FIP World Heavyweight Championship

FIP World Heavyweight Championship

Homicide was the first FIP World Heavyweight Champion, when it was the FIP Heavyweight Championship.
Details
Current champion(s) Vacated
Date won April 12, 2011
Promotion Full Impact Pro (FIP)
Date established September 25, 2004[1]
Other name(s) FIP Heavyweight Championship
(September 25, 2004 — March 3, 2007)

The FIP World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Full Impact Pro (FIP) promotion. It is currently the highest ranked championship in FIP. The title was introduced on September 25, 2004 at FIP's "Emergence: Part Two" event as the FIP Heavyweight Championship.[1] It was renamed the FIP World Heavyweight Championship on March 3, 2007, when then-champion Roderick Strong defeated Pac in Liverpool, England at the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion's "Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool" event.[2] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a predetermined outcome of a wrestling match. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared among nine wrestlers. Title changes happen mostly at FIP-promoted events, which are usually released on DVD. The title has changed hands four times at non-FIP events. Reigns two and four occurred at ROH-promoted events, while reigns 10 and 11 happened at Dragon Gate events.

The inaugural champion was Homicide, who defeated CM Punk in the finals of a two-night tournament that concluded on September 25, 2004 at FIP's "Emergence: Part Two" event.[1] Davey Richards, Erick Stevens, and Roderick Strong are tied for the record of most reigns, with two each. At 476 days, Homicide's only reign is the longest in the title's history. Strong, with a combined two reigns, holds the record for most days as champion at 569. Masaaki Mochizuki's only reign holds the record for shortest reign at 49 days. Moxley, with only one reign, has the fewest total days as champion, with 684. Strong made 26 successful defences during his first reign, the most in a single reign; Strong's two reigns of successful defenses totals to 31, the most of any champion. With zero, Mochizuki's only reign and Richards's second reign are tied for the least successful defenses. Mochizuki is the only champion to not successfully defended the title during their reign. The title is currently vacated, after previous champion Jon Moxley was stripped on April 12, 2011, after he signed a contract with WWE.

Contents

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
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign
— 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 Duration
FIP Heavyweight Championship September 25, 2004 – March 3, 2007
FIP World Heavyweight Championship March 3, 2007 – present

Reigns

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful defenses Notes Ref(s).
1 Homicide 1 02004-09-25 September 25, 2004 &10000000000000476000000476 Tampa, Florida Emergence: Part Two 16 Homicide defeated CM Punk in a tournament final to become the first champion. [1]
2 Bryan Danielson 1 02006-01-14 January 14, 2006 &10000000000000300000000300 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hell Freezes Over 9 This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Roderick Strong. This title change happened at an event promoted by Ring of Honor. [3][4][5]
3 Roderick Strong 1 02006-11-10 November 10, 2006 &10000000000000415000000415 Inverness, Florida All or Nothing 26 The title was renamed the "FIP World Heavyweight Championship" on March 3, 2007, when Strong defeated Pac in Liverpool, England at ROH's Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool event. [2][4][5]
4 Erick Stevens 1 02007-12-30 December 30, 2007 &1000000000000004800000048 New York City, New York Final Battle 2007 4 This title change happened at an event promoted by Ring of Honor. [4]
5 Roderick Strong 2 02008-02-16 February 16, 2008 &10000000000000154000000154 Crystal River, Florida Redefined 5[6] [7]
6 Erick Stevens 2 02008-07-19 July 19, 2008 &1000000000000003500000035 Crystal River, Florida Hot Summer Nights 2008 2
7 Go Shiozaki 1 02008-08-23 August 23, 2008 &10000000000000119000000119 Crystal River, Florida Heatstroke 2008 5
8 Tyler Black 1 02008-12-20 December 20, 2008 &10000000000000133000000133 Crystal River, Florida Unstoppable 2008 1
9 Davey Richards 1 02009-05-02 May 2, 2009 &10000000000000218000000218 Crystal River, Florida Unfinished Business 2009 4 Richards was awarded the championship by forfeit after Black suffered a neck injury the previous night in Berwyn, Illinois and was forced to relinquish the title.
10 Masaaki Mochizuki 1 02009-12-06 December 6, 2009 &1000000000000004900000049 Sapporo, Japan Live event 0 This title change happened at an event promoted by Dragon Gate.
11 Davey Richards 2 02010-01-23 January 23, 2010 &1000000000000005800000058 Chicago, Illinois Fearless 0 This title change happened at an event promoted by the Dragon Gate USA. [8]
— Vacated — 02010-03-22 March 22, 2010 — N/A N/A — The championship was vacated by the FIP Championship Committee due to "an unforeseen contractual situation" with Richards. [9]
12 Jon Moxley 1 02010-04-17 April 17, 2010 &10000000000000360000000360 Crystal River, Florida Southern Stampede 2 Moxley defeated Roderick Strong to win the vacant championship.
— Vacated — 02011-04-12 April 12, 2011 — N/A N/A — The championship was vacated by the FIP Championship Committee due to Moxley signing with WWE.

List of combined reigns

Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion(s)
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined defenses Combined days
1 Roderick Strong 2 31 569
2 Homicide 1 16 476
3 Jon Moxley 1 2 360
4 Bryan Danielson 1 9 300
5 Davey Richards 2 4 276
6 Tyler Black 1 1 133
7 Go Shiozaki 1 5 119
8 Erick Stevens 2 6 83
9 Masaaki Mochizuki 1 0 49

Footnotes

  1. ^ Each wrestler's total number of days as champion are ranked highest to lowest; wrestlers with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d "Emergence: Part 2". Full Impact Pro. http://www.fullimpactpro.com/results/results2004.htm#emergence2. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  2. ^ a b Vetter, Chris (2007-07-01). "DVD review: ROH, "FYF: Liverpool" (3-3-07), with Joe-Nigel, Delirious-Sydal, Richards-Homicide". PW Torch. TDH Communications Inc. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_20757.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  3. ^ Vetter, Chris (2006-02-15). "Tape Review, ROH, "Hell Freezes Over," Jan. 14, 2006, with Hero-American Dragon, Styles-Sydal". PW Torch. TDH Communications Inc. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_16099.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  4. ^ a b c "Past Ring of Honor results". Ring of Honor. http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults.php. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  5. ^ a b Clevett, Jason; John M. Milner (2006-03-30). "Bryan Danielson". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/danielson_bryan.html. Retrieved 2010-04-10. "In January 2005, Danielson defeated Roderick Strong and Homicide to win the FIP Championship as well....His feud with Strong, which crossed over with Ring of Honor, resulted in Strong challenging Danielson to a match on November 11th. Strong said if he lost the match he would leave FIP. Strong defeated Danielson for the title, ending The American Dragon’s title reign at 11 months." 
  6. ^ Radican, Sean (2008-09-06). "Weekend DVD Spotlight: FIP's Dangerous Intentions 2008 (Strong-Stevens, Richards-Black)". PW Torch. TDH Communications Inc. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_RADICAN_S_TAKE_font_35/article_26802.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  7. ^ Radican, Sean (2008-04-18). "Radican: FIP hits the reset button - Strong-Stevens tears down the house". PW Torch. TDH Communications Inc. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/font_color_770000_RADICAN_S_TAKE_font_35/article_25337.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  8. ^ Radican, Sean (2010-03-04). "Radican's DGUSA "Fearless" review - Dragon Kid-Hulk, Richards-Mochizuki". PW Torch. TDH Communications Inc. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_39558.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  9. ^ "Headlines: FIP Headlines for 3.22.10". Full Impact Pro. 2010-03-22. http://www.fullimpactpro.com/headlines.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-10. "After a several month hiatus, the stars of FIP make their 2010 debut as FIP presents Southern Stampede. Due to an unforeseen contractual situation with now former FIP Champion Davey Richards, the FIP Championship Committee has declared the FIP World Heavyweight Championship vacant, and a new Champion will be crowned on April 17th at Southern Stampede." 

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