| Championshipname: | IPWA Heavyweight Championship |
| Promotion: | Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance |
| Created: | October 9, 1995 |
| Mostreigns: | Cueball Carmichael (4) Tom Brandi (4) |
| Firstchamp: | Cueball Carmichael |
| Finalchamp: | Tom Brandi (won August 21, 1999) |
| Longestreign: | Big Slam Vader (255 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Lance Diamond (<1 day) |
| Titleretired: | 2001 |
The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael, who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond, "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.
| 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 |
| width=0% | width=20% | Wrestlers | width=0% | Reign | width=10% | Date | width=0% | Days held | width=16% | Location | width=18% | Event | width=60% class="unsortable" | Notes | width=0% class="unsortable" | Ref. | |
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| Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal, to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion. | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||||||||||
| < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" claims the match took place on April 13. --> | ||||||||||||||||
| This was a steel cage match. | < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" claims the match took place on July 27. --> | |||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury. | < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" claims the match took place on October 26. --> | |||||||||||||||
| Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title. | [6] < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" and Pro Wrestling Illustrated claims the match took place on January 11, and was a singles match against Guido Falcone. --> | |||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense. | < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" claims the title was vacated in May 1997. --> | |||||||||||||||
| Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation. | < | -- Gary Will's "Wrestling Title Histories" claims the title was vacated in December 1997. --> | |||||||||||||||
| Carmichael defeated Christian York in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal, to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| <1 | This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez. | [8] | |||||||||||||||
| Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. | |||||||||||||||||
| [9] [10] | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi and is stripped of the title. | |||||||||||||||||
| Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant championship. | [11] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001. |
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |