PWA Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling America
Date establishedJanuary 15, 1985
Current champion(s)Udo
Date wonSeptember 10, 2011
Statistics
First champion(s)Mad Dog Vachon
Most reignsCharlie Norris (5)
Longest reignRicky Rice (554 days)
Shortest reignErik Lockhart (>1 day)

The PWA Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Pro Wrestling America (PWA). It is the only remaining championship after PWA began running occasional events in the mid-1990s.

The inaugural champion was Mad Dog Vachon, who defeated "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal in Anoka, Minnesota on January 15, 1985 to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. Charlie Norris holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 554 days, Ricky Rice's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Erik Lockhart's only title reign is the shortest, at less than a day. Overall, there have been 26 reigns shared between 15 wrestlers with two vacancies.

Title history

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

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Mad Dog Vachon 1 January 15, 1985 426 Anoka, Minnesota Live event Vachon defeated Steve Regal to become the first PWA Heavyweight Champion. [1][2]
2 Ricky Rice 1 March 17, 1986 544 Omaha, Nebraska Live event
3 Larry Cameron 1 September 12, 1987 N/A Fridley, Minnesota Live event [3]
— Vacated — 1989 — N/A N/A Title is vacated when Cameron leaves the territory.
4 Ricky Rice 2 July 8, 1989 88 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Live event
5 Charlie Norris 1 October 4, 1989 222 Fridley, Minnesota Live event [4]
6 Ricky Rice 3 May 14, 1990 90 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
7 Jerry Lynn 1 August 12, 1990 41 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
8 Ricky Rice 4 September 22, 1990 114 St. Charles, Illinois Live event
9 Terminator Riggs 1 January 14, 1991 24 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
10 Charlie Norris 2 February 7, 1991 4 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event [5]
11 Terminator Riggs 2 February 11, 1991 120 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
12 Charlie Norris 3 May 11, 1991 156 Shakopee, Minnesota Live event Defeated The Golden Idol when Riggs failed to appear. [6]
13 Teijo Khan 1 October 14, 1991 69 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
14 Charlie Norris 4 December 22, 1991 57 N/A Live event
15 Punisher Sledge 1 February 17, 1992 69 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
16 Charlie Norris 5 April 26, 1992 177 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event
17 The Hater 1 October 20, 1992 202 Minneapolis, Minnesota Live event
18 Tommy Ferrera 1 May 10, 1993 33 Fridley, Minnesota Live event
19 The Hater 2 June 12, 1993 74 Albertville, Minnesota Live event
20 Wellington Wilkens, Jr. 1 August 25, 1996 N/A Sendai, Japan Live event Title change occurred at a Michinoku Pro event. [7]
— Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A
21 Mitch Paradise 1 2003 N/A N/A N/A [8]
22 Asylum 1 June 28, 2008 N/A St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2008) [8][9]
23 Mitch Paradise 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
24 Erik Lockhart 1 June 25, 2011 0 St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2011)
25 Mitch Paradise 3 June 25, 2011 79 St. Paul, Minnesota Kaposia Days Festival (2011) Paradise invoked his "automatic rematch clause" soon after the initial contest concluded. After regaining his title, Paradise, Lenny Lane, Billy Blaze, and Nick Mason attacked Lockhart, leaving the former champion incapacitated.
26 Udo 1 September 10, 2011 4493+ Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Inver Grove Heights Days Festival (2011) [10][11]

List of combined reigns

<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Ricky Rice 4 836
2 Charlie Norris 5 616
3 Mad Dog Vachon 1 426
4 The Hater 2 276
5 Terminator Riggs 2 144
6 Teijo Khan 1 69
7 Punisher Sledge 1 69
8 Jerry Lynn 1 41
9 Tommy Ferrera 1 33

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
  • "P.W.A. Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  • Palma, Richard. "PWA Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Minnesota) PWA Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling Results Archive: Mad Dog Vachon". SLAM! Wrestling. SLAM! Sports. April 30, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hoops, Brian (January 15, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/15): Big John Studd wins 1989 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
  4. ↑ "Wrestler Profiles". Online World of Wrestling.
  5. ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode & Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ Hoops, Brian (May 11, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 11): Von Erichs vs. Verne & Don Leo Jonathan, Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Larson, Tim (November 4, 1999). "Who's Who in the Upper Midwest". Upper Midwest Wrestling Newsletter. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  8. 1 2 McCarty, Wayne (June 29, 2008). "PWA South St. Paul, MN 6/28/2008". MidwestIndyWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  9. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "PWA (28.06.2008)". Events Database. Cagematch.de. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ McCarty, Wayne (September 29, 2011). "PWA Inver Grove Heights, MN 9/10/2011". MidwestIndyWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  11. ↑ "PWA Results 6/23/12". MinnesotaProWrestling.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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