PWP Catch Division Championship

The PWP Catch Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Pro Wrestling Pride. It was the first championship incorporated by Pro Wrestling Pride, and the company's second-tier championship behind the PWP Heavyweight Championship. Despite the championship being the secondary championship for the promotion, it has been known to main-event shows above the heavyweight championship.[1]

PWP Catch Division Championship
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling Pride (PWP)
Date establishedMay 13, 2012
Current champion(s)Tyler Hawke
Date wonJune 25, 2017

The championship was established on the first Pro Wrestling Pride show under the company's banner on 13 May 2012, where Tyler Hawke defeated Wales' 'Wild Boar' Mike Hitchman. The design of the championship is that of a trophy rather than a traditional championship belt. Despite the championship being predominately male, it has been won by a female. Bobbi Tyler won the championship for a single day in January 2017.

Catch Division Wrestling

Rather than a midcard title based on a weight (Such as All Japan Pro Wrestling's Junior Heavyweight Championship, or World Championship Wrestling's Cruiserweight championship), and is more in line with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's X-Division Championship, which stated the division was 'not about weight limits, it's about no limits!"[2] The catch division, was likely originally designed as a showcase of catch wrestling, rather than high-flying wrestling, with well known grapplers Johnny Kidd and Doug Williams[3] winning the title.[4]

However, the style has changed over the duration of the belt's life, with the aforementioned catch style, with a mix of luchador, Puroresu and even more 'extreme styles'. This is reflected in the match types contested for this championship, with "catch as catch can" wrestling style (See Mountevans Rules),[5] Luchas de Apuestas[6] and even TLC matches.[7] The division's prize was a catch division trophy, and not a traditional belt.[8]

Title history

The full history of the championship is listed below. As the championship is currently on hiatus; the current championship reign of Tyler Hawke is being accumulated; however, it may not be accurate.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Stevie Jones May 13, 2012 PWP Debut Show Teignmouth, England 1 1052 Defeated Mike Hitchman to become the inaugural champion.
2 Josef von Schmidt August 26, 2012 House show Teignmouth, England 1 2451
3 Darren Saviour April 28, 2013 House show Teignmouth, England 1 1263
4 Tyler Hawke September 1, 2013 House show Exeter, England 2 2582 Previously held the title under the name Stevie Jones.
5 Ultimo Tiger May 17, 2014 Pride & Glory 2014 Torquay, England 1 360 This was a Title vs Mask "I Quit" match.
6 Dick Riley June 22, 2014 House show Saltash, England 1 1053
7 Joel Redman October 5, 2014 Hardcore Halloween Exeter, England 1 490
8 Tyler Hawke November 23, 2014 House show Torquay, England 3 841 This was a Three Stages of Hell match.
9 Ultimo Tiger February 15, 2015 House show Newton Abbot, England 2 1685
10 Doug Williams August 2, 2015 Big Trouble in Little Tavi Tavistock, England 1 141 Cashed in his "Money In The Bank" contract.
11 Ultimo Tiger August 16, 2015 Too Legit To Quit Taunton, England 3 1755
12 Scotty Essex February 7, 2016 The Real Rock 'N' Rollas Plymouth, England 1 980 This was a three-way match also involving Tajiri.
13 Johnny Kidd May 15, 2016 The Battle of Bideford Bideford, England 1 70
14 Scotty Essex May 22, 2016 Johnny Kidd's Last Devon Stand Teignmouth, England 2 490 This was a Mountevans match.
15 Ultimo Tiger July 10, 2016 Heroes & Legends 3 Paignton, England 4 1125 This was a four-way match also involving Mark Andrews & PJ Black.
16 Kelly Sixx October 30, 2016 Undisputed 2 Taunton, England 4 891 This was a three-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match also involving Joshua Knott.
17 Bobbi Tyler January 27, 2017 Maximum Mayhem Taunton, England 1 10 First female wrestler to hold the title.
18 Joshua Knott January 28, 2017 Maximum Mayhem Bideford, England 1 1481
19 Tyler Hawke June 25, 2017 Live In Plymouth Plymouth, England 4 1,140+2 This was a street fight match.

Combined reigns

The total list of combined championship days held as of August 8, 2020:

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Stevie Jones/Tyler Hawke †41,587+
2 Ultimo Tiger4491
3 Josef von Schmidt1245
4 Joshua Knott1148
5 Scotty Essex2147
6 Darren Saviour1126
7 Dick Riley1105
8 Kelly Sixx189
9 Joel Redman149
10 Doug Williams114
11 Johnny Kidd17
12 Bobbi Tyler11

See also

Notes

    References
    1. Kreikenbolm, Philip. "PWP << Events Database << Cagematch". Retrieved 13 October 2017.
    2. McNamara, Andy. "No limits to second X Division DVD". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
    3. "Doug Williams - Calling Spots". Calling Spots. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
    4. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Pro Wrestling Pride Catch Division Championship « Titles Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database".
    5. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Johnny Kidd's last Devon Stand « Titles Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database".
    6. Edward, Dyer (19 April 2014). "Tyler Hawke vs. Ultimo Tiger Press Conference". Pro Wrestling Pride. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
    7. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "PWP Undisputed 2 « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
    8. Dyer, Edward. "Pro Wrestling Pride Roster". Pro Wrestling Pride. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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