British Heavyweight Championship
The British Heavyweight Championship is a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit. The championship was recognised and defended on matches screened by UK national television network ITV as part of the professional wrestling slot on World of Sport as well as standalone broadcasts. Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine TVTimes.
Many versions of the British Heavyweight Championship exist in the wrestling circuit of the United Kingdom at any given time.
Title histories
This is the combined list of different versions of the British Heavyweight Titles, each of which was probably the most significant version at the time. Each version may or may not be connected to another. However, all title changes are either actual or "official" unless indicated otherwise.;Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
British Wrestling Association 1930–1950
;Disputed claims 1934-1938| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | 1 | 1934 | London | Live event | Some claim Garnon's first reign began one year earlier | |||
| 2 | 1 | 2 11 1934 | Manchester | Live event | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 1938 | Live event | Won by default when Clark fails to appear for a scheduled defence. | ||||
| Until Bert Assirati is recognised as champion |
Joint Promotions 1952–1982 & 1985–1989
Disputed Branch: British Wrestling Federation 1958–1966
All Star Wrestling 1974, 1982–present
Disputed Branch: The Wrestling Alliance 1999–2003
Footnotes
Universal British Heavyweight Championship
On 10 July 2002 All-Star's Champion, Doug Williams along with other top title holding wrestlers entered into a tournament to be recognised as Universal British Heavyweight Champion by The Wrestling Alliance, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, World Association of Wrestling, All Star Wrestling, and Premier Promotions. Doug Williams would first defeat the then-TWA British Heavyweight Champion, Justin Starr, before going on to defeat The Zebra Kid in a tournament final to become the Universal British Heavyweight Champion.The Universal version of this title would not last long with all the promotions splitting out their British Heavyweight titles, but Williams continued to be recognised as the Universal British Heavyweight Champion.