HWA Heavyweight Title History

HWA Heavyweight Championship History
No. Won By Won From Location Date
1. D'lo Brown Bobby Blaze*(1) Fort Wright, KY 1/5/96
2. Bobby Blaze D'lo Brown Ashland, KY 3/9/96
3. D'lo Brown Bobby Blaze Lima, OH 3/16/96
4. Race Steele Chip Fairway*(2) Cincinnati, OH 5/25/00
5. Chad Collyer Race Steele Rising Sun, IN 1/26/01
6. Shark Boy Matt Stryker and Dean Jablonski*(3) Cincinnati, OH 2/27/01
7. Race Steele Shark Boy Rising Sun, IN 3/16/01
8. Cody Hawk Race Steele Cincinnati, OH 7/7/01
9. Race Steele Cody Hawk Batavia, OH 8/4/01
10. Nick Dinsmore Race Steele Cincinnati, OH 8/9/01
11. Race Steele Nick Dinsmore Dayton, OH 8/18/01
12. EZ Money D'lo Brown*(4) Dayton, OH 11/14/01
13. Charlie Haas EZ Money Dayton, OH 1/9/02
14. EZ Money N/A*(5) Dayton, OH 1/29/02
15. Rico Constantino EZ Money Dayton, OH 3/15/02
16. Stevie Richards Rico Constantino Jeffersonville, IN 3/17/02
17. Race Steele Stevie Richards Cincinnati, OH 3/20/02
18. Johnny the Bull Race Steele Dayton, OH 5/8/02
19. Lance Cade Johnny the Bull Jeffersonville, IN 5/19/02
20. Johnny the Bull Lance Cade Batavia, OH 7/20/02
21. Lance Cade Johnny the Bull Batavia, OH 7/20/02
22. Cody Hawk Lance Cade Jeffersonville, IN 7/21/02
23. Matt Stryker Cody Hawk Cincinnati, OH 9/17/02
24. Chet Jablonski Matt Stryker Batavia, OH 11/9/02
25. Matt Stryker Chet Jablonski Batavia, OH 1/3/03
26. Cody Hawk Matt Stryker Wilmington, OH 3/24/03
27. Matt Stryker Cody Hawk Wilmington, OH 3/29/03
28. Ala Hussein Matt Stryker Cincinnati, OH 4/15/03
29. Chad Collyer Ala Hussein Aurora, IN 5/2/03
30. Nigel McGuinness Chad Collyer Batavia, OH 9/6/03
31. Hoss Nigel McGuinness Batavia, OH 1/3/04
32. Nigel McGuinness Hoss Cincinnati, OH 1/6/04
33. El Temor Nigel McGuinness Cincinnati, OH 3/17/04
34. Rory Fox El Temor Cincinnati, OH 3/30/04
35. Shawn Osborne Rory Fox Dayton, OH 3/25/05
36. Matt Stryker Shawn Osborne Cincinnati, OH 6/17/05
37. Cody Hawk Matt Stryker Cincinnati, OH 9/23/05
38. Pepper Parks Jon Moxley*(6) Cincinnati, OH 1/3/06
39. Jon Moxley Pepper Parks Cincinnati, OH 5/9/06
40. Chad Collyer Jon Moxley Cincinnati, OH 9/12/06
41. Pepper Parks Chad Collyer Cincinnati, OH 11/7/06
42. Jon Moxley Matt Stryker, JT Stahr and Brian Jennings*(7) Dayton, OH 12/30/06
43. Brian Jennings Jon Moxley Cincinnati, OH 1/2/07
44. BJ Whitmer Brian Jennings Dayton, OH 1/18/08
45. Jake Crist Jon Moxley*(8) Cincinnati, OH 7/11/08
46. King Vu Jake Crist Norwood, OH 8/22/09
47. Aaron Williams King Vu Norwood, OH 12/19/09
48. Jon Moxley Aaron Williams Middletown, OH 1/6/10
49. Gerome Phillips Jon Moxley Middletown, OH 7/14/10
50. BJ Whitmer Gerome Phillips Norwood, OH 3/19/11
51. Jesse Emerson BJ Whitmer Norwood, OH 8/28/11
52. Jake Crist Jesse Emerson Hamilton, OH 12/17/11
53. Ron Mathis Jake Crist Hamilton, OH 10/19/12
54. Chance Prophet Ron Mathis Hamilton, OH 7/27/13

*This was the tournament final to crown the first HWA Champion.

*(2)The title went inactive and would remain that way for four years. This was the tournament final to crown the new champion.

*(3)Collyer was stripped of the title and this was the three way final of a tournament to crown a new champion.

*(4)The title was held up on September 30, and this was the tournament final to crown a new champion.

*(5)Haas was stripped of the title and it was awarded to Money.

*(6)Hawk was stripped of the title in November. This was the tournament final to crown the new champion.

*(7)Parks vacated the title, and this was a Four Way to determine the new champion.

*(8)Whitmer was stripped of the title and this match determined the new champion.

Title Defenses:

43. Brian Jennings
---beat Ben Kimera and Jon Moxley in a Three Way Match, Aftermath: 4/15/07
---pinned Dick Rick, Reborn: 11/9/07

44. BJ Whitmer
---pinned Nigel McGuinness, Cyberclash 3.0: 4/25/08

45.Jake Crist
---beat JT Stahr and Vincent Nothing, Road to Destiny: 8/30/08
---pinned JT Stahr, A Fight at the Opera: 9/10/08
---pinned Sami Callihan, A Fight at the Opera: 9/24/08
---pinned Richard Phillips, A Fight at the Opera: 10/15/08
---pinned Dick Rick, A Fight at the Opera: 11/12/08
---beat Jon Moxley in a Steel Cage Match, World War 3: 12/19/08
---pinned Metal Master, A Fight at the Opera: 1/7/09
---no contest against JT Stahr, A Fight at the Opera: 2/11/09
---time limit draw against JT Stahr, A Fight at the Opera: 3/04/09
---DCO against JT Stahr in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match, A Fight at the Opera: 3/20/09
---pinned JT Stahr, Cyberclash 4.0: 4/18/09
---pinned Jesse Emerson, A Fight at the Opera: 5/13/09
---pinned Dean Jablonski, Domination: 5/30/09
---pinned Andre Heart, Uprising: 6/26/09
---pinned Richard Phillips, Trouble in Paradise: 7/18/09
---pinned Ala Hussein, A Fight at the Opera: 7/29/09

46. Richard Phillips
---lost to Dave Crist by DQ, A Fight at the Opera: 9/9/09
---beat Dave Crist via ref stoppage, Pick Your Poison: 9/26/09
---pinned Jake Crist, Fear For All: 10/31/09

47. Aaron Williams
---N/A

48. Jon Moxley
---pinned Richard Phillips, All or Nothing: 1/29/10
---pinned Dustin Rayz, A Fight at the Opera: 3/31/10
---submitted Richard Phillips, Championship Wednesday: 2/24/10
---pinned Scotty Vortekz, A Fight at the Opera: 3/10/10
---pinned Dustin Rayz, A Fight at the Opera: 3/31/10
---pinned Chris Hall, Cyberclash 5.0: 4/24/10
---pinned Jesse Emerson, May Day: 5/29/10
---pinned Richard Phillips, A Fight at the Opera: 6/23/10

49. Gerome Phillips
---pinned Dave Crist, A Fight at the Opera: 8/4/10
---pinned Drake Younger, Road to Destiny: 8/20/10
---pinned Jon Murray, A Fight at the Opera: 9/8/10
---pinned Shank Barzini, World War III: 12/18/10

50. BJ Whitmer
---no contest against Gerome Phillips, Deadline: 4/15/11
---beat Jesse Emerson and Gerome Phillips in a Three Way Match, Cyberclash 6.0: 4/30/11
---pinned Jake Crist, Aftermath: 5/6/11
---beat Gerome Phillips, Jesse Emerson and Jake Crist in a Four Corners Match, Collision Course: 6/3/11
---pinned Sami Callihan, Heatwave: 7/16/11

51. Jesse Emerson
---pinned Chris Hall, Pick Your Poison: 9/24/11
---lost to BJ Whitmer by DQ, Out For Justice: 10/15/11
---pinned Chris Hall, Havoc: 10/29/11
---lost to Dave Crist by DQ, Adrenaline: 11/1/11
---beat Chris Hall in a Lumberjack Match, Adrenaline: 11/8/11

52. Jake Crist
---pinned Juice Jennings, Kick Off: 1/7/12
---pinned Ron Mathis, Cold War: 2/25/12
---pinned Chris Hall, Adrenaline: 3/13/12
---pinned Samuray Del Sol, Eggs, Kegs & Breakin' Legs: 3/17/12

53. Ron Mathis
---N/A

54. Chance Prophet