PLW Heavyweight Championship


The PLW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Power League Wrestling. It is the top championship of the PLW promotion, and one of two singles titles along with the PLW New England Championship. The inaugural champion was "The Fighter" Joe O., who defeated The Shadow Warrior in a tournament final on November 18, 1991 to become the first PLW Heavyweight Champion. Scott Z. holds the record for most reigns, with four. At 1,239 days, "Punisher" Don Vega's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Gino Martino's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he gave the belt to manager Scott Knight immediately after winning it. Overall, there have been 36 reigns shared between 27 wrestlers with nine vacancies.

Title history

;Key
#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

As of January 1, 2016
#WrestlersReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef
Joe O. defeated The Shadow Warrior in a tournament final to become the first PLW Heavyweight Champion.
Kelly won the title after secretly switching places with masked wrestler The Shadow Warrior during a Best 2-of-3 Falls match. Kelly unmasked immediately afterwards and claimed to have wrestled the entire match.
VacatedKelly was stripped of the title by PLW President Pinky Johnson due to the controversy surrounding the title change. This aired February 1992.
Amaral defeated "Brutal" Bob Evans in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
VacatedAmaral was stripped of the title by PLW President Pinky Johnson due to the champion using excessive violence against Bob Evans at PowerFest 1992. This aired April 1992.
The Shadow Warrior defeated Joe O. in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Hurricane Harvey surrendered the title after being injured in a car accident.
Scott Z. defeated The Defenseman in a singles match to win the vacant title; The Defenseman had previously won a 12-man battle royal to face Scott Z. for the title.
Evans surrendered the title upon leaving the promotion.
Maniacal Mark defeated Sub-Zero in a tournament final to win the vacant title. Sub-Zero was a last minute substitute for Scott Z. who had injured his knee prior to the match; according to the pre-match stipulations, Scott Z. would have been awarded the title had Sub-Zero won the match.
Richter was disguised as Knightmare, Jay's scheduled opponent, and revealed his indenity after the match.
Simons surrenders the championship due to injury.
Jason the Slasher defeated Amazin' Jay, Bob Evans, Maniacal Mark, Paul Lauzon, and T.J. Richter in a Pier 6 Brawl match to win the vacant title.
This was a steel cage match.
Immediately after winning the title from The Universal Soldier, Martino turned the title over to Scott Knight; PLW officials nullified this decision, and vacated the title.
Paul Lauzon defeated The Universal Soldier in a singles match to win the vacant title.
Lauzon surrendered the title upon retiring.
Don Juan de Santo defeated T.J. Richter in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
This was a Triple Threat match also involving Chris Venom.
The championship is vacated by PLW Commissioner Derek Molhan when Johnny Angel is unable to appear for a scheduled title defense at PowerFest 2002.
Dr. Heresy defeated Johnny Curtis, Derik Destiny, Kid Krazy, Manical Mark, Kenn Phoenix, Shane Simons, and Don Vega in a Pier 8 Brawl match to win the vacant title.
The championship is vacated by PLW President Tom James due to Vega being unable to defend the title due to injury.
Levesque defeated "English Lion" Eddie Ryan in a singles match to win the vacant title.

List of combined reigns

Rank WrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
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