IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship explained
The IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship ("Campeonato de Puerto Rico Peso Completo de la IWA" in Spanish), was a secondary championship defended in the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico (IWA-PR).
History
Championship was announced on June 16, 2008 via IWA's website[1] then on IWA's TV Show Impacto Total. The title was shown to the public on June 28, 2008 by IWA's Promoter Edwin Vázquez Ortega at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico then it was announced that the inaugural champion was going to be decided in a Tournament.
The inaugural tournament took place at three dates: On July 5, 2008 at San Juan, Puerto Rico[2] then On July 12, 2008 at Bayamón, Puerto Rico[3] and the final on the Summer Attitude live event on July 19, 2008 at Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
On September 6, 2008 at Armagedón show in Bayamón, the title changed hands in a Tag Team Match, where the IWA Hardcore Championship was also on the line. in the match El Bacano & Vengador Boricua defeated Zaeir Arafat (IWA-Hardcore) & Hardam Kadafi (IWA-PR) to win those titles respectly.
On October 4, 2008 at Golpe de Estado show the IWA Hardcore and IWA World Cruiserweight Championships were unified to this title and the new champion was Noel Rodríguez who defeated Zaer Arafat, Rick Stanley, Hardam Kadafi, Spectro, Manson, Rainstein, Onix and Niche in an Elimination Match.
On April 3, 2010 the championship was defended outside Puerto Rico for the first time when Q. T. Marshall defeated Ray Beez on I Believe in Wrestling live Event Believe XVI on Florida, United States.[4]
On November 20, 2010, Triple Mega Champion Dennis Rivera was stripped of the title by IWA's president Miguel Pérez Jr. as he had not defended it in almost 2 months[5]
Title history
| † | Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by IWA. | |
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| Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days
held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref |
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| Hardam Kadafi | 1 | July 19, 2008 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2008) | | [6] |
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| 2 | Vengador Boricua | 1 | September 6, 2008 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedón (2008) | | [7] |
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| 3 | Hardam Kadafi | 2 | September 13, 2008 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | [8] |
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| 4 | Noel Rodríguez | 1 | October 4, 2008 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2008) | | [9] |
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| 5 | Chris Joel | 1 | December 12, 2008 | | Yauco, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2008) | | [10] |
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| 6 | Rick Stanley | 1 | February 14, 2009 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Noche de Campeones (2009) | | [11] |
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| 7 | Chris Joel | 2 | April 18, 2009 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Extreme Major | | [12] [13] |
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| 8 | El Bacano | 1 | August 16, 2009 | | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2009) | | [14] |
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| 9 | El Chicano | 1 | December 12, 2009 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | | |
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| — | Vacated | — | December 13, 2009 | — | | IWA TV Taping | | |
| 10 | Ricky Cruzz | 1 | January 30, 2010 | | Levittown, Puerto Rico | La Noche Donde Nada Es Lo Que Parece | | [15] |
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| 11 | Q. T. Marshall | 1 | March 20, 2010 | | Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | Copa Alcalde Las Piedras | | [16] |
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| † | Ricky Cruzz | 1 (2) | May 15, 2010 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | |
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| † | Q.T. Marshall | 1 (2) | May 15, 2010 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | |
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| 12 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | July 17, 2010 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2010) | [17] | [18] |
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| 13 | Dennis Rivera | 1 | September 10, 2010 | | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2010) | | [19] |
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| — | Vacated | — | November 20, 2010 | — | Lajas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | |
| 14 | Noel Rodríguez | 2 | December 5, 2010 | | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2010) | | [20] |
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| 15 | Damian | 1 | January 22, 2011 | | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | [21] |
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| — | Unified | — | February 26, 2011 | — | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | [22] |
| 16 | Xix Xavant | 1 | February 26, 2011 | | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | | |
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| — | Deactivated | — | August 7, 2011 | — | — | — | | | |
Combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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| 1 | Chris Joel | 2 | 184 |
| 3 | Xix Xavant | 1 | 162 |
| 4 | Q. T. Marshall | 2 | 119 |
| 5 | El Bacano | 1 | 118 |
| 6 | Noel Rodriguez | 2 | 117 |
| 7 | Dennis Rivera | 1 | 86 |
| 8 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 75 |
| 9 | Hardam Kadafi | 2 | 70 |
| 10 | Rick Stanley | 1 | 63 |
| 11 | Ricky Cruzz | 2 | 49 |
| 12 | Damian | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Vengador Boricua | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Chicano | 1 | 1> | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: IWA - Ultima Hora: Nuevo Campeonato en la IWA. https://web.archive.org/web/20080716074539/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/675.php. dead. 2008-07-16. Santiago. Luis. 2008-06-18. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: En Ruta a Summer Attitude - San Juan 07/05/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080715113155/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/694.php. dead. 2008-07-15. Santiago. Luis. 2008-07-07. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: En Ruta a Summer Attitude - Bayamon 07/12/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080728234458/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/702.php. dead. 2008-07-28. Santiago. Luis. 2008-07-13. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - NOTAS DE LA LUCHA LIBRE BORICUA: Dennis Rivera aparece en CWA; Campeones de IWA defiende; Resultados NCW.. https://web.archive.org/web/20100416143758/http://prwrestling.com:80/noticiasprw2/1850.php. dead. 2010-04-16. 2010-04-16. 2019-01-22.
- Web site: IWA : International Wrestling Association : Lucha Libre : Pagina Oficial: Resultados IWA El Evento En Lajas. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329040851/http://www.iwapr.tv/index.php?page=articulo&id=1290390471. dead. 2012-03-29. 2010-11-21. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-23.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Summer Attitude - Bayamón 07/19/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080816173712/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/717.php. dead. 2008-08-16. Santiago. Luis. 2008-08-21. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Armagedon - Bayamón 09/06/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913012921/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/793.php. dead. 2008-09-13. Santiago. Luis. 2008-09-07. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Bayamon 09/13/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080917215656/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/809.php. dead. 2008-09-17. Santiago. Luis. 2008-09-14. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Golpe de Estado - Bayamón 10/04/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008033210/http://www.iwapr.tv/noticias/857.php. dead. 2008-10-08. Santiago. Luis. 2008-10-05. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Christmas in PR - Yauco 12/12/08. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217084004/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/932.php. dead. 2008-12-17. Santiago. Luis. 2008-12-13. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados: Noche de Campeones - Bayamón 02/15/09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218110452/http://iwapr.tv:80/noticias/1019.php. dead. 2009-02-18. Santiago. Luis. 2009-02-15. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Este sabado en la Pepin Cestero. https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162402/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/1041.php. dead. 2009-04-18. 2009-04-18. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - RESULTADOS IWA EN BAYAMÓN 4/18: Joe Bravo se corona nuevo campeón Mundial de la IWA.. https://web.archive.org/web/20090422170137/http://www.prwrestling.com:80/noticiasprw2/596.php. dead. 2009-04-22. 2009-04-19. PRWrestling.com. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA - Resultados Golpe de Estado. https://web.archive.org/web/20090820042240/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/noticias/1151.php. dead. 2009-08-20. Suarez. Alexis. 2009-08-17. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - RESULTADOS IWA EN LEVITTOWN 1/31: Muchos cambios de bandos y un regreso a la empresa.. https://web.archive.org/web/20100203052058/http://www.prwrestling.com:80/noticiasprw2/1593.php. dead. 2010-02-03. 2010-01-31. PRWrestling.com. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA : International Wrestling Association : Lucha Libre : Pagina Oficial: Resultados: Copa Alcalde Las Piedras 03/20/10. https://web.archive.org/web/20100325152213/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/index.php?page=articulo&id=1269208407. dead. 2010-03-25. 2010-03-21. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: Notas de Golpe de Estado: Savio Vega derrota a Daniel Bryan – Dennis Rivera se corona Campeón de Puerto Rico. Anthony Piñero. SúperLuchas. Spanish. 2010-09-11. 2020-08-05.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - IWA SUMMER ATTITUDE EN BAYAMON 7/17: Bronco y otros masacran a Savio Vega; Danielson gana campeonato de PR.. https://web.archive.org/web/20100722040810/http://www.prwrestling.com:80/noticiasprw2/2181.php. dead. 2010-07-22. 2010-07-22. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA : International Wrestling Association : Lucha Libre : Pagina Oficial: Resultados: Yabucoa 10 septiembre 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515114356/http://www.iwapr.tv/index.php?page=articulo&id=1284178908. dead. 2012-05-15. 2010-10-09. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - IWA CHRISTMAS IN PR 12/5: Bryan y Escobar presentes; Dennis defiende ante Cruz; Savio vs Angel.. https://web.archive.org/web/20101222113209/http://prwrestling.com/noticiasprw2/2613.php. dead. 2010-12-22. 2010-12-06. PRWrestling.com. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: IWA : International Wrestling Association : Lucha Libre : Pagina Oficial: Cartelera sabado 22 enero Aguas Buenas. https://web.archive.org/web/20110124192430/http://www.iwapr.tv:80/index.php?page=articulo&id=1295547487. dead. 2011-01-24. 2011-01-20. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
- Web site: PRWRESTLING.COM - RESULTADOS COMPLETOS IWA YABUCOA 2/26: Banderas envía mensaje a Rey Fenix; Otros resultados.. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302201211/http://prwrestling.com:80/noticiasprw2/7071.php. dead. 2011-03-02. 2011-02-27. IWAPR.tv. 2019-01-13.
