HWA Heavyweight Championship explained

Championshipname:	HWA Heavyweight Championship
Promotion:	Heartland Wrestling Association
Created:	January 5, 1996
Mostreigns:	Race Steele (5 reigns)
Firstchamp:	D'Lo Brown
Finalchamp:	Dustin Rayz
Longestreign:	Brian Jennings (381 days)
Shortestreign:	Johnny The Bull (1 hour)
Titleretired:	2015

The HWA Heavyweight Championship was the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.

Title history

Overall reign number

Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown

	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	D'Lo Brown		HWA	Fort Wright, KY	1			^[1]
2	Bobby Blaze	March 9, 1996	HWA	Ashland, KY	1			^[2]
3	D'Lo Brown	March 16, 1996	HWA	Lima, OH	2	77-106		^[3]
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
4	Race Steele	May 25, 2000	3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show	Cincinnati, OH	1			^[4]
5	Chad Collyer	January 26, 2001	HWA	Rising Sun, IN	1			^[5]
Chad Collyer stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
6	Shark Boy	February 27, 2001	HWA	Cincinnati, OH	1			^[6]
7	Race Steele	March 16, 2001	HWA	Rising Sun, IN	2			^[7]
8	Cody Hawk	July 7, 2001	HWA	Cincinnati, OH	1			^[8]
9	Race Steele	August 4, 2001	HWA	Batavia, OH	3
10	Nick Dinsmore	August 9, 2001	4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show	Cincinnati, OH	1			^[9]
11	Race Steele	August 18, 2001	HWA	Dayton, OH	4			^[10]
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
12.	E. Z. Money	November 14, 2001		Dayton, OH	1	56
13.	Charlie Haas	January 9, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	20
14.	E. Z. Money	January 29, 2002		Dayton, OH	2	45
15.	Rico Constantino	March 15, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	2
16.	Stevie Richards	March 17, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	1	3
17.	Race Steele	March 20, 2002		Cincinnati, OH	5	49
18.	Johnny the Bull	May 8, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	11
19.	Lance Cade	May 19, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	1	62
20.	Johnny the Bull	July 20, 2002		Batavia, OH	2	<1
21.	Lance Cade	July 20, 2002		Batavia, OH	2	1
22.	Cody Hawk	July 21, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	2	58
23.	Matt Stryker	September 17, 2002		Cincinnati, OH	1	53
24.	Chet Jablonski	November 9, 2002		Batavia, OH	1	55
25.	Matt Stryker	January 3, 2003		Batavia OH	2	80
26.	Cody Hawk	March 24, 2003		Wilmington, OH	3	5
27.	Matt Stryker	March 29, 2003		Wilmington, OH	3	17
28.	Ala Hussein	April 15, 2003		Cincinnati, OH	1	17
29.	Chad Collyer	May 2, 2003		Aurora, IN	2	127
30.	Nigel McGuinness	September 6, 2003		Batavia, OH	1	119
31.	Hoss	January 3, 2004		Batavia, OH	1	3
32.	Nigel McGuinness	January 6, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	2	71
33.	El Temor	March 17, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	1	13
34.	Rory Fox	March 30, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	1	360
35	Shawn Osborne	March 25, 2005		Dayton, OH	1	84
36.	Matt Stryker	June 17, 2005		Cincinnati, OH	4	98
37.	Cody Hawk	September 23, 2005		Cincinnati, OH	4	39-68
38.	Pepper Parks	January 1, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	1	128
39.	Jon Moxley	May 9, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	1	126
40.	Chad Collyer	September 12, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	3	56
41.	Pepper Parks	November 7, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	2	28
42.	Jon Moxley	December 30, 2006		Dayton, OH	2	3
43.	Brian Jennings	January 2, 2007		Cincinnati, OH	1	381
44	B. J. Whitmer	January 18, 2008		Dayton, OH	1	145
45.	Jake Crist	July 11, 2008		Cincinnati, OH	1	407
46.	Richard Phillips	August 22, 2009		Norwood, OH	1	119
47.	Aaron Williams	December 19, 2009		Norwood, OH	1	18
48.	Jon Moxley	January 6, 2010		Middletown, OH	3	189
49.	Gerome Phillips	July 14, 2010		Middletown, OH	2	248
50.	B. J. Whitmer	March 19, 2011		Norwood, OH	2	161
51.	Jesse Emerson	August 27, 2011		Norwood, OH	1	112
52.	Jake Crist	December 17, 2011		Hamilton, OH	2	307
53.	Ron Mathis	October 19, 2012		Hamilton, OH	1	281
54.	Chance Prophet	July 27, 2013		Hamilton, OH	1	343
55.	Dustin Rayz	July 5, 2014		Middletown, OH	1	—
Retired in 2015

See also

• Heartland Wrestling Association

External links

• HWA Heavyweight Title History at Cagematch.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: HWA - Event @ Fort Wright, Kentucky, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. January 5, 1996. May 5, 2022.
2. Web site: HWA - Event @ Ashland, Kentucky, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. March 9, 1996. May 5, 2022.
3. Web site: HWA - Event @ Lima, Ohio, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. March 16, 1996. May 5, 2022.
4. Web site: 3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Schmidt Field House in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. May 25, 2000. May 5, 2022.
5. Web site: HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. January 26, 2001. May 5, 2022.
6. Web site: Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over . February 28, 2017 . February 27, 2017 . Brian . Hoops . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
7. Web site: HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. March 16, 2001. May 5, 2022.
8. Web site: Cody Hawk defeated Race Steele on July 7, 2001.
9. Web site: 4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Oak Hills High School in Oak Hills, Ohio, USA. Philip. Kreikenbohm. Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. August 9, 2001. May 5, 2022.
10. Web site: Race Steele defeated Nick Dinsmore on August 18, 2001.