at [[List of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments#Bad Ass Mother 3000|PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 &ndash; Stage 2]] [[House show|event]].<ref name="BAM3000two"/> Originally called the PWG Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time—that month, then-champion [[Joey Ryan (wrestler)|Joey Ryan]] defeated Emil Sitoci in [[Essen]], Germany at European Vacation &ndash; Germany and [[Jonny Storm]] in [[Orpington]], England at European Vacation &ndash; England.<ref name="EVG">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2006/show0044.html|title=European Vacation - Germany|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="EVE">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2006/show0045.html|title=European Vacation - England|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref>
The [[PWG World Championship]] is a [[professional wrestling]] [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championship]] owned and copyrighted by [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]] (PWG). The championship was created and debuted on August 30, 2003 at [[List of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments#Bad Ass Mother 3000|PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 &ndash; Stage 2]] [[House show|event]].<ref name="BAM3000two"/> Originally called the PWG Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time—that month, then-champion [[Joey Ryan (wrestler)|Joey Ryan]] defeated Emil Sitoci in [[Essen]], Germany at European Vacation &ndash; Germany and [[Jonny Storm]] in [[Orpington]], England at European Vacation &ndash; England.<ref name="EVG">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2006/show0044.html|title=European Vacation - Germany|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="EVE">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2006/show0045.html|title=European Vacation - England|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref>


The championship is generally contested in [[professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]], in which participants execute [[Screenplay|scripted]] finishes rather than contend in [[Competition#Sports|direct competition]]. All reigns are won at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champion was [[Frankie Kazarian]], whom PWG recognized to have become the champion after defeating Ryan in the finals of a [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla#Tournaments|16-man tournament]] on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 &ndash; Stage 2 event.<ref name="BAM3000two"/> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Kazarian, [[Human Tornado]], and Bryan Danielson are tied for most reigns, with two.<ref name="Kazarian1"/><ref name="Kazarian2"/><ref name="Tornado1"/><ref name="Tornado2"/> [[Chris Hero]]'s only reign at 425 days is the longest in the title's history. PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses for each champion on their official website. As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; [[Bryan Danielson]] and [[Kenny Omega]] have the least, with 0. [[Claudio Castagnoli]] is the current champion in his first reign, after defeating [[Brandon Gatson]], Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|four–way match]] on October 9, 2010, to win the vacant title.<ref name="PWGtitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/index.html|title=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref> Overall, there have been 17 reigns among 14 different wrestlers and three [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacated|vacancies]].<ref name="PWGtitlehistory"/> Low Ki, Bryan Danielson, and Davey Richards, all of whom vacated the championship, are the only people to have not been defeated for the championship.<ref name="LowKi1"/>
The championship is generally contested in [[professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]], in which participants execute [[Screenplay|scripted]] finishes rather than contend in [[Competition#Sports|direct competition]]. All reigns are won at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champion was [[Frankie Kazarian]], whom PWG recognized to have become the champion after defeating Ryan in the finals of a [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla#Tournaments|16-man tournament]] on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 &ndash; Stage 2 event.<ref name="BAM3000two"/> As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Kazarian, [[Human Tornado]], [[Bryan Danielson]] and [[Kevin Steen]] are tied for most reigns, with two.<ref name="Kazarian1"/><ref name="Kazarian2"/><ref name="Tornado1"/><ref name="Tornado2"/><ref name="Danielson1"/><ref name="Danielson2"/><ref name="Steen1"/><ref name="Steen2"/> [[Chris Hero]]'s only reign at 425 days is the longest in the title's history. PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses for each champion on their official website. As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; Bryan Danielson and [[Kenny Omega]] have the least, with 0. Kevin Steen is the current champion in his second reign, after defeating [[Claudio Castagnoli]] on July 23, 2011, to win the title.<ref name="PWGtitlehistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_champion/index.html|title=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion|publisher=Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref> Overall, there have been 18 reigns among 14 different wrestlers and three [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Vacated|vacancies]].<ref name="PWGtitlehistory"/> Low Ki, Bryan Danielson, and Davey Richards, all of whom vacated the championship, are the only people to have not been defeated for the championship.<ref name="LowKi1"/>


==Title history==
==Title history==
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File:Chris Hero 4.jpg
Chris Hero, a former PWG World Champion (pictured with the CZW World Heavyweight Championship and one-half of the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas)

The PWG World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship owned and copyrighted by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). The championship was created and debuted on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event.[1] Originally called the PWG Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time—that month, then-champion Joey Ryan defeated Emil Sitoci in Essen, Germany at European Vacation – Germany and Jonny Storm in Orpington, England at European Vacation – England.[2][3]

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. All reigns are won at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Frankie Kazarian, whom PWG recognized to have become the champion after defeating Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament on August 30, 2003 at PWG's Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 event.[1] As of August 2024, Kazarian, Human Tornado, Bryan Danielson and Kevin Steen are tied for most reigns, with two.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Chris Hero's only reign at 425 days is the longest in the title's history. PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses for each champion on their official website. As of August 2024, Ryan has the most defenses, with 19; Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega have the least, with 0. Kevin Steen is the current champion in his second reign, after defeating Claudio Castagnoli on July 23, 2011, to win the title.[12] Overall, there have been 18 reigns among 14 different wrestlers and three vacancies.[12] Low Ki, Bryan Danielson, and Davey Richards, all of whom vacated the championship, are the only people to have not been defeated for the championship.[13]

Title history

Names

Name Years
PWG Championship August 2003 – February 2006
PWG World Championship February 2006 – present

Reigns

# Numbers in bold indicate that a reign is current and changes daily
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Successful defenses Accounts how many defenses the champion had during their reign
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily.
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Successful defenses Event Notes
1
Frankie Kazarian
1
August 30, 2003
176
Industry, California
4[4]
 Bad Ass Mother 3000 – Stage 2 Kazarian defeated Joey Ryan in the finals of a 16-man tournament to become the first champion.[1]
2
Adam Pearce
1
February 22, 2004
139
Santa Ana, California
3[14]
 Taste The Radness [15]
3
Frankie Kazarian
2
July 10, 2004
126
Los Angeles, California
3[5]
 The Reason for the Season [16]
4
Super Dragon
1
November 13, 2004
140
Los Angeles, California
8[17]
 Free Admission (Just Kidding) [18]
5
A.J. Styles
1
April 2, 2005
126
Los Angeles, California
4[19]
 All Star Weekend – Night Two [20]
6
Kevin Steen
1
August 6, 2005
119
Los Angeles, California
5[10]
 Zombies [Shouldn't Run] [21]
7
Joey Ryan
1
December 3, 2005
406
Los Angeles, California
19[22]
 Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent) The title was renamed from the "PWG Championship" to the "PWG World Championship" following PWG's European Vacation tour of England and Germany in February 2006.[2][3][23]
8
Human Tornado
1
January 13, 2007
42
Reseda, California
3[6]
 Based on a True Story [24]
9
El Generico
1
February 24, 2007
155
Van Nuys, California
9[25]
 Holy Diver Down [26]
10
Bryan Danielson
1
July 29, 2007
160
Burbank, California
5[8]
 Giant-Size Annual #4 [27]
11
Low Ki
1
January 5, 2008
32
Van Nuys, CA
1[13]
 All-Star Weekend 6 – Night One [28]
—
Vacated
—
February 6, 2008[13]
—
N/A
—
 N/A The title was vacated due to Low Ki suffering a knee injury while competing in Japan.[13]
12
Human Tornado
2
February 24, 2008
133
Reseda, California
1[7]
 ¡Dia de los Dangerous! Tornado defeated Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a 5-man tournament to become the champion.[29]
13
Chris Hero
1
July 6, 2008
425
Reseda, California
10[30]
 Life During Wartime [31]
14
Bryan Danielson
2
September 4, 2009
0
Reseda, California
0[9]
 Guerre Sans Frontières [32]
—
Vacated
—
September 4, 2009[9]
—
Reseda, California
—
 Guerre Sans Frontières The title was vacated due to Danielson being unable to defend it after signing with the World Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestling promotion.[9]
15
Kenny Omega
1
November 21, 2009
98
Reseda, California
0[33]
 2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two Defeated Roderick Strong in the finals of the 2009 Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title.[34]
16
Davey Richards
1
February 27, 2010
198
Reseda, California
2[35]
 As the Worm Turns [36]
—
Vacated
—
September 13, 2010
—
N/A
—
N/A
 The title was vacated due to Richards being unable to defend it.[37]
17
Claudio Castagnoli
1
October 9, 2010
287
Reseda, California
6[38]
 The Curse of Guerrilla Island Castagnoli defeated Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four–way match to win the vacant title.[39]
18
Kevin Steen
2
July 23, 2011
4,770+
Reseda, California
0[11]
 The Curse of Guerrilla Island [40]

List of combined reigns

† Indicates the current champion
Rank [1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Chris Hero 1 425
2 Joey Ryan 1 406
3 Frankie Kazarian 2 302
4 Claudio Castagnoli 1 287
5 Davey Richards 1 198
6 Human Tornado 2 175
7 Bryan Danielson 2 160
8 El Generico 1 156
9 Super Dragon 1 140
10 Adam Pearce 1 139
11 A.J. Styles 1 126
12 Kevin Steen† 2 4889+
13 Kenny Omega 1 98
14 Low Ki 1 32

Notes

1.^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact number mean they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
  • Westcott, Brian. "PWG Heavyweight Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  • "PWG World Championship reign history". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "Bad Ass Mother 3000 - Stage 2". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  2. ^ a b "European Vacation - Germany". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ^ a b "European Vacation - England". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ^ a b "Frankie Kazarian's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  5. ^ a b "Frankie Kazarian's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  6. ^ a b "Human Tornado's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  7. ^ a b "Human Tornado's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  8. ^ a b "Bryan Danielson's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  9. ^ a b c d "Bryan Danielson's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  10. ^ a b "Kevin Steen's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  11. ^ a b "Kevin Steen's second reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  12. ^ a b "Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  13. ^ a b c d "Low Ki's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  14. ^ "Adam Pearce's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  15. ^ Corey, Commander (2004-12-01). "Pro Wrestling Guerilla DVD a rad experience". SLAM! Sports - Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  16. ^ "The Reason for the Season". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  17. ^ "Super Dragon's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  18. ^ "Free Admission (Just Kidding)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  19. ^ "A.J. Styles' first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  20. ^ Clevett, Jason (2005-04-10). "SoCal stars shine at All Star Weekend". SLAM! Sports - Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  21. ^ "Zombies (Shouldn't Run)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  22. ^ "Joey Ryan's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  23. ^ "Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  24. ^ "Based on a True Story". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  25. ^ "El Generico's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  26. ^ "Holy Diver Down". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  27. ^ "Giant-Size Annual #4". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  28. ^ "All-Star Weekend 6 - Night One". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  29. ^ "¡Dia de los Dangerous!". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  30. ^ "Chris Hero's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  31. ^ "Life During Wartime". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  32. ^ "Guerre Sans Frontières". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  33. ^ "Kenny Omega's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  34. ^ "2009 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  35. ^ "Davey Richards' first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  36. ^ "As the Worm Turns". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  37. ^ Caldwell, James (2010-09-14). "PWG News: Davey Richards relinquishes PWG World Title, four-way match announced for next show to determine new champion". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  38. ^ "Claudio Castagnoli's first reign". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  39. ^ "The Curse of Guerrilla Island". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  40. ^ "Eight". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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