List of IWE United States Champions
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The IWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the American promotion IWE. It was originally known as the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and began as a regional championship created by and defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, run by Jim Crockett, Jr.. Harley Race became the inaugural champion on the title's introduction on January 1, 1975. Turner Broadcasting bought the company in November 1988 and renamed it World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after its primary television program.
In March 2001, the then-IWF bought selected assets of WCW. This resulted in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship becoming a championship for the IWF, which referred to it as the WCW United States Championship. At Survivor Series in November 2001, the WCW United States and IWF Intercontinental Championships were unified, resulting in the United States Championship being deactivated. In July 2003, the title was reactivated as the IWE United States Championship. It is the only active IWE championship to not have been created by the promotion. Since the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, it has been exclusively contested on the Raw brand.
The championship is contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. Sheamus is the current champion in his third reign.
Overall, there have been 98 different champions. Ric Flair holds the record for having the most reigns at six, while Dustin Simpson holds the record for most reigns under the IWE banner at five. Chris Benoit is also tied with John Cena with five, two from WCW and three from IWE. Lex Luger holds the record for the longest reign, with his third reign lasting a total of 523 days, while Dean Ambrose holds the longest reign under the IWE banner, at 351 days (overall the third longest in the title's history). "Stunning" Steve Austin's second reign was the shortest, lasting approximately five minutes. Only two men, Lex Luger and Rick Rude, have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
Name | Years |
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) | January 1, 1975 – January 27, 1981 |
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Undisputed version) | January 27, 1981 – January 1991 |
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | January 1991 – March 26, 2001 |
WCW United States Championship | June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001 |
IWE United States Championship | July 27, 2003 – present |
[edit] Reigns
As of September 6, 2024.
No. | The overall championship reign |
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Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
Days | The number of the days that the champion held the title for |
Days recog. | The number of days that the promotion officially recognizes the champion as having held the title for |
<1 | The reign lasted less than a day |
+ | The current reign is changing daily |
No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | ||
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National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) / Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) | |||||||||
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) / World Championship Wrestling (WCW) | |||||||||
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) | |||||||||
— | Vacated | — | July 14, 1991 | — | Baltimore, MD | The Great American Bash | Vacated when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
43 | Sting | 1 | August 25, 1991 | 86 | Atlanta, GA | House show | Defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final for the vacant title. | ||
44 | Rick Rude | 1 | November 19, 1991 | 378 | Savannah, GA | Clash of the Champions XVII | |||
— | Vacated | — | December 1, 1992 | — | — | — | Vacated due to Rick Rude suffering an injury. | ||
45 | Dustin Rhodes | 1 | January 11, 1993 | 138 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a match that was originally made to determine the No. 1 contender. But, upon Rick Rude's vacating the title, the match was instead made to decide the new champion. Aired on tape delay on January 16, 1993. | ||
— | Vacated | — | May 29, 1993 | — | — | WCW Saturday Night | The WCW Board of Directors announced the title had been held-up, several weeks after Rhodes' controversial title defense against Rick Rude that ended in Rude appearing to win via pinfall, and taking possession of the title belt, despite both wrestlers' shoulders being off the mat. | ||
46 | Dustin Rhodes | 1 | August 30, 1993 | 119 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | Defeated Rick Rude in a rematch for the vacant title. Aired on tape delay on September 11, 1993. | ||
47 | Steve Austin | 1 | December 27, 1993 | 240 | Charlotte, NC | Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary | This was a two out of three falls match. | ||
48 | Ricky Steamboat | 4 | August 24, 1994 | 25 | Cedar Rapids, IA | Clash of the Champions XXVIII | |||
49 | Steve Austin | 2 | September 18, 1994 | <1 | Roanoke, VA | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games | Awarded the title due to Ricky Steamboat being injured. | ||
50 | Jim Duggan | 1 | September 18, 1994 | 100 | Roanoke, VA | Fall Brawl 1994: War Games | |||
51 | Vader | 1 | December 27, 1994 | 88 | Nashville, TN | Starrcade | |||
— | Vacated | — | March 25, 1995 | — | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | Stripped by WCW commissioner Nick Bockwinkel for hospitalizing Dave Sullivan one week prior. | ||
52 | Sting | 2 | June 18, 1995 | 148 | Dayton, OH | The Great American Bash | Defeated Meng in a tournament final. | ||
53 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | November 13, 1995 | 44 | Tokyo, Japan | WCW World in Japan | Won the title at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. | ||
54 | One Man Gang | 1 | December 27, 1995 | 33 | Nashville, TN | Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling | Won in a post-PPV dark match. Although the match was restarted and Kensuke Sasaki subsequently retained the title, it was never acknowledged by WCW, nor is it acknowledged by IWE. | ||
55 | Konnan | 1 | January 29, 1996 | 160 | Canton, OH | Main Event | |||
56 | Ric Flair | 5(6) | July 7, 1996 | 141 | Daytona Beach, FL | Bash at the Beach | |||
— | Vacated | — | November 25, 1996 | — | — | — | Vacated due to Ric Flair suffering a shoulder injury. | ||
57 | Eddie Guerrero | 1 | December 29, 1996 | 77 | Nashville, TN | Starrcade | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament final for the vacant title. | ||
58 | Dean Malenko | 1 | March 16, 1997 | 85 | North Charleston, SC | Uncensored | |||
59 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | June 9, 1997 | 73 | Boston, MA | Nitro | |||
60 | Steve McMichael | 1 | August 21, 1997 | 25 | Nashville, TN | Clash of the Champions XXXV | |||
61 | Curt Hennig | 1 | September 15, 1997 | 104 | Charlotte, NC | Monday Nitro | |||
62 | Diamond Dallas Page | 1 | December 28, 1997 | 112 | Washington, D.C. | Starrcade | |||
63 | Raven | 1 | April 19, 1998 | 1 | Denver, CO | Spring Stampede | This was a "Raven's Rules" match. | ||
64 | Goldberg | 1 | April 29, 1998 | 77 | Colorado Springs, CO | Monday Nitro | This was a "Raven's Rules" match. IWE.com mistakenly lists Goldberg's reign as lasting 91 days, ending on July 20, 1998. | ||
— | Vacated | — | July 6, 1998 | — | Atlanta, GA | Nitro | Vacated when Goldberg won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
65 | Bret Heart | 1 | July 20, 1998 | 21 | Salt Lake City, UT | Monday Nitro | Defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the vacant title. | ||
66 | Lex Luger | 5 | August 10, 1998 | 3 | Rapid City, SD | Monday Nitro | |||
67 | Bret Heart | 2 | August 13, 1998 | 74 | Fargo, ND | Thunder | |||
68 | Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | October 26, 1998 | 35 | Phoenix, AZ | Monday Nitro | |||
69 | Bret Heart | 3 | November 30, 1998 | 70 | Chattanooga, TN | Monday Nitro | This was a no disqualification match. | ||
70 | Roddy Piper | 3 | February 8, 1999 | 13 | Buffalo, NY | Monday Nitro | |||
71 | Scott Hall | 1 | February 21, 1999 | 23 | Oakland, CA | SuperBrawl IX | |||
— | Vacated | — | March 16, 1999 | 0 | Oakland, CA | Thunder | Scott Hall was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair. | ||
72 | Scott Steiner | 1 | April 11, 1999 | 85 | Tacoma, WA | Spring Stampede | Defeated Booker T in a tournament final for the vacant title. | ||
— | Vacated | — | July 5, 1999 | — | Atlanta, GA | Nitro | Scott Hunter was stripped of the title by WCW President Ric Flair. | ||
73 | David Flair | 1 | July 5, 1999 | 35 | Atlanta, GA | Nitro | Awarded the title by his father and WCW President Ric Flair. | ||
74 | Chris Benoit | 1 | August 9, 1999 | 34 | Boise, ID | Monday Nitro | |||
75 | Sid Vicious | 1 | September 12, 1999 | 42 | Winston-Salem, NC | Fall Brawl | |||
76 | Goldberg | 2 | October 24, 1999 | 1 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc | Won the title when Sid Vicious suffered excessive bleeding and the referee stopped the match. | ||
77 | Bret Heart | 4 | October 25, 1999 | 14 | Phoenix, AZ | Monday Nitro | |||
78 | Scott Hall | 2 | November 8, 1999 | 41 | Indianapolis, IN | Monday Nitro | This was a four-way ladder match, also involving Sid Vicious and Goldberg. | ||
79 | Chris Benoit | 2 | December 19, 1999 | 1 | Washington, D.C. | Starrcade | Awarded the title when Scott Hall suffered a knee injury during the match. | ||
80 | Jeff Jarrett | 2 | December 20, 1999 | 27 | Baltimore, MD | Monday Nitro | This was a ladder match. | ||
— | Vacated | — | January 16, 2000 | 0 | Cincinnati, OH | Souled Out (2000) | Vacated due to Jeff Jarrett suffering an injury. | ||
81 | Jeff Jarrett | 3 | January 17, 2000 | 84 | Columbus, OH | Monday Nitro | Awarded by WCW Commissioner Kevin Nash. | ||
— | Vacated | — | April 10, 2000 | 0 | Denver, CO | Monday Nitro | All WCW titles were declared vacant by Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff after WCW was rebooted. | ||
82 | Scott Steiner | 2 | April 16, 2000 | 84 | Chicago, IL | Spring Stampede | Defeated Sting in a tournament final. | ||
— | Vacated | — | July 9, 2000 | — | Daytona Beach, FL | Bash at the Beach | |||
83 | Lance Storm | 1 | July 18, 2000 | 66 | Auburn Hills, MI | Monday Nitro | Defeated Mike Awesome in a tournament final for the vacant title. Storm unofficially renamed the title the WCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship. | ||
84 | Terry Funk | 2 | September 22, 2000 | 1 | Amarillo, TX | House show | |||
85 | Lance Storm | 2 | September 23, 2000 | 36 | Lubbock, TX | House show | |||
86 | Gen. Rection | 1 | October 29, 2000 | 15 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc | Defeated Lance Storm and Jim Duggan in a handicap match. | ||
87 | Lance Storm | 3 | November 13, 2000 | 13 | , England | Monday Nitro | |||
88 | Gen. Rection | 2 | November 26, 2000 | 49 | Milwaukee, WI | Mayhem | |||
89 | Shane Douglas | 1 | January 14, 2001 | 22 | Indianapolis, IN | Sin | This was a First Blood Chain match. | ||
90 | Rick Steiner | 1 | February 5, 2001 | 41 | Tupelo, MS | Monday Nitro | |||
91 | Booker T | 1 | March 18, 2001 | 128 | Jacksonville, FL | Greed | Title and other selected assets of WCW were purchased by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). Title was subsequently referred to as the WCW United States Championship and was defended on IWF programming. | ||
International Wrestling Federation (IWF) | |||||||||
92 | Chris Kanyon | 1 | July 24, 2001 | 48 | Pittsburgh, PA | SmackDown! | Given the title by Booker T as he was also the WCW Champion. IWE recognizes Kanyon's reign as beginning on July 26, 2001, when the episode aired on tape delay. | ||
Tajiri | 1 | September 10, 2001 | 13 | San Antonio, TX | RAW is WAR | ||||
Rhino | 1 | September 23, 2001 | 29 | Pittsburgh, PA | Unforgiven (2001) | ||||
Matt Borske | 1 | October 22, 2001 | 21 | Kansas City, MO | Raw | ||||
Edge | 1 | November 12, 2001 | 6 | Boston, MA | Raw | ||||
- | Unified | - | November 18, 2001 | 0 | Greensboro, NC | Survivor Series (2001) | Edge defeats IWF Intercontinental Champion Test to unify the two titles. Edge becomes Intercontinental Champion while the United States title is retired. | ||
Brian McAlmond | 2 | July 27, 2003 | 84 | Denver, CO | Vengeance (2003) | Defeated Kevin Hunter in a tournament final to revive the title. | |||
The Big Marc | 1 | October 19, 2003 | 147 | Baltimore, MD | No Mercy (2003) | ||||
Dustin Simpson | 1 | March 14, 2004 | 112 | New York, NY | WrestleMania XX | This was the 1st time in history, that the Championship was defended at a Wrestlemania event. | |||
- | Vacated | - | July 8, 2004 | 0 | Winnipeg, MB | SmackDown! | Simpson was stripped of the title after attacking SmackDown! general manager Matt Borske. | ||
Booker T | 2 | July 27, 2004 | 68 | Cincinnati, OH | SmackDown! | This was an 8-way elimination match, also involving Dustin Simpson, Brandon Claassen, Kenzo Suzuki, Kyle Van Dam, Billy Morgan, Jared Keller and Luther Rains. Aired July 29, 2004. | |||
Dustin Simpson | 2 | October 3, 2004 | 1 | East Rutherford, NJ | No Mercy (2004) | This was the fifth match of a Best of Five series. | |||
Carlito Caribbean Cool | 1 | October 7, 2005 | 42 | Boston, MA | SmackDown! | ||||
Dustin Simpson | 3 | November 18, 2004 | 105 | Dayton, OH | SmackDown! | ||||
Liam Phillips | 1 | March 5, 2005 | 173 | Albany, NY | SmackDown! | ||||
Kevin Hunter | 3 | August 21, 2005 | 58 | Washington, D.C. | SummerSlam (2005) | ||||
Booker T | 3 | October 18, 2005 | 35 | Reno, NV | Friday Night SmackDown! | Aired October 21, 2005. | |||
- | Vacated | - | November 22, 2005 | 0 | Sheffield, England | Friday Night SmackDown! | Vacated when a title defense against Kevin Hunter ended in a double pinfall. Aired November 25, 2005. | ||
Booker T | 4 | January 10, 2006 | 40 | Philadelphia, PA | Friday Night SmackDown! | Booker faced Hunter in a Best of Seven series, winning the first three matches; Kevin McAlmond substituted for Booker after that due to injury, losing the next three matches but winning the final. Aired January 13, 2006. | |||
Chris Hunter | 4 | February 19, 2006 | 42 | Baltimore, MD | No Way Out (2006) | ||||
John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 1 | April 2, 2006 | 51 | Rosemont, IL | WrestleMania 22 | ||||
Bobby Ashley | 1 | May 23, 2006 | 49 | Bakersfield, CA | SmackDown! | Aired May 26, 2006. | |||
Finlay | 1 | July 11, 2006 | 49 | Minneapolis, MN | SmackDown! | Aired July 14, 2006. | |||
Mr. Kennedy | 1 | August 29, 2006 | 42 | Reading, PA | SmackDown! | This was a Triple Threat match also involving Bobby Ashley, which aired September 1, 2006. | |||
Kevin Hunter | 5 | October 10, 2006 | 222 | Jacksonville, FL | SmackDown! | Aired October 13, 2006. | |||
Montel Vontavious Porter | 1 | May 20, 2007 | 343 | St. Louis, MO | Judgment Day (2007) | This was a Two Out Of Three Falls match, which MVP won 2–0. | |||
Matt Hooper | 1 | April 27, 2008 | 84 | Baltimore, MD | Backlash (2008) | The title became an XCW exclusive title when Hooper was drafted to XCW on June 23, 2008. | |||
Junior Remeriz | 1 | July 20, 2008 | 76 | Uniondale, NY | The Great American Bash (2008) | The title was returned to SmackDown due to Remeriz's status as a SmackDown superstar. | |||
Montel Vontavious Porter | 2 | March 17, 2009 | 76 | Corpus Christi, TX | SmackDown! | Aired March 20, 2009. The title became a Raw exclusive title when MVP was drafted to Raw on April 13. | |||
Kofi Kinston | 1 | June 1, 2009 | 126 | Birmingham, AL | Raw | ||||
The Miz | 1 | October 5, 2010 | 224 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Raw | ||||
Bret Heart | 5 | May 17, 2010 | 7 | Toronto, ON | Raw | This was a no disqualification, no count out match. | |||
- | Vacated | - | May 24, 2010 | 0 | Toledo, OH | Raw | Vacated when Bret Heart became General Manager of Raw. | ||
B-Truth | 1 | 21 | Defeated The Miz to win the vacant title. | ||||||
The Miz | 2 | June 14, 2010 | 97 | Charlotte, NC | Raw | This was a Fatal Four Way match also involving Joe Linderman and Zack Nuss. | |||
Kody Brown | 1 | September 19, 2010 | 176 | Rosemont, IL | Night of Champions (2010) | ||||
Sheamus | 1 | March 14, 2011 | 48 | St. Louis, MO | Raw | Title becomes exclusive to SmackDown! once again when Garrett is drafted to SmackDown! via the Supplemental Draft on April 26, 2011. | |||
Kofi Kingston | 2 | May 1, 2011 | 49 | Tampa, FL | Extreme Rules (2011) | This was a Tables match. Title becomes exclusive to RAW once again due to Serrano's status as a RAW Superstar. | |||
126 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | June 18, 2011 | 183 | Washington, D.C. | Capitol Punishment 2011 | |||
127 | Zack Ryder | 1 | December 18, 2011 | 30 | Baltimore, Maryland | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2011) | |||
128 | Jack Wilson | 1 | January 16, 2012 | 49 | Anaheim, California | Raw | |||
129 | Santino Marella | 1 | March 5, 2012 | 167 | Boston, MA | Raw | |||
130 | Antonio Cesaro | 1 | August 19, 2012 | 239 | Los Angeles, CA | SummerSlam | Match aired live on YouTube and IWE.com as part of the SummerSlam pre-show. | ||
131 | Kofi Kingston | 3 | April 15, 2013 | 35 | Greensville, SC | Raw | |||
132 | Dean Ambrose | 1 | May 19, 2013 | 351 | St. Louis, MO | Extreme Rules | |||
133 | Sheamus | 1 | May 5, 2014 | 182 | Albany, NY | Raw | |||
134 | Rusev | 1 | November 3, 2014 | 146 | Buffalo, NY | Raw | This match happened on Raw Backstage Pass | ||
135 | Dustin Simpson | 1 | March 29, 2015 | 147 | Santa Clara, CA | WrestleMania 31 | |||
136 | Seth Rollins | 1 | August 23, 2015 | 28 | Brooklyn, NY | SummerSlam | This was also for Rollins' IWE World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
137 | Dustin Simpson | 5 | September 20, 2015 | 35 | Houston, TX | Night of Champions | |||
138 | Alberto Del Rio | 1 | October 25, 2015 | 78 | Los Angeles, CA | Hell in a Cell | |||
139 | Kalisto | 1 | January 11, 2016 | 1 | New Orleans, LA | Raw | |||
140 | Alberto Del Rio | 2 | January 12, 2016 | 12 | Lafayette, LA | SmackDown | Aired on January 14, 2016. | ||
141 | Kalisto | 2 | January 24, 2016 | 119 | Orlando, FL | Royal Rumble | |||
142 | Rusev | 2 | May 22, 2016 | 126 | Newark, NJ | Extreme Rules | Title became exclusive to Raw when Rusev was drafted to Raw on July 19, 2016. IWE recognizes Rusev's reign as lasting 127 days. | ||
143 | Roman Reigns | 1 | September 25, 2016 | 106 | Indianapolis, IN | Clash of Champions | IWE recognizes Reigns' reign as lasting 107 days. | ||
144 | Chris Jericho | 1 | January 9, 2017 | 83 | New Orleans, LA | Raw | This was a 2–on–1 handicap match, also involving Kevin Owens, who teamed with Jericho. Jericho pinned Roman Reigns to win the title. | ||
145 | Kevin Owens | 1 | April 2, 2017 | 29 | Orlando, FL | WrestleMania 33 | |||
146 | Chris Jericho | 2 | April 30, 2017 | 2 | San Jose, CA | Payback (2017) | |||
147 | Kevin Owens | 2 | May 2, 2017 | 66 | Fresno, CA | SmackDown | |||
148 | KJ Styles | 1 | July 7, 2017 | 16 | New York City, NY | House show | IWE recognizes Styles' reign as lasting 17 days. | ||
149 | Kevin Owens | 3 | July 23, 2017 | 2 | Philadelphia, PA | Battleground | IWE recognizes Owens reign as lasting 3 days. | ||
150 | KJ Styles | 2 | July 25, 2017 | 75 | Richmond, VA | SmackDown Live | This was a triple threat match also involving Chris Jericho. | ||
151 | Baron Corbin | 1 | October 8, 2017 | 70 | Detroit, MI | Hell in a Cell | This was a triple threat match also involving Tye Dillinger. | ||
152 | Dolph Ziggler | 2 | December 17, 2017 | 9 | Boston, MA | Clash of Champions | This was a triple threat match also involving Bobby Roode. | ||
— | Vacated | — | December 26, 2017 | — | Rosemont, IL | SmackDown Live | Vacated when General Manager Daniel Bryan vacated the title after Dolph Ziggler dropped the title in the ring the previous week. | ||
153 | Bobby Roode | 1 | January 16, 2018 | 54 | Laredo, TX | SmackDown Live | Defeated Jinder Mahal in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | ||
154 | Kevin Orton | 1 | March 11, 2018 | 28 | Columbus, OH | Fastlane | |||
155 | Jinder Mahal | 1 | April 8, 2018 | 8 | New Orleans, LA | WrestleMania 34 | This was a Fatal 4-Way match also involving Bobby Roode and Rusev. The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2018 IWE Superstar Shake-up. | ||
156 | Josh Hooper | 1 | April 16, 2018 | 90 | Hartford, CT | Raw | The title became exclusive to the SmackDown brand following the 2018 IWE Superstar Shake-up. | ||
157 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | July 15, 2018 | 156 | Pittsburgh, PA | Extreme Rules | |||
158 | Rusev | 3 | December 18, 2018 | 40 | Fresno, CA | SmackDown Live | Aired on tape delay on December 25, 2018. | ||
159 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | January 27, 2019 | 2 | Phoenix, AZ | Royal Rumble | |||
160 | B-Truth | 1 | January 29, 2019 | 35 | Phoenix, AZ | SmackDown | |||
161 | Samoa Simpson | 1 | March 5, 2019 | 75 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | SmackDown | This was a fatal four-way match, also involving Andrade and Rey Mysterio. | ||
162 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | May 19, 2019 | 15 | Hartford, CT | Money in the Bank | |||
163 | Samoa Simpson | 2 | June 3, 2019 | 20 | Austin, TX | Raw | Rey Mysterio voluntarily relinquished the title back to Simpson due to Mysterio suffering a shoulder injury and the controversial way he won the title at Money in the Bank. | ||
164 | Ricochet | 1 | June 23, 2019 | 21 | Tacoma, WA | Stomping Grounds | |||
165 | KJ Styles | 3 | July 14, 2019 | 134 | Philadelphia, PA | Extreme Rules | |||
166 | Rey Mysterio | 2 | November 25, 2019 | 31 | Rosemont, IL | Raw | |||
167 | Andrade | 1 | December 26, 2019 | 151 | New York, NY | House show | |||
168 | Apollo Crews | 1 | May 25, 2020 | 97 | Orlando, FL | Raw | |||
169 | Bobby Lashley | 2 | August 30, 2020 | 175 | Orlando, FL | Payback | |||
170 | Riddle | 1 | February 21, 2021 | 49 | St. Petersburg, FL | Elimination Chamber | This was a triple threat match also involving John Morrison. | ||
171 | Sheamus | 3 | April 11, 2021 | 132 | Tampa, FL | WrestleMania 37 Night 2 | |||
172 | Damian Priest | 1 | August 21, 2021 | 191 | Paradise, NV | SummerSlam | |||
173 | Finn Bálor | 1 | February 28, 2022 | 49 | Columbus, OH | Raw | |||
174 | Theory | 1 | April 18, 2022 | 75 | Buffalo, NY | Raw | |||
175 | Bobby Lashley | 3 | July 2, 2022 | 100 | Las Vegas, NV | Money in the Bank | |||
176 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | 2 | October 10, 2022 | 47 | Brooklyn, NY | Raw | |||
177 | Austin Theory | 2 | November 26, 2022 | 258+ | Boston, MA | Survivor Series WarGames | This was a triple threat match also involving Bobby Lashley. | ||
IWE: SmackDown | |||||||||
178 | Rey Mysterio | 3 | August 11, 2023 | 85 | Calgary, AB, Canada | SmackDown | Austin Theory was due to face Santos Escobar, who had won the United States Championship Invitational Tournament, but was taken out by Theory before the match started. IWE Official Adam Pearce then allowed Mysterio to take Escobar's place for the title match. | ||
179 | Logan Paul | 1 | November 4, 2023 | 274 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Crown Jewel | |||
180 | LA Knight | 1 | August 3, 2024 | 1+ | Cleveland, OH | SummerSlam |
[edit] Combined reigns
As of September 6, 2024.
+ | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by IWE | |
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2 | Ric Flair | 6(5) [a] | 773 | 709 | |
9 | Chris Benoit | 5 | 357 | ||
21 | Ricky Steamboat | 4 | 265 | 267 | |
26 | Sting | 2 | 234 | ||
29 | Roddy Piper | 3 | 220 | 222 | |
33 | Bret Heart | 5 | 186 | ||
34 | Jeff Jarrett | 3 | 184 | ||
38 | Scott Steiner | 2 | 169 | ||
41 | Eddie Guerrero | 2 | 161 | 159 | |
42 | Konnan | 1 | 160 | ||
45 | Diamond Dallas Page | 2 | 147 | ||
47 | Dustin Rhodes | 1 | 141 | ||
51 | Lance Storm | 3 | 118 | 115 | |
54 | Curt Hennig | 1 | 104 | ||
55 | Jim Duggan | 1 | 100 | ||
62 | Big Van Vader | 1 | 88 | ||
63 | |||||
Dean Malenko | 1 | 85 | |||
65 | Goldberg | 2 | 78 | 92 | |
68 | Scott Hall | 2 | 66 | ||
69 | Gen. Rection | 2 | 61 | 64 | |
78 | Chris Kanyon | 1 | 48 | 46 | |
80 | Kensuke Sasaki | 1 | 44 | ||
81 | 1 | 42 | |||
Sid Vicious | |||||
85 | David Flair | 1 | 35 | ||
86 | One Man Gang | 1 | 33 | ||
90 | Steve McMichael | 1 | 25 | ||
91 | |||||
Shane Douglas | 1 | 22 | |||
101 | Raven | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Notes
- a. ^ Ric Flair's fifth reign is not recognized by IWE, but a IWE.com article recognized him as a 6-time champion.
- b. ^ IWE recognizes Greg Valentine as a 2-time champion. His first reign is not recognized by IWE.
- c. ^ IWE recognizes Blackjack Mulligan as a 3-time champion. His second reign is not recognized by WWE.
- d. ^ IWE recognizes Paul Jones as a 2-time champion. His third reign is not recognized by WWE.
[edit] References
==External links==