ECCW Vancouver Island Championship
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The ECCW Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship is a secondary title in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. As its name suggests, the title is defended almost exclusively at ECCW events on Vancouver Island, in cities such as Nanaimo and Victoria. Sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance, the title was promoted as the NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship.[1] It originally lasted from 1998 until some time after the last champion, Rockford 2000, won the title in 2001,[2] then was reactivated in 2007 when Sid Sylum began claiming the title.[3]
PromotionElite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)
Date establishedMay 9, 1998
Date retired2012
First championDestruction
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| Promotion | Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) | ||||||||
| Date established | May 9, 1998 | ||||||||
| Date retired | 2012 | ||||||||
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Title history
As of 24 September 2026.
| Names | Years |
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| ECCW Vancouver Island Championship | N/A |
| ECCW Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship | N/A |
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) | ||||||||||
| † | Gorgeous Michelle Starr | August 16, 1996 | — | Nanaimo, BC | 1 | 1 | Starr defeated Mike Roselli to become the inaugural champion. | [4][5][6][7] | ||
| — | Unified | August 17, 1996 | — | Nanaimo, BC | — | — | Mike Roselli defeated Starr in a rematch to unify the Vancouver Island Championship with the ECCW Heavyweight Championship. | [4][5][6][7] | ||
| 1 | Destruction | May 9, 1998 | Parksville, BC | 1 | N/A | Wins a bunkhouse battle royal to become the inaugural champion. | [1][5] | |||
| 2 | Lumberjack Bubba | June 6, 1998 | Duncan, BC | 1 | N/A | [5] | ||||
| 3 | "Rocket" Randy Tyler | November 8, 1998 | Cowichan Valley, BC | 1 | N/A | [5] | ||||
| — | Vacated | November 1998 | — | — | — | — | Tyler is stripped of the title by NWA president Howard Brody | |||
| 4 | Lumberjack Bubba | November 20, 1998 | Campbell River, BC | 2 | N/A | Defeated Mike Roselli to win the vacant title. | [5] | |||
| 5 | Michelle Starr | April 22, 1999 | Nanaimo, BC | 1 | N/A | [5][7][8] | ||||
| — | Vacated | 1999 | — | — | — | — | Starr is stripped of the title due to also holding the NWA Canadian Heavyweight and NWA/ECCW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championships | |||
| 6 | Randy Tyler | July 24, 1999 | Nanaimo, BC | 2 | N/A | Defeats Steve Rizzono | [5] | |||
| — | Vacated | October 1999 | — | — | — | — | Tyler is stripped for failing to defend the title. | |||
| 7 | Steve Rizzono | October 1, 1999 | Victoria, BC | 1 | N/A | Defeats Bomber & Juggernaut in 3-way tournament final | [5] | |||
| 8 | Mad Bomber | November 6, 1999 | Quesnel, BC | 1 | [5] | |||||
| 9 | Ladies Choice | February 18, 2000 | Nanaimo, BC | 1 | N/A | [9] | ||||
| 10 | Rockford 2000 | July 27, 2001 | Victoria, BC | 1 | N/A | Still champion as of January 26, 2002 | ||||
| — | Deactivated | – | — | – | – | – | The title became deactivated | |||
| 11 | Sid Sylum | December 1, 2007 | 1 | N/A | Sylum declares himself as champion after winning the 2007 Vancouver Island Cup Tournament, defeating Kyle O'Reilly on August 19, 2007, in Nanaimo, BC | [3] | ||||
| 12 | Cremator | April 25, 2009 | Nanaimo, BC | 1 | N/A | [3] | ||||
| 13 | Azeem The Dream | January 22, 2011 | Victoria, BC | 1 | N/A | |||||
| 14 | Jamie Diaz | March 18, 2011 | Surrey, BC | 1 | N/A | |||||
| 15 | Azeem The Dream | April 29, 2011 | Surrey, BC | 2 | N/A | |||||
| 16 | BJ Laredo | December 1, 2012 | Duncan, BC | 1 | N/A | |||||
| — | Deactivated | – | — | – | – | – | The title once more became deactivated in 2012. | |||
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