IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship

IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Chris Angel
Promotion International Wrestling Association
Date established 2000
Other name(s) IWA World Heavyweight Championship (2000-2008)
IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship (2008)

The IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the International Wrestling Association. The championship was established in 2000, as the IWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Contents

History

Unification with the "Capitol World Heavyweight Championship"

On December 15, 2007, Scott Hall failed to attend a titular defense which led to the local box and wrestling commission's decision to vacate the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and award it to the number one contender who at the moment was Biggie Size.[1] On December 30, the Universal championship was declared vacant following the events where Biggie Size was declared the champion following Hall's absence to Lockout. The commission's decision was announced during the company's holiday recess and Biggie Size retained the championship belt in custody.

On January 6, 2008, Hector Meléndez who had been managing La Rabia, the stable where Biggie Size performed abandoned the company citing differences with the company's personnel.[2] Following Melendez's exit from the company the stable abandoned the company no-showing the a special event scheduled for January 6, 2008. On January 6, Biggie Size appeared in the International Wrestling Association's Histeria Boricua event, with the championship belt still in his possession and challenged Blitz, the current IWA World Heavyweight Champion to a unification match.[3] The match took place later n the event with Blitz winning both belts.[4] Following this match WWC's merchandise manager, Jose Roberto Rodríguez, who had been allowed entry into the building, publicly demanded that the belt was returned to WWC personnel, but at the moment the IWA's personnel had replaced the belt with Revolution X-Treme Wrestling's championship belt (at the moment in Savio Vega's possession) and had transferred the Universal Championship to a secure location, which led to a discussion between personnel from both companies and Rodríguez's expulsion from the event.[3] After the events conclusion police officers were deployed and the IWA retained physical possession of the championship.[5] Following this the belt was returned to WWC personnel following an ultimatum, which claimed that the company would take legal action if it wasn't returned within forty-eight hours.[6] However both the International Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance recognized the unification match, and considered Blitz the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico.[7]

International exposure

Beginning in 2009, the IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship began becoming involved in several inter-promotional "champion vs. champion" contests. The first of these took place on January 6, 2009, where Carlos "Chicano" Cotto was booked to defend the title against Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Legends Champion, Booker T.[8] The contest was part of an annual event titled "Histeria Boricua". The conclusion came when Cotto inverted a "Book End" attempt, scoring a pinfall victory.[8] On February 14, 2009, the promotion held an special event named "Noche de Campeónes". In this card, Cotto defended the championship against Samoa Joe.[9] During the final stages of the fight, Noel Rodríguez intervened, injuring the referee.[9] Both wrestlers continued performing, with Cotto scoring an pinfall victory after reverting a finisher and receiving the count from a substitute referee.[9] On April 18, 2009, Cotto was challenged to an unification contest by Joe Bravo, who held the DWE Dominican National Championship, the major title of Dominican Wrestling Entertainment based in the Dominican Republic. Bravo won with the help of a heel referee, becoming a dual champion.[10] The next titleholder to challenge for the belt was Jerry Lynn, Ring of Honor's World Champion, who unsuccessfully competed against Bravo and Chicano in a three-way match.[11] This was part of the "Juicio Final 2009" card. On May 29, 2009, Bravo defended the IWA and DWE championships in Panama, defeating El Cuervo as part of a Revolution X-Treme Wrestling card.[12] On November 1, 2009, Bravo and the incumbent WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, Shane Sewell, performed in a DWE event, with the DWE Dominican National Championship being held up after the creative team booked a no contest. This marked the first instance that the two major champions worked together while holding full recognitions by both promotions.

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Days
held		 Place: Notes:
IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship
Glamour Boy Shane 1 October 28, 2000 &10000000000000105000000105 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Tournament Final.[13]
Ricky Banderas 1 February 10, 2001 &1000000000000005600000056 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Glamour Boy Shane 2 April 7, 2001 &1000000000000001400000014 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Ricky Banderas 2 April 21, 2001 &1000000000000005600000056 Gurabo, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 1 June 16, 2001 &10000000000000105000000105 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Pain 1 September 29, 2001 &1000000000000002100000021 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Glamour Boy Shane 3 October 20, 2001 &100000000000000070000007 Carolina, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 2 October 27, 2001 &1000000000000004200000042 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Title held up December 8, 2001 &1000000000000008400000084 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Stripped by the company's general manager.[13]
Primo Carnero 1 March 2, 2002 &100000000000000000000000 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Savio Vega 1 March 2, 2002 &1000000000000004200000042 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 3 April 13, 2002 &1000000000000001400000014 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Primo Carnero 2 April 27, 2002 &1000000000000001500000015 Levittown, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 4 May 12, 2002 &100000000000000060000006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Primo Carnero 3 May 18, 2002 &1000000000000002800000028 Caguas, Puerto Rico [13]
Ricky Banderas 3 June 15, 2002 &1000000000000009100000091 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Rey Fenix 1 September 14, 2002 &1000000000000005600000056 Carolina, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 5 November 9, 2002 &1000000000000005800000058 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Ricky Banderas 4 January 6, 2003 &1000000000000008900000089 Carolina, Puerto Rico [13]
Ray Gonzalez 2 April 5, 2003 &10000000000000105000000105 Carolina, Puerto Rico [13]
Gran Apolo 6 July 19, 2003 &1000000000000006300000063 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Glamour Boy Shane 4 September 20, 2003 &1000000000000004200000042 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Bison Smith 1 November 1, 2003 &1000000000000004200000042 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Glamour Boy Shane 5 December 13, 2003 &1000000000000002400000024 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Humongous 1 January 6, 2004 &1000000000000003200000032 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Title held up February 7, 2004 &100000000000000000000000 Caguas, Puerto Rico [14]
Glamour Boy Shane 6 February 7, 2004 &1000000000000002800000028 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [14]
Vacated March 6, 2004 &100000000000000000000000 [14]
Ray Gonzalez 3 March 6, 2004 &10000000000000182000000182 Carolina, Puerto Rico Won the title when Shane abandoned the promotion.[14]
Gran Apolo 7 September 4, 2004 &1000000000000008400000084 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [14]
Ray Gonzalez 4 November 27, 2004 &1000000000000002100000021 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [14]
Glamour Boy Shane 7 December 18, 2004 &1000000000000005600000056 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [15]
Ricky Banderas 5 February 12, 2005 &100000000000000000000000 Caguas, Puerto Rico Title was held-up and returned to Glamour Boy Shane.[14]
Title held up February 12, 2005 &100000000000000000000000 Caguas, Puerto Rico [15]
Glamour Boy Shane 8 February 12, 2005 &1000000000000005500000055 Caguas, Puerto Rico [15]
Chicano 1 April 8, 2005 &10000000000000134000000134 Caguas, Puerto Rico [15]
Slash Venom 1 August 20, 2005 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico [15]
Chicano 2 October 1, 2005 Carolina, Puerto Rico [15]
Savio Vega 2 November 11, 2005 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [14]
Lightning 1 June 17, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [14]
Mikael Judas 1 July 29, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico ref name="wrestling-titles"/>
Ray Gonzalez 5 September 2, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico [16]
Title held up September 9, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico [17]
Ray Gonzalez 6 September 16, 2006 Cayey, Puerto Rico [18]
Glamour Boy Shane 9 December 9, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Ray Gonzalez & Lightning in a three way match to win the title.[19]
Ray Gonzalez 7 January 13, 2007 Cayey, Puerto Rico [20]
Vacated April 13, 2007 Gonzalez abandoned the company
Chicano 3 April 28, 2007 Cayey, Puerto Rico Defeated Joe Bravo in a match for the vacated title.[21]
Bison Smith 2 July 15, 2007 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico [22]
Blitz 1 September 30, 2007 Caguas, Puerto Rico [23]
"Unified" January 6, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico The title is renamed to Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship following a unification match.[24]
Ricky Vega 1 February 16, 2008 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico [13]
Blitz 2 May 17, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Joe Bravo 1 July 19, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [25]
Blitz 3 September 6, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Chicano 4 October 4, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Dennis Rivera 1 November 1, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Chicano 5 November 15, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Joe Bravo 2 April 18, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Unification match that also included Bravo's Dominican Wrestling Entertainment Dominican National Championship.[26]
Title held up May 9, 2009 Hatillo, Puerto Rico Stripped by the company's general manager.[27]
Joe Bravo 3 May 16, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Jerry Lynn and Chicano in a three way match.[11]
Miguel Pérez, Jr. 1 August 29, 2009 Cataño, Puerto Rico [28]
Joe Bravo 4 October 10, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Unified with the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.[29]
Glamour Boy Shane 10 January 6, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Ricky Cruzz 1 April 17, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [30]
Rick Stanley 1 June 26, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [31]
Dennis Rivera 2 October 16, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Escobar 1 January 06, 2011 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [32]
Hiram Tua 1 April 2, 2011 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico [33]
Chris Angel 1 July 30, 2011 Bayamón, Puerto Rico First wrestler to win the championship undefeated in singles competition among both major promotions.

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