XPW World Heavyweight Championship
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The XPW World Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling title in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion.
XPW's first World Champion was crowned in a Battle Royal match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus be the last two remaining wrestlers compete in a single fall match for the title. Steele would win this match to become champion.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Steele | 1 | October 29, 1999 | Reseda, CA | Won a battle royal, last eliminating John Kronus, to become the first champion. |
| Big Dick Dudley | 1 | December 18, 1999 | Hollywood, CA | |
| Stripped | January 29, 2000 | Hollywood, CA | Big Dick was stripped of the title when his parole officer refused to let him compete. | |
| Jake Lawless | 1 | January 29, 2000 | Hollywood, CA | Damien Steele used a chair on Michael Modest either accidentally or on purpose, giving Lawless the win. |
| Damien Steele | 2 | January 29, 2000 | Hollywood, CA | Purchased the title from Lawless. |
| Chris Candido | 1 | February 26, 2000 | Hollywood, CA | Wins Falls Count Anywhere match. |
| Vacated | April 29, 2000 | Bakersfield, CA | Chris Candido no-shows. Stripped of the title after signing with World Championship Wrestling. | |
| Sabu | 1 | April 29, 2000 | Bakersfield, CA | Defeated Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. |
| Messiah | 1 | May 26, 2001 | Los Angeles, CA | Defeated New Jack to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to sub for Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event. |
| Stripped | August 25, 2001 | Los Angeles, CA | Messiah was stripped of the title after being fired from XPW. | |
| Johnny Webb | 1 | August 25, 2001 | Los Angeles, CA | 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. |
| Shane Douglas | 1 | July 20, 2002 | Pico Rivera, CA | |
| Title retired | March 8, 2003 | Pittsburgh, PA | XPW closes. Date and location listed is XPW's final event. | |
[edit] Facts
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- Damian Steel is the only wrestler to hold the championship twice.
- Sabu was the only champion that defended the title outside of the United States.
- Sabu is the longest reigning champion, holding the title for a year and a month.
- The Messiah and Sabu are the only two former XPW World Heavyweight Champions who are still currently active, as the rest are either retired or have died.
- Jake Lawless is the shortest reigning champion as he sold the XPW World Heavyweight Championship to Damian Steele.
- The Sandman defeated Johnny Webb at XPW's Retribution, but Rob Black nullified the victory and the reign by restarting the match and having Webb roll up Sandman for the victory.
