List of WIW International Champions
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The WIW International Championship is a Internet professional wrestling championship contested in and owned by the promotion WIW. The title was introduced into WIW in 1999.
The WIW considers the International Championship to be the second most important championship in the company, after the WIW World Heavyweight Championship. The current champion is TJ McAlmond, who is on his first reign, he defeated former champion Brendan McGuire on the September 25, 2024 episode of Rage.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| WIW International Heavyweight Championship | October 12, 1998-May 15, 2002 |
| WIW International Championship | May 15, 2002-present |
[edit] Reigns
As of January 15, 2025.
| 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 reign is not recognized by WIW |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Rick Ledoux | October 12, 1998 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 125 | Defeated Dennis Ballard in the finals of a 8-man one night tournament. |
| 2 | Scott Adams | February 14, 1999 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House | ????, Montana | 1 | 31 | |
| 3 | James LeBlanc | March 17, 1999 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 14 | |
| 4 | Tony Conver | March 31, 1999 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 14 | |
| 5 | Andy Edwards | April 14, 1999 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 53 | |
| 6 | Marshall Hibbard | June 6, 1999 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 59 | |
| 7 | Dan Archibald | August 4, 1999 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 18 | This was a title for title match, where Archibald also defended the European Championship. Archibald became the first Euronational Champion. |
| 8 | Marshall Hibbard | August 22, 1999 | SummerTime Blues | Helena, Montana | 2 | 56 | Hibbard became the second Euronational Champion. |
| 9 | Kevin McAlmond | October 17, 1999 | No Mercy | ????, Montana | 1 | 28 | This was a Steel Cage match. |
| — | Vacated | November 14, 1999 | Soul Survivor | ????, Montana | — | — | McAlmond was injured during the Soul Survivor event and was forced vacant the title. |
| 10 | Adam Petecost | December 12, 1999 | Armageddon | Helena, Montana | 1 | 77 | Defeated Jack Pray in the finals of a tournament. |
| 11 | Rex Martin | February 27, 2000 | No Way Out | Butte, Montana | 1 | 35 | Earlier that month, Martin had also won the European Championship. This win made Martin the third and final Euronational Champion. |
| 12 | Michael Olsen | April 2, 2000 | Wrestlepalooza 2000 | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 34 | This was a two-fall triple threat match, also involving Adam Petecost, in which Rex Martin defended both championships. The person to get the first fall won the International Championship and the person to score the second fall won the European Championship; Barnhart scored the first fall to win the International Championship. |
| 13 | Adam Petecost | May 6, 2000 | Turbo! | Billings, Montana | 2 | 4 | |
| 14 | Michael Olsen | May 10, 2000 | Dynasty | Dutton, Montana | 2 | 45 | |
| 15 | John Dargan | June 24, 2000 | Turbo | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 14 | |
| 16 | Scott Adams | July 8, 2000 | Turbo | Harlowton, Montana | 2 | 60 | |
| 17 | Theodore Flemming | September 6, 2000 | Dynasty | Billings, Montana | 1 | 80 | This was a triple threat match, also involving Rex Martin |
| 18 | Bruce Murray | November 25, 2000 | Turbo | Butte, Montana | 1 | 15 | |
| 19 | Michael Olsen | December 10, 2000 | Armageddon | Browning, Montana | 2 | 42 | |
| 20 | Adam Petecost | January 21, 2001 | New Year's Evil | Great Falls, Montana | 3 | This was a ladder match. | |
| — | Vacated | January 28, 2009 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | — | — | |
| Kris McGowan | January 28, 2009 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 18 | Title was Vacant | |
| Steve Britz | February 15, 2009 | Chamber of Hell (2009) | ????, Montana | 1 | 96 | ||
| Joe Linderman | May 17, 2009 | Throw the Rules Out (2009) | ????, Montana | 1 | 108 | This was a Hardcore Ladder Match | |
| — | Vacated | September 2, 2009 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | — | — | Title was vacated when Linderman was injured |
| Ryan Barnhart | October 4, 2009 | Rage in the Cage (2009) | ????, Montana | 1 | 50 | ||
| Joe Smith | November 22, 2009 | Soul Survivor (2009) | ????, Montana | 1 | 70 | ||
| Ryan Borske | Janaury 31, 2010 | Throw the Rules Out (2010) | ????, Montana | 1 | 127 | This was a Triple threat Ladder Match also including Dereck Reich | |
| Joe Linderman | June 7, 2010 | Night of Championships (2010) | ????, Montana | 2 | 139 | This was a Triple threat match also including Ryan Gleason | |
| Ryan Barnhart | October 24, 2010 | Rage in the Cage (2010) | ????, Montana | 2 | 99 | This was a Triple threat match also including Joe Smith | |
| Dustin Simpson | January 30, 2011 | New Year's Evil (2011) | ????, Montana | 1 | 14 | ||
| Mark Semmler | February 12, 2011 | Turbo | ????, Montana | 1 | 266 | ||
| James Allred | November 5, 2011 | Turbo | ????, Montana | 1 | 177 | ||
| Steve Britz | April 29, 2012 | Hardcore Havoc (2012) | ????, Montana | 2 | 50 | ||
| James Allred | June 17, 2012 | No Way Out (2012) | ????, Montana | 2 | 64 | This was a No Disqualification match | |
| Steve Britz | August 19, 2012 | SummerSlam (2012) | ????, Montana | 3 | 29 | ||
| Charlie Lynch | September 16, 2012 | Clash of Champions (2012) | ????, Montana | 1 | 106 | ||
| — | Vacated | December 30, 2012 | WIW.com | ????, Montana | — | — | All titles were vacated when the new head of the WIW BOD addressed WIW.com about the new year. |
| Grant Boynton | January 6, 2013 | Dynasty | ????, Montana | 1 | 15 | This was a Triple threat Ladder match also involving Marcus Batey and Brandon Claassen | |
| Paul Rinehart | January 20, 2013 | Turbo: Dark match | ????, Montana | 1 | 78 | This match was before Turbo's show took place | |
| Alec Berglind | April 7, 2013 | WrestleMania V | Helena, Montana | 1 | 4 | ||
| Paul Rinehart | April 10, 2013 | Dynasty | Helena, Montana | 2 | 68 | ||
| Curtis Maxwell | June 16, 2013 | WIW Backfire | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 92 | ||
| James Burdick | September 15, 2013 | Clash of Champions | Helena, Montana | 1 | 232 | This was a Triple threat match also involving Andy Haegele. | |
| Josh Erickson | May 4, 2014 | Extreme Warfare (2014) | Helena, Montana | 1 | 125 | Erickson was added to this match when contender, Daniel Gonzalez was unable to compete, due to attack earlier in the night by Erickson and the rest of MWA. | |
| Ryan Barnhart | August 17, 2014 | SummerBash | Helena, Montana | 3 | 224 | ||
| Matt Hooper | March 29, 2015 | SuperBrawl VII | Helena, Montana | 1 | 181 | This was a Ladder match also involving, Joe Linderman, Joe Smith, Daniel Gonzalez, Jessi Aguilar, James Burdick, Tyler Erickson, Ryan Borske, Colby Hurt, James Allred and Charlie Lynch. | |
| Jeffery Mahana | September 20, 2015 | Clash of Champions | Bozeman, Montana | 1 | 84 | ||
| Ryan Barnhart | December 13, 2015 | TLC: Christmas Chaos | Helena, Montana | 4 | 111 | ||
| Dustin Simpson | April 1, 2016 | SuperBrawl VIII | Helena, Montana | 2 | 285 | This was a Ladder War that also involved, Charlie Lynch Paul Rinehart, Mark Semmler, James Lyman, Sam Watnem, Colby Hurt, Mikhail Schmalzried, Michael Chandler, Shawn Porter, Travis Tipton and previous champion Ryan Barnhart. | |
| Jeremy Calvert | January 11, 2017 | Rage | Butte, Montana | 1 | 81 | This was a 2–on–1 handicap match, also involving Corey Simms, who teamed with Calvert. Calvert pinned Dustin Simpson to win the title. | |
| Kevin McAlmond | April 2, 2017 | SuperBrawl IX | Billings, Montana | 2 | 325 | ||
| Kooper McAlmond | February 21, 2018 | Rage | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 46 | This was an Eight-man Gauntlet match, also involving Mad Hanson, Damian Lufborough, Eric Stevens, Matt Borske, Chris Gomez, and Richard Munoz. | |
| Michael Fonger | April 8, 2018 | SuperBrawl X | Helena, Montana | 1 | 70 | this was a Fatal four way match, also involving Matt Borske and Eric Stevens. Fonger was added last minute after threating Rex Martin and WIW with legal action for his treatment. | |
| Kooper McAlmond | June 17, 2018 | Money in the Bank | Cut Bank, Montana | 2 | 182 | This was a Triple threat match, also involving Aaron Kelly. | |
| Ryan Barnhart | December 16, 2018 | TLC: Christmas Chaos | Missoula, Montana | 5 | 31 | This was a Triple threat match, also involving Daniel Gonzalez. | |
| Eric Stevens | January 16, 2019 | Rage | Butte, Montana | 1 | 32 | This was a Triple threat match, also involving Kooper McAlmond. | |
| Chris Gomez | February 17, 2019 | Steel Roulette | Kalispell, Montana | 1 | 24 | This was a Tag team match, featuring Kevin McAlmond as Gomez's partner and Daniel Gonzalez as Stevens partner. Gomez pinned Gonzalez to win the title. | |
| Eric Stevens | March 13, 2019 | Rage | Billings, Montana | 2 | 25 | ||
| Chris Gomez | April 7, 2019 | SuperBrawl XI | Butte, Montana | 2 | 98 | The title became exclusive to the ShowDown brand following the 2019 Superstar Shake-up draft. | |
| Corbin Edwards | July 14, 2019 | Broken Bodies Kickoff | Anaconda, Montana | 1 | 202 | ||
| Mad Hanson | February 1, 2020 | ShowDown | Helena, Montana | 1 | 36 | ||
| Jared Hunt | March 8, 2020 | Steel Roulette | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 104 | This was an Elimination Chamber match, also involving Corbin Edwards, Keith Coleman, Kevin Judge, Devin Sullivan, and Seth Smith. | |
| Kevin Hunter | June 20, 2020 | ShowDown | Helena, Montana | 1 | 64 | This was an Triple threat match, also involving Mark Semmler. | |
| Tyler Posey | August 22, 20202 | ShowDown | Helena, Montana | 1 | 36 | ||
| Jared Hunt | September 27, 2020 | Clash of Champions | Helena, Montana | 2 | 90 | This was a triple threat ladder match, also involving Kevin Hunter. | |
| Marc Beltran | December 26, 2020 | ShowDown | Helena, Montana | 1 | 106 | This was a Lumberjack match. | |
| Mikhail Schmalzried | April 11, 2021 | SuperBrawl XIII Night 2 | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 126 | ||
| Corbin Edwards | August 14, 2021 | ShowDown | Butte, Montana | 2 | 182 | King Edwards was formerly known simply as Corbin Edwards. On October 8, 2021, King Edwards reverted back to Corbin Edwards out of respect for the 2021 King of the Ring tournament. WIW recognizes Edwards reign ending on February 19, 2022. | |
| Jared Hunt | February 12, 2022 | ShowDown | Helena, MT | 3 | 21 | WIW recognizes Hunt's reign as beginning on February 19, 2022 (lasting 14 days), when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
| Bradlee Woehl | March 5, 2022 | ShowDown | Havre MT | 1 | 98 | ||
| Clay Bignell | June 11, 2022 | ShowDown | Great Falls, MT | 1 | 665 | ||
| Jared Hunt | April 6, 2024 | SuperBrawl XVI Night 1 | Missoula, MT | 4 | 119 | ||
| Brendan McGuire | August 3, 2024 | SummerBash | Great Falls, MT | 1 | 53 | ||
| TJ McAlmond | September 25, 2024 | Rage | Billings, MT | 1 | 28 | ||
| Brendan McGuire | October 23, 2024 | Rage | Butte, MT | 2 | 39+ | ||
[edit] List of combined reigns
As of January 15, 2025.
| + | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
[edit] See also
- List of WIW World Champions
- List of Heavyweight Champions
- List of WIW United Nations Champions
- List of WIW World Tag Team Champions
- List of WIW Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
- List of WIW World Women's Champions
- List of WIW Women's Champions
- List of current champions in WIW
