HWA Heavyweight Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	D'Lo Brown
Final champion(s)	Dustin Rayz
Most reigns	Race Steele (5 reigns)
Longest reign	Brian Jennings (381 days)
Shortest reign	Johnny The Bull (1 hour)

**HWA Heavyweight Championship**
HWA Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion	Heartland Wrestling Association
Date established	January 5, 1996
Date retired	2015
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	D'Lo Brown
Final champion(s)	Dustin Rayz
Most reigns	Race Steele (5 reigns)
Longest reign	Brian Jennings (381 days)
Shortest reign	Johnny The Bull (1 hour)

The HWA Heavyweight Championship was the heavyweight title contested in the Heartland Wrestling Association.

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No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	D'Lo Brown	January 5, 1996	HWA	Fort Wright, KY	1	64	Defeated Bobby Blaze in the tournament final to become inaugural champion.	^[1]
2	Bobby Blaze	March 9, 1996	HWA	Ashland, KY	1	7		^[2]
3	D'Lo Brown	March 16, 1996	HWA	Lima, OH	2	77-106		^[3]
Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
4	Race Steele	May 25, 2000	3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show	Cincinnati, OH	1	246	Steele defeated Chip Fairway in the tournament final to win vacant title.	^[4]
5	Chad Collyer	January 26, 2001	HWA	Rising Sun, IN	1	32		^[5]
Chad Collyer stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
6	Shark Boy	February 27, 2001	HWA	Cincinnati, OH	1	17	This was a Battle Royal match for the vacant title.	^[6]
7	Race Steele	March 16, 2001	HWA	Rising Sun, IN	2	113		^[7]
8	Cody Hawk	July 7, 2001	HWA	Cincinnati, OH	1	28		^[8]
9	Race Steele	August 4, 2001	HWA	Batavia, OH	3	5
10	Nick Dinsmore	August 9, 2001	4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show	Cincinnati, OH	1	9		^[9]
11	Race Steele	August 18, 2001	HWA	Dayton, OH	4	88		^[10]
Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
12.	E. Z. Money	November 14, 2001		Dayton, OH	1	56	Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament final.
13.	Charlie Haas	January 9, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	20	Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002.
14.	E. Z. Money	January 29, 2002		Dayton, OH	2	45	Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped.
15.	Rico Constantino	March 15, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	2
16.	Stevie Richards	March 17, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	1	3
17.	Race Steele	March 20, 2002		Cincinnati, OH	5	49
18.	Johnny the Bull	May 8, 2002		Dayton, OH	1	11
19.	Lance Cade	May 19, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	1	62
20.	Johnny the Bull	July 20, 2002		Batavia, OH	2	<1
21.	Lance Cade	July 20, 2002		Batavia, OH	2	1
22.	Cody Hawk	July 21, 2002		Jeffersonville, IN	2	58
23.	Matt Stryker	September 17, 2002		Cincinnati, OH	1	53
24.	Chet Jablonski	November 9, 2002		Batavia, OH	1	55
25.	Matt Stryker	January 3, 2003		Batavia OH	2	80
26.	Cody Hawk	March 24, 2003		Wilmington, OH	3	5
27.	Matt Stryker	March 29, 2003		Wilmington, OH	3	17
28.	Ala Hussein	April 15, 2003		Cincinnati, OH	1	17
29.	Chad Collyer	May 2, 2003		Aurora, IN	2	127	Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match.
30.	Nigel McGuinness	September 6, 2003		Batavia, OH	1	119
31.	Hoss	January 3, 2004		Batavia, OH	1	3
32.	Nigel McGuinness	January 6, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	2	71
33.	El Temor	March 17, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	1	13
34.	Rory Fox	March 30, 2004		Cincinnati, OH	1	360
35	Shawn Osborne	March 25, 2005		Dayton, OH	1	84
36.	Matt Stryker	June 17, 2005		Cincinnati, OH	4	98
37.	Cody Hawk	September 23, 2005		Cincinnati, OH	4	39-68	Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005.
38.	Pepper Parks	January 1, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	1	128	Defeated Jon Moxley in tournament final for vacant championship.
39.	Jon Moxley	May 9, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	1	126
40.	Chad Collyer	September 12, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	3	56
41.	Pepper Parks	November 7, 2006		Cincinnati, OH	2	28	Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up".
42.	Jon Moxley	December 30, 2006		Dayton, OH	2	3	Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title.
43.	Brian Jennings	January 2, 2007		Cincinnati, OH	1	381
44	B. J. Whitmer	January 18, 2008		Dayton, OH	1	145	Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008.
45.	Jake Crist	July 11, 2008		Cincinnati, OH	1	407	Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match.
46.	Richard Phillips	August 22, 2009		Norwood, OH	1	119
47.	Aaron Williams	December 19, 2009		Norwood, OH	1	18
48.	Jon Moxley	January 6, 2010		Middletown, OH	3	189	Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
49.	Gerome Phillips	July 14, 2010		Middletown, OH	2	248
50.	B. J. Whitmer	March 19, 2011		Norwood, OH	2	161
51.	Jesse Emerson	August 27, 2011		Norwood, OH	1	112
52.	Jake Crist	December 17, 2011		Hamilton, OH	2	307	Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.
53.	Ron Mathis	October 19, 2012		Hamilton, OH	1	281	Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson.
54.	Chance Prophet	July 27, 2013		Hamilton, OH	1	343	Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.
55.	Dustin Rayz	July 5, 2014		Middletown, OH	1	—	Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. This was after the writing/booking duties were removed from Prophet.
Retired in 2015

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