British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)

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British Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Damian O'Connor
Date won 31st October 2014
Date established July 11 1999
Promotion XWA
Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Other name(s)
FWA British Heavyweight Championship

The British Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the XWA. The championship was originally created and contested for in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) but moved to XWA when the former company became defunct. It has also been contested for in Ring of Honor (ROH) due to a working relationship between them and FWA.

The championship has been known as:

  • FWA British Heavyweight Championship (1999–2007)
  • XWA British Heavyweight Championship (2007 – current)

History

The first Champion was Mark Sloan, who defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final on 11 July 1999.[1] Jody Fleisch was the first person to win the belt twice after being stripped of it, while American wrestler Christopher Daniels was the first non-British person to win the belt[2] and go on to defend it on foreign soil.[3]

Originally the belt was mostly defended under two out of three falls match rules, as was the tradition in British wrestling. This changed on 12 April 2005, when champion Alex Shane signed a cast-iron contract to make new FWA British Title rules official and permanent making all future championship matches simply one fall.

On 13 May 2006 the FWA British Heavyweight Title belt was stolen from the Morecambe Dome immediately following the FWA event at the venue during an FWA versus All-Star Wrestling show.[4] Due to being stolen a new belt had to be created.[5] When the FWA was forced to retire in its interpromotional war with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, the XWA carried the lineage of the championship simply renaming it the British Heavyweight Championship and using the same physical belt.[6] However, in April 2009, XWA founder Greg Lambert announced the creation of a new British Heavyweight Championship that did not bear the FWA initials and gave the original belt back to Alex Shane in time for the resurrection of the FWA.[7]

Title history

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1
 Mark Sloan
1
 July 11, 1999 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Portsmouth, Hampshire No Surprises Defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final [1]
2
 Alex Shane
1
 February 27, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Birmingham, West Midlands Black Country Chaos Two out of three falls match [2]
3
 Guy Thunder
1
 July 5, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Hertford, Hertfordshire Live event Two out of three falls match [2]
-
 Vacant
-
 July 13, 2000 N/A [8]
4
 Justin Richards
1
 August 5, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Halifax, West Yorkshire Evil Intentions Defeated Scottie Rock, Guy Thunder & Jorge Castano in a four-way match [2]
-
 Vacant
-
 April 21, 2001 Bolton, Greater Manchester When Thunder Strikes Stripped for missing title defence [8]
5
 Doug Williams
1
 May 19, 2001 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Portsmouth, Hampshire High Potential Defeated Scott Parker in a tournament final [9]
6
 Flash Barker
1
 March 22, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Walthamstow, London Urban Legends Two out of three falls match [10]
7
 Jody Fleisch
1
 July 28, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Portsmouth, Hampshire No Surprises Two out of three falls match [10]
-
 Vacant
-
 August 3, 2002 N/A [8]
8
 Jody Fleisch
2
 October 13, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Bethnal Green, London British Uprising Defeated Flash Barker in a ladder match [10]
9
 Christopher Daniels
1
 October 25, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Walthamstow, London London Calling Defeated Jody Fleish & Doug Williams in a three-way match [10]
10
 Doug Williams
2
 March 22, 2003 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Philadelphia, PA Night of Champions [3]
11
 Alex Shane
2
 November 13, 2004 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Coventry, West Midlands British Uprising 3 [11]
12
 Hade Vansen
1
 February 5, 2006 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire New Frontiers Defeated Alex Shane, Joe Legend, Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm in The Champion Series five-way match [12]
13
 Robbie Brookside
1
 July 15, 2006 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire Summer Classic Defeated Hade Vansen & Jonny Storm in a no-disqualification three-way match. Championship renamed British Heavyweight Championship [12]
14
 Jonny Storm
1
 April 7, 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire War On The Shore 3 [13]
15
 Stevie Knight
1
 July 5, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire Vendetta 2008 Defeated Jonny Storm, Sam Slam, and Johnny Phere in a Final Four match [14]
16
 Sam Slam
1
 September 6, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire Last Fight at the Prom 2008 [15]
17
 Spud
1
 September 12, 2009 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire Last Fight at the Prom 2009 Spud becomes XWA's first double champion by holding the British Flyweight Championship before this match. [16]
18
 Johnny Phere
1
 April 3, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire War On The Shore 6 [17]
19
 Alex Shane
3
 April 3, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire War On The Shore 6 [17]
20
 Johnny Phere
2
 October 8, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Morecambe, Lancashire Last Fight At The Prom 2011
-
 Vacant
-
 July 28, 2012 Morecambe, Lancashire XWA vs GPW Vendetta The company went on hiatus after being defeated by GPW
21
 Damian O'Connor
1
 October 31, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ Sudbury, Suffolk XWA Revival Defeated Doug Williams, Martin Stone and Jimmy Havoc in a Four-way match

References

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