HWA Heavyweight Championship
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The HWA Heavyweight Championship is the heavyweight
title
contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association
.
Heavyweight
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title
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association
Heartland Wrestling Association
The Heartland Wrestling Association is a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. A former developmental territory for both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s, it was listed as one of the top independent...
.
Title history
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| D'Lo Brown D'Lo Brown Accie Julius Connor better known by his ring name D'Lo Brown , is an American professional wrestler. Well known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, he is currently working as an agent for Impact Wrestling.Connor has held forty-eight championships in various promotions during... |
1 | January 5, 1996 | Fort Wright, KY Fort Wright, Kentucky Fort Wright is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,723 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fort Wright is located at .... |
Defeated Bobby Blaze in tournament Final | |
| Bobby Blaze | 1 | March 9, 1996 | Ashland, KY Ashland, Kentucky Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the... |
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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 Chad Collyer Chad Collyer is an American professional wrestler. A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay, Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:... |
1 | January 26, 2001 | Rising Sun, IN | Was stripped of title | |
| Shark Boy Shark Boy Dean Mathew Roll is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Shark Boy and his experience in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .-Early career:... |
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 Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's... |
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| Race Steele | 3 | August 4, 2001 | Batavia, OH Batavia, Ohio Batavia is a village in and the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,617 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Batavia is located at .... |
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| Nick Dinsmore Nick Dinsmore Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler... |
1 | August 9, 2001 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Race Steele | 4 | August 18, 2001 | Dayton, OH | Championship was held up on September 30, 2001 | |
| EZ Money | 1 | November 14, 2001 | Dayton, OH | Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament Final | |
| Charlie Haas Charlie Haas Charles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II is an American professional wrestler and former collegiate amateur wrestler. He competes on the independent circuit, and is signed to Ring of Honor , where he is one-half of the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions with Shelton Benjamin... |
1 | January 9, 2002 | Dayton, OH Dayton, Ohio Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census... |
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 Rico Constantino Americo Sebastiano Costantino is a retired American professional wrestler and wrestling manager of Italian origin. He is best known by his ring names Rico Costantino and Rico in World Wrestling Entertainment from 2001 to 2004... |
1 | March 15, 2002 | Dayton, OH | ||
| Stevie Richards Stevie Richards Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr... |
1 | March 17, 2002 | Jeffersonville, IN | ||
| Race Steele | 5 | March 20, 2002 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Johnny The Bull | 1 | May 8, 2002 | Dayton, OH | ||
| Lance Cade Lance Cade Lance Kurtis McNaught was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment where he performed under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade.... |
1 | May 19, 2002 | Jeffersonville, IN | ||
| Johnny The Bull | 2 | July 20, 2002 | Batavia, OH | ||
| Lance Cade | 2 | July 20, 2002 | Batavia, OH | ||
| 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 Chad Collyer Chad Collyer is an American professional wrestler. A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay, Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:... |
2 | May 2, 2003 | Aurora, IN | Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match | |
| Nigel McGuinness Nigel McGuinness Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan... |
1 | September 6, 2003 | Batavia, OH | ||
| Hoss Hoss Hoss may refer to:In fiction:* Hoss , a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics* Hoss Cartwright, a fictional character in the TV show Bonanza... |
1 | January 3, 2004 | Batavia, OH | ||
| Nigel McGuiness | 2 | January 6, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| El Temor | 1 | March 17, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Rory Fox | 1 | March 30, 2004 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Shawn Osborne | 1 | March 25, 2005 | Dayton, OH | ||
| 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 | |
| Pepper Parks | 1 | January 1, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship | |
| Jon Moxley Jon Moxley Jonathan Good is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Jon Moxley. He is signed to WWE, wrestling in their developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling , under the ring name Dean Ambrose... |
1 | May 9, 2006 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| Chad Collyer Chad Collyer Chad Collyer is an American professional wrestler. A Heartland Wrestling Association mainstay, Collyer is perhaps best known for his appearances with Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Career:... |
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 | |
| "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings | 1 | January 2, 2007 | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| BJ 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 | |
| "King Vu" Richard Phillips | 1 | August 22, 2009 | Norwood, OH Norwood, Ohio Norwood is the second most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The city is an enclave of the larger city of Cincinnati. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census. Originally settled as an early suburb of Cincinnati in the wooded countryside north of the city, the area is... |
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| 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 | ||
| BJ Whitmer | 2 | March 19, 2011 | Norwood, OH | ||
| Jesse Emerson | 1 | August 27, 2011 | Norwood, OH | ||