XPW World Heavyweight Championship
| XPW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Date established | October 29, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | March 8, 2003 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | XPW | ||||||||||
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The XPW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.
XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers. The two competed in a single fall match for the first XPW title defense. Steele would win this match to remain champion.
Title history
| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days Held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damien Steele | 1 | November 26, 1999 | 22 | Reseda, CA | House show | Won a battle royal, last eliminating John Kronus, to become the first champion. |
| 2 | Big Dick Dudley | 1 | December 18, 1999 | 42 | Hollywood, CA | XPW Merry X-Mas Tour Day 2 | |
| - | Vacated | - | January 29, 2000 | - | - | - | Dudley was stripped of the championship when his parole officer refused to let him compete |
| 3 | Jake Lawless | 1 | January 29, 2000 | 0 | Hollywood, CA | XPW Abuse Of Power | Defeated Michael Modest to win the vacant title |
| 4 | Damien Steele | 2 | January 29, 2000 | 28 | Hollywood, CA | XPW Abuse Of Power | Steele purchased the title from Lawless |
| 5 | Chris Candido | 1 | February 26, 2000 | 63 | Hollywood, CA | XPW My Bloody Valentine 2000 Day 2 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match |
| - | Vacated | - | April 29, 2000 | - | - | - | Candido was stripped of the title when he signed with World Championship Wrestling |
| 6 | Sabu | 1 | April 29, 2000 | 392 | Bakersfield, CA | XPW Heavyweight Title Tournament | Defeated The Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. Sabu would eventually becomethe only champion that defended the title outside of the United States |
| 7 | The Messiah | 1 | May 26, 2001 | 91 | Los Angeles, CA | House show | Defeated New Jack to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to substitute Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event |
| - | Vacated | - | August 25, 2001 | - | - | - | Messiah was stripped of the title when he was fired from XPW |
| 8 | Johnny Webb | 1 | August 25, 2001 | 92 | Los Angeles, CA | XPW Damage Inc. | Webb and Rob Black defeated Sabu and Josh Lazie in a tag team match. Webb >won the title as per the stipulation of the match |
| 9 | The Sandman | 1 | November 25, 2001 | 237 | Los Angeles, CA | House show | |
| 10 | Shane Douglas | 1 | July 20, 2002 | 231 | Pico Rivera, CA | XPW Baptized In Blood III: Night Of Champions | |
| - | Desactivated | - | March 8, 2003 | - | - | - | XPW closes and the title is abandoned |
List of combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns |
Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabu | 1 | 392 |
| 2 | Johnny Webb | 1 | 330 |
| 3 | Shane Douglas | 1 | 231 |
| 4 | The Messiah | 1 | 91 |
| 5 | Chris Candido | 1 | 63 |
| 6 | Damien Steele | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | Big Dick Dudley | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Jake Lawless | 1 | <1 |