HPW Underground Championship
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| - | The history of the HPW Underground Championship starts with the HTR Underground Championship. HTR was a federation that ran between early 2008 to early 2009. When HTR closed, UWE started in it's place, run by [[James "Grimm" Blackwell]]. Blackwell debuted the UWE Underground Championship at it's event "Open Wounds". UWE eventually closed in June 2010 with only one match contested for the Underground Title. Throughout the history of the two titles that preceded it, Paul Steel was the most prominent holder of the title. After UWE's last event, Sean Steel announced [[Higher Passion Wrestling]] for 2011. When the federation started, no announcements were made for the Underground Championship. Then, when [[Skull Jr.]] and [[RPK]] confirmed themselves for HPW's show "Homecoming" on September 3, | + | The history of the HPW Underground Championship starts with the HTR Underground Championship. HTR was a federation that ran between early 2008 to early 2009. When HTR closed, UWE started in it's place, run by [[James "Grimm" Blackwell]]. Blackwell debuted the UWE Underground Championship at it's event "Open Wounds". UWE eventually closed in June 2010 with only one match contested for the Underground Title. Throughout the history of the two titles that preceded it, Paul Steel was the most prominent holder of the title. After UWE's last event, Sean Steel announced [[Higher Passion Wrestling]] for 2011. When the federation started, no announcements were made for the Underground Championship. Then, when [[Skull Jr.]] and [[RPK]] confirmed themselves for HPW's show "Homecoming" on September 3, RPK was booked against Moustapha Akkad for the new HPW Underground Championship. RPK, a wrestler for [[Total Hardcore Wrestling]] and the [[Michigan Wrestling Association]], won the Title, leaving the belt outside of HPW. One month later at "[[HPW/NBYWA 7: Hell-O-Ween]]", RPK lost the title to Cody Douglas. Cody's reign ended on March 22, 2012 when HPW announced on their new website that both HPW belts were vacated. Moustapha Akkad defeated DP Mudder and surprise entrant El Chupacabre on April 7 at "First Blood" to win the vacant belt. |
==Title History== | ==Title History== | ||
Current revision as of 02:27, 6 January 2013
| HPW Underground Championship | |
| Details | |
| Current champion | Moustapha Akkad |
| Date won | April 7, 2012 |
| Promotion | Higher Passion Wrestling |
| Date introduced | September 3, 2011 |
| Most reigns | RPK Cody Douglas Moustapha Akkad (Tied - 1) |
| First champion | RPK |
| Longest reign | Cody Douglas (173 Days) |
| Shortest reign | Moustapha Akkad (0 Days) |
The Higher Passion Wrestling (HPW) Underground Championship is a backyard wrestling Hardcore Championship as recognized by Higher Passion Wrestling. It was first awarded on September 3, 2011 to RPK.
Background
The history of the HPW Underground Championship starts with the HTR Underground Championship. HTR was a federation that ran between early 2008 to early 2009. When HTR closed, UWE started in it's place, run by James "Grimm" Blackwell. Blackwell debuted the UWE Underground Championship at it's event "Open Wounds". UWE eventually closed in June 2010 with only one match contested for the Underground Title. Throughout the history of the two titles that preceded it, Paul Steel was the most prominent holder of the title. After UWE's last event, Sean Steel announced Higher Passion Wrestling for 2011. When the federation started, no announcements were made for the Underground Championship. Then, when Skull Jr. and RPK confirmed themselves for HPW's show "Homecoming" on September 3, RPK was booked against Moustapha Akkad for the new HPW Underground Championship. RPK, a wrestler for Total Hardcore Wrestling and the Michigan Wrestling Association, won the Title, leaving the belt outside of HPW. One month later at "HPW/NBYWA 7: Hell-O-Ween", RPK lost the title to Cody Douglas. Cody's reign ended on March 22, 2012 when HPW announced on their new website that both HPW belts were vacated. Moustapha Akkad defeated DP Mudder and surprise entrant El Chupacabre on April 7 at "First Blood" to win the vacant belt.
Title History
| # | Wrestler: | Reign: | Location: | Date: | Event: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Defeated Moustapha Akkad to become the first champion. | ||||
| | | Defeated RPK for the title. | ||||
| | | Title was vacated upon the launch of HPW's new website. | ||||
| | | Defeated DP Mudder and El Chupacabre in a triple threat match to win the title. |
