WWA Heavyweight Championship (Massachusetts) explained

Championshipname:	WWA Heavyweight Championship
Promotion:	World Wrestling Alliance
Created:	June 16, 2000
Mostreigns:	Timothy McNeany (3)
Firstchamp:	Timothy McNeany
Finalchamp:	Anthony Sparta (won June 13, 2009)
Longestreign:	Anthony Sparta (518 days)
Shortestreign:	Aaron Stevens (1 day) Damien HS Darling (1 day)
Titleretired:	November 13, 2010

The WWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the World Wrestling Alliance (WWA). It remained active until November 13, 2010, when the WWA held its final show.

The inaugural champion was "The Graduate" Timothy McNeany, who defeated Mike Steele and Kevin Kelley in a three-way ladder match on June 16, 2000, to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion. McNeany holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 518 days, Anthony "Prime Time" Sparta's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Both Aaron Stevens and Damien HS Darling have the shortest reigns in the history of the title each lasting only one day. Overall, there have been 14 reigns shared between 10 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key

	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

Names

Name	Years
WWA Heavyweight Championship	2000 - 2009
WWS Heavyweight Championship	2009 - 2010
WWA Heavyweight Championship	2010

Reigns

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							McNeany defeated Mike Steele and Kevin Kelley in a three-way ladder match to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion.	^[1]
							McNeaney defeated "Diamond" Dave Donovan to win the vacant title.
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							Fellow Tough Enough 3 participant Nick counted the pinfall when referee Sal Giliberto was knocked out.	^[7]
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							Daniels defeated Nick Berk in a ladder match to win the vacant title.	^[9]
							Darling defeated Danny Davis and Spike Dudley in a Triple Threat match to win the vacant title.	^[10]
							On September 25, 2009, the title was renamed the WWS Heavyweight Championship when the promotion changed its name to World Wrestling Stars.	^[11]
							WWA closed on November 13, 2010, and Sparta was the final champion in WWA as a company.

List of combined reigns

<1

Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

References

General

• Web site: Current Champions. World Wrestling Alliance. November 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20021107105814/http://www.wwanewengland.com/titles.html . November 7, 2002 .

Specific

External links

• WWAnewengland.com
• WWAentertainment.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: WWA Results . World Wrestling Alliance . December 17, 2001 . WWAnewengland.com . November 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20011217143104/http://www.wwanewengland.com/results.html . December 17, 2001 .
2. Web site: Independent & Wrestling - June 2002 . Results . OnlineWorldofWrestling.com . November 7, 2012.
3. Web site: January 2003 . Results: 2003 . The New England Independent . November 7, 2012.
4. Web site: WWA (10.01.2003) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
5. Web site: May 2003 . Results: 2003 . The New England Independent . November 7, 2012.
6. Web site: WWA (23.05.2003) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
7. Web site: WWA (24.05.2003) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
8. Web site: July 2003 . Results: 2003 . The New England Independent . November 7, 2012.
9. Web site: WWA (02.02.2007) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
10. Web site: WWA (12.06.2009) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
11. Web site: WWA (13.06.2009) . Kreikenbohm, Philip . Events Database . Cagematch.net . November 7, 2012.
12. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.