IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship
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Date established | 2000 | ||||||||
Date retired | 2012 | ||||||||
Promotion | International Wrestling Association | ||||||||
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The IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the International Wrestling Association. The championship was established in 2000, as the IWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Contents
History
Unification with the "Capitol World Heavyweight Championship"
On December 15, 2007, Scott Hall failed to attend a titular defense which led to the fictional local box and wrestling commission's decision to vacate the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and award it to the number one contender who at the moment was Miguel "Biggie Size" Maldonado.[1] On December 30, the Universal Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant following the events where he was declared the champion following Hall's absence to Lockout. The commission's decision was announced during the company's holiday recess and Maldonado retained the championship belt in custody.
On January 6, 2008, Jack Meléndez who had been managing La Rabia, the stable where he performed abandoned the company citing differences with the company's personnel.[2] Following Meléndez's exit from the company the stable abandoned the company no-showing the a special event scheduled for January 6, 2008. On January 6, Maldonado appeared in the IWA's Histeria Boricua event, with the championship belt still in his possession and challenged Freddie "Blitz" Lozada, who was the IWA World Heavyweight Champion to a unification match.[3] The match took place later in the event with Lozada winning both belts.[4] Following this match WWC's merchandising manager, José Roberto Rodríguez, who had been allowed entry into the building, demanded that the belt was returned to him, but at the moment the IWA's personnel had replaced the belt with Revolution X-Treme Wrestling's championship belt (at the moment in Savio Vega's possession) and had transferred the Universal Heavyweight Championship to a secure location, which led to a discussion between personnel from both companies and Rodríguez's expulsion from the event.[3] After the event's conclusion police officers were deployed and the IWA retained physical possession of the championship.[5] Following this the belt was returned to WWC personnel following an ultimatum, which claimed that the company would take legal action if it wasn't returned within forty-eight hours.[6] However, both the International Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance recognized the unification match, and considered Lozada the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico.[7]
International exposure
Beginning in 2009, the IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship began becoming involved in several inter-promotional "champion vs. champion" contests. The first of these took place on January 6, 2009, where Carlos "Chicano" Cotto was booked to defend the title against Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Legends Champion, Booker T.[8] The contest was part of an annual event titled "Histeria Boricua". The conclusion came when Cotto inverted a "Book End" attempt, scoring a pinfall victory.[8] On February 14, 2009, the promotion held a special event named "Noche de Campeónes". In this card, Cotto defended the championship against Samoa Joe.[9] During the final stages of the fight, Noel Rodríguez intervened, injuring the referee.[9] Both wrestlers continued performing, with Cotto scoring a pinfall victory after reverting a finisher and receiving the count from a substitute referee.[9] On April 18, 2009, Cotto was challenged to an unification contest by Joe Bravo, who held the DWE Dominican National Championship, the major title of Dominican Wrestling Entertainment based in the Dominican Republic. Bravo won with the help of a heel referee, becoming a dual champion.[10] The next titleholder to challenge for the belt was Jerry Lynn, Ring of Honor's World Champion, who unsuccessfully competed against Bravo and Chicano in a three-way match.[11] This was part of the "Juicio Final 2009" card. On May 29, 2009, Bravo defended the IWA and DWE championships in Panama, defeating El Cuervo as part of a Revolution X-Treme Wrestling card.[12] On November 1, 2009, Bravo and the incumbent WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, Shane Sewell, performed in a DWE event, with the DWE Dominican National Championship being held up after the creative team booked a no contest. This marked the first instance that the two major champions worked together while holding full recognitions by both promotions.
IWA vs. EWO, Clash of the Titans
At Summer Attitude 2011, Chris Angel defeated Hiram Tua to become the first undefeated Undisputed World Champion. He went on to defeat all contenders, one of the them being Cotto, who was subsequently fired by Pérez after questioning his involvement in a match between both. This event launched a storyline between the IWA and the Extreme Wrestling Organization, the largest independent company and de facto third main promotion in Puerto Rico. On December 17, 2011, Cotto won the EWO Championship, only to be interrupted by Pérez.[13] This was in response to a previous confrontation between both, that occurred following an unrelated charity card. After defending the title at Tierra de Nadie 2012, Pérez once again reclaimed his contract. At Histeria Boricua, Angel was absent for a scheluded defense due to a storyline injury, which resulted in the title being stripped from him. The interim General Manager went on to proclaim himself champion, issuing an open challenge which was accepted by EWO's first contender, a masked wrestler known only as "Bonecrusher", who won it Ina squash match.[14] The confrontations between Cotto and Pérez continued in two of IWA's events expanding to include EWO's CEO, Richard Rondón, as well. On February 25, 2012, following more intervention from the IWA, Cotto issued a challenge to end the conflict, an unification match for the EWO Championship and IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship.[15] On March 1, 2012, the challenge was accepted by Pérez and Rondón in a backstage segment. At Clash of the Titans, Bonecrusher defeated Cotto, becoming Unified Champion.[16] In 2012, IWA folded, so the title was vacated.
Title history
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days held |
Place: | Notes: |
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Glamour Boy Shane | 1 | October 28, 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Tournament Final.[17] |
Ricky Banderas | 1 | February 10, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 2 | April 7, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Ricky Banderas | 2 | April 21, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 1 | June 16, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Pain | 1 | September 29, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 3 | October 20, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 2 | October 27, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Title held up | December 8, 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega.[17] | |
Primo Carnero | 1 | March 2, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Savio Vega | 1 | March 2, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 3 | April 13, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Primo Carnero | 2 | April 27, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Levittown, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 4 | May 12, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Primo Carnero | 3 | May 18, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Ricky Banderas | 3 | June 15, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Rey Fénix | 1 | September 14, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 5 | November 9, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Ricky Banderas | 4 | January 6, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Ray González | 2 | April 5, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Gran Apolo | 6 | July 19, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 4 | September 20, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Bison Smith | 1 | November 1, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 5 | December 13, 2003 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Humongous | 1 | January 6, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Title held up | February 7, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [18] | |
Glamour Boy Shane | 6 | February 7, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [18] |
Vacated | March 6, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | [18] | ||
Ray González | 3 | March 6, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Won the title when Shane abandoned the promotion.[18] |
Gran Apolo | 7 | September 4, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | <templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
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Ray González | 4 | November 27, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [18] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 7 | December 18, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [19] |
Ricky Banderas | 5 | February 12, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Title was held-up and returned to Glamour Boy Shane.[18] |
Title held up | February 19, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [19] | |
Glamour Boy Shane | 8 | February 19, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [19] |
Vacated | April 08, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
Chicano | 1 | April 16, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [19] |
Vacated | May 28, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
Chicano | 2 | June 11, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |
Slash Venom | 1 | August 20, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | [19] |
Chicano | 3 | October 1, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Carolina, Puerto Rico | [19] Was A Fatal 4 Way TLC Match Involved Ricky Banderas,Apolo & Slash Venom, Chicano Wins By Pinfall on Apolo |
Savio Vega | 2 | November 11, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [18] |
Apolo | 8 | April 15, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Savio Vega | 3 | May 20, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | |
Lightning | 1 | June 17, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [18] |
Mikael Judas | 1 | July 29, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [18] |
Ray González | 5 | September 2, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [20] |
Title held up | September 9, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | [21] | |
Ray González | 6 | September 16, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Cayey, Puerto Rico | [22] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 9 | December 9, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Defeated Ray González & Lightning in a three way match to win the title.[23] |
Ray González | 7 | January 13, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Cayey, Puerto Rico | [24] |
Vacated | April 13, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | González abandoned the promotion, entering a brief retirement from professional wrestling. | ||
Chicano | 4 | April 28, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Cayey, Puerto Rico | Defeated Joe Bravo in a match for the vacated title.[25] |
Bison Smith | 2 | July 15, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | [26] |
Blitz | 1 | September 30, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Caguas, Puerto Rico | On January 6, 2008, Blitz defeated Mr.Big (WWC Universal Champion) in a unification match. The title was renamed Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship. However, WWC didn't recognized the unification.[27][28] |
Ricky Vega | 1 | February 16, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Vacated | April 5, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
Blitz | 2 | May 17, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Joe Bravo | 1 | July 19, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [29] |
Blitz | 3 | September 6, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Chicano | 5 | October 4, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Dennis Rivera | 1 | November 1, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Chicano | 6 | November 15, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Joe Bravo | 2 | April 18, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Bravo became an international double champion also holding Dominican Wrestling Entertainment's Dominican National Championship.[30] |
Title held up | May 9, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Hatillo, Puerto Rico | Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega.[31] | |
Joe Bravo | 3 | May 16, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Defeated Jerry Lynn and Chicano in a three way match.[11] |
Vacated | July 18, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
Joe Bravo | 4 | August 16, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Cataño, Puerto Rico | |
Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | August 29, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Cataño, Puerto Rico | [32] |
Joe Bravo | 5 | October 10, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Held along the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship.[33] |
Glamour Boy Shane | 10 | January 6, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [17] |
Ricky Cruzz | 1 | April 17, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [34] |
Rick Stanley | 1 | June 26, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [35] |
Ricky Cruzz | 2 | July 17, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | |
Rick Stanley | 2 | August 14, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | |
Dennis Rivera | 2 | October 16, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Escobar | 1 | January 6, 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | [36] |
Hiram Tua | 1 | April 2, 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | [37] |
Chris Angel | 1 | July 30, 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | First wrestler to win the championship undefeated in singles competition within any of the major promotions. Held along the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. |
Title held up | January 29, 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Stripped due to failure to defend. Still undefeated following event. | |
Jay-Cobs | 1 | January 29, 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Interim General Manager in substitution of Vega. Self-appointed himself as champion.[14] |
Bonecrusher | 1 | January 29, 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | On June 17, 2012, Bonecrusher defeated Chicano to win the EWO Championship. First unification recognized by at least two of the major promotions in Puerto Rico.[14][16] |
Spectro | 1 | May 26, 2012 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | ||
Desactivated | IWA closed. |
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