BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship
| BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Border City Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 13, 1992 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Cody Deaner | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 6, 2018 | ||||||||||
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The BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested for in the Ontario-based professional wrestling promotion Border City Wrestling.
On March 18, 2010 the BCW Can-Am Championship was unified with the BSE Pro and Neo Spirit Pro-Wrestling Championships to form the Maximum Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Championship.
On August 24, 2012 the Can-Am Championship was splintered from the Triple Crown with its defense on the debut event of BCW offshoot promotion Can-Am Rising.
Title history
As of July 7, 2024.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Canadian Patriot | 1 | June 13, 1992 | 265 | Amherstburg, Ontario | Defeated "Irish" Bobby Clancy in a tournament final to become the inaugural Can-Am Champion. | |
| 2 | Denny Kass | 1 | March 5, 1993 | 85 | Warren, Ontario | ||
| 3 | Mickey Doyle | 1 | May 29, 1993 | 36 | LaSalle, Ontario | ||
| 4 | Rock Stevens | 1 | July 4, 1993 | 25 | LaSalle, Ontario | ||
| — | Vacated | — | July 29, 1993 | — | Stevens was stripped of the title due to unsanctioned title match. | ||
| 5 | Scott D'Amore | 1 | August 14, 1993 | 265 | Noëlville, Ontario | Defeated Otis Apollo to win the vacant title. | |
| 6 | Jake Steele | 1 | May 6, 1994 | 1 | North Bay, Ontario | [1] | |
| 7 | Scott D'Amore | 2 | May 7, 1994 | 41 | Noëlville, Ontario | ||
| 8 | Mickey Doyle | 2 | June 17, 1994 | 266 | Wallaceburg, Ontario | ||
| 9 | Scott D'Amore | 3 | March 10, 1995 | 72 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| 10 | Bruiser Bedlam | 1 | May 21, 1995 | 33 | LaSalle, Ontario | ||
| 11 | Scott D'Amore | 4 | June 23, 1995 | 1790 | LaSalle, Ontario | ||
| 12 | Sabu | 1 | May 17, 2000 | 294 | London, Ontario | ||
| — | Vacated | — | March 7, 2001 | — | Oldcastle, Ontario | Sabu was stripped of the title due to no-showing event. | |
| 13 | Tommy Dreamer | 1 | March 7, 2001 | 42 | Oldcastle, Ontario | Defeated Scott D'Amore and Rhino in three-way match to win the vacant title. | |
| 14 | Scott D'Amore | 5 | April 18, 2001 | <1 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| 15 | Mikey Whipwreck | 1 | April 18, 2001 | 133 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| — | Vacated | — | August 29, 2001 | — | Oldcastle, Ontario | Whipwreck vacated the title after a successful defense against Little Guido at the "Mikey Whipwreck Retirement Bash". | |
| 16 | Johnny Swinger | 1 | November 27, 2001 | 464 | Oldcastle, Ontario | Swinger won the vacant title in an 8-man Gauntlet Match defeating CW Anderson, Larry Destiny, Little Guido, Otis Apollo, Scott D'Amore, Simon Diamond, and Steve Corino.
On January 15, 2003 The Brooklyn Brawler answered Johnny Swinger's open challenge and defeated him for the BCW Championship. As Brawler was not an active member of the BCW roster at the time Swinger had the decision overturned nullifying Brawler's reign and continuing Swinger's. |
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| 17 | D'Lo Brown | 1 | March 6, 2003 | 192 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| 18 | Shane Douglas | 1 | September 14, 2003 | 315 | Belleville, Michigan | ||
| — | Vacated | — | July 18, 2004 | — | Belleville, Michigan | Douglas wasn't able to make the scheduled title defense and was stripped as a result. | |
| 19 | D'Lo Brown | 2 | July 18, 2004 | 147 | Belleville, Michigan | Defeated Gangrel to win the vacant title. | |
| 20 | A-1 | 1 | December 12, 2004 | 222 | Belleville, Michigan | Won the title at A Night of Appreciation for Sabu. | |
| 21 | Bobby Roode | 1 | July 22, 2005 | 55 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| 22 | Abyss | 1 | September 15, 2005 | 303 | Oldcastle, Ontario | ||
| — | Vacated | — | July 15, 2006 | — | Windsor, Ontario | Title vacated due to inactivity. | |
| 23 | Tyson Dux | 1 | March 28, 2009 | 355 | Windsor, Ontario | Dux won an 8-man Gauntlet Match at BCW March Breakdown 2009. Other contenders in the match were Kiyoshi, Phil Atlas, Johnny Devine, Conrad Kennedy III, Derek Wylde, Joe Doering, and Petey Williams. The title was reinstated after going dormant during Abyss' reign. | |
| 24 | Robbie McAllister | 1 | April 11, 2010 | 6 | Woodstock, Ontario | ||
| 25 | Tyson Dux | 2 | April 17, 2010 | 860 | North Bay, Ontario | ||
| 26 | Phil Atlas | 1 | August 24, 2012 | 728 | Windsor, Ontario | ||
| 27 | Jon Bolen | 1 | August 22, 2014 | 645 | Windsor, Ontario | ||
| 28 | Cody Deaner | 1 | May 28, 2016 | 301 | Windsor, Ontario | After Bolen was unable to defend title due to injury, Deaner defeated Bobby Roode and Kongo Kong to win Interim Championship. Defeated Bolen on May 28, 2016 to become undisputed champion. | [2] |
| 29 | Kongo Kong | 1 | March 25, 2017 | 560 | Windsor, Ontario | Won in a triple threat match including Billy Gunn. | [3] |
| 30 | Cody Deaner | 2 | October 6, 2018 | 2101+ | Windsor, Ontario | This was a Fatal 4 Way also including Matt Sydal and Johnny Impact |
Combined reigns
As of July 7, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott D'Amore | 5 | 2,168 |
| 2 | Tyson Dux | 2 | 1,215 |
| 3 | Phil Atlas | 1 | 728 |
| 4 | Jon Bolen | 645 | |
| 5 | Kongo Kong | 1 | 560 |
| 6 | Johnny Swinger | 2 | 464 |
| 6 | D'Lo Brown | 2 | 339 |
| 7 | Shane Douglas | 1 | 315 |
| 8 | Abyss | 303 | |
| 9 | Mickey Doyle | 2 | 302 |
| 10 | Cody Deaner† | 2 | 2296+ |
| 11 | Sabu | 1 | 294 |
| 12 | Canadian Patriot | 265 | |
| 13 | A-1 | 222 | |
| 14 | Mikey Whipwreck | 133 | |
| 15 | Denny Kass | 85 | |
| 16 | Bobby Roode | 55 | |
| 17 | Tommy Dreamer | 42 | |
| 18 | Bruiser Bedlam | 33 | |
| 19 | Rock Stevens | 25 | |
| 20 | Robbie McAllister | 6 | |
| 21 | Jake Steele | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ Hoops, Brian (May 6, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 6: Verne Gagne vs. Danny Hodge, 1st Annual Von Erich Parade of Champions show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "BCW Event Date May, 28, 2016". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "BCW March Breakdown". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- General
- "BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Title". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 2009-04-25.