DPW Worlds Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The DPW Worlds Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW). The current champion is LaBron Kozone, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Jake Something in a Winner Takes All match also for Kozone's DPW National Championship, at 4th Anniversary on December 12, 2025, in Cary, North Carolina.
| DPW Worlds Championship | |||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Deadlock Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Current champion | LaBron Kozone | ||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 12, 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | |||||||||||||||
DPW World Championship DPW Worlds Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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History
On December 11, 2021, Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW) filmed their first DPW Fire episode, where a tournament for the title was started.[2] On January 8, 2022, Bojack defeated Andrew Everett in the tournament finals to become the inaugural world champion.[1]
Worlds Championship Eliminator Tournament (2021)
| First round Fire (December 11, 2021) | Semifinals Fire (December 11, 2021) | Final You Already Know (January 8, 2022) | ||||||||||||
| Bojack | Pin[2] | |||||||||||||
| Josh Fuller | 6:42 | |||||||||||||
| Bojack | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Ku | 6:32 | |||||||||||||
| Diego Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Ku | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Bojack | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Everett | 21:57 | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Everett | Pin[2] | |||||||||||||
| Rosemary | 14:00 | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Everett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Calvin Tankman | 13:23 | |||||||||||||
| Calvin Tankman | Pin[3] | |||||||||||||
| Donnie Ray | 9:01 | |||||||||||||
Reigns
As of March 19, 2026, there have been eight reigns between seven different champions with two vacancies.
The current champion is LaBron Kozone, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Jake Something in a Winner Takes All match also for Kozone's DPW National Championship, at 4th Anniversary on December 12, 2025, in Cary, North Carolina.
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Bojack | January 8, 2022 | You Already Know | Raleigh, NC | 1 | 308 | 6 | Defeated Andrew Everett in the finals of a 8-wrestlers single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. Aired on tape delay on January 15. | [1] |
| 2 | Lucky Ali | November 12, 2022 | World's Strongest | Concord, NC | 1 | 309 | 6 | This was a three-way match, also involving Kidd Bandit. Aired on tape delay on November 19, 2022. | [4] |
| 3 | Jay Malachi | September 17, 2023 | Carolina Classic | Concord, NC | 1 | 56 | 2 | Aired on tape delay on September 23, 2023. | [5] |
| — | Vacated | November 12, 2023 | World's Strongest | Durham, NC | — | — | — | Jay Malachi relinquished the title after signing with WWE. Aired on tape delay on November 18, 2023. | [6] |
| 4 | Calvin Tankman | December 10, 2023 | 2nd Anniversary | Durham, NC | 1 | 308 | 12 | Defeated Colby Corino to win the vacant championship. Aired on tape delay on December 16, 2023. | [7] |
| 5 | Jake Something | October 13, 2024 | Super Battle | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 118 | 3 | Aired on tape delay on October 23, 2024. | [8] |
| — | Vacated | February 8, 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | Jake Something vacated the title after suffering a legitimate injury. | [9] |
| 6 | Adam Priest | April 18, 2025 | Title Fight in Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | 184 | 5 | This was an Ultimate Conflict match for the vacant championship, which Priest won by last eliminating Calvin Tankman. Aired on tape delay on April 23, 2025. | [10] |
| 7 | Jake Something | October 19, 2025 | Super Battle | Charlotte, NC | 2 | 54 | 0 | This was a Steel Cage match. Aired on tape delay on October 27, 2025. | [11] |
| 8 | LaBron Kozone | December 12, 2025 | 4th Anniversary | Cary, NC | 1 | 97+ | 0 | This was Winner Takes All match in which Kozone's DPW National Championship was also on the line. Aired on tape delay on December 21, 2025. |
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Combined reigns
As of March 19, 2026
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Ali | 1 | 6 | 309 |
| 2 | Calvin Tankman | 1 | 12 | 308 |
| Bojack | 1 | 6 | 308 | |
| 4 | Adam Priest | 1 | 4 | 184 |
| 5 | Jake Something | 2 | 3 | 172 |
| 6 | Jay Malachi | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| 7 | LaBron Kozone † | 1 | 0 | 97+ |