XPW World Heavyweight Championship

The XPW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.

XPW World Heavyweight Championship
Shane Douglas, the final XPW Champion
Details
PromotionXtreme Pro Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 29, 1999
Date retiredMarch 8, 2003

XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers. The two competed in a single fall match for the first XPW title defense. Steele would win this match to remain champion.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Damien Steele October 29, 1999 XPW Halloween in Hell Reseda, California 1 50 Steele won a 9-Man battle royal to become the first champion.  
2 Big Dick Dudley December 18, 1999 XPW Merry X-Mas Tour Day 2 Hollywood, California 1 42    
— Vacated January 29, 2000 — — — — Dudley was stripped of the championship when his parole officer refused to let him compete  
3 Jake Lawless January 29, 2000 XPW Abuse Of Power Hollywood, California 1 <1 Defeated Michael Modest to win the vacant title  
4 Damien Steele January 29, 2000 XPW Abuse Of Power Hollywood, California 2 28 Steele purchased the title from Lawless  
5 Chris Candido February 26, 2000 XPW My Bloody Valentine 2000 Day 2 Hollywood, California 1 63 This was a Falls Count Anywhere match [1]
— Vacated April 29, 2000 — — — — Candido was stripped of the title when he signed with World Championship Wrestling  
6 Sabu April 29, 2000 XPW Heavyweight Title Tournament Bakersfield, California 1 392 Defeated The Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. Sabu would eventually becomethe only champion that defended the title outside of the United States  
7 The Messiah May 26, 2001 Redemption Los Angeles, California 1 91 Defeated New Jack to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to substitute Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event  
— Vacated August 25, 2001 — — — — Messiah was stripped of the title when he was fired from XPW  
8 Johnny Webb August 25, 2001 XPW Damage Inc. Los Angeles, California 1 329 Webb and Rob Black defeated Sabu and Josh Lazie in a tag team match. Webb won the title as per the stipulation of the match  
9 Shane Douglas July 20, 2002 XPW Baptized In Blood III: Night Of Champions Pico Rivera, California 1 231    
— Deactivated March 8, 2003 — — — — XPW closed and the title was abandoned  

List of combined reigns
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1Sabu1392
2Johnny Webb1329
3Shane Douglas1231
4The Messiah191
5Chris Candido163
6Damien Steele278
7Big Dick Dudley142
8Jake Lawless1<1
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References
  1. Hoops, Brian (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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