IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship

For the International Pro Wrestling version, see IWA World Heavyweight Championship (International Pro Wrestling). For the International Wrestling Association of Japan version, see IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan).

IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date established	2000
Date retired	2012
Promotion	International Wrestling Association
Other name(s)
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2000-2008) IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship (2008)
Statistics Most reigns Glamour Boy Shane (10 reigns) Longest reign Chris Angel (183 days) Shortest reign Jay-Cobs (Less on 1 day)

The IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the International Wrestling Association. The championship was established in 2000, as the IWA World Heavyweight Championship.

History

Unification with the "Capitol World Heavyweight Championship"

On December 15, 2007, Scott Hall failed to attend a titular defense which led to the fictional local box and wrestling commission's decision to vacate the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and award it to the number one contender who at the moment was Miguel "Biggie Size" Maldonado. On December 30, the Universal Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant following the events where he was declared the champion following Hall's absence to Lockout. The commission's decision was announced during the company's holiday recess and Maldonado retained the championship belt in custody.

Blitz holds the championships, with the "Capitol Heavyweight Championship" on the foreground

On January 6, 2008, Jack Meléndez who had been managing La Rabia, the stable where he performed abandoned the company citing differences with the company's personnel. Following Meléndez's exit from the company the stable abandoned the company no-showing the a special event scheduled for January 6, 2008. On January 6, Maldonado appeared in the IWA's Histeria Boricua event, with the championship belt still in his possession and challenged Freddie "Blitz" Lozada, who was the IWA World Heavyweight Champion to a unification match. The match took place later in the event with Lozada winning both belts. Following this match WWC's merchandising manager, José Roberto Rodríguez, who had been allowed entry into the building, demanded that the belt was returned to him, but at the moment the IWA's personnel had replaced the belt with Revolution X-Treme Wrestling's championship belt (at the moment in Savio Vega's possession) and had transferred the Universal Heavyweight Championship to a secure location, which led to a discussion between personnel from both companies and Rodríguez's expulsion from the event. After the event's conclusion police officers were deployed and the IWA retained physical possession of the championship. Following this the belt was returned to WWC personnel following an ultimatum, which claimed that the company would take legal action if it wasn't returned within forty-eight hours. However, both the International Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance recognized the unification match, and considered Lozada the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico.

International exposure

Beginning in 2009, the IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship began becoming involved in several inter-promotional "champion vs. champion" contests. The first of these took place on January 6, 2009, where Carlos "Chicano" Cotto was booked to defend the title against Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Legends Champion, Booker T. The contest was part of an annual event titled "Histeria Boricua". The conclusion came when Cotto inverted a "Book End" attempt, scoring a pinfall victory. On February 14, 2009, the promotion held a special event named "Noche de Campeónes". In this card, Cotto defended the championship against Samoa Joe. During the final stages of the fight, Noel Rodríguez intervened, injuring the referee. Both wrestlers continued performing, with Cotto scoring a pinfall victory after reverting a finisher and receiving the count from a substitute referee. On April 18, 2009, Cotto was challenged to an unification contest by Joe Bravo, who held the DWE Dominican National Championship, the major title of Dominican Wrestling Entertainment based in the Dominican Republic. Bravo won with the help of a heel referee, becoming a dual champion. The next titleholder to challenge for the belt was Jerry Lynn, Ring of Honor's World Champion, who unsuccessfully competed against Bravo and Chicano in a three-way match. This was part of the "Juicio Final 2009" card. On May 29, 2009, Bravo defended the IWA and DWE championships in Panama, defeating El Cuervo as part of a Revolution X-Treme Wrestling card. On November 1, 2009, Bravo and the incumbent WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, Shane Sewell, performed in a DWE event, with the DWE Dominican National Championship being held up after the creative team booked a no contest. This marked the first instance that the two major champions worked together while holding full recognitions by both promotions.

IWA vs. EWO, Clash of the Titans

At Summer Attitude 2011, Chris Angel defeated Hiram Tua to become the first undefeated Undisputed World Champion. He went on to defeat all contenders, one of the them being Cotto, who was subsequently fired by Pérez after questioning his involvement in a match between both. This event launched a storyline between the IWA and the Extreme Wrestling Organization, the largest independent company and de facto third main promotion in Puerto Rico. On December 17, 2011, Cotto won the EWO Championship, only to be interrupted by Pérez. This was in response to a previous confrontation between both, that occurred following an unrelated charity card. After defending the title at Tierra de Nadie 2012, Pérez once again reclaimed his contract. At Histeria Boricua, Angel was absent for a scheluded defense due to a storyline injury, which resulted in the title being stripped from him. The interim General Manager went on to proclaim himself champion, issuing an open challenge which was accepted by EWO's first contender, a masked wrestler known only as "Bonecrusher", who won it Ina squash match. The confrontations between Cotto and Pérez continued in two of IWA's events expanding to include EWO's CEO, Richard Rondón, as well. On February 25, 2012, following more intervention from the IWA, Cotto issued a challenge to end the conflict, an unification match for the EWO Championship and IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. On March 1, 2012, the challenge was accepted by Pérez and Rondón in a backstage segment. At Clash of the Titans, Bonecrusher defeated Cotto, becoming Unified Champion. In 2012, IWA folded, so the title was vacated.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Days held	Place:	Notes:
Glamour Boy Shane	1	October 28, 2000		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Tournament Final.
Ricky Banderas	1	February 10, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	2	April 7, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricky Banderas	2	April 21, 2001		Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	1	June 16, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Pain	1	September 29, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	3	October 20, 2001		Carolina, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	2	October 27, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Title held up		December 8, 2001		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega.
Primo Carnero	1	March 2, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Savio Vega	1	March 2, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	3	April 13, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Primo Carnero	2	April 27, 2002		Levittown, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	4	May 12, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Primo Carnero	3	May 18, 2002		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Ricky Banderas	3	June 15, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rey Fénix	1	September 14, 2002		Carolina, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	5	November 9, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricky Banderas	4	January 6, 2003		Carolina, Puerto Rico
Ray González	2	April 5, 2003		Carolina, Puerto Rico
Gran Apolo	6	July 19, 2003		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	4	September 20, 2003		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bison Smith	1	November 1, 2003		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	5	December 13, 2003		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Humongous	1	January 6, 2004		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Title held up		February 7, 2004		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	6	February 7, 2004		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacated		March 6, 2004
Ray González	3	March 6, 2004		Carolina, Puerto Rico	Won the title when Shane abandoned the promotion.
Gran Apolo	7	September 4, 2004		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ray González	4	November 27, 2004		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	7	December 18, 2004		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricky Banderas	5	February 12, 2005		Caguas, Puerto Rico	Title was held-up and returned to Glamour Boy Shane.
Title held up		February 19, 2005		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	8	February 19, 2005		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Vacated		April 08, 2005
Chicano	1	April 16, 2005		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Vacated		May 28, 2005
Chicano	2	June 11, 2005		Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Slash Venom	1	August 20, 2005		Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Chicano	3	October 1, 2005		Carolina, Puerto Rico	Was A Fatal 4 Way TLC Match Involved Ricky Banderas,Apolo & Slash Venom, Chicano Wins By Pinfall on Apolo
Savio Vega	2	November 11, 2005		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Apolo	8	April 15, 2006		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Savio Vega	3	May 20, 2006		Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Lightning	1	June 17, 2006		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Mikael Judas	1	July 29, 2006		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ray González	5	September 2, 2006		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Title held up		September 9, 2006		Caguas, Puerto Rico
Ray González	6	September 16, 2006		Cayey, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane	9	December 9, 2006		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Defeated Ray González & Lightning in a three way match to win the title.
Ray González	7	January 13, 2007		Cayey, Puerto Rico
Vacated		April 13, 2007			González abandoned the promotion, entering a brief retirement from professional wrestling.
Chicano	4	April 28, 2007		Cayey, Puerto Rico	Defeated Joe Bravo in a match for the vacated title.
Bison Smith	2	July 15, 2007		Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Blitz	1	September 30, 2007		Caguas, Puerto Rico	On January 6, 2008, Blitz defeated Mr.Big (WWC Universal Champion) in a unification match. The title was renamed Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship. However, WWC didn't recognized the unification.
Ricky Vega	1	February 16, 2008		Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Vacated		April 5, 2008
Blitz	2	May 17, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Joe Bravo	1	July 19, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Blitz	3	September 6, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Chicano	5	October 4, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Dennis Rivera	1	November 1, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Chicano	6	November 15, 2008		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Joe Bravo	2	April 18, 2009		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Bravo became an international double champion also holding Dominican Wrestling Entertainment's Dominican National Championship.
Title held up		May 9, 2009		Hatillo, Puerto Rico	Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega.
Joe Bravo	3	May 16, 2009		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Defeated Jerry Lynn and Chicano in a three way match.
Vacated		July 18, 2009
Joe Bravo	4	August 16, 2009		Cataño, Puerto Rico
Miguel Pérez, Jr.	1	August 29, 2009		Cataño, Puerto Rico
Joe Bravo	5	October 10, 2009		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Held along the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
Glamour Boy Shane	10	January 6, 2010		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricky Cruzz	1	April 17, 2010		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rick Stanley	1	June 26, 2010		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricky Cruzz	2	July 17, 2010		Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Rick Stanley	2	August 14, 2010		Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Dennis Rivera	2	October 16, 2010		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Escobar	1	January 6, 2011		Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Hiram Tua	1	April 2, 2011		Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Chris Angel	1	July 30, 2011		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	First wrestler to win the championship undefeated in singles competition within any of the major promotions. Held along the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.
Title held up		January 29, 2012		Toa Alta, Puerto Rico	Stripped due to failure to defend. Still undefeated following event.
Jay-Cobs	1	January 29, 2012		Toa Alta, Puerto Rico	Interim General Manager in substitution of Vega. Self-appointed himself as champion.
Bonecrusher	1	January 29, 2012		Toa Alta, Puerto Rico	On June 17, 2012, Bonecrusher defeated Chicano to win the EWO Championship. First unification recognized by at least two of the major promotions in Puerto Rico.
Spectro	1	May 26, 2012		Cataño, Puerto Rico
Desactivated					IWA closed.

External links

• IWA's Official Site