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Heavyweight Championship
(January 5, 1996 - Present)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
D-Lo Brown Jan 5, 1996 -- -- 64 days
Bobby Blaze Mar 9, 1996 -- -- 7 days
D-Lo Brown [2] Mar 16, 1996 -- -- 77 days
** Retired ** Jun 1, 1996 -- --
D-Lo Brown vacates the title after being called back to the W.W.F. Roster.
Race Steele May 25, 2000 -- -- 226 days
Steele defeated Chip Fairway in the finals of a tournament for the re-activated title.
Chad Collyer Jan 6, 2001 -- -- 52 days
** Vacated ** Feb 27, 2001 -- --
Collyer vacated the title after leaving H.W.A. to go to England.
Shark Boy Feb 27, 2001 -- -- 17 days
Shark Boy defeated Matt Stryker and Dean Jablonski in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
Race Steele [2] Mar 16, 2001 -- -- 113 days
Cody Hawk Jul 7, 2001 -- -- 28 days
Race Steele [3] Aug 4, 2001 -- -- 5 days
Nick Dinsmore Aug 9, 2001 -- -- 9 days
Race Steele [4] Aug 18, 2001 -- -- 43 days
** Held-Up ** Sep 30, 2001 -- --
The tile was held-up after a match against Mark Jindrak.
E.Z. Money Nov 14, 2001 -- -- 56 days
Money defeated D'Lo Brown in the finals of a tournament for the held-up title.
Charlie Haas Jan 9, 2002 -- -- 20 days
Haas pinned HWATag Team Champion Val Venis in a 6-Man Tag Team "All Titles on the Line Match" which also included Venis' partner Steve Bradley, The Island Boys (Jamal & Rosey) and the champion E.Z. Money. Stipulations of the match stated that if Haas pinned any member of the other team, he would win the heavyweight title and if The Island Boys pinned a member, they would win the tag team titles.
E.Z. Money [2] Jan 29, 2002 -- -- 45 days
Money was awarded back the title after a loophole in the contract of the 6-Man Tag Match was revealed.
Rico Constantino Mar 15, 2002 -- -- 2 days
Race Steele [5] Mar 17, 2002 -- -- 3 days
Stevie Richards Mar 20, 2002 -- -- 49 days
Johnny The Bull May 8, 2002 -- -- 11 days
Lance Cade May 19, 2002 -- -- 62 days
Johnny The Bull [2] Jul 20, 2002 -- -- 0 days
Lance Cade [2] Jul 20, 2002 -- -- 1 day
Cody Hawk [2] Jul 21, 2002 -- -- 58 days
Matt Stryker Sep 17, 2002 -- -- 53 days
Chet Jablonski Nov 9, 2002 -- -- 55 days
Matt Stryker [2] Jan 3, 2003 -- -- 80 days
Cody Hawk [3] Mar 24, 2003 -- -- 5 days
Matt Stryker [3] Mar 29, 2003 -- -- 17 days
Big Al Apr 15, 2003 -- -- 17 days
Chad Collyer [2] May 2, 2003 -- -- 127 days
Collyer wins a 4-man Battle Royal that involved the champion, Big Al, Chet Jablonski and Cody Hawk.
Nigel McGuinness Sep 6, 2003 -- -- 119 days
Hoss Jan 3, 2004 -- -- 3 days
Nigel McGuinness [2] Jan 6, 2004 -- -- 71 days
El Temor Mar 17, 2004 -- -- 13 days
Rory Fox Mar 30, 2004 -- -- 360 days
Shawn Osborne Mar 25, 2005 -- -- 84 days
Matt Stryker [4] Jun 17, 2005 -- -- 98 days
Cody Hawk [4] Sep 23, 2005 -- -- 39 days
** Vacated ** Nov 1, 2005 -- --
Hawk was stripped of the title after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Pepper Parks Jan 1, 2006 -- -- 128 days
Parks defeated Jon Moxley in the finals of a tournament for the vacant title.
Jon Moxley May 9, 2006 -- -- 126 days
Chad Collyer [3] Sep 12, 2006 -- -- 56 days
Pepper Parks [2] Nov 7, 2006 -- -- 28 days
** Vacated ** Dec 5, 2006 -- --
Parks vacates the title after being "Called Up".
Jon Moxley [2] Dec 30, 2006 -- -- 3 days
Moxley defeated J.T. Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4-wat match for the vacant title.
Brian Jennings Jan 2, 2007 -- -- 381 days
B.J. Whitmer Jan 18, 2008 -- -- 6136 days