FWA British Heavyweight Championship

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Former FWA Champion, Doug Williams wearing the belt

The FWA British Heavyweight Championship is the heavyweight title contested for in the professional wrestling promotion, Frontier Wrestling Alliance.

1 Trivia
2 Current champion
3 Title history
4 See also

[edit] Trivia

The belt for a short period was defended in a 2 out of 3 falls match, until 12 April 2005, when then champion Alex Shane signed a cast-iron contract to make new FWA British Title rules official and permanent. Now all future FWA British Title matches are best of one fall.
The first Champion was Mark Sloan, who defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final on the 11 July 1999.
American wrestler Christopher Daniels was the first non-British person to win the belt. This happened on 25 October 2002 in a Three Way match against Jody Fleisch & Doug Williams in London.
On 22 March 2003 for the first time the belt changed hands in a match not held in the United Kingdom, when Doug Williams defeated Christopher Daniels in a match at the Murphy Recreation Center (Philadelphia, PA)
On May 13, 2006 the FWA British Heavyweight Title belt was stolen from the Morecambe Dome immediately following the FWA event at the venue. It is believed the belt was taken from ringside at around 10.30pm in the immediate aftermath of the FWA versus All-Star show. The FWA offered a reward of £100 for information leading to the safe return of the championship belt.

[edit] Current champion

Robbie Brookside won the title at FWA Summer Classic in a no-DQ elimination three-way match finally pinning Jonny Storm after Hade Vansen, who was eliminated first, returned to the ring and gave Storm a South City Driller.

[edit] Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Mark Sloan	1	11/07/1999	Portsmouth, Hampshire	Defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final.
Alex Shane	1	27/02/2000	Erdington, West Midlands	Defeated Mark Sloan in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Guy Thunder	1	05/07/2000	Hertford, Hertfordshire	Defeated Alex Shane in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Vacant		13/07/2000		Guy Thunder stripped.
Justin Richards	1	05/08/2000	Halifax, West Yorkshire	Defeated Scottie Rock, Guy Thunder, & Jorge Castano in a fatal four-way match.
Vacant		21/04/2001	Bolton, Lancashire	Richards stripped due to not defending the title at When Thunder Strikes.
Doug Williams	1	19/05/2001	Portsmouth, Hampshire	Defeated Scott Parker in a tournament final.
Flash Barker	1	22/03/2002	London, England	Defeated Doug Williams in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Jody Fleisch	1	28/07/2002	Portsmouth, Hants	Defeated Flash Barker in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Vacant		03/08/2002		Title stripped from Jody Fleisch.
Jody Fleisch	2	13/10/2002	London, England	Defeated Flash Barker in a ladder match
Christopher Daniels	1	25/10/2002	London, England	Defeated Jody Fleisch & Doug Williams in a three-way match.
Doug Williams	2	22/03/2003	Philadelphia, PA (Murphy Recreation Center)	Defeated Christopher Daniels in a singles match.
Alex Shane	2	13/11/2004	Coventry, England	Defeated Doug Williams in a singles match.
Hade Vansen	1	05/01/2006	Hoddesdon, Herts	Defeated Joe Legend in a five-way match. (The Champions Series Final)
Robbie Brookside	1	17/07/2006	Morecambe, England	Defeated Hade Vansen and Jonny Storm in a no-DQ elimination three-way match.