List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions

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Super Dragon with the CZW World Heavyweight Championship

The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event. The first time the championship changed hands on foreign soil was on April 15, 2001, when Wifebeater defeated John Zandig for the championship in Birmingham, England at a live event.

Title reigns are determined by professionally wrestling matches, usually of the hardcore/ultraviolent type. All title changes happen at live events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Nick Gage, whom CZW recognized to have become the champion after defeating twenty other men in a battle royal on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event. As of November 2024, John Zandig holds the record for most reigns, with six. At 567 days, Drake Younger's only reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Matt Tremont, who defeated BLK Jeez to win the title.

Title history

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
#	Order in reign history
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Nick Gage	1	March 27, 1999		Mantua, New Jersey	The Staple Gun	Gage won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion.
2	John Zandig	1	May 22, 1999		Mantua, New Jersey	Madness
3	Nick Gage	2	June 19, 1999		Mantua, New Jersey	Down in Flames
4	Wifebeater	1	September 18, 1999		Mantua, New Jersey	September Slam
5	John Zandig	2	November 20, 1999		Mantua, New Jersey	The War Begins
6	Lobo	1	July 22, 2000		Sewell, New Jersey	No Rules, No Limits
7	Justice Pain	1	September 9, 2000		Sewell, New Jersey	Cage of Death II...After Dark
8	Nick Berk	1	February 28, 2001	<1	Dover, Delaware	Destruction in Dover
9	Yoshihiro Tajiri	1		<1
10	John Zandig	3
11	Wifebeater	2	April 15, 2001		Birmingham, England	Live event
12	John Zandig	4	May 12, 2001		Smyrna, Delaware	Stretched in Smyrna
13	Wifebeater	3	June 14, 2001		Aguascalientes, Mexico	Live event
14	Justice Pain	2	July 7, 2001		Sewell, New Jersey	A New Beginning
15	The Messiah	1	May 11, 2002		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	High Stakes
16	Justice Pain	3	June 8, 2002		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Best of the Best 2
17	John Zandig	5	June 15, 2002	<1	Dublin, Ireland	Live event	Zandig won the championship at an Irish Whip Wrestling event.
18	Justice Pain	4
19	The Messiah	2	December 14, 2002		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Cage of Death IV
20	John Zandig	6	October 25, 2003		Pistoia, Italy	Shockwave
21	The Messiah	3	March 6, 2004		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Overdrive
22	Ruckus	1	February 5, 2005		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Only the Strong: Scarred 4 Life
23	Super Dragon	1	December 10, 2005		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Cage of Death VII: Living in Sin
24	Ruckus	2	February 11, 2006		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Seven Years Strong: Settling the Score
25	Chris Hero	1	May 13, 2006		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Best of the Best 6
26	Eddie Kingston	1	September 9, 2006		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Down with the Sickness 4-Ever: A Tribute to Chris Ca$h
27	Justice Pain	5	December 9, 2006		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Cage of Death VIII: Coming Undone
28	Ruckus	3	July 14, 2007		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Best of the Best 7
29	Nick Gage	3	December 8, 2007		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Cage of Death IX
30	Drake Younger	1	July 12, 2008		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	A Tangled Web
31	B-Boy	1	January 30, 2010		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	High Stakes
32	Jon Moxley	1	February 13, 2010		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	CZW 11th Anniversary Show
33	Nick Gage	4	August 7, 2010		Lumberton, North Carolina	Southern Violence
34	Jon Moxley	2	August 14, 2010		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Tangled Web 3
35	Robert Anthony	1	February 12, 2011		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	CZW 12th Anniversary Show
36	Devon Moore	1	April 9, 2011		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Best of the Best X	This was a six-man tag match between Devon Moore and The Briscoe Brothers, and Robert Anthony and Philadelphia's Most Wanted (Joker and Sabian); where The Briscoes' CZW Tag Team Championship were also on the line.
37	Scotty Vortekz	1	February 4, 2012		Indianapolis, Indiana	CZW Super Saturday
38	Masada	1	March 10, 2012		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	CZW Aerial Assault	Won title in a four-way match also involving against DJ Hyde and Devon Moore
39	Drew Gulak	1	August 10, 2013		Voorhees, New Jersey	CZW Tangled Web 6
40	Biff Busick	1	May 10, 2014		Voorhees, New Jersey	CZW Proving Grounds
41	Sozio	1	October 18, 2014		Voorhees, New Jersey	CZW Tangled Web 7
42	BLK Jeez	1	December 13, 2014		Voorhees, New Jersey	CZW Cage of Death	This was a Cage of Death also included Biff Busick and Drew Gulak.
43	Matt Tremont	1	August 8, 2015	+	Voorhees, New Jersey	CZW Retribution

List of combined reigns

+	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

As of November 27, 2024.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Justice Pain	5	886
2	The Messiah	3	679
3	Drake Younger	1	567
4	Ruckus	3	546
5	Masada	1	518
6	John Zandig	6	485
7	Nick Gage	4	371
8	Jon Moxley	2	357
9	Devon Moore	1	301
10	Matt Tremont	1	+
11	Drew Gulak	1	273
12	BLK Jeez	1	238
13	Biff Busick	1	161
14	Chris Hero	1	119
15	Wifebeater	3	113
16	Eddie Kingston	1	91
17	Super Dragon	1	63
18	Robert Anthony	1	56
	Sozio	1	56
20	Lobo	1	49
21	Scotty Vortekz	1	35
22	B-Boy	1	14
23	Nick Berk	1	<1
	Yoshihiro Tajiri	1	<1

Notes

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

References

General

Specific

External links

• CZWrestling.com