British Heavyweight Championship (XWA)


The British Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the XWA. The championship was originally created and contested for in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance but moved to XWA when the former company became defunct. It has also been contested for in Ring of Honor due to a working relationship between them and FWA.
The championship has been known as:
The first Champion was Mark Sloan, who defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final on 11 July 1999. Jody Fleisch was the first person to win the belt twice after being stripped of it, while American wrestler Christopher Daniels was the first non-British person to win the belt and go on to defend it on foreign soil.
Originally the belt was mostly defended under two out of three falls match rules, as was the tradition in British wrestling. This changed on 12 April 2005, when champion Alex Shane signed a cast-iron contract to make new FWA British Title rules official and permanent making all future championship matches simply one fall.
On 13 May 2006 the FWA British Heavyweight Title belt was stolen from the Morecambe Dome immediately following the FWA event at the venue during an FWA versus All-Star Wrestling show. Due to being stolen a new belt had to be created. When the FWA was forced to retire in its interpromotional war with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, the XWA carried the lineage of the championship simply renaming it the British Heavyweight Championship and using the same physical belt. However, in April 2009, XWA founder Greg Lambert announced the creation of a new British Heavyweight Championship that did not bear the FWA initials and gave the original belt back to Alex Shane in time for the resurrection of the FWA.
On 17 February 2018 Rhia O’Reilly became the first woman to hold the title, defeating Cara Noir in an inter-promotional show with Pro Wrestling: EVE.

Title history

No.ChampionReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef.
Mark Sloan11 07 1999Portsmouth, HampshireNo SurprisesDefeated Paul Glory in a tournament final
Alex Shane27 02 2000Birmingham, West MidlandsBlack Country ChaosTwo out of three falls match
Guy Thunder05 07 2000Hertford, HertfordshireLive eventTwo out of three falls match
Vacant13 07 2000N/A
Justin Richards05 08 2000Halifax, West YorkshireEvil IntentionsDefeated Scottie Rock, Guy Thunder & Jorge Castano in a four-way match
Vacant21 04 2001Bolton, Greater ManchesterWhen Thunder StrikesStripped for missing title defence
Doug Williams19 05 2001Portsmouth, HampshireHigh PotentialDefeated Scott Parker in a tournament final
Flash Barker22 03 2002Walthamstow, LondonUrban LegendsTwo out of three falls match
Jody Fleisch28 07 2002Portsmouth, HampshireNo SurprisesTwo out of three falls match
Vacant03 08 2002N/A
Jody Fleisch13 10 2002Bethnal Green, LondonBritish UprisingDefeated Flash Barker in a ladder match
Christopher Daniels25 10 2002Walthamstow, LondonLondon CallingDefeated Jody Fleish & Doug Williams in a three-way match
Doug Williams22 03 2003Philadelphia, PANight of Champions
Alex Shane13 11 2004Coventry, West MidlandsBritish Uprising 3
Hade Vansen05 02 2006Hoddesdon, HertfordshireNew FrontiersDefeated Alex Shane, Joe Legend, Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm in The Champion Series five-way match
Robbie Brookside15 07 2006Morecambe, LancashireSummer ClassicDefeated Hade Vansen & Jonny Storm in a no-disqualification three-way match. Championship renamed British Heavyweight Championship
Jonny Storm07 04 2007Morecambe, LancashireWar On The Shore 3
Stevie Knight05 07 2008Morecambe, LancashireVendetta 2008Defeated Jonny Storm, Sam Slam, and Johnny Phere in a Final Four match
Sam Slam06 09 2008Morecambe, LancashireLast Fight at the Prom 2008
Spud12 09 2009Morecambe, LancashireLast Fight at the Prom 2009Spud becomes XWA's first double champion by holding the British Flyweight Championship before this match
Johnny Phere03 04 2010Morecambe, LancashireWar On The Shore 6
Alex Shane03 04 2010Morecambe, LancashireWar On The Shore 6
Johnny Phere08 10 2011Morecambe, LancashireLast Fight At The Prom 2011
Vacant28 07 2012Morecambe, LancashireXWA vs GPW VendettaThe company went on hiatus after being defeated by GPW
Damian O'Connor31 10 2014Sudbury, SuffolkXWA RevivalDefeated Doug Williams, Martin Stone and Jimmy Havoc in a Four-way match
Lion Kid14 08 2016Colchester, EssexXWA 42: The Summer Supershow
Thomas Dawkins27 11 2016Colchester, EssexXWA 44: Go Big!Defeated Paul London and Lion Kid in a triple threat match
Vacant11 03 2017Colchester, EssexXWA 45: GoldrushVacated after interference from a mystery assailant on behalf of the champion, the winner of the Goldrush rumble later in the evening would become the new champion
Cara Noir
11 03 2017+Colchester, EssexXWA 45: Goldrush

Combined reigns

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