WIW Heavyweight Championship
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- Not to be confused with WIW World Championship, World Heavyweight Championship (WIW) or Meltdown Heavyweight Championship.
| WIW Heavyweight Championship | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | WIW |
| Brand | ShowDown |
| Date established | July 29, 2016 |
| Current champion(s) | Ryan Barnhart |
| Date won | July 8, 2024 |
| Other name(s) | |
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The WIW Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW on the ShowDown brand. It is one of two world titles in the promotion, and was created on July 29, 2016 to rival the WIW World Championship, which became exclusive to Rage following the re-introduction of the brand extension on July 22, 2016. The current champion is Ryan Barnhart.
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History
With the reintroduction of the brand extension, a draft took place on the July 22, 2016 ShowDown and WIW World Champion Kevin McAlmond was drafted to Rage. At Justice for Brawl on July 24, McAlmond succesfully defended the title in a Triple threat match against fellow Rage draftee, Matt Borske and ShowDown draftee, Chris LaGreca. When McAlmond retained the title, ShowDown was left without a world title. Subsequently, ShowDown commissioner Dixie Finnegan and ShowDown general manager Turf Finnegan created a new championship, the WIW Heavyweight Championship, the following Friday on ShowDown to serve as the brand's top championship.
the inaugural champion was crowned at SummerBash on August 21, 2016 in a tournament final singles match. The tournament began on the July 29, 2016 episode of ShowDown. At SummerBash, Mark Semmler defeated Kevin Hunter to become the inaugural champion.
Championship belt design
Reception
Title history
Reigns
As of November 7, 2024.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| † | Indicates the title change is not recognized by WIW |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Mark Semmler | August 21, 2016 | SummerBash | Great Falls, MT | 1 | 130 | Defeated Kevin Hunter in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Kevin Hunter | December 29, 2016 | ShowDown | Helena, MT | 1 | 31 | This was Hunter's Money in the Bank contract cash in. | |
| 3 | Mark Semmler | January 29, 2017 | World War | Belgrade, MT | 2 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Jon Rispens | February 12, 2017 | Steel Roulette | Butte, MT | 1 | 49 | This was a Elimination Chamber match, also involving Kevin Hunter, Daniel Gonzalez, Daniel Mazurek, Aron Satre. | |
| 5 | Brent Huntley | April 2, 2017 | SuperBrawl IX | Billings, MT | 1 | 49 | This was a Fatal four way elimination match, also involving Kevin Hunter and Mark Semmler. | |
| 6 | Craig Sandvig | May 21, 2017 | Full Throttle | Missoula, MT | 1 | 172 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Hunter | November 9, 2017 | ShowDown | Great Falls, MT | 2 | 371 | ||
| 8 | Mark Semmler | November 15, 2018 | ShowDown | Billings, MT | 3 | 143 | ||
| 9 | Steve Britz | April 7, 2019 | SuperBrawl XI | Butte, MT | 1 | 181 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Dustin Simpson. | |
| 10 | Tyler Mane | October 5, 2019 | ShowDown's Anniversary Show | Billings, MT | 1 | 144 | ||
| 11 | Martin McAlmond | February 27, 2020 | Super ShowDown Supercard | Charming, CA | 1 | 178 | ||
| 12 | "The Horror Fiend" Jon Rispens | August 23, 2020 | SummerBash | Helena, MT | 2 | 8 | This was a Fatal 4-Way SummerBash match, also involving Tyler Mane and Mad Hanson Rispens pinned Hanson to win the match and the title. | |
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| † | Kevin McAlmond | April 3, 2022 | SuperBrawl XIV | Butte, Montana | 1 | 394 | This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Tyler Mane and Jordan Singleton, who was pinned. However, both titles remain independently active with McAlmond being called the Undisputed WIW Heavyweight Champion. A controversial finished occured in this match, Martin pinned Mane at the sametime Kevin pinned Singleton, but Kevin was announced as champion. WIW has yet to address the finish. | |
| 13 | Martin McAlmond | August 30, 2020 | Retaliation | Helena, MT | 2 | 1,316 | This was a Triple Threat No Holds Barred match, also involving Mad Hanson McAlmond pinned Hanson to win the title. Even after the controversial finish of SuperBrawl XIV, WIW still recognizes Martin McAlmond as WIW Heavyweight Champion. On the May 2, 2023 episode of Rage, a rematch was made between Kevin McAlmond and Martin McAlmond, where Martin defeated Kevin to win both titles, Martin's Heavyweight Championship reign continued. | |
| 14 | Ryan Barnhart | April 7, 2024 | SuperBrawl XVI | Missoula, Montana | 1 | 27+ | Defeated Robert Due to a medical issue, Robert represented Martin McAlmond as champion in this match. | |
Combined reigns
As of November 7, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin McAlmond | 2 | 1,494 |
| 2 | Kevin Hunter | 2 | 402 |
| 3 | Kevin McAlmond | 1 | 394 |
| 4 | Mark Semmler | 3 | 287 |
| 5 | Steve Britz | 1 | 181 |
| 5 | Craig Sandvig | 1 | 172 |
| 7 | Tyler Mane | 1 | 144 |
| 8 | "The Horror Fiend" Jon Rispens | 2 | 57 |
| 9 | Brent Huntley | 1 | 49 |
| 10 | Ryan Barnhart † | 1 | 27+ |
