HWA Cruiserweight Championship

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The H.W.A. Cruiserweight Championship was a title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association between August 22, 1997 and January 6, 2004. The H.W.A. official website has announced that the title will be reactivated and a new champion will be crowned in June 2008^[1].

[edit] Title history

Wrestler:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Tarek The Great	Aug. 22, 1997	Harveysburg, OH	Tarek defeated El Piranha (Shark Boy) in the finals of a tournament to crown the first champion.
Bobby Kane	Feb. 27, 1999	Hamilton, OH	Kane defeated Tarek and Shark Boy in a 3-way match for the title.
Shark Boy	May 26, 1999	Fort Mitchell, KY
Title Vacated	Jul. 28, 1999		Shark Boy vacates the title after signing with W.C.W.
Todd Morton	Aug. 25, 1999	Fort Mitchell, KY	Morton defeated Rory Fox in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
Title Vacated	Feb. 19, 2000	Hamilton, OH	Morton vacates the title after no-showing the event.
Shark Boy	Feb. 19, 2000	Hamilton, OH	Shark Boy defeated Matt Stryker, who won a battle royal earlier in the night, for the vacant title.
Rory Fox	Oct. 07, 2000	Blanchester, OH
Shark Boy (3)	Nov. 04, 2000	Blanchester, OH	Shark Boy pinned Fox in a tag team match where the title would change hands if Fox was pinned. Shark Boy was partnered with Race Steele while Fox was with Chip Fairway.
Title Vacated	Mar. 06, 2001		Shark Boy vacates the title after winning the H.W.A. Heavyweight Championship on February 27.
Matt Stryker	Mar. 16, 2001	Rising Sun, IN
Pepper Parks	Jun. 26, 2001	Cincinnati, OH
Matt Stryker (2)	Aug. 09, 2001	Cincinnati, OH	Stryker defeated Pepper Parks, Shark Boy and Chad Collyer in a 4-way match for the title.
Jamie Knoble	Sep. 02, 2001	Jeffersonville, IN
Shannon Moore	Jan. 09, 2002	Dayton, OH
Chad Collyer	Feb. 13, 2002	Dayton, OH	Collyer defeated Moore and Matt Stryker in a 3-way match for the title.
Shannon Moore (2)	Mar. 24, 2002	Jeffersonville, IN
B.J. Whitmer	May 08, 2002	Dayton, OH	Whitmer defeated Moore, Jamie Knoble and Matt Stryker in a 4-way elimination match for the title.
Rory Fox (2)	Oct. 08, 2002	Cincinnati, OH
The Hussla	Nov. 13, 2002	Englewood, OH
Rory Fox (3)	Feb. 01, 2003	Batavia, OH
J.T. Stahr	May 23, 2003	Dayton, OH	Stahr & Dalton become co-champions in a 4-way match when both competitors pinned Fox at the same time.
Rory Fox (4)	May 25, 2003	Cincinnati, OH	Fox pinned both Stahr & Dalton in a handicap elimination match.
Quinten Lee	Sep. 06, 2003	Batavia, OH
Rory Fox (5)	Oct. 28, 2003	Cincinnati, OH	Fox defeated El Temor, who was actually Quinten Lee under a mask.
Quinten Lee (2)	Oct. 28, 2003	Cincinnati, OH	The title is renamed the H.W.A. Television Championship on Janauary 6, 2004.