XPW World Heavyweight Championship
Professional wrestling championship
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The XPW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion. Eric Ryan is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Shlak at Baptized in Blood on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
PromotionXtreme Pro Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 29, 1999
Current championEric Ryan
Date wonApril 13, 2024
| XPW World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Xtreme Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 29, 1999 | ||||||||||
| Current champion | Eric Ryan | ||||||||||
| Date won | April 13, 2024 | ||||||||||
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Title history
As of March 14, 2026, there have been fourteen reigns between thirteen champions, two vacancies and one deactivation. Damien Steele was the inaugural and record two-time champion. Sabu holds the longest reign at 392 days, while Jake Lawless has shortest reign at less than a day.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Damien Steele | October 29, 1999 | Halloween in Hell | Reseda, CA | 1 | 50 | Steele won a nine-man battle royal to become the first champion. | [1] |
| 2 | Big Dick Dudley | December 18, 1999 | Merry X-Mas | Hollywood, CA | 1 | 42 | [2] | |
| — | Vacated | January 29, 2000 | — | — | — | — | Dudley was stripped of the championship when his parole officer refused to let him compete. | |
| 3 | Jake Lawless | January 29, 2000 | Abuse of Power | Hollywood, CA | 1 | <1 | Defeated Michael Modest to win the vacant title. | [3] |
| 4 | Damien Steele | January 29, 2000 | Abuse of Power | Hollywood, CA | 2 | 28 | Steele purchased the title from Lawless. | [3] |
| 5 | Chris Candido | February 26, 2000 | My Bloody Valentine | Hollywood, CA | 1 | 63 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. | [4][5] |
| — | Vacated | April 29, 2000 | — | — | — | — | Candido was stripped of the title when he signed with World Championship Wrestling. | |
| 6 | Sabu | April 29, 2000 | XPW Heavyweight Title Tournament | Bakersfield, CA | 1 | 392 | Defeated The Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. | [6][7] |
| 7 | The Messiah | May 26, 2001 | Redemption | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 91 | Defeated New Jack to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to substitute Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event. | [8] |
| — | Vacated | August 25, 2001 | — | — | — | — | Messiah was stripped of the title when he was fired from XPW. | |
| 8 | Johnny Webb | August 25, 2001 | Damage Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 329 | Webb and Rob Black defeated Sabu and Josh Lazie in a tag team match. Webb won the title as per the stipulation of the match. | [9] |
| 9 | Shane Douglas | July 20, 2002 | Baptized In Blood III: Night Of Champions | Pico Rivera, CA | 1 | 231 | [10] | |
| — | Deactivated | March 8, 2003 | — | — | — | — | XPW closed and the title was abandoned | |
| 10 | Brian Cage | November 7, 2021 | Rebirth | Rochester, NY | 1 | 280 | Defeated Willie Mack in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. | [11] |
| 11 | Masada | August 13, 2022 | Night of Reckoning | Pomona, CA | 1 | 287 | Defeated Brian Cage and Willie Mack in a three-way dance. | [11] |
| 12 | Alex Colon | May 27, 2023 | Broken Beat And Scarred | Newark, NJ | 1 | 126 | ||
| 13 | Shlak | September 30, 2023 | South Of Heaven | Newark, NJ | 1 | 196 | ||
| 14 | Eric Ryan | April 13, 2024 | Baptized In Blood IV | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 700+ | ||
Combined reigns
As of March 14, 2026.
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| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabu | 1 | 392 |
| 2 | Eric Ryan † | 1 | 700+ |
| 3 | Johnny Webb | 1 | 329 |
| 4 | Masada | 1 | 287 |
| 5 | Brian Cage | 1 | 280 |
| 6 | Shane Douglas | 1 | 231 |
| 7 | Shlak | 1 | 196 |
| 8 | Alex Colon | 1 | 126 |
| 9 | The Messiah | 1 | 91 |
| 10 | Damien Steele | 2 | 78 |
| 11 | Chris Candido | 1 | 63 |
| 12 | Big Dick Dudley | 1 | 42 |
| 13 | Jake Lawless | 1 | <1 |