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WCPW Heavyweight Championship Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling Date established April 13, 1988 Date retired December 16, 2010
WCW Heavyweight Championship
First champion(s) Steve Regal Final champion(s) Sean Mulligan Most reigns Sean Mulligan (4) Longest reign Ripper Manson (1,092 days) Shortest reign Sean Mulligan (<1 day)
The WCPW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original top singles championship for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate heavyweight title (over 240 lbs). It was eventually unified with the Bare Knuckles and League Championships to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship".
The inaugural champion was "Mr. Electric" Steve Regal , who won the title in Chicago, Illinois on April 13, 1988 to become the first WCPW Heavyweight Champion. Sean Mulligan holds the record for most reigns, with four.[ 1]
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
Name
Years
WCW Heavyweight Championship
1988 — 1996
WCPW Heavyweight Championship
1997 — 2008
WCPW World (Unified) Heavyweight Championship
2008 — 2010
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Steve Regal 1
April 13, 1988
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
2
Frank Melson
1
December 23, 1989
Harvard, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
3
Hurricane Smith
1
April 28, 1990
Dixon, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
4
Frank Melson
2
December 22, 1990
Harvard, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
5
Ron Powers
1
May 18, 1991
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
6
K.C. Knight
1
July 12, 1992
Stone Park, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
7
Mike Samson
1
May 7, 1994
Hammond, Indiana Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
8
Mike Anthony
1
December 14, 1996
Hammond, Indiana Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
9
The Polish Crippler
1
July 10, 1999
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
10
Killer Khalsa Singh
1
October 6, 1999
N/A
Schaumburg, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
—
Vacated —
November 1999
—
N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when Singh is stripped of the title.
[ 3] [ 4]
11
The Polish Crippler
2
December 11, 1999
N/A
Season's Beatings (1999)
The Polish Crippler won the vacant championship in a tournament final.
[ 3] [ 4]
12
Willie Richardson
1
May 20, 2000
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000)
[ 3] [ 4]
13
Steve Boz
1
May 26, 2001
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 13 (2001)
[ 3] [ 4] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
14
Willie Richardson
2
August 16, 2001
Fairbury, Illinois Live event
[ 3] [ 4]
15
Steve Boz
2
December 1, 2001
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 3] [ 4] [ 8] [ 9]
16
Ripper Manson
1
May 18, 2002
Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 3] [ 4]
—
Vacated —
May 14, 2005
—
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 17 (2002)
Manson defeated Larry Zbyszko in what would be his final match. He was the first and only wrestler to retire as champion. The championship is subsequently vacated due to Manson's retirement.
[ 10]
17
Vito Fontaine
1
2005
N/A
N/A
Live event
[ 4]
18
Baltazar
1
June 24, 2006
N/A
Midlothian, Illinois Live event
[ 4] [ 11]
—
Vacated —
June 2007
—
N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when Night Breed (Abaddon and Baltazar) leave the promotion to join the rival Vanguard Wrestling All-Star Alliance.
[ 4]
19
Austin Roberts
1
October 26, 2007
Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2009)
Roberts defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. On May 17, 2008, the title was unified with the Bare Knuckles and League Championships to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship".
[ 4] [ 12]
20
Sean Mulligan
1
May 9, 2009
Calumet City, Illinois Battle of the Belts 21 (2009)
[ 4] [ 13]
21
Psycho
1
July 10, 2009
Bridgeview, Illinois Legends Under the Stars (2009)
Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions.
[ 4]
21
Sean Mulligan
2
August 15, 2009
<1
Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
The heavyweight championship was returned to Mulligan when the titles were returned to the previous champions.
[ 4]
22
Mike Anthony
2
August 15, 2009
Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
[ 4]
23
Sean Mulligan
3
October 24, 2009
Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2009)
[ 4]
24
Bailey Mannix
1
February 20, 2010
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 4]
—
Vacated —
September 18, 2010
—
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show The championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles.
[ 4]
25
Sean Mulligan
4
September 18, 2010
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show Defeated Justin Reno to win the vacant championship.
[ 4]
—
Deactivated —
December 16, 2010
—
N/A
N/A
WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mulligan was the final champion in WCPW as a company.
<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Ripper Manson
1
1,092
2
Mike Anthony
2
1,008
3
Mike Samson
1
952
4
K.C. Knight
1
664
5
Steve Regal 1
619
6
Austin Roberts
1
561
7
Ron Powers
1
421
8
Willie Richardson
2
478
9
Frank Melson
2
273
10
Sean Mulligan
4
270
11
Steve Boz
2
250
12
The Polish Crippler
2
249
13
Hurricane Smith
1
238
14
Bailey Mannix
1
210
15
Psycho
1
36
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