Championshipname: | WWP World Heavyweight Championship |
Finalchamp: | Mr. Wrestling |
Promotion: | World Wrestling Professionals |
Created: | April 2004 |
Mostreigns: | Tornado & Mr. Wrestling (2 times) |
Firstchamp: | Tornado |
Longestreign: | 3 years (Tornado) |
Shortestreign: | 1 month (Dameon Duke) |
Oldest: | Tornado |
Youngest: | Dameon Duke |
Heaviest: | Fury |
Lightest: | Dameon Duke |
Titleretired: | 24 December 2018 |
The WWP Heavyweight World Championship[1] was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the South African professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), contested exclusively among Heavyweight (>=100kg (200lb)) wrestlers. It was created in April 2004 when WWP debuted its television show, WWP Thunderstrike. Tornado has had the longest reign.[2]
Champion | Reign | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tornado | 1 | December 2005 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Dameon Duke | 1 | April 2007 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Fury | 1 | 2 January 2008 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Vacant | 9 January 2009 | |||
Joe E. Legend | 1 | 10 January 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Vacated on 10 July 2009 | ||||
Tornado | 2 | 11 July 2009 | Lubambashi, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
Mr. Wrestling | 1 | 22 March 2014 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | [3] |
Markus Burke | 1 | 16 April 2017 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
Brody Steele | 1 | 17 September 2017 | Prince Edward Island, Canada | |
Mr. Wrestling | 2 | 31 March 2018 | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
Retired on 24 December 2018 |