British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)
| British Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current champion(s) | Damo O'Connor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | 31st October 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 11 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
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XWA Frontier Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||||||||
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FWA British Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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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
| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Mark Sloan | 1 |
July 11, 1999 | 231 | Portsmouth, Hampshire | No Surprises | Defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final | [1] |
2 |
Alex Shane | 1 |
February 27, 2000 | 129 | Birmingham, West Midlands | Black Country Chaos | Two out of three falls match | [2] |
3 |
Guy Thunder | 1 |
July 5, 2000 | 8 | 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 | 259 | 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 | 307 | Portsmouth, Hampshire | High Potential | Defeated Scott Parker in a tournament final | [9] |
6 |
Flash Barker | 1 |
March 22, 2002 | 128 | Walthamstow, London | Urban Legends | Two out of three falls match | [10] |
7 |
Jody Fleisch | 1 |
July 28, 2002 | 6 | 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 | 12 | Bethnal Green, London | British Uprising | Defeated Flash Barker in a ladder match | [10] |
9 |
Christopher Daniels | 1 |
October 25, 2002 | 148 | Walthamstow, London | London Calling | Defeated Jody Fleish & Doug Williams in a three-way match | [10] |
10 |
Doug Williams | 2 |
March 22, 2003 | 602 | Philadelphia, PA | Night of Champions | [3] | |
11 |
Alex Shane | 2 |
November 13, 2004 | 449 | Coventry, West Midlands | British Uprising 3 | [11] | |
12 |
Hade Vansen | 1 |
February 5, 2006 | 160 | 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 | 266 | 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 | 455 | Morecambe, Lancashire | War On The Shore 3 | [13] | |
15 |
Stevie Knight | 1 |
July 5, 2008 | 63 | 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 | 371 | Morecambe, Lancashire | Last Fight at the Prom 2008 | [15] | |
17 |
Spud | 1 |
September 12, 2009 | 203 | 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 | 0 | Morecambe, Lancashire | War On The Shore 6 | [17] | |
19 |
Alex Shane | 3 |
April 3, 2010 | 553 | Morecambe, Lancashire | War On The Shore 6 | [17] | |
20 |
Johnny Phere | 2 |
October 8, 2011 | 203 | 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 |
Damo O'Connor | 1 |
October 31, 2014 | 161+ | Sudbury, Suffolk | XWA Revival | Defeated Doug Williams, Martin Stone & Jimmy Havoc in a Four-way match |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FWA Results – 1999". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "FWA Results 2000". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Past Events". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
- ↑ "One Phere over the Cuckoo's Nest". XWA. 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ↑ "The FWA's fifty golden moments". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ↑ "XWA – The legend lives on". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ↑ "XWA War On The Shore V". XWA. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "FWA British Heavyweight Title". Title Histories. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ↑ "FWA Results 2001". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "FWA Results 2002". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "FWA Results 2004". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "FWA Results 2006". Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "XWA War on the Shore 3". XWA. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "XWA Vendetta 2008". XWA. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "XWA Last Fight at the Prom 2008". XWA. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "LastFight News – Spud v Sam Slam aftermath". XWA. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "XWA War On The Shore VI – Official Review". XWA. 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2010-04-11.