| Championshipname: | PWA Heavyweight Championship |
| Currentholder: | Udo |
| Won: | September 10, 2011 |
| Promotion: | Pro Wrestling America |
| Created: | January 15, 1985 |
| Mostreigns: | Charlie Norris (5) |
| Firstchamp: | Mad Dog Vachon |
| Longestreign: | Ricky Rice (554 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Erik Lockhart (>1 day) |
The PWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Pro Wrestling America (PWA). It is the only remaining championship after PWA began running occasional events in the mid-1990s.
The inaugural champion was Mad Dog Vachon, who defeated "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in Anoka, Minnesota on January 15, 1985 to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. Charlie Norris holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 554 days, Ricky Rice's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Erik Lockhart's only title reign is the shortest, at less than a day. Overall, there have been 26 reigns shared between 15 wrestlers with two vacancies.
| 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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| Vachon defeated Steve Regal to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. | [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Title is vacated when Cameron leaves the territory. | |||||||||||||||||
| [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| [5] | |||||||||||||||||
| Defeated The Golden Idol when Riggs failed to appear. | [6] | ||||||||||||||||
| Title change occurred at a Michinoku Pro event. | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
| [8] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Paradise invoked his "automatic rematch clause" soon after the initial contest concluded. After regaining his title, Paradise, Lenny Lane, Billy Blaze, and Nick Mason attacked Lockhart, leaving the former champion incapacitated. | |||||||||||||||||
| + | [10] [11] |
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |