GBYWN Australian Heavyweight Championship
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| GBYWN Australian Heavyweight Championship | |
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| Current champion | Dan Zeplin |
| Date won | October 24, 2010 |
| Promotion | Inner City Wrestling Syndicate
East Coast version formally promoted by AWGP |
| Associated with | Global Backyard Wrestling Nation |
| Date introduced | East Coast: March 3, 2010
East Coast Retired: December 6 2010 West Coast; July 25 2010 |
| Most reigns | East Coast: Keiran Shaw (3) |
| First champion | East Coast: Zac Shaw
West Coast: Tazer |
| Final champion | East Coast: Ryan Phoenix |
The GBYWN Australian Heavyweight Championship is a backyard wrestling top tier international territorial championship in Australia, assigned as one of various other championships in backyard wrestling alliance, Global Backyard Wrestling Nation (GBYWN). The title is the only GBYWN championship recognized in Australia.
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History
Origination
In early 2010, Chairman of the Global Backyard Wrestling Nation alliance, Rad Hazard, sanctioned a GBYWN championship in Australia known as the GBYWN Australian Heavyweight Championship. At AWGP's SuperSlam event, Zac Shaw, one of Queensland Backyard Wrestling's longest serving roster members, defeated Crimson Genocide to become the inaugural champion.
Title Details
The physical championship belt was homemade by Atticus Floyd, originally used as the nWd Tag Team Championship and was to be the Pro Federation, ACWA's version of the Smashmouth Championship. The physical belt returned to active service when AWGP re-activated. In 2011, the physical belt will be the ACW version of the 'Smashmouth Championship'.
Controversy
On May 30, 2010, Keiran Shaw won the vacant AWGP International Championship and thus, the GBYWN Australian Title was unified with the belt to create the AWGP-GBYWN Global Championship. It was mistakenly believed that the title became inactive by less knowledgeable federations, but after a brief period of confusion where ICWS claimed the lineage of the championship, Rad Hazard declared the AWGP version of the title the official version until their was an agreement to move to title or AWGP went under. AWGP and ICWS continued to confront one another over the internet until the owners themselves agreed on a spilt title, AWGP's being represented as the East Coast Version and the ICWS's as the West Coast version of the championship with a new lineage. AWGP Management made it quite clear that the original version of the title was still active as the AWGP Global Championship was still represented by both belts and is recognized as such to this day. In late-October 2010, then AWGP Global / GBYWN Australian Champion Warren Terra split the championship back to its original configuration. The original lineage continued with Infringment becoming the first separated champion. AWGP held the championship until it was officially vacated at their finale, whereas afterwords the title was reactivated at ICWS an events later that month. The West Coast lineage agreed upon by the owners was never sanctioned, nor condoned by the GBYWN and was never acknowledged on camera anywhere outside of AWGP programming, thus the West Coast lineage has been declared null and void by the GBYWN. The AWGP, whom never hosted the West Coast version, still recognizes it as an official ICWS sanctioned title. Ironically enough, ICWS itself does not recognize or sanction the West Coast version, nor have they ever acknowledge such claims on camera. The current official champion is Dan Zeplin, whom won the vacated title to unify it with the ICWS & SPW Heavyweight Championships.
East Coast Lineage
| # | Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Notes: |
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| | Zac Shaw defeated Crimson Genocide at SuperSlam to become the inaugural champion. | |||||
| | Keiran Shaw defeated Zac Shaw at SuperSlam 6 to become the AWGP's first duel champion also hlding the AWGP Smashmouth Championship. | |||||
| | Zac Shaw defeated Keiran Shaw at AWGP SuperSlam / AWL 10 to win the title. | |||||
| | Keiran Shaw defeated Zac Shaw at AWGP Underground 4 to win the title. On May 30, Keiran Shaw won the vacant AWGP Smashmouth Championship and the title was subsequently unified with the GBYWN Australian Championship to make the Global Championship. | |||||
| | Title defended as part of the AWGP Global Championship | |||||
| | During this reign the title was seperated from the Global Championship and vacated. | |||||
| | Defeated Sack Jim and Darkstar in a triple threat. | |||||
| | Apart of the AWGP Finale Gauntlet. This title reign makes Keiran the only 3 time (East Coast) Champion. | |||||
| | Apart of the AWGP Finale Gauntlet. | |||||
| | Apart of the AWGP Finale Gauntlet. |
The East Coast version of the Championship was retired on December 6 2010 at Midnight.
West Coast Lineage
| # | Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Tazer defeated Dan Zeplin at Animosity to win the inaugral west coast championship. | ||||||
| | Dan Zeplin defeated Tazer at Halloween Hell to win the championship in an impromptu title match. |
