WCPW Middleweight Championship
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The WCPW Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling
middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling
(WCPW). It was the original secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship
in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate middleweight
title (211 to 240 lbs).
The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana
on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Mike Anthony and Chris "Curse" Collins are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 25 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Professional wrestling
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middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling
Windy City Pro Wrestling
Windy City Pro Wrestling was an American regional professional wrestling promotion based in Chicago, Illinois. Established by retired wrestler Sam DeCero in 1988, the promotion was one of several major regional territories in the Midwest during the late 1980s, along with Dick the Bruiser's World...
(WCPW). It was the original secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship
WCPW League Championship
The WCPW League Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling . It replaced the WCPW Heavyweight Championship as the promotion's main singles title in 1993, following the creation of its weight-class division, and continued to be defended until 2008...
in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
title (211 to 240 lbs).
The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana
Hebron, Indiana
Hebron is a town in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,724 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hebron is located at ....
on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Mike Anthony and Chris "Curse" Collins are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 25 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Title history
Key| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| WCW Middleweight Championship | 1991 — 1996 |
| WCPW Middleweight Championship | 1997 — 2010 |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight defeated Mike Samson to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. | ||||||||
| <1 | ||||||||
| This was a tournament final. | ||||||||
| This was a Triple Threat match. | ||||||||
| Dunn voluntarily relinquished the championship to wrestle Curse in a "career vs. career" match at Battle of the Belts 20. | ||||||||
| Defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant chapionship. | ||||||||
| Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero Sam DeCero Samuel "Sam" DeCero is a retired American professional wrestler, manager, trainer and promoter. He was one-half of the Maxx Brothers, also known as the Wild or World Warriors, with Mad Maxx who together competed in the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association, winning the... to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions. |
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| Ryte was awarded the vacant championship. The previous champion, Chris Collins, was stripped as champion due to undergoing back surjury. | ||||||||
| The championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Kayfabe In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature... Psycho strips all champions of their titles. |
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| WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Roberts was the final champion in WCPW as a company. |
List of combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
| RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank. | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|