IWC Heavyweight Championship

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The IWC World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Cartel. The championship was first awarded March 17, 2001 when Powerhouse Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a six-way elimination match last eliminating Orion.[1][2] During Hughes' reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion.[3]

PromotionInternational Wrestling Cartel
Date establishedMarch 17, 2001[1]
Current championJami Jameson
Date wonDecember 6, 2025
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IWC World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Cartel
Date establishedMarch 17, 2001[1]
Current championJami Jameson
Date wonDecember 6, 2025
Other name
  • IWC Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First championPowerhouse Hughes
Most reignsDennis Gregory
(5 reigns)
Longest reignShirley Doe
(545 days)
Shortest reignDennis Gregory, RJ City, and Bill Collier
(<1 day)
Heaviest championBalls Mahoney
(304 lb (138 kg))
Lightest championJohn McChesney
(169 lb (77 kg))
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As of March 9, 2022, there are 44 reigns among 28 wrestlers with five vacancies. The inaugural champion was Powerhouse Hughes. Dennis Gregory has the most reigns at five. Shirley Doe has the longest singular reign at 545 days. Dennis Gregory, RJ City, and DJZ have the shortest singular reign at less than one day. John McChesney has the longest combined reign at 805 days.

Jami Jameson is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Duke Davis at the 8th Annual Pittsburgh Classic on December 6, 2025.

Title history

As of April 17, 2026.

Names

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Name Time of use
IWC World Heavyweight Championship March 17, 2001 – present
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Reigns

More information No., Reign ...
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Powerhouse Hughes March 17, 2001 House show McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 1 [Note 1] Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a six-way elimination match. He last eliminated Orion to become the inaugural champion. During his reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion. [1][2][3]
— Vacated N/A — – — — Hughes relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. [1]
2 Orion September 29, 2001 House show McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 1 154 [1][4]
3 Jimmy Vegas March 2, 2002 House show West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 1 42 [1][5]
4 CM Punk April 13, 2002 House show Monroeville, Pennsylvania 1 [Note 2] [1][6]
— Vacated N/A — – — — CM Punk relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. [1]
5 Colt Cabana July 7, 2002 House show Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 1 152 Defeated Shirley Doe in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title. [1][7]
6 Dennis Gregory December 6, 2002 House show Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 1 <1 [1][8]
7 Jimmy Vegas December 6, 2002 House show Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 2 204 [1][9]
8 Dennis Gregory June 28, 2003 Big Butler Fair 2003 Prospect, Pennsylvania 2 136 [1][10][11]
9 Sterling James Keenan November 1, 2003 November Pain West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 1 140 [1][12][13]
10 Dean Radford March 20, 2004 Super Indy Showdown West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 1 49 [1][14][15]
11 Eric Xctasy May 8, 2004 Super Indy III West Mifflin, Pennsylvania 1 140 [1][16][17]
12 Shirley Doe September 25, 2004 Boiling Point Monroeville, Pennsylvania 1 49 This was a no disqualification match. Special referees were Mick Foley and Chris Wood. [1][18][19]
13 Balls Mahoney November 13, 2004 Accept No Limitations Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 1 28 [1][20][21]
14 Shirley Doe December 11, 2004 A Call to Arms 2 Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 2 545 This was a street fight. [1][22][23]
15 Dennis Gregory June 9, 2006 Summer Sizzler III Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 3 71 [1][24]
— Vacated August 19, 2006 — – — — Gregory was stripped of the title due to using a sword during a WarGames match. [1]
16 Ricky Reyes September 16, 2006 Boiling Point 2 Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 237 Defeated Low Ki in the finals of a tournament. [1][25][26]
17 Dennis Gregory May 11, 2007 Super Indy VI McKeesport, Pennsylvania 4 93 This was a three-way match which included Brent Albright. [1][27][28]
18 The Sandman December 8, 2007 A Call to Arms 4: Controlled Chaos Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 139 This was a steel cage match. [1][29][30]
19 Dennis Gregory April 25, 2008 Super Indy VII Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 5 119 [1][31][28]
— Vacated August 22, 2008 — – — — Gregory was stripped of the title due to assaulting IWC officials and personnel. [1]
20 Shiima Xion October 26, 2008 Promotional Consideration Paid for by the Following...: Night 2 Cheswick, Pennsylvania 1 90 Xion defeated Jimmy DeMarco in the finals of a tournament at Steel City Con. [1][32][33]
21 Raymond Rowe January 24, 2009 A New Beginning Wooooo! Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 42 [1][34][35]
22 Shiima Xion March 7, 2009 Accept No Limitations 5 Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 280 [1][36][37]
23 Jimmy DeMarco December 12, 2009 A Call to Arms 2009: Full Circle Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 343 [1][38][39]
24 John McChesney November 20, 2010 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 385 This was a title vs. career match last man standing match. [1][40][41]
25 Jimmy DeMarco December 10, 2011 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 91 This was a three-way match which included Shiima Xion. [1][42][43]
26 Logan Shulo March 10, 2012 The Road to Super Indy XI Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 280 [1][44][45]
27 John McChesney December 15, 2012 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 364 The special referee was Jimmy DeMarco. [1][46][47]
28 Dalton Castle December 14, 2013 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 406 The special referee was Norm Connors. [1][48][49]
29 RJ City January 24, 2015 Reloaded Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 <1 [1][50][51]
30 Tommy Dreamer January 24, 2015 Reloaded Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 210 [1][50][51]
31 Rhino August 22, 2015 Caged Fury Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 56 This was a steel cage match. [1][52][53]
32 John McChesney October 17, 2015 Unbreakable Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 3 56 This was a three-way match that included Jimmy Nutts. [1][54][55]
33 Jimmy Nutts December 12, 2015 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 91 This was a ladder match. [1][56][57]
34 DJZ March 12, 2016 Fifteen Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 3 273 [1][58][59]
— Vacated December 10, 2016 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania — — DJZ relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. [1]
35 Wardlow December 10, 2016 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 364 Wardlow defeated RJ City to win the vacant title. [1][60][61]
36 Andrew Palace December 9, 2017 Winner Takes All Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 98 [1][62][63]
37 Wardlow March 17, 2018 Seventeen Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 147 [1][64][65]
38 Jack Pollock August 11, 2018 Caged Fury Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 119 [1][66][67]
39 Wardlow December 8, 2018 Pittsburgh Classic Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 3 189 This was a two out of three falls match. [1][68][69]
40 Jaxon Argos June 15, 2019 Super Indy 18 Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 175 Argos activated the reset button following the Super Indy tournament. [1][70][71]
41 Jack Pollock December 7, 2019 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Classic Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 98 This was a no count-out and no disqualification match. [1][72][73]
42 Jimmy Vegas March 14, 2020 Nineteen Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 3 182 This was a title vs. career match [1][74]
43 Jock Samson September 12, 2020 Super Indy 19 Washington, Pennsylvania 1 85 This was a three-way match which also included Jack Pollock. [1][75][76]
44 Andrew Palace December 5, 2020 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Classic Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 274 This was a three-way match which also included Bill Collier. [1][77][78]
45 Bulk Nasty September 5, 2021 Unbreakable Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 286 This was a three-way match which also included Spencer Slade. [1][79][80]
46 Bill Collier June 18, 2022 Aftershock Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 <1 [1][81][82]
47 Elijah Dean June 18, 2022 Aftershock Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 168 Lebanon Don and Tito Oric attacked Collier after the match. This allowed Dean to activate the Reset Button and pin Collier to win the title. [1][81][82]
48 Bill Collier December 3, 2022 5th Annual Pittsburgh Classic Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 2 931 [1][83][84]
49 Duke Davis June 21, 2025 The Last Stand Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 168 Steel Cage Match
50 Jami Jameson December 6, 2025 The 8th Annual Pittsburgh Classic Elizabeth, Pennsylvania 1 132+
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Reigns by combined length

As of April 17, 2026.

Key
More information †, <1 ...
† Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates reign lasted less than one day
+ Indicates the combined reign is changing daily
¤
 The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
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More information Rank, Wrestler ...
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
days
1 John McChesney3805
2 Bill Collier2931
3 Wardlow3700
4 Shirley Doe2594
5 Dennis Gregory5563
6 Jimmy DeMarco2434
7 Jimmy Vegas3428
8 Dalton Castle1406
9 Andrew Palace2372
10 Shiima Zion/DJZ3370
11 Bulk Nasty1286
12 Logan Shulo280
13 Ricky Reyes237
14 Jack Pollock2217
15 Tommy Dreamer1210
16 Jaxon Argos175
17 Elijah Dean168
18 Orion154
19 Colt Cabana152
20 The Sandman139
21 Sterling James Keenan140
Eric Xctasy
23 Jimmy Nutts91
24 Jock Samson85
25 Powerhouse Hughes83¤[Note 1]
26 Rhino56
27 Dean Radford49
28 Raymond Rowe42
29 CM Punk12¤[Note 2]
30 Jami Jameson+132+
31 RJ City<1
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Notes

  1. [1]
    The exact length of Hughes reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 83 and 560 days.
  2. [2]
    The exact length of CM Punk's reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 12 and 97 days.

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