EWA Heavyweight Championship
| EWA Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Current champion(s) | Alex Cypher | ||||||||||
| Date won | May 12, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Date established | September 1997 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | Eastern Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
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The EWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA). It has been defended throughout the New England region since its introduction in 1998, specifically, in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
The inaugural champion was "Big" Rick Fuller, who was awarded the title by the promotion's executive committee to become the first EWA Heavyweight Champion. Maverick Wild holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 742 days, Maverick Wild's third reign is the longest in the title's history. Mikaze's second reign was the shortest in the history of the title losing it to Sean Burke moments after winning the vacant championship. Overall, there have been 24 reigns shared between 18 wrestlers with six vacancies.
Title history
- Key
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | 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 |
Reigns
As of December 26, 2015.
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Fuller | 1 | September 1997 | N/A | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | Fuller won a battle royal to become the first EWA Heavyweight Champion. | [1] |
| 2 | Tony Atlas | 1 | January 24, 1998 | 196 | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | [1] | |
| 3 | Master Sandy | 1 | August 8, 1998 | 301 | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | This was a female wrestler. | [1] |
| 4 | Kentaro-san | 1 | June 5, 1999 | 113 | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | Awarded title after Sandy accidentally hit EWA Vice President Dan Mason with the belt. Her opponent unmasks revealing himself as manager "Iron Chef" Joshua Shea. | [1] |
| 5 | Dave Vicious | 1 | September 26, 1999 | 146 | Portland, Maine | Live event | [1] | |
| 6 | Alexander Worthington III | 1 | February 19, 2000 | 112 | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | — | June 10, 2000 | — | Wakefield, Massachusetts | Live event | The championship is vacated when Worthington suffers an injury. | [1] |
| 7 | Dave Vicious | 2 | June 10, 2000 | 230 | Wakefield, Massachusetts | Live event | Defeated Alex Arion and Don Juan DeSanto for vacant title. | [1] |
| — | Vacated | — | January 26, 2001 | — | Portland, Maine | Live event | The championship is vacated when Vicious suffers an injury. | [1] |
| 8 | Alexander Worthington III | 2 | February 19, 2001 | 131 | Lewiston, Maine | Live event | [1] | |
| 9 | Dr. Reginald Heresy | 1 | June 30, 2001 | 258 | Portland, Maine | Live event | [1] | |
| 10 | Adam Booker | 1 | March 15, 2002 | 322 | Portland, Maine | Live event | This was a three-way match including Frankie Armadillo. | [1] |
| 11 | John Walters | 1 | January 31, 2003 | 22 | Southbridge, Massachusetts | Live event | Walters was also the then reigning EWA New England Champion. | [1][2][3] |
| — | Vacated | — | February 22, 2003 | — | Portland, Maine | Live event | The championship is vacated when Walters was stripped of the title. | [1][2] |
| 12 | Steve Ramsey | 1 | March 22, 2003 | 21 | South Portland, Maine | Live event | Defeated John Walters to win the vacant title. | [1][4] |
| 13 | Dr. Reginald Heresy | 2 | April 12, 2003 | 146 | South Portland, Maine | Live event | [1][5] | |
| 14 | Maverick Wild | 1 | September 5, 2003 | 148 | Southbridge, Massachusetts | Live event | [1][6] | |
| 15 | Antonio Thomas | 1 | January 31, 2004 | 20 | Ludlow, Massachusetts | Live event | [1][7] | |
| 16 | Cueball | 1 | February 20, 2004 | 281 | Southbridge, Massachusetts | Live event | [1][8][9] | |
| 17 | Maverick Wild | 2 | November 27, 2004 | 119 | Holyoke, Massachusetts | Live event | [1][10] | |
| 18 | Mighty Mini | 1 | March 26, 2005 | 37 | Holyoke, Massachusetts | Live event | [1][11] | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 2, 2005 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when the promotion goes on a near-year long hiatus. | |
| 19 | Maverick Wild | 3 | March 4, 2006 | 742 | Orange, Massachusetts | Live event | This was a 30-man battle royal which Maverick Wild won by last eliminating Dr. Heresy. | |
| 20 | Mikaze | 1 | March 15, 2008 | 384 | Orange, Massachusetts | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | April 2009 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when the promotion goes on a near-year long hiatus. | |
| 21 | Domenic Simone | 1 | November 27, 2010 | 160 | Feeding Hills, Massachusetts | Live event | Defeated William King in a tournament final to win the vacant title. The belt was stolen by the previous champion, Mikaze, and retained the physical belt for the next three months. Simone finally regained the title from Mikaze in a street fight match in Feeding Hills on March 19, 2011. | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 6, 2011 | — | Feeding Hills, Massachusetts | Live event | The championship is vacated when Simone suffers a wrist injury. A battle royal is held in the main event later that night to decide a new champion. When the final two entrants, Mikaze and Sebastian Reese, are both eliminated EWA Senior Official Mike Crockett orders that the title will be decided in a singles match between both men. | |
| 22 | Mikaze | 2 | June 25, 2011 | 0 | Feeding Hills, Massachusetts | Live event | Defeated Sebastian Reese to win the vacant title. | |
| 23 | Sean Burke | 1 | June 25, 2011 | 322 | Feeding Hills, Massachusetts | Live event | ||
| 24 | Alex Cypher | 1 | May 12, 2012 | 1323+ | Springfield, Massachusetts | Live event |
References
- General
- "Title Histories". Eastern Wrestling Alliance. Archived from the original on February 6, 2002. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- Roelfsema, Eric. "EWA Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(New England) EWA Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Eastern Wrestling Alliance (EWA)". Title Histories: Active Promotions. New England Independent. March 4, 2005. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- 1 2 Gjoni, John. "Spotlight on John Walters." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., 2004. Web. Oct. 30, 2012. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/spotlight/johnwalters.html>.
- ↑ "January 2003". Results: 2003. New England Independent. 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "March 2003". Results: 2003. New England Independent. 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "April 2003". Results: 2003. New England Independent. 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "September 2003". Results: 2003. New England Independent. 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "January 2004". Results: 2004. New England Independent. 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Cueball". Wrestler of the Month. New England Independent. December 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "February 2004". Results: 2004. New England Independent. 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "November 2004". Results: 2004. New England Independent. 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ↑ "March 2005". Results: 2005. New England Independent. 2005. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
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