IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
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| IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Promotion | International Wrestling Association |
| Date established | June 16, 2008 |
| Date retired | August 7, 2011 |
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[edit]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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[6]
Inaugural tournament[edit]
| First Round (07/05 - San Juan) | Semifinals (07/12 - Bayamón) | Final (07/19 - Bayamón) | ||||||||||||
| Hardam Kadafi | W | |||||||||||||
| Angel | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Hardam Kadafi | W | |||||||||||||
| Onix | [8] | |||||||||||||
| Onix | W | |||||||||||||
| Escorpión | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Hardam Kadafi | W | |||||||||||||
| Vengador Boricua | ||||||||||||||
| Vengador Boricua | W | |||||||||||||
| Eli Rodríguez | [7] | |||||||||||||
| Vengador Boricua | W | |||||||||||||
| Zaeir Arafat | [8] | |||||||||||||
| Zaeir Arafat | W | |||||||||||||
| Joseph RPM | [7] | |||||||||||||
Title history[edit]
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardam Kadafi | 1 | July 19, 2008 | 49 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2008) | Defeated Vengador Boricua in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [4] |
| 2 | Vengador Boricua | 1 | September 6, 2008 | 7 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedón (2008) | Won a Tag Team Match with Bacano where this title and IWA Hardcore title were on the line | [9] |
| 3 | Hardam Kadafi | 2 | September 13, 2008 | 21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [10] | |
| 4 | Noel Rodríguez | 1 | October 4, 2008 | 69 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2008) | Defeated Zaier Arafat and others in a 7-Man Elimination Match | [11] |
| 5 | Chris Joel | 1 | December 12, 2008 | 64 | Yauco, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2008) | w/ Chicano Defeated Noel Rodriguez and Black Devil in a Tag Team Match | [12] |
| 6 | Rick Stanley | 1 | February 14, 2009 | 63 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Noche de Campeones (2009) | [13] | |
| 7 | Chris Joel | 2 | April 18, 2009 | 120 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Extreme Major | [14][15] | |
| 8 | El Bacano | 1 | August 16, 2009 | 118 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2009) | [16] | |
| 9 | El Chicano | 1 | December 12, 2009 | 1 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||
| — | Vacated | — | December 13, 2009 | — | IWA TV Taping | After El Chicano left IWA-PR. | ||
| 10 | Ricky Cruzz | 1 | January 30, 2010 | 49 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | La Noche Donde Nada Es Lo Que Parece | Defeated Bacano, Bolo The Red Bulldog, Zaer Arafat and Romeo in a Rumble Hardcore Match | [17] |
| 11 | Q. T. Marshall | 1 | March 20, 2010 | 119 | Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | Copa Alcalde Las Piedras | QT stole the title and proclaimed himself champion after losing | [18] |
| 12 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | July 17, 2010 | 75 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2010) | In August 2010, Danielson signed with WWE and returned to his role as Daniel Bryan, becoming the first contender for the WWE United States Championship.[19] He was allowed to complete his contracted dates, including a scheduled return to IWA-PR where he would defend the title.[20] | [21] |
| 13 | Dennis Rivera | 1 | September 10, 2010 | 86 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2010) | [22] | |
| — | Vacated | — | November 20, 2010 | — | Lajas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Stripped by IWA-PR's president Miguel Pérez for failure to defend. | [6] |
| 14 | Noel Rodríguez | 2 | December 5, 2010 | 48 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2010) | Defeated Spectro to become new champion | [23] |
| 15 | Damian | 1 | January 22, 2011 | 35 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | [24] | |
| — | Unified | — | February 26, 2011 | — | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | The IWA Caribbean Championship was unified to this title | [25] |
| 16 | Xix Xavant | 1 | February 26, 2011 | 162 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Damian to become IWA Unified Puerto Rico Champion | [25] |
| — | Deactivated | — | August 7, 2011 | — | — | — |
Combined reigns[edit]
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Joel | 2 | 184 |
| 3 | Xix Xavant | 1 | 162 |
| 4 | Q. T. Marshall | 1 | 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 | 1 | 49 |
| 12 | Damian | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Vengador Boricua | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Chicano | 1 | 1> |
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