ECCW Championship

ECCW Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Nicole Matthews
Date established	January 1996
Promotion	Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) The Bodyguard Most reigns Scotty Mac (Five reigns) Longest reign Randy Tyler (511 days) Shortest reign Mike Roselli and Sweet Daddy Devastation (<1 days)

The ECCW Championship (formerly known as the NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship) is the top singles championship in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. It was first established in 1996 in the then-independent ECCW, and its name was changed when ECCW joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1998.

Title history

Name	Years
ECCW Championship	January 1996 – 1998
NWA/ECCW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship	1998–December 2005
NWA Top Ranked Heavyweight Championship	December 2005–November 2006
NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship	November 2006 – 2011
ECCW Championship	2011–present

As of August 19, 2024.

Reign	The reign number for the specific champion listed
Location	The city in which the title was won
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref.
1	The Bodyguard	1	January 21, 1996	>	Campbell River, BC
—	Vacated	—	February 1996	—	—
2	John Rambo	1	March 19, 1996		Port Alberni, BC	Defeats Jimmy Snuka in a tournament final
3	Michelle Starr	1	August 15, 1996		Nanaimo, BC
4	Torch	1	April 24, 1997		Nanaimo, BC	Wins title in a battle royal
5	Michelle Starr	2	May 26, 1997		Duncan, BC
6	Mike Roselli	1	August 16, 1997		Nanaimo, BC
7	Randy Tyler	1	August 20, 1997		Nanaimo, BC
8	Mr. Gillis	1	May 29, 1998		New Westminster, BC
9	Ladies' Choice	1	October 30, 1998		New Westminster, BC	Wins title in a battle royal
10	Randy Tyler	2	November 13, 1998		New Westminster, BC
11	Mike Roselli	2	January 29, 1999		New Westminster, BC
—	Vacated	—	April 30, 1999	—	—	Roselli no-shows for title defense
12	Michelle Starr	3	April 30, 1999		New Westminster, BC	Defeats Rage Man in tournament final
13	Juggernaut	1	September 10, 1999		New Westminster, BC
14	Johnny Canuck	1	October 15, 1999		New Westminster, BC	Defeats Juggernaut and Leviathan in a three-way match
15	Juggernaut	2	October 27, 1999		Nanaimo, BC
—	Vacated	—	December 4, 1999	—	—	Juggernaut is stripped of the title
16	Juggernaut	3	December 11, 1999		New Westminster, BC	Defeats Mr. Gillis in tournament final
17	Kurrgan	1	February 25, 2000		New Westminster, BC
18	Juggernaut	4	April 26, 2000		New Westminster, BC
19	Kurrgan	2	April 27, 2000		New Westminster, BC
—	Vacated	—	July 22, 2000	—	—	Kurrgan is stripped of the title
20	Juggernaut	5	July 22, 2000		Surrey, BC	Defeats Leatherface
21	Dr. Luther	1	November 23, 2000		Nanaimo, BC
22	Chance Beckett	1	December 1, 2001		Vancouver, WA
—	Vacated	—	February 15, 2002	—	—	Beckett vacates title due to personal reasons
23	Black Dragon	1	February 15, 2002		Surrey, BC	Defeats Adam Firestorm
24	Scotty Mac	1	May 31, 2002		Surrey, BC
25	Ladies' Choice	2	September 13, 2002		Surrey, BC
26	Scotty Mac	2	April 4, 2003		Surrey, BC
27	Vance Nevada	1	September 26, 2003		Surrey, BC
28	Mike Roselli	3	October 23, 2004	<	Vancouver, BC
—	Vacated	—	October 23, 2004	—	—	Vacant when Roselli, within minutes of winning the title, tries to sell the belt to Brian Sommers
29	Ladies' Choice	3	November 20, 2004		Vancouver, BC	Defeats Juggernaut in an 8-man tournament final
30	Scotty Mac	3	January 29, 2005		Vancouver, BC
31	Juggernaut	6	March 18, 2005		Surrey, BC
32	Sweet Daddy Devastation	1	January 27, 2006	<	Vancouver, BC
33	Randy Tyler	3	January 27, 2006		Vancouver, BC	Aaron Idol defeats SDD for the title on March 11, 2006; however, Tyler presents a contract, signed unknowingly by SDD prior to winning the title on January 27, 2006, which states that if SDD won the title, Tyler would be the rightful champion
34	Aaron Idol	1	June 22, 2007		Surrey, BC
35	Scotty Mac	4	December 28, 2007		Surrey, BC	Awarded title by forfeit when Idol is not medically cleared to wrestle due to shoulder injury
36	Memphis	1	October 24, 2008		Surrey, BC	This was a five-way, submissions only steel cage match also featuring El Phantasmo, Kyle O'Reilly and Rick the Weapon X
37	Scotty Mac	5	November 28, 2008		Surrey, BC	I Quit match
38	Memphis	2	January 30, 2009		Surrey, BC	Texas Death match
39	Billy Suede	1	October 3, 2009		Vancouver, BC
40	Sid Sylum	1	March 19, 2010		Surrey, BC
—	Vacated	—	November 23, 2010	—	—	Title is declared vacant after Sylum suffers a hip injury at Halloween Hell
41	Bishop	1	December 26, 2010		Surrey, BC	Defeated Tony Baroni in tournament finals for vacant title at Seasons Beatings
42	Tony Baroni	1	March 5, 2011		Vancouver, BC
—	Vacated	—	March 18, 2011	—	—
43	Pete Powers	1	January 27, 2012		Surrey, BC	Powers defeats El Phantasmo in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion.
—	Vacated	—	April 15, 2012	—	—	Powers is stripped of the title, as he is unable to defend the championship in a timely fashion due to his ongoing tour of Mexico.
44	Sid Sylum	2	April 27, 2012		Surrey, BC	Sylum defeats Ethan HD in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion.
45	J-Sin Sullivan	1	July 14, 2012		Vancouver, BC
46	Sid Sylum	3	October 27, 2012		New Westminster, BC
47	Cremator Von Slasher	1	January 19, 2013		New Westminster, BC
48	Moondog Manson	1	April 19, 2013		Surrey, BC
49	MR2	1	April 20, 2013	<	Port Coquitlam, BC
—	Vacated	—	April 20, 2013	—	—	MR2 is stripped of the title, due to paying off the referee on April 20.
50	El Phantasmo	1	July 6, 2013		Vancouver, BC
51	Ravenous Randy	1	January 18, 2014		Vancouver, BC
52	Bishop	2	June 21, 2014		Vancouver, BC
53	Nicole Matthews	1	August 23, 2014		Vancouver, BC
54	Bishop	3	October 4, 2014		Vancouver, BC
55	Nicole Matthews	2	January 17, 2015		Vancouver, BC
56	Artemis Spence	1	July 11, 2015	+		Defeated Matthews, Ethan HD and Billy Suede in a Ladder match. Also, Spence's NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was on the line.

List of combined reigns

As of August 19, 2024.

+	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Champion	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Scotty Mac	5	1,057
2	Randy Tyler	3	870
3	Juggernaut	5	596
4	Michelle Starr	3	436
5	Sid Sylum	3	411
6	Vance Nevada	1	393
7	Dr. Luther	1	373
8	Ladies Choice	3	287
9	Memphis	2	281
10	Bishop	3	237
11	El Phantasmo	1	196
12	Aaron Idol	1	189
13	Billy Suede	1	167
14	Mr. Gillis	1	154
14	Ravenous Randy	1	154
15	John Rambo	1	149
16	Kurrgan	2	147
17	Nicole Matthews	2	+
18	Black Dragon	1	105
18	J-Sin Sullivan	1	105
19	Mike Roselli	3	96
20	Cremator Von Slasher	1	90
21	Pete Powers	1	79
22	Chance Beckett	1	76
23	Torch	1	32
24	Tony Baroni	1	13
25	Johnny Canuck	1	12
26	The Bodyguard	1	11+
27	Moondog Manson	1	1
28	Sweet Daddy Devastation	1	<1
28	MR2	1	<1

See also

• Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
• National Wrestling Alliance

External links

• NWA/ECCW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title history at Wrestling-Titles.com
• NWA/ECCW Championship history at ECCW website