XPW World Heavyweight Championship

XPW World Heavyweight Championship
Shane Douglas, the final XPW Champion
Details
Date established	October 29, 1999
Date retired	March 8, 2003
Promotion	Xtreme Pro Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Damien Steele Most reigns Damien Steele (2 reigns) Longest reign Sabu (392 days) Shortest reign Jake Lawless (0 days)

The XPW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.

XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers. The two competed in a single fall match for the first XPW title defense. Steele would win this match to remain champion.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
No.	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event	The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #]	Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Damien Steele	1	November 26, 1999		Reseda, California	House show	Won a battle royal, last eliminating John Kronus, to become the first champion.
2	Dudley	1	December 18, 1999		Hollywood, California	XPW Merry X-Mas Tour Day 2
-	Vacated	-	January 29, 2000	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dudley was stripped of the championship when his parole officer refused to let him compete
3	Jake Lawless	1	January 29, 2000	0	Hollywood, California	XPW Abuse Of Power	Defeated Michael Modest to win the vacant title
4	Damien Steele	2	January 29, 2000		Hollywood, California	XPW Abuse Of Power	Steele purchased the title from Lawless
5	Chris Candido	1	February 26, 2000		Hollywood, California	XPW My Bloody Valentine 2000 Day 2	This was a Falls Count Anywhere match
-	Vacated	-	April 29, 2000	N/A	N/A	N/A	Candido was stripped of the title when he signed with World Championship Wrestling
6	Sabu	1	April 29, 2000		Bakersfield, California	XPW Heavyweight Title Tournament	Defeated The Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. Sabu would eventually becomethe only champion that defended the title outside of the United States
7	The Messiah	1	April 26, 2001		Los Angeles, California	Redemption	Defeated New Jack to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to substitute Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event
-	Vacated	-	August 25, 2001	N/A	N/A	N/A	Messiah was stripped of the title when he was fired from XPW
8	Johnny Webb	1	August 25, 2001		Los Angeles, California	XPW Damage Inc.	Webb and Rob Black defeated Sabu and Josh Lazie in a tag team match. Webb won the title as per the stipulation of the match
9	Shane Douglas	1	July 20, 2002		Pico Rivera, California	XPW Baptized In Blood III: Night Of Champions
-	Deactivated	-	March 8, 2003	N/A	N/A	N/A	XPW closed and the title was abandoned

List of combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	# of Reigns	Combined Days
1	Sabu	1	392
2	Johnny Webb	1	330
3	Shane Douglas	1	231
4	The Messiah	1	91
5	Chris Candido	1	63
6	Damien Steele	2	50
7	Big Dick Dudley	1	42
8	Jake Lawless	1	<1

External links

• XPW World Heavyweight Title History