WWP World Heavyweight Championship explained

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]

Title history

ChampionReignDateLocationNotes
Tornado1December 2005Johannesburg, South Africa
Dameon Duke1April 2007Johannesburg, South Africa
Fury12 January 2008Johannesburg, South Africa
Vacant9 January 2009
Joe E. Legend110 January 2009Johannesburg, South Africa
Vacated on 10 July 2009
Tornado211 July 2009Lubambashi, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mr. Wrestling122 March 2014Port Elizabeth, South Africa[3]
Markus Burke116 April 2017Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Brody Steele117 September 2017Prince Edward Island, Canada
Mr. Wrestling231 March 2018Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Retired on 24 December 2018

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WWP Titles . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731081204/http://www.wwpthunderstrike.com/page14.htm . 2009-07-31 . WWP Thunderstrike . WWP Wrestling.
  2. Web site: 2018-12-24 . WWP World Heavyweight Championship Titles Database . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226122245/https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1264&page=2 . 2022-02-26 . cagematch.
  3. Web site: 30 April 2014 . WWP Wrestling has a new World Champion " Mr Wrestling" . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121214737/http://www.wwp.co.za/wwp-wrestling-has-a-new-world-champion-mr-wrestling-in-a-epic-title-match-held-in-port-elizabeth-south-africa-long-time-title-holder-and-wrestling-legend-tornado-lost-in-a-unfortunate-way/ornado-lost-in-a-unfortunate-way/ . 2015-11-21 . 2015-03-22 . World Wrestling Professionals.