Professional wrestling championship
The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael , who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond , "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero , and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel .
Title history [ edit ] # 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
Name Years IPWA Heavyweight Championship 1995–2001
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref. 1 Cueball Carmichael 1 October 9, 1995 186 Manassas, Virginia IPWA Debut Show (1995) Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal , to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 2 Johnny Gunn 1 April 12, 1996 108 Alexandria, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 3 Cueball Carmichael 2 July 27, 1996 116 Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a steel cage match . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Vacated — November 22, 1996 — Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 4 Big Slam Vader 1 January 19, 1997 255 Pikeville, North Carolina Live event Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Vacated — October 1, 1997 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 5 Salvatore Sincere 2 November 6, 1997 70 N/A Live event Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [7] — Vacated — January 15, 1998 — Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation . [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 6 Cueball Carmichael 3 January 15, 1998 35 Alexandria, Virginia Live event Carmichael defeated Christian York in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal , to win the vacant title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 7 Lance Diamond 1 February 19, 1998 <1 Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8] 8 Jimmy Cicero 1 February 19, 1998 114 Alexandria, Virginia Live event Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8] 9 Buddy Landel 1 June 13, 1998 210 Alexandria, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [9] [10] — Vacated — January 9, 1999 — Chincoteague, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi and is stripped of the title. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 10 Tom Brandi 3 January 9, 1999 205 Chincoteague, Virginia Live event Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant championship. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [11] 10 Cueball Carmichael 4 August 2, 1999 19 Clifton, New Jersey Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 10 Tom Brandi 4 August 21, 1999 N/A Chincoteague, Virginia Live event [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Deactivated — 2001 — N/A N/A The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.
List of combined reigns [ edit ] Cueball Carmichael , who was the longest-reigning IPWA Heavyweight Champion <1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
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