IPW:UK World Championship
Professional wrestling world championship
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The IPW:UK World Championship was a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the English professional wrestling promotion, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom.
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| Promotion | International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Date established | 16 July 2005[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 24 September 2017 | ||||||||||||
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The championship was originally established on July 16, 2005 as the IPW:UK Championship and Aviv Maayan was the inaugural champion.[1][2] Maayan defeated Martin Stone and Steve Douglas in a three-way match to become the inaugural champion.[3][4][5]
On 13 September 2009; reigning All-England Championship Leroy Kincaide defeated reigning IPW:UK Champion Alex Shane unifying both championships. The title was renamed the IPW:UK British Championship.
In August 2012; then IPW:UK booker Andy Quildan left the company thus Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW or RevPro) was founded. Quidlan recognised a number of titles and champions he had been working with in IPW:UK, including the British Heavyweight Championship, thus creating RPW British Heavyweight Championship. Shortly after, the IPW:UK British Heavyweight Championship became the IPW:UK World Championship. Sha Samuels continued to be recognized as IPW:UK World Champion and RevPro continued to recognize him as their British Heavyweight Champions.
On 24 September 2017, all IPW:UK Championships were vacated and retired.
Title history
Names
| Name | Time of use |
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| IPW:UK Championship | 16 July 2005 – 13 September 2009 |
| IPW:UK British Heavyweight Championship | 13 September 2009 – 15 May 2011 |
| IPW:UK World Championship | 15 May 2011 – 24 September 2017 |
Reigns
| No. | Order in reign history |
|---|---|
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| <1 | Indicates reigns was less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Days held | Reign | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | Aviv Maayan | 16 July 2005 | Weekend of Champions: Night 1 | Orpington, Greater London, England | 1 | 1 | Maayan won a #1 contenders battle royal prior to the main event to make it a Three-Way match. | [6] |
| 2 | Martin Stone | 17 July 2005 | Weekend of Champions: Night 2 | Orpington, Greater London, England | 462 | 1 | [7] | |
| 3 | Andy Boy Simmonz | 22 October 2006 | Extreme Measures 3 | Orpington, Greater London, England | 210 | 1 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. | [8] |
| 4 | JC Thunder | 20 May 2007 | Royale Rewards 2007 | Orpington, Greater London, England | 126 | 1 | [9] | |
| 5 | Andy Boy Simmonz | 23 September 2007 | Third Anniversary Weekender: Night Two | Orpington, Greater London, England | 175 | 2 | This was a Submission match. | [10] |
| 6 | Martin Stone | 16 March 2008 | Battle Royale: The Last Orpington Stand | Orpington, Greater London, England | 189 | 2 | This was a Last Man Standing match. | [11][12][13] |
| 7 | Iestyn Rees | 21 September 2008 | Fourth Anniversary Tour: Bromley | Bromley, Greater London, England | 209 | 1 | [14][15][16] | |
| 8 | Alex Shane | 18 April 2009 | Iron Fist | Swanley, Kent, England | 148 | 1 | This was an Iron Fish match. | [17][18] |
| 9 | Leroy Kincaide | 13 September 2009 | Fifth Anniversary Show | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 161 | 1 | This was also an All-England Championship match. Kincaide unified both titles and becomes the Undisputed British Champion. | [19][20] |
| 10 | Dave Mastiff | 21 February 2010 | No Escape 2010 | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 448 | 1 | [21] | |
| 11 | Sha Samuels | 15 May 2011 | Sittingbourne Spectacular 2011 | Sittingbourne, Kent, England | 937 | 1 | This was a Three-Way Elimination match which also included Takeshi Morishima.
In August 2012; then IPW:UK booker Andy Quildan left the company, founding Revolution Pro Wrestling. Quidlan took a number of titles with him including the British Heavyweight Championship thus creating RPW British Heavyweight Championship. The IPW:UK British Heavyweight Championship became the IPW:UK World Championship. |
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| 12 | Paul Robinson | 7 December 2013 | Title Showdown 2013: Evening Show | Swanley, Kent, England | 169 | 1 | [25] | |
| 13 | Bad Bones | 25 May 2014 | Royale Rewards 2014 | Tonbridge, Kent, England | 154 | 1 | [26] | |
| 14 | Martin Stone | 26 October 2014 | Last Man Standing 2014 | Tonbridge, Kent, England | 41 | 3 | [27][28] | |
| 15 | John Klinger | 26 December 2014 | A Taste of IPW: Germany | Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 246 | 2 | [29][30] | |
| 16 | Jimmy Havoc | 9 August 2015 | Summer Bonus 2015 | Tonbridge, Kent, England | 770 | 1 | This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match which was also for the All-England Championship. Between May 1 and August 21, 2016; Joseph Conners defended the title as an interim World Champion while Havoc was injured. | [31][32] |
| 17 | Jonny Storm | 17 September 2017 | SuperShow 11: Havoc vs. Noir | Rochester, Kent, England | 24 | 1 | This was Storm's Royale Reward contract cash-in turning the match into three-way match. It also included Cara Noir. | [33][34] |
| The title was declared vacant and retired on 24 September 2017. | ||||||||
Combined reigns
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Sha Samuels | 1 | 937 |
| 2 | Jimmy Havoc | 1 | 770 |
| 3 | Martin Stone | 3 | 692 |
| 4 | Dave Mastiff | 1 | 448 |
| 5 | Bad Bones | 2 | 400 |
| 6 | Andy Boy Simmonz | 2 | 385 |
| 7 | Iestyn Rees | 1 | 206 |
| 8 | Paul Robinson | 1 | 169 |
| 9 | Leroy Kincaide | 1 | 161 |
| 10 | Alex Shane | 1 | 148 |
| 11 | JC Thunder | 1 | 126 |
| 12 | Jonny Storm | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Aviv Maayan | 1 | 1 |