NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship
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| NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship | |
| Details | |
| Current champion | Vacant |
| Date won | June 15, 2011 |
| Promotion | N/A |
| Community/Organization | National Backyard Wrestling Alliance |
| Date introduced | November 29, 2008 |
| Most reigns | Skull Jr. (2) |
| First champion | RPK |
| Longest reign | RPK (351 Days) |
| Shortest reign | Ghoul (14 Days) |
| Formerly known as | GBYWN Michigan Heavyweight Championship Michigan Heavyweight Championship |
The National Backyard Wrestling Alliance (NBYWA) International Heavyweight Championship is a backyard wrestling International Championship as recognized by the National Backyard Wrestling Alliance. It was first awarded on November 29, 2008 to RPK who defeated Skull Jr. in a Best 2/3 Falls Hardcore Match.
Background
Design used November 29, 2008 - January 10, 2009. |
Design used January 10, 2009 - June 22, 2011. |
Design used June 22, 2011 - April 2, 2012. This design was never used in-ring. |
RPK of Hardcore Championship Wrestling and Skull Jr. of Total Hardcore Wrestling met on the Global Backyard Wrestling News forums sometime between late June and early July 2008. Skull's fed was to close on the 12th of July, and he thought he was going to be retired after the event. The two scheduled a Best 2/3 Falls Match on July 19th, though it was canceled due to location problems and too much regulation. After a small period of verbal conflict, the two reconciled in September and scheduled the same match for that November. Cam, the owner of GBYWN, gave the two permission to create a Championship for the match, to which it was named the Michigan Heavyweight Championship, representing the wrestlers' home state. After being delayed from November 1 to 8 to 15 to 22, the match was finally set to happen on the 29th. The match ended up being horrible. Skull Jr. has stated many reasons as to why he thinks it went wrong. RPK won the match and title. The match was criticized by the members of the forum, leading most to believe Skull wasn't a good wrestler, as it was his first on tape. A good match however happened on January 10, with HCW wrestler AC thrown into the mix, but the damage was done. In a GBYWN board of directors meeting on January 19, Cam declared the title defunct. HCW continued to recognize the belt as the "Michigan Heavyweight Championship". Sick of the ridicule, Skull quit using GBYWN's forum on January 21 and founded the National Backyard Wrestling Alliance on the 22nd. The belt was christened the NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship the same day, as it remains now. It was the first belt to go from one community to another. The belt remained with RPK until November 15, 2009, when HCW got rid of title when it re-branded itself. This caused Skull to vacate the title and award it to Mike Mello of V For Victory (VFV) the next day. Skull won it at THW 22/NBYWA 1 by forfeit against Karnage, due to Karnage's mother being in the hospital. A re-match was scheduled for a week after against the two because of it. On January 9, 2011, Skull lost the title on "MWA IMPACT" to MWA roster member Ghoul. He won it back in a rematch on the next "IMPACT" on January 23. On June 15, Skull vacated the title to make it available for an upcoming tournament at NBYWA 4 & 5: Mid-Summer Showdown. He announced the winner of the tournament will also be the #1 contender to the NBYWA World Title. On June 22, Skull unveiled a new belt design to be given to the winner of the tournament. The tournament, however, wasn't successful as during NBYWA 4 and NBYWA 5 the matches were decided by coin-toss and the finals match between Lance Manion (RPK) and Karnage was suspended. After continually trying to get the match to be done, Skull quietly canceled the match and is currently negotiating to send the title somewhere else. On April 2, CR3 Wrestling in the United Kingdom was awarded the title, and the old design (which was never used in-ring) was put to rest. A new belt has not yet been revealed.
Title History
| # | Wrestler: | Reign: | Location: | Date: | Event: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Defeated Skull Jr. on November 29, 2008 in a Best 2/3 Falls Hardcore Match. | ||||
| | | The title was vacated by Skull Jr. on November 15, 2009 after HCW got rid of it. | ||||
| | | Was awarded the title by Skull Jr. on November 16, 2009 because he was a good friend and had ideas for the belt. | ||||
| | | The title was vacated by Skull Jr. on May 19, 2010 after he learned from Mike Mello that he wouldn't be able to show up at THW 22/NBYWA 1: A New Beginning in September to defend the belt. | ||||
| | | Skull defeated Karnage by forfeit in a match where he defended the THW World Heavyweight Championship, and the vacant NBYWA World Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. | ||||
| | | Ghoul defeated Skull after interference by Karnage. | ||||
| | | Skull defeated Ghoul in a rematch. | ||||
| | | Skull vacated the title to make it available for a tournament. |
