Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
El Phantasmo with the title in November 2019
Details
PromotionRevolution Pro Wrestling
Date established6 December 2008
Current champion(s)Leon Slater
Date won16 December 2023
Other name(s)
  • RQW Cruiserweight Championship
    (2007 – 2008)
  • IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Championship
    (2008 – 2012)
  • British Cruiserweight Championship
    (2012 – 2017)
  • Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
    (2017 – present)
Statistics
First champion(s)Mark Haskins
Most reignsJosh Bodom (3 reigns)
Longest reignMichael Oku (890 days)
Shortest reignAndrew Everett (2 days)
Youngest championLeon Slater (19 years, 80 days)

The Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro/RPW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on 6 December 2008.[1] The inaugural champion was Mark Haskins.

Title history

As of January 7, 2024, there have been a total of 24 reigns shared between 19 champions and two vacancy, as well as one interim champion. Mark Haskins was the inaugural champion. Josh Bodom has the most reigns at three and also served as the interim champion in early-2017 while until reigning lineal champion Will Ospreay returned from Japan (this is not counted as one of Bodom's three reigns). Michael Oku's reign is the longest at 890 days, while Andrew Everett's reign is the shortest at 2 days.

Leon Slater is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Connors Mills for the title at Uprising 2023 on 16 December 2023, in London, England.

Reign

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
RQW
1 Mark Haskins 6 December 2008 IWW Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland 1 123 Haskins, the-then RQW Cruiserweight Champion, is recognized as the first British Cruiserweight Champion. [2]
2 The British Eagle 8 April 2009 IPW:UK Selsey, West Sussex, England 1 7 [3]
IPW:UK
3 Mark Haskins 15 April 2009 Live In Selsey Selsey, West Sussex, England 2 221 [4]
4 The Lion Kid 22 November 2009 Brawl At The Hall Sittingbourne, Kent, England 2 196 Kid formerly known as The British Eagle. [5]
5 Rockstar Spud 6 June 2010 Unfinished Business Sittingbourne, Kent, England 1 315 [6]
— Vacated 17 April 2011 — — — — Spud vacated the title due to inactivity. [7]
6 Marty Scurll 28 April 2012 Revolution London, England 1 202 Scurll defeated Sami Callihan in the tournament final to win the vacant title. [8][9]
RevPro
7 Prince Devitt 16 November 2012 St Ives Debut St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England 1 540 [10]
8 Josh Bodom 10 May 2014 Make or Break Birmingham, West Midlands, England 1 162 [11]
9 Will Ospreay 19 October 2014 Okada Vs. Aries Clapham, London, England 1 321 This was a triple threat match, which also involving Rich Swann. [12]
10 Josh Bodom 5 September 2015 RevPro Marylebone, Greater London, England 2 50 [13]
11 Andrew Everett 25 October 2015 Live In Sittingbourne Sittingbourne, Kent, England 1 2 [14]
— Vacated 27 October 2015 — — — — Andrew Everett had to vacate the title due to injury. [1]
12 Pete Dunne 3 January 2016 Live At The Cockpit Marylebone, Greater London, England 1 189 Defeated Morgan Webster in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [15][16]
13 Will Ospreay 10 July 2016 Summer Sizzler Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 2 277 [17]
— Josh Bodom 21 January 2017 High Stakes Bethnal Green, Greater London, England - 82 Bodom defeated Ryan Smile to become the interim champion until Ospreay had returned from Japan. [18]
14 Josh Bodom 13 April 2017 Epic Encounter Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 3 210 [19]
15 Ryan Smile 9 November 2017 RevPro/NJPW Global Wars
Night 1		 Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 24 This was a three-way match, also involving Bushi. [20][21]
16 Flash Morgan Webster 3 December 2017 Live At The Cockpit Marylebone, Greater London, England 1 5 [22]
17 Kurtis Chapman 8 December 2017 Uprising Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 154 Chapman pinned David Starr in a five-man scramble match, which also involving Flash Morgan Webster and El Phantasmo. [23]
18 David Starr 11 May 2018 Epic Encounter Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 364 [24]
19 El Phantasmo 10 May 2019 Epic Encounter Bethnal Green, Greater London, England 1 280 This was a Ladder match. [25]
20 Michael Oku 14 February 2020 High Stakes York Hall, London, England 1 890 On September 13 2020 at Epic Encounters 2, Oku defeated Ricky Knight Jr. to unify the title with the Southside Speed King Championship. [26][27]
21 Luke Jacobs 23 July 2022 Summer Sizzler Manchester, England 1 147 [28]
22 Robbie X 17 December 2022 Uprising London, England 1 204 [29]
23 Connor Mills 9 July 2023 Epic Encounter 2023 London, England 1 160 [30]
24 Leon Slater 16 December 2023 Uprising 2023 London, England 1 22+ [31]

Combined reigns

As of January 7, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined Days
1 Michael Oku1890
2 Will Ospreay2598
3 Prince Devitt1540
4 Josh Bodom3422
5 David Starr1364
6 Mark Haskins2344
7 Rockstar Spud1315
8 El Phantasmo1280
9 Robbie X1204
10 The British Eagle/Lion Kid2203
11 Marty Scurll1202
12 Pete Dunne1189
13 Connor Mills1160
14 Kurtis Chapman1154
15 Luke Jacobs1147
16 Ryan Smile124
17 Leon Slater †122+
18 Flash Morgan Webster15
19 Andrew Everett12

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "RPW British Cruiserweight Championship Title History". Revolution Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (6 December 2008). "IWW - Event @ Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (8 April 2009). "IPW:UK - Event @ West Sands Holiday Park in Selsey, West Sussex, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 April 2009). "IPW:UK Live In Selsey - Event @ Embassy Club in Selsey, West Sussex, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (22 November 2009). "IPW:UK Brawl At The Hall 2009 - Event @ Wyvern Hall in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (6 June 2010). "IPW:UK Unfinished Business 2010 - Event @ Swallows Leisure Centre in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Wood, Bill (17 April 2011). "Rockstar Spud Forced to Vacate British Cruiserweight Championship". International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 April 2012). "IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Title Tournament (2012)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (28 April 2012). "IPW:UK Revolution 2012 - Event @ Troxy Arena in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (16 November 2012). "RevPro St Ives Debut - Event @ Burgess Civic Hall in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (10 May 2014). "RevPro Make Or Break 2014 - Event @ Aston University in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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  14. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (25 October 2015). "RevPro Live In Sittingbourne - Event @ UK Paper Leisure Club in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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  16. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (3 January 2016). "RevPro Live At The Cockpit - Event @ Cockpit Theatre in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  17. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (10 July 2016). "RevPro Summer Sizzler 2016 - Event @ York Hall in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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  19. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (13 April 2017). "RevPro Epic Encounter 2017 - Event @ York Hall in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  20. ↑ Figure Four Wrestling Staff (10 November 2017). "RevPro Global Wars UK results: Ishii vs. Keith Lee steals the show". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Wrestling Online. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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  24. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (11 May 2018). "RevPro Epic Encounter 2018 - Event @ York Hall in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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  26. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (14 February 2020). "RevPro High Stakes 2020 - Event @ York Hall in London, England, UK". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
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