| HWA Heavyweight Championship |
| Details |
| Current champion(s) |
Chance Prophet |
| Date won |
July 27th, 2013 |
| Date established |
January 5, 1996 |
| Promotion |
Heartland Wrestling Association. |
| Statistics |
| First champion(s) |
D'Lo Brown |
| Most reigns |
Race Steele (5 reigns) |
| Longest reign |
Chance Prophet (740+ days) |
| Shortest reign |
Johnny The Bull (1 hour) |
|
The HWA Heavyweight Championship is the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.
Title history
| Wrestler: |
Times: |
Date: |
Location: |
Notes: |
| D'Lo Brown |
1 |
January 5, 1996 |
Fort Wright, KY |
Defeated Bobby Blaze in tournament Final |
| Bobby Blaze |
1 |
March 9, 1996 |
Ashland, KY |
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| D'Lo Brown |
2 |
March 16, 1996 |
Lima, OH |
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000 |
| Race Steele |
1 |
May 25, 2000 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Won tournament final over Chip Fairway to win vacant Championship |
|
| Chad Collyer |
1 |
January 26, 2001 |
Rising Sun, IN |
Was stripped of title |
|
| Shark Boy |
1 |
February 27, 2001 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Defeated Dean Jablonski and Matty Stryker in tournament for vacant Championship |
|
| Race Steele |
2 |
March 16, 2001 |
Rising Sun, IN |
|
| Cody Hawk |
1 |
July 7, 2001 |
Cincinnati, OH |
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| Race Steele |
3 |
August 4, 2001 |
Batavia, OH |
|
| Nick Dinsmore |
1 |
August 9, 2001 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Race Steele |
4 |
August 18, 2001 |
Dayton, OH |
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001 |
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| EZ Money |
1 |
November 14, 2001 |
Dayton, OH |
Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament Final |
| Charlie Haas |
1 |
January 9, 2002 |
Dayton, OH |
Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002 |
| EZ Money |
2 |
January 29, 2002 |
Dayton, OH |
Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped |
| Rico Constantino |
1 |
March 15, 2002 |
Dayton, OH |
|
| Stevie Richards |
1 |
March 17, 2002 |
Jeffersonville, IN |
|
| Race Steele |
5 |
March 20, 2002 |
Cincinnati, OH |
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| Johnny the Bull |
1 |
May 8, 2002 |
Dayton, OH |
|
| Lance Cade |
1 |
May 19, 2002 |
Jeffersonville, IN |
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| Johnny the Bull |
2 |
July 20, 2002 |
Batavia, OH |
|
| Lance Cade |
2 |
July 20, 2002 |
Batavia, OH |
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| Cody Hawk |
2 |
July 21, 2002 |
Jeffersonville, IN |
|
| Matt Stryker |
1 |
September 17, 2002 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Chet Jablonski |
1 |
November 9, 2002 |
Batavia, OH |
|
| Matt Stryker |
2 |
January 3, 2003 |
Batavia OH |
|
| Cody Hawk |
3 |
March 24, 2003 |
Wilmington, OH |
|
| Matt Stryker |
3 |
March 29, 2003 |
Wilmington, OH |
|
| Ala Hussein |
1 |
April 15, 2003 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Chad Collyer |
2 |
May 2, 2003 |
Aurora, IN |
Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match |
|
| Nigel McGuinness |
1 |
September 6, 2003 |
Batavia, OH |
|
| Hoss |
1 |
January 3, 2004 |
Batavia, OH |
|
| Nigel McGuinness |
2 |
January 6, 2004 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| El Temor |
1 |
March 17, 2004 |
Cincinnati, OH |
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| Rory Fox |
1 |
March 30, 2004 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Shawn Osborne |
1 |
March 25, 2005 |
Dayton, OH |
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| Matt Stryker |
4 |
June 17, 2005 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Cody Hawk |
4 |
September 23, 2005 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005 |
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| Pepper Parks |
1 |
January 1, 2006 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship |
|
| Jon Moxley |
1 |
May 9, 2006 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Chad Collyer |
3 |
September 12, 2006 |
Cincinnati, OH |
|
| Pepper Parks |
2 |
November 7, 2006 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up" |
|
| Jon Moxley |
2 |
December 30, 2006 |
Dayton, OH |
Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title |
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| Brian Jennings |
1 |
January 2, 2007 |
Cincinnati, OH |
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| B.J. Whitmer |
1 |
January 18, 2008 |
Dayton, OH |
Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008 |
| Jake Crist |
1 |
July 11, 2008 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match |
| Richard Phillips |
1 |
August 22, 2009 |
Norwood, OH |
|
| Aaron Williams |
1 |
December 19, 2009 |
Norwood, OH |
|
| Jon Moxley |
3 |
January 6, 2010 |
Middletown, OH |
Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot. |
|
| Gerome Phillips |
2 |
July 14, 2010 |
Middletown, OH |
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| B.J. Whitmer |
2 |
March 19, 2011 |
Norwood, OH |
|
| Jesse Emerson |
1 |
August 27, 2011 |
Norwood, OH |
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| Jake Crist |
2 |
December 17, 2011 |
Hamilton, OH |
Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot. |
|
| Ron Mathis |
1 |
October 19, 2012 |
Hamilton, OH |
Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson. |
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| Chance Prophet |
1 |
July 27, 2013 |
Hamilton, OH |
Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. |
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See also
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