NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship

Details

Promotion

National Wrestling Alliance and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling

Date established

December 17, 1978

Current champion(s)

Andy "The Dreadful" Bird

Date won

July 16, 2016

Statistics
First champion(s)	Dino Bravo
Most reigns	Angelo Mosca (Five reigns)
Longest reign	Scotty Mac (743 days)
Shortest reign	"Stylin'" Brian Sylver (2 days)

The NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1978 until 1984, when it was abandoned after the Toronto promotion partnered with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).^[1] The title was reinstated as the present-day, NWA Board-controlled version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight title.^[2] Previous versions also existed in Calgary, Halifax and Vancouver. Has been defended in the World Wrestling Federation.

Tony Baroni, was in his second reign. He defeated Ethan HD, King of the Yukon, and then-champion Nelson Creed on March 15 in Vancouver B.C. at Pacific Cup 2014. Artemis Spencer beat Tony Baroni. Ethan HD defeated Artemis Spencer. Mike Santiago defeated Ethan HD. Andy "The Dreadful" Bird defeated Mike Santiago, Bishop, and Nelson Creed on January 14th, 2017 at Ballroom Brawl 7 at The Commodore Ballroom.

Title history

Key

Symbol	Meaning
No.	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event	The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note]	Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
00 !Canadian Heavyweight Championship
1	Bravo, DinoDino Bravo	1	000000001978-12-17-0000December 17, 1978	113	Toronto, Ontario	live event	Defeated Gene Kiniski to become the first champion.	^[1]
2	Valentine, GregGreg Valentine	1	000000001979-03-08-0000March 8, 1979	56	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
3	Bravo, DinoDino Bravo	2	000000001979-06-03-0000June 3, 1979	98	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
03.5 !—	Vacant	—	000000001979-09-01-0000September 1979	N/A	N/A	N/A	Bravo left the promotion.	^[1]
4	Robertson, DeweyDewey Robertson	1	000000001979-09-09-0000September 9, 1979	260	Toronto, Ontario	live event	Defeated Greg Valentine in tournament final	^[1]
5	Great Hossein Arab !Great Hossein Arab	1	000000001980-05-25-0000May 25, 1980	7001560000000000000♠56	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
6	Mosca, AngeloAngelo Mosca	1	000000001980-07-20-0000July 20, 1980	7001210000000000000♠21	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
7	Great Hossein Arab !Great Hossein Arab	2	000000001980-08-10-0000August 10, 1980	140	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
8	Mosca, AngeloAngelo Mosca	2	000000001980-12-28-0000December 28, 1980	197	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
9	Fuji, Mr.Mr. Fuji	1	000000001981-07-12-0000July 12, 1981	14	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]^[3]
10	Mosca, AngeloAngelo Mosca	3	000000001981-07-26-0000July 26, 1981	56	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
11	Studd, Big JohnBig John Studd	1	000000001981-09-20-0000September 20, 1981	119	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]^[4]
12	Mosca, AngeloAngelo Mosca	4	000000001982-01-17-0000January 17, 1982	554	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
13	Slaughter, Sgt.Sgt. Slaughter	1	000000001983-07-24-0000July 24, 1983	182	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
14	Mosca, AngeloAngelo Mosca	5	000000001984-01-22-0000January 22, 1984	^{[Note 1]}	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]
14.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000001984-03-01-0000March 1984	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.	^[1]
15	Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff	1	000000001984-04-29-0000April 29, 1984	42	Toronto, Ontario	live event	Defeated Brian Adidas in tournament final.	^[1]
16	Mosca Jr, Angelo !Angelo Mosca Jr.	1	000000001984-06-10-0000June 10, 1984	^{[Note 2]}	Toronto, Ontario	live event		^[1]^[5]
16.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000001984-07-01-0000July 1984	N/A	N/A	N/A	Maple Leaf Wrestling was sold to the World Wrestling Federation	^[1]
16.6 !NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship
17	E.Z. Ryder	1	000000001998-10-24-0000October 24, 1998	245	Cherry Hill, New Jersey	live event	Defeated Paul Atlas, who was filling in for Mr. Gillis, at the NWA 50th Anniversary Show.	^[6]
18	Star, Michelle !Michelle Starr	1	000000001999-06-26-0000June 26, 1999	3-	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
19	E.Z. Ryder	2	000000001999-07-25-0000July 25, 1999	145	Victoria, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
20	Carlsen !Crusher Carlsen	1	000000001999-11-27-0000November 27, 1999	^{[Note 3]}	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
20.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000002000-09-01-0000September 2000	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons	^[6]
21	E.Z. Ryder	3	000000002001-10-13-0000October 13, 2001	57	St. Petersburg, Florida	live event	Defeated Juggernaut at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show to win the vacant championship.	^[6]
22	Spyder	1	000000002001-12-09-0000December 9, 2001	89	St. Boniface, Manitoba	live event	Defeated Ryder and Baron von Meaner in a Triple Threat Steel Cage Match.	^[6]
23	Sylver, Brian !Brian Sylver	1	000000002002-03-08-0000March 8, 2002	2	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
24	Spyder	2	000000002002-03-10-0000March 10, 2002	182	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
25	Machine !The Machine	1	000000002002-09-08-0000September 8, 2002	^{[Note 4]}	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
25.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000002002-09-01-0000September 2002	N/A	N/A	N/A	Championship held up by NWA President Jim Miller after The Machine defeated Spyder.	^[6]
26	Spyder	3	000000002002-10-18-0000October 18, 2002	140	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event	Defeated The Machine to win held-up title.	^[6]
26.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000002003-03-07-0000March 7, 2003	N/A	N/A	N/A	Spyder was suspended by the NWA.	^[6]
27	Mercury !Zack Mercury	1	000000002003-03-07-0000March 7, 2003	71	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event	Defeated Brian Jewel.	^[6]
28	Jewel !Brian Jewel	1	000000002003-05-17-0000May 17, 2003	54	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event		^[6]
29.5 !—	Stripped	—	000000002003-07-10-0000July 10, 2003	N/A	N/A	N/A	Jewel was stripped of the championship.	^[6]
30	Stardom !Rob Stardom	1	000000002003-09-24-0000September 24, 2003	226	Fort Garry, Manitoba	live event	Defeated The Axe.	^[6]
31	Kerry !Brown	1	000000002004-05-07-0000May 7, 2004	163	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event	Defeated Rob Stardom in a steel cage match.	^[6]
32	Vain !Vid Vain	1	000000002004-10-15-0000October 15, 2004	334	Winnipeg, Manitoba	live event	Won the title at the NWA 56th Anniversary Show.	^[6]
33	Starr !Michelle Starr	2	000000002005-09-16-0000September 16, 2005	154	Port Coquitlam, BC	live event		^[6]
34	R.A.G.E.	1	000000002006-02-17-0000February 17, 2006	124	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
35	Nevada !Vance Nevada	1	000000002006-06-23-0000June 23, 2006	126	Surrey, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
36	Funk !Freddy Funk	1	000000002006-10-27-0000October 27, 2006	210	Surrey, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
37	Bishop !Cole Bishop	1	000000002007-05-25-0000May 25, 2007	308	Surrey, British Columbia	live event	Defeated Freddy Funk and Michelle Starr in a three-way match	^[6]
38	Scotty Mac	1	000000002008-03-28-0000March 28, 2008	743	Surrey, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
39	Sylum !Sid Sylum	1	000000002010-04-10-0000April 10, 2010	175	Surrey, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
40	Scotty Mac	2	000000002010-10-02-0000October 2, 2010	167	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
41	Baroni !Tony Baroni	1	000000002011-03-18-0000March 18, 2011	261	Surrey, British Columbia	live event	Unified the NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship with the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.	^[6]
42	Spencer !Artemis Spencer	1	000000002011-12-03-0000December 3, 2011	7001840000000000000♠84	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	Title was deunified from the ECCW Championship on December 15, 2011.	^[6]
43	Bishop	2	000000002012-02-25-0000February 25, 2012	287	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event		^[6]
44	King of the Yukon	1	000000002012-12-08-0000December 8, 2012	7002105000000000000♠105	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event
45	Scotty Mac	3	000000002013-03-23-0000March 23, 2013	7002175000000000000♠175	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia	live event
46	Creed !Nelson Creed	1	000000002013-09-14-0000September 14, 2013	7002182000000000000♠182	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	Match also Included Kenny Lush.
47	Baroni !Tony Baroni	2	000000002014-03-15-0000March 15, 2014	7002217000000000000♠217	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	Match also included Ethan HD and King of the Yukon.
48	Sylum !Sid Sylum	2	000000002014-10-18-0000October 18, 2014	7001770000000000000♠77	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event
48.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000002015-01-03-0000January 3, 2015	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated after Sylum suffered a back injury.
49	Creed !Nelson Creed	2	000000002015-01-03-0000January 3, 2015	7001140000000000000♠14	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	Match also included Artemis Spencer and Kenny Lush.
50	Spencer !Artemis Spencer	2	000000002015-01-17-0000January 17, 2015	7002273000000000000♠273	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event
50.5 !—	Vacated	—	000000002015-10-17-0000October 17, 2015	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated after Spencer suffered a knee injury.
51	Baroni !Tony Baroni	3	000000002015-10-17-0000October 17, 2015	7001910000000000000♠91	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	10-person battle royal which included Ethan HD, Nicole Matthews, Daniel Adonis and Pete Powers.
52	Spencer !Artemis Spencer	3	000000002016-01-16-0000January 16, 2016	7001840000000000000♠84	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event	Defeated Baroni in a Unsanctioned match.
53	Ethan HD	1	000000002016-04-09-0000April 9, 2016	7002132000000000000♠132	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event
54	Santiago !Mike Santiago	1	000000002016-07-16-0000July 16, 2016	7002183000000000000♠183	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event
55	Bird !Andy Bird	1	000000002017-01-14-0000January 14, 2017	7002220000000000000♠220+	Vancouver, British Columbia	live event

Reigns by combined length

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Scotty Mac	3	1,085
2	Angelo Mosca	4	828
3	Tony Baroni	3	623
4	Bishop/Cole Bishop	2	595
5	E.Z. Ryder	3	447
6	Artemis Spencer	3	442
7	Spyder	3	411
8	Vid Vain	1	334
9	Dewey Robertson	1	260
10	Sid Sylum	2	252
11	Rob Stardom	1	226
12	Great Hossein Arab	2	216
13	Dino Bravo	2	211
14	"Fast" Freddy Funk	1	210
15	Nelson Creed	2	196
16	Michelle Starr	2	184
17	Mike Santiago	1	183
18	Sgt. Slaughter	1	182
19	Kerry Brown	1	163
20	Ethan HD	1	132
21	Vance Nevada	1	126
22	R.A.G.E.	1	124
23	Big John Studd	1	119
24	King of the Yukon	1	105
25	Andy Bird †	1	7002220000000000000♠220+
26	Zack Mercury	1	71
27	Greg Valentine	1	56
28	Brian Jewel	1	54
29	Ivan Koloff	1	42
30	Mr. Fuji	1	14
31	Brian Sylver	1	2

Footnotes

↑ The exact length of the championship is uncertain.
↑ The exact date the championship was abandoned is uncertain.
↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain.
↑ The exact date the championship was held up is uncertain.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006) [2000]. "Canada, Toronto [Tunney]: NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present (4th ed.). Waterloo, Ontario: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
↑ ECCW.com Canadian Heavyweight Championship history
↑ Hoops, Brian (July 12, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 12): Gagne, Bruiser & Crusher, Ladd wins Americas title, 1992 Bash with Sting vs. Vader". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
↑ Hoops, Brian (September 20, 2015). "On this date in pro wrestling history (9/20): Flair defeats McDaniel, Gagne beats Von Raschke". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
↑ F4W Staff (June 10, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (JUNE 10): HARLEY RACE BEATS RIC FLAIR FOR NWA TITLE, JERRY BLACKWELL TURNS BABYFACE". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "National Wrestling Alliance Canadian Heavyweight Championship [post-1993]". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

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