WLW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionWorld League Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 1999
Current champion(s)“Superstar” Steve Fender
Date wonOctober 15th, 2022
Statistics
First champion(s)Steve Sharp
Most reignsLeland Race(6 reigns)
Longest reignTrevor Murdoch (434-464 days)
Shortest reignWade Chism, Luminous Warrior and Rick Steiner (1 day)

The World League Wrestling (WLW) Heavyweight Championship, is a professional wrestling championship in independent professional wrestling promotion World League Wrestling. It is the promotion's primary championship.

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name while others use their real name. Moses is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title in a six-man tag team match featuring himself, Leland Race, and Kyle Roberts against then-champion Derek Stone, Jon Webb, and Camaro Jackson in Troy, Missouri.

As of December 29, 2023, there have been 64 recognized reigns between 35 recognized champions and 9 recognized vacancies. The first champion was Steve Sharp, who won the championship on February 12, 1999. The champion with the single longest reign is Trevor Murdoch, who held the title for 448 days. The champion with the most reigns is Homer Jones, who has held the title six times.

Title history

No. Champion Date Event Location Reign Days Notes Ref.
1 Steve Sharp February 12, 1999 Springfield, Missouri 1 64 Defeated Greg Valentine in a tournament final. [1]
2 Derek Stone April 17, 1999 Quincy, Illinois 1 210
—
Vacated
November 13, 1999
—
—
 The title was held up after a match against Luminous Warrior.
3 Derek Stone November 14, 1999 Kansas City, Missouri 2 69 Stone was awarded the title due to an injury to Luminous Warrior.
4 Luminous Warrior January 22, 2000 WLW California, Missouri 1 1
5 Derek Stone January 23, 2000 WLW Lexington, Missouri 3 34
6 Luminous Warrior February 26, 2000 WLW Iberia, Missouri 2 21
7 Mr. Destiny March 18, 2000 WLW Mexico, Missouri 1 13
8 Luminous Warrior March 31, 2000 WLW Kahoka, Missouri 3 20 Warrior won by reverse decision after Mr. Destiny won the match by hitting Warrior with the title belt.
9 Meng April 20, 2000 WLW Grain Valley, Missouri 1 2
10 Trevor Rhodes April 22, 2000 WLW Eldon, Missouri 1 181
11 Griz June 17, 2000 WLW Osage Beach, Missouri 1 125
12 Meng October 20, 2000 WLW Springfield, Missouri 2 14
13 The Barbarian November 3, 2000 Belle, Missouri 1 7
14 Griz November 10, 2000 WLW Joplin, Missouri 2 71
15 Luminous Warrior January 20, 2001 WLW 4 70
16 Butch Reed March 31, 2001 WLW Crocker, Missouri 1 300
17 Dennis McHawes January 25, 2002 WLW Imperial, Missouri 1 155
— Vacated June 29, 2002 East St. Louis, Illinois — —
18 Wade Chism June 29, 2002 WLW 1
4
19 Takao Omori July 13, 2002 WLW Omaha, Nebraska 1 175
20 Superstar Steve January 4, 2003 WLW Neosho, Missouri 1 35
21 Haku February 8, 2003 WLW El Dorado Springs, Missouri 3 42 Haku was previously known as Meng.
— Vacated March 22, 2003 — — — The title was vacated after match against Trevor Rhodes.
22 Ron Powers May 2, 2003 WLW Kansas City, Missouri 1 78 Defeated Superstar Steve in a tournament final.
23 Ron Harris July 19, 2003 WLW Eldon, Missouri 1 55
24 Takeshi Morishima September 12, 2003 Navigation Over the Date Line Tokyo, Japan 1 196 Match hosted by Pro Wrestling NOAH.
25 Rick Steiner March 26, 2004 Chariton, Iowa 1 1
26 Takeshi Morishima March 27, 2004 Bolivar, Missouri 2 66
27 Daisuke Ikeda June 1, 2004 Navigation with Breeze Sapporo, Japan 1 61 Match hosted by Pro Wrestling NOAH.
28 Rick Steiner August 1, 2004 Exceeding Our Dreams tour Nagoya, Japan 2 110 Match hosted by Pro Wrestling NOAH.
29 Trevor Rhodes November 19, 2004 WLW Columbus, Nebraska 2 197
30 Ty Dalton June 4, 2005 WLW Eldon, Missouri 1 49 Dalton won the WLW Heavyweight Championship in his debut match with WLW
31 Wade Chism July 23, 2005 WLW Eldon, Missouri 2 189
— Vacated January 28, 2006 Eldon, Missouri — — The title was held up after a match against Keith Walker.
32 Wade Chism February 24, 2006 WLW St. Joseph, Missouri 3 1 Defeated Jason Bates and Keith Walker in a Three Way match.
33 Jason Bates February 25, 2006 WLW El Dorado Springs, Missouri 1 49
34 Wade Chism April 15, 2006 WLW El Dorado Springs, Missouri 4 28
35 Keith Walker May 13, 2006 WLW St. Joseph, Missouri 1 56
36 Wade Chism July 8, 2006 WLW Eldon, Missouri 5 49 This was a lumberjack match. Chism became the first 5 time WLW Heavyweight Champion
37 Daniel Cross August 26, 2006 WLW West Plains, Missouri 1 105 Daniel Cross became the youngest WLW heavyweight Champion at 20 years old.
38 Trevor Murdoch December 9, 2006 WLW Maryland Heights, Missouri 3 216 Murdoch defeated Cross and Ted Dibiase Jr in a 3 way match with Dave Hebner as special referee. Trevor Murdoch was previously known as Trevor Rhodes.
39 Derek McQuinn July 13, 2007 Night of Legends Waterloo, Iowa 1 106
40 Keith Walker October 27, 2007 WLW Maryland Heights, Missouri 2 105 Walker won the Championship on his first match back from his WWE release.
41 Chris Masters February 9, 2008 WLW Fordland, Missouri 1 76
42 Derek McQuinn April 25, 2008 WLW Lebanon, Missouri 2 141
— Vacated September 13, 2008 — — — Derek McQuinn vacated the title due to his having to retire due to injury.
43 Go Shiozaki October 4, 2008 WLW West Plains, Missouri 1 119 Won a nine-man battle royal.
— Vacated January 30, 2009 Richmond, Missouri — —
44 Steve Anthony January 30, 2009 WLW Richmond, Missouri 1 50 Defeated Eugene and Superstar Steve in a three-way match.
45 Superstar Steve March 21, 2009 WLW Eldon, Missouri 2 196
46 Brian Breaker October 3, 2009 WLW Eldon, Missouri 1 153
47 Trent Stone March 5, 2010 WLW Leavenworth, Kansas 1 49
48 Trevor Murdoch April 23, 2010 WLW Richmond, Missouri 4 [Note 1] The title was vacated in July 2011.
— Vacated July, 2011 — — —
49 Brian Breaker September 18, 2011 WLW Burlington, Iowa 2 55 Defeated Jason Jones to win the vacated title.
50 Jason Jones November 12, 2011 WLW Richmond, Missouri 1 364
51 Britton Tucker November 10, 2012 WLW Springfield, Missouri 1 28
52 Jason Jones December 8, 2012 WLW Richmond, Missouri 2 170
– Vacated May 27, 2013 Jones begins wrestling under his real name, Leland Race, and vacates the title.
53 Elvis Aliaga September 14, 2013 WLW Richmond, Missouri 1 217 Defeated Leland Race in tournament final.
54 Leland Race April 19, 2014 WLW Richmond, Missouri 3 98 Previously known as Jason Jones.
55 Ace Steel July 26, 2014 WLW Troy, Missouri 1 112
56 Leland Race November 15, 2014 WLW Troy, Missouri 4 364
57 Trevor Murdoch November 14, 2015 WLW Troy, Missouri 5 448
–
Vacated 2016
58 Karim Brigante February 4, 2017 WLW Troy, Missouri 1 77 Defeated Leland Race and Steve Fender (formerly Superstar Steve) in tournament final. [2]
59 Leland Race April 22, 2017 WLW Richmond, Missouri 5 322
60 Jon Webb March 10, 2018 WLW Moscow Mills, Missouri 1 420
61 Derek Stone May 4, 2019 WLW 4 168
62 Leland Race October 19, 2019 The Harley Race Memorial Show Burlington Junction, Missouri 6 14 Special guest Trevor Murdoch counted the pinfall while the referee was unconscious. [3]
63 Derek Stone November 2, 2019 Fight Night 4 Troy, Missouri 5 371 The championship was returned to Stone when it was determined that Stone's foot was under the rope during the pinfall on October 19.
64 Moses Powell November 7, 2020 WLW Troy, Missouri 1 707 This was a six-man tag team match between Moses Powell, Leland Race, and Kyle Roberts versus Derek Stone, Jon Webb, and Camaro Jackson.
65 Steve Fender October 15, 2022 WLW Troy, Missouri 3
440+
 Previously held the belt as Superstar Steve.

Combined reigns

As of December 29, 2023.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Leland Race61334
2 Derek Stone5852
3 Trevor Murdoch5469-
4 Dangerous Derek2428
5 Jon Webb1420
6 Butch Reed1300
7 Wade Chism5281
8 Takeshi Morishima2262
9 Moses Powell †11,147+
10 Superstar Steve2231
11 Elvis Aliaga1217
12 Brian Breaker2208
13 Griz2196
14 Takao Omori1175
15 Keith Walker2161
16 Dennis McHawes1155
17 Go Shiozaki1118
18 Luminous Warrior4112
Ace Steel1112
20 Rick Steiner2111
21 Daniel Cross1105
22 Ron Powers178
23 Karim Brigante177
24 Chris Masters176
25 Steve Sharp164
26 Daisuke Ikeda161
27 King Haku358
28 Ron Harris155
29 Steve Anthony150
30 Trent Stone149
Jason Bates149
Ty Dalton149
33 Britton Tucker128
34 Mr. Destiny113
35 The Barbarian17

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The title was vacated on an unspecified day in July 2011, putting his reign between 434 and 464 days.

References

  1. ↑ Hoops, Brian (February 12, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 12): Christian Cage wins gold in TNA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ "TOURNAMENT TO CROWN NEW CHAMP: 2/4 WORLD LEAGUE WRESTLING IN TROY, MO RESULTS". Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  3. ↑ "WLW Heavyweight Championship". Saint Louis Wrestling. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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