| IPWA Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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 Tom Brandi was the final IPWA Heavyweight Champion. | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||
| Date established | October 9, 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael, who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond, "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.
Title history
| # | 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 |
|---|---|
| IPWA Heavyweight Championship | 1995–2001 |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cueball Carmichael | 1 | October 9, 1995 | 186 | Manassas, Virginia | IPWA Debut Show (1995) | Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal, to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion. | |
| 2 | Johnny Gunn | 1 | April 12, 1996 | 108 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | ||
| 3 | Cueball Carmichael | 2 | July 27, 1996 | 116 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | This was a steel cage match. | |
| — | Vacated | — | November 22, 1996 | — | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury. | |
| 4 | Big Slam Vader | 1 | January 19, 1997 | 255 | Pikeville, North Carolina | Live event | Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title. | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 1, 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense. | |
| 5 | Salvatore Sincere | 2 | November 6, 1997 | 70 | N/A | Live event | Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| — | Vacated | — | January 15, 1998 | — | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation. | |
| 6 | Cueball Carmichael | 3 | January 15, 1998 | 35 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | Carmichael defeated Christian York in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal, to win the vacant title. | |
| 7 | Lance Diamond | 1 | February 19, 1998 | <1 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez. | |
| 8 | Jimmy Cicero | 1 | February 19, 1998 | 114 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 9 | Buddy Landel | 1 | June 13, 1998 | 210 | Alexandria, Virginia | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | January 9, 1999 | — | Chincoteague, Virginia | Live event | The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi and is stripped of the title. | |
| 10 | Tom Brandi | 3 | January 9, 1999 | 205 | Chincoteague, Virginia | Live event | Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant championship. | |
| 10 | Cueball Carmichael | 4 | August 2, 1999 | 19 | Clifton, New Jersey | Live event | ||
| 10 | Tom Brandi | 4 | August 21, 1999 | N/A | Chincoteague, Virginia | Live event | ||
| — | Deactivated | — | 2001 | — | N/A | N/A | The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001. |
List of combined reigns
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Brandi | 4 | 255 |
| 2 | Cueball Carmichael | 4 | 356 |
| 3 | Big Slam Vader | 1 | 255 |
| 4 | Buddy Landel | 1 | 210 |
| 5 | Jimmy Cicero | 1 | 114 |
| 6 | Lance Diamond | 1 | <1 |
Explanatory footnotes
- Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
- ^ Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1997). "History of the IPWA Heavyweight Title". Title History. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ Westcott, Brian (1998). "IPWA Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "IPWA Heavyweight Title". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. WrestlingData.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "IPWA Heavyweight Championship". Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- DiMuzio, Michael J. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at the Charles B. Aycock High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. June 1997: 65+.
- Russel, Paul. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove Restaurant." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. April 1998: 51+.
- ^ Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1998: 73+.
- Landel, Buddy (1998-06-13). "The Night I Won The IPWA World Heavyweight Title - 6/13/98". Buddy Landel's Picture Gallery. DDTdigest.com. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
- Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1999). "IPWA Results - 9 January, 1999". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2011.