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IPWA Heavyweight Championship (United States)

The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael, who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.

There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond, "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.

Title history

Names

Reigns

List of combined reigns

A picture of wrestler Cueball Carmichael in the ring.
Cueball Carmichael, who was the longest-reigning IPWA Heavyweight Champion

Explanatory footnotes

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

References

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  8. ^ a b Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1998: 73+.
  9. ^ Landel, Buddy (1998-06-13). "The Night I Won The IPWA World Heavyweight Title - 6/13/98". Buddy Landel's Picture Gallery. DDTdigest.com. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  10. ^ Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
  11. ^ Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1999). "IPWA Results - 9 January, 1999". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2011.

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