NEW Heavyweight Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The NEW Heavyweight Championship is a heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Northeast Wrestling (NEW). The inaugural champion was Bam Bam Bigelow. The current champion is Nightmare, who is in his second reign.
PromotionNortheast Wrestling (NEW)
Date establishedMarch 3, 1996
Current championMatt Taven
Date wonOctober 15, 2022
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| Promotion | Northeast Wrestling (NEW) | ||||||||||
| Date established | March 3, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Current champion | Matt Taven | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 15, 2022 | ||||||||||
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Title history
As of March 10, 2026, there have been 24 reigns shared among 21 wrestlers with four vacancies. Bam Bam Bigelow was the inaugural champion. Brian Anthony holds four records: the most reigns (three), the longest single reign (1,051 days, during his first reign), the shortest reign (less than one day, during his third reign), and the longest combined reign (1,114 days).
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Bam Bam Bigelow | March 3, 1996 | - | Wallkill, NY | 1 | 942 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | October 1, 1998 | - | - | — | — | ||
| 2 | Sycho Sid | October 4, 1998 | - | Terryville, CT | 1 | 485 | [1] | |
| — | Vacated | February 1, 2000 | - | - | — | — | ||
| 3 | Xavier | December 9, 2006 | Holiday Havoc | Terryville, CT | 1 | 497 | Defeated AJ Styles and Jay Lethal in a three-way match to win the vacant title. | [2] |
| 4 | Ron Zombie | April 19, 2008 | Wrestlefest XII | Bristol, CT | 1 | 143 | [3] | |
| 5 | Jeff Starr | September 9, 2008 | Moscow Mania | Moscow, PA | 1 | 53 | [4] | |
| — | Vacated | November 1, 2008 | - | - | — | — | ||
| 6 | Jason Blade | December 6, 2008 | Holiday Havoc | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 342 | Defeated Prince Jalil Salaam to win vacant title. | [5] |
| 7 | Paul London | November 13, 2009 | Hart Attack | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 127 | [6] | |
| 8 | Matt Taven | March 20, 2010 | Wrestlefest XIV | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1 | 559 | This was a five-way elimination match, which also involving Brian Anthony, Jason Blade and Mike Bennett. | [7] |
| 9 | Brian Anthony | September 30, 2011 | Brass City Brawl II | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 1,051 | This was a Steel Cage match. | [8] |
| 10 | Matt Taven | August 16, 2014 | Heat Wave | Bethany, CT | 2 | 512 | [9] | |
| — | Vacated | January 10, 2016 | - | - | — | — | ||
| 11 | Brian Anthony | January 30, 2016 | Over The Top | Bethany, CT | 2 | <1 | This was a 30 Man Royal Rumble match for the vacant title. | [10] |
| 12 | Hanson | January 30, 2016 | Over The Top | Bethany, CT | 1 | 252 | [10] | |
| 13 | Brian Anthony | October 8, 2016 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 3 | 63 | This was a triple threat match, which also involving T. K. O'Ryan. | [11] |
| 14 | T. K. O'Ryan | December 10, 2016 | The Best Around Is Coming To Town | Bethany, CT | 1 | 83 | [12] | |
| 15 | Mike Bennett | March 3, 2017 | Wrestlefest XXI | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 15 | [13] | |
| 16 | Cody Rhodes | March 18, 2017 | March Mayhem | Port Jervis, NY | 1 | 258 | [14] | |
| 17 | Flip Gordon | December 1, 2017 | Holiday Havoc | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 204 | This was a three-way match, which also involving Brad Hollister. | [15] |
| 18 | Wrecking Ball Legursky | June 23, 2018 | Big Bethany Bash | Bethany, CT | 1 | 28 | [16] | |
| 19 | Jack Swagger | July 21, 2018 | Wrestling Under The Stars Tour: Niles | Niles, OH | 1 | 91 | [17] | |
| 20 | Brad Hollister | October 20, 2018 | Destiny | Bethany, CT | 1 | 196 | [18] | |
| 21 | J. T. Dunn | May 4, 2019 | NEW | Bethany, CT | 1 | 42 | [19] | |
| 22 | Darby Allin | June 15, 2019 | Six Flags Slam Fest | Jackson, NJ | 1 | 224 | [20] | |
| 23 | Dan Maff | January 25, 2020 | Over The Top | Waterbury, CT | 1 | 994 | [21] | |
| 24 | Traevon Jordan | October 15, 2022 | The Show With No Name | Bethany, CT | 1 | 63 | Vacated due to injury. | [22] |
| 24 | Matt Taven | December 17, 2022 | Holiday Havoc | Bethany, CT | 3 | 1,179+ | Defeated Flip Gordon and JT Dunn in the Tournament of Champions final. | [23] |
Combined reigns
As of March 10, 2026.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Matt Taven † | 3 | 1,221 |
| 2 | Brian Anthony | 3 | 1,114 |
| 3 | Danny Maff | 1 | 994 |
| 4 | Bam Bam Bigelow | 945 | |
| 5 | Xavier | 497 | |
| 6 | Sycho Sid | 485 | |
| 7 | Jason Blade | 342 | |
| 8 | Cody Rhodes | 258 | |
| 9 | Hanson | 252 | |
| 10 | Darby Allin | 224 | |
| 11 | Brad Hollister | 196 | |
| 12 | Flip Gordon | 193 | |
| 13 | Ron Zombie | 161 | |
| 14 | Paul London | 127 | |
| 15 | Jack Swagger | 91 | |
| 16 | T. K. O'Ryan | 83 | |
| 17 | Traevon Jordan | 63 | |
| 18 | Jeff Star | 58 | |
| 19 | J. T. Dunn | 42 | |
| 20 | Wrecking Ball Legursky | 28 | |
| 21 | Mike Bennett | 15 |