TASW Heavyweight Championship

TASW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Darkstar
Date won September 29, 2013
Date established November 18, 1995
Promotion Texas All-Star Wrestling

The TASW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Texas All-Star Wrestling. It is the main championship title established in TASW, having been introduced in 1995, and remains the oldest active championship in the state of Texas.[1]

The inaugural champion was Humungous (Bob Murphy), who defeated Dynamite Dixon in a tournament final on November 18, 1995 to become the first TASW Heavyweight Champion. Mr. Mayhem holds the record for most reigns, with three. He also holds the distinction of being the only champion never to have been pinned for the title. At 735 days, ZenZen's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Bret Basics' only reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was held up less than a month after he won it. He was the youngest wrestler ever to hold the title. Overall, there have been 32 reigns shared between 26 wrestlers, with seven vacancies.

Title history

Key
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
# Indicates what number the reign is
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

Reigns

As of April 30, 2014

# Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Humungous 1 November 18, 1995 153 Harlingen, Texas N/A Defeated Dynamite Dixon in a tournament final to become the first TASW Heavyweight Champion. [1]
2 The Gladiator 1 April 19, 1996 120 Nacogdoches, Texas N/A [1]
3 Bubba Monroe 1 August 17, 1996 N/A Humble, Texas N/A [1]
— Vacated — September 1996 — N/A N/A The title was vacated when Bubba Monroe left the promotion. [1]
4 Humungous 2 September 25, 1996 437 Laredo, Texas N/A Defeated The Gladiator to win the vacant title. [1]
5 Rasta Savage 1 December 6, 1997 217 Humble, Texas N/A [1]
6 Tank Tyler 1 July 11, 1998 238 Humble, Texas N/A [1]
7 Humungous 3 March 6, 1999 N/A Humble, Texas N/A [1]
8 Mike Tatum 1 1999 N/A N/A N/A [1]
9 Hotstuff Hernandez 1 2000 N/A N/A N/A [2]
10 Necro Butcher 1 2001 N/A N/A N/A
— Vacated — June 2001 — N/A N/A [3]
11 Mr. Mayhem 1 June 16, 2001 168 Humble, Texas N/A Defeated Beast in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [3][4]
12 Mike Tatum 2 December 1, 2001 126 Humble, Texas Season's Beatings (2002) This was a Steel Cage match. [3][4]
13 Bobby 2-Badd 1 April 6, 2002 161 Humble, Texas Wrestlefest (2002) This was a Triple Threat match also involving Jag. [5][6]
14 Mr. Mayhem 2 September 14, 2002 136 Humble, Texas Off the Hook (2002) This was a "Rage in the Cage" match also involving Hugh Rogue and Shawn "Hot Stuff" Hernandez. [3][4]
— Vacated — January 18, 2003 — Humble, Texas Humble Rumble X The title was vacated when Mr. Mayhem is unable to appear for a scheduled title defense due to Fort Hood being placed on alert. [7]
15 Bobby 2-Badd 1 January 18, 2003 77 Humble, Texas Humble Rumble X Won the 30-man Humble Rumble last eliminating Jag. [7][8]
16 Michael Strider 1 April 5, 2003 133 Humble, Texas Wrestlefest (2003) [9]
17 "Wildman" Chris Allen 1 August 16, 2003 217 Humble, Texas Humble Street Fight (2003) This was a Triple Threat match also involving Bubba Lee Travis. [10]
18 Bret Basics 1 March 20, 2004 N/A Humble, Texas Scar Wars (2004) [11]
— Held up — 2004 — N/A N/A
19 ZenZen 1 May 15, 2004 84 Humble, Texas Break It Off (2004) Defeated Bobby 2-Badd, Mr. Mayhem, and VooDoo the Xecutioner in a Fatal Four-Way match to win the held-up title. [12][13]
20 "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan 1 August 7, 2004 105 Tomball, Texas Tomball Street Fight (2004) This was a 12-man street fight also involving "Wildman" Chris Allen, Voodoo the Xecutioner, Nark The Nevulon, Bobby 2-Badd, Justin Blaze, Bubba Lee Travis, J-Sin Sullivan, "Wildcat" Scoby Gober, "Party Boy" Brandon Biggs, and Rocco Carmanooch [14][15][16]
21 Mr. Mayhem 3 November 20, 2004 238 Humble, Texas Night of Champions (2004) This was a Triple Threat match also involving Bobby 2-Badd. Also won the TASW Hardcore Championship on January 15, 2005. [3][4][16][17]
22 Voodoo the Xecutioner 1 July 16, 2005 182 Humble, Texas Summer Jam (2005) This was a Steel Cage match. [4]
23 ZenZen 2 January 14, 2006 735 Humble, Texas Humble Rumble XIV This was a Tables match. [13]
24 Scoby Gober 1 January 19, 2008 84 Humble, Texas Humble Rumble XV This was a "Title vs. Career" match.
25 Anthony Stevens 1 April 12, 2008 119 Humble, Texas Wrestlefest (2008) This was a Lumberjack match.
— Vacated — August 9, 2008 — Humble, Texas Hardcore Carnage (2008) The title was vacated after TASW promoter Bob Murphy fired Anthony Stevens. [18][19]
26 Neico 2 September 13, 2008 182 Humble, Texas Slamfest (2008) Defeated Nick Daniels in a tournament final. [18]
27 Ryan Davidson 1 March 14, 2009 308 Humble, Texas Scar Wars (2009) This was a Fatal Four-Way Steel Cage match also involving Nick Daniels and “Sexy” Steve DeMarco. [20]
28 Nick Daniels 1 January 16, 2010 170 Humble, Texas Humble Rumble XVII [21]
— Held up — July 5, 2010 — N/A N/A [22][23]
29 Dylan Starr 1 July 10, 2010 289 Humble, Texas Summer Jam (2010) Defeated “Rockstar” Robbie to win the vacant title. Both men were co-winners of a battle royal earlier that night. [24][25]
ZenZen 3 May 21, 2011 289 Nacogdoches, Texas Rumble Mania (2011) [13]
— Held up — July 11, 2011 — N/A N/A Title declared vacant when ZenZen is unable to appear. [26]
30 Mysterious Q 1 July 23, 2011 252 Brenham, Texas Brenham Rumble (2011) This was a Triple Threat match also involving "Ruthless" Ryan Davidson and "Rockstar" Robbie. [26][27]
31 Steve DeMarco 1 March 31, 2012 547 Humble, Texas Humble Rumble XIX [28]
32 Darkstar 1 September 29, 2013 578+ Houston, Texas Best of the Best (2013)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ↑ Washington, Jesse (August 10, 2000). "Ring Dings; Bound for the World Wrestling Federation or not, these folks learn to take their lumps at Texas All-Star Wrestling". Houston Press (Houston, Texas).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Biography". Official Homepage of Mr. Mayhem!. 2005.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Match Log". Official Homepage of Mr. Mayhem!. 2005.
  5. ↑ "Bobby 2-Badd's Bio". 2Badd.com. 2002.
  6. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (April 2002). "Upcoming Events". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2002.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas All-Star Wrestling (January 19, 2003). "TASW News Update - January 19th, 2003". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2003.
  8. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling. "10th ANNUAL HUMBLE RUMBLE". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2003.
  9. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (April 7, 2003). "TASW NEWS UPDATE - April 7th, 2003". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2003.
  10. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (August 2003). "Upcoming Events". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2003.
  11. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling. "SCAR WARS". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2004.
  12. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling. "BREAK IT OFF". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2004.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Bio". ZenZenOnline.com. 2011. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
  14. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (June 2004). "Upcoming Events". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004.
  15. ↑ "Independent Wrestling Results - August 2004". OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. August 2004.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Jim Duggan". OnlineWorldofWrestling.com.
  17. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (January 2005). "Saturday, January 15th 2005". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Texas All-Star Wrestling (August 2008). "TASW News". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
  19. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling. "HARDCORE CARNAGE". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
  20. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling. "SCAR WARS". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2009.
  21. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (February 12, 2010). "New TASW champion Nick Daniels defends the title for the 1st time. He puts the gold on the line against "Humble Rumble" winner Mysterious Q.". Twitter.com.
  22. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (July 5, 2010). "We will crown NEW TASW tag team champions and a new TASW heavyweight champion. Be at Humble's Magnolia Ballroom July 10th to see it go down.". Twitter.com.
  23. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (July 5, 2010). "For more information on why the TASW heavyweight and tag titles are held up go [to] www.TASWwrestling.com". Twitter.com.
  24. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (July 16, 2010). "TASW crowned a new heavyweight and tag team champions on 7/10. Check out the TASW website for all the scoop.". Twitter.com.
  25. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (January 13, 2011). "TASW champion Dylan Starr defends his title in Port Lavaca Saturday night against Nick Daniels. You will also see ZenZen -vs- The Giant KASH". Twitter.com.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Texas All-Star Wrestling (July 13, 2011). "TASW News - July 13th, 2011". TASWwrestling.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  27. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (July 25, 2011). "Mysterious Q is the new TASW Heavyweight champion. See him in action August 6th, at the Kingdom Arena.". Facebook.com.
  28. ↑ Texas All-Star Wrestling (April 1, 2012). "Wow!! What a night it was last night.". Facebook.com.

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