| Championshipname: | CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship |
| Currentholder: | James Roth |
| Promotion: | Canadian Wrestling's Elite |
| Won: | September 8th, 2023 |
| Created: | September 2, 2001[1] |
| Firstchamp: | Charley Hayes |
| Mostreigns: | Principal Pound and Rex Roberts (4 times) |
| Longestreign: | Davey O'Doyle (511 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Brett Evans (<1 day) |
| Oldest: | Rob Stardom (44 years) |
| Youngest: | Alexander Prime (20 years, 5 months, 15 days) |
| Pastnames: |
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The CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the professional wrestling promotion, Canadian Wrestling's Elite. The championship was first awarded on September 2, 2001, as the World High Impact Pro Wrestling Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship. Charlie Hayes was the inaugural champion having won the title in a gauntlet match.[1] Brett Evans became the final champion under the HIW banner after defeating Tony Novak in the finals a tournament at HIW Monster Brawl VI on October 25, 2019. Monster Brawl was the final show in HIW history. It became a title under CWE banner when they purchased all of High Impact Wrestling's assets and absorbed the company.
As of June 16, 2023, there have been 48 reigns among 30 wrestlers with four vacancies. The inaugural champion was Charley Hayes. Principal Pound and Rex Roberts have the most reigns at four. Big Daddy Kash / King Kash has the longest combined reign at 783 days. Davey O'Doyle has the longest singular reign at 511 days. Brett Evans has the shortest singular reign at less than one day. The youngest champion was Alexander Prime having won it when he was 20. The oldest champion is Rob Stardom having won it when he was 44.
The current champion is James Roth who is in his first reign. He defeated Rob Stardom at The Back To School Bash Tour on September 8th, 2023.
As of, .
| Name | Time of use | |
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| WHIP Wrestling Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | September 2, 2001 – Unknown | |
| HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | Unknown – October 25, 2019 | |
| CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | October 26, 2019 – present |
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As of, .
| † | Indicates the current champion | |
|---|---|---|
| <1 | Indicates reign was less than one day | |
| + | Indicates combined reign is changing daily |
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Daddy Kash / King Kash | 3 | 782 |
| 2 | Charley Hayes | 2 | 637 |
| 3 | Wavell Starr | 547 | |
| 4 | Robbie Gamble | 546 | |
| 5 | 4 | 519 | |
| 6 | Rex Roberts | 517 | |
| 7 | Davey O'Doyle | 1 | 511 |
| 8 | El Asesino | 2 | 447 |
| 10 | Jeff Tyler | 3 | 393 |
| 11 | Dixie Dragon | 2 | 315 |
| 12 | Berat Gorani | 1 | 287 |
| 9 | Rob Stardom | 266 | |
| 13 | Thryllin' Dylan | 251 | |
| 14 | Jumpin' Joe | 247 | |
| 15 | Tyler Colton | 1 | 231 |
| 16 | Cannonball Kelly | 2 | 182 |
| 17 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 168 | |
| 18 | James Roth | 1 | 165+ |
| 18 | Bull Bodnar | 1 | 140 |
| 19 | Todd Myers | 112 | |
| 20 | Shaun Martens | 99 | |
| 21 | Jude Dawkins | 81 | |
| 22 | The Chief | 72 | |
| 23 | Alexander Prime | 70 | |
| 24 | Titan Tower | 56 | |
| 25 | Bobby Sharp | 49 | |
| 26 | Danny Duggan | 42 | |
| 27 | Bucky McGraw | 35 | |
| 28 | Shaun Moore | 15 | |
| 29 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | 1 | |
| 30 | Brett Evans | <1 |