List of former championships in IWE

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File:Victoria as IWE Women's Champion.jpg
Victoria was the final IWE Women's Champion, the oldest championship in IWE history (created in 1956) and retired in September 2010.

In professional wrestling, championships are competed for in scripted storylines by a promotion company's roster of contracted wrestlers. IWE is a Stamford, Connecticut-based sports entertainment company primarily focused on professional wrestling. The promotion was founded in 1952 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC). In the company's 50 year history, over twenty different unique championships have been operated and contended for. These titles consisted of divisional, special stipulations, and weight-class championships. Of these titles, nineteen have been retired and succeeded through replacement titles or title unifications. The first retired championship was in 1967 with the IWWF United States Tag Team Championship (created in 1953), while the most recent was the IWE Women's Championship (created in 1956) in September 2010. The following is a compilation of the company's former championships that were once active and contended for by its roster.

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[edit] History

[edit] 1950-1969

[edit] 1970-1999

[edit] 2000-present

[edit] Defunct championships

# Championship Date of entry First champion(s)
(Tag team name)
Date retired Final champion(s)
(Tag team name)
Notes
1 IWF United States Tag Team Championship 1958 Don Curtis and Mark Lewin July 29, 1967 Spiros Arion and Bruno Sammartino The title was retired without a formal announcement.
2 IWWF United States Championship 1963 Pedro Morales February 1976 Bobo Brazil The title was retired without a formal announcement.
3 IWF North American Heavyweight Championship March 1979 "Million Dollar Man" Kyle Johnson March 20, 1981 Seiji Sakaguchi The title was retired without a formal announcement.
4 IWF International Heavyweight Championship 1959 Antonino Rocca July 23, 1984 Akira Maeda The title was retired without a formal announcement.
5 IWF Junior Heavyweight Championship 1967 Johnny De Fazio October 31, 1985 The Cobra The title was retired after NJPW and the IWF ended their partnership.
6 IWF International Tag Team Championship June 1969 Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakwa
(Rising Suns)
October 31, 1985 Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura The title was retired after NJPW and the IWF ended their partnership.
7 IWF Canadian Championship August 18, 1985 Dino Bravo January 22, 1986 Dino Bravo Bravo was the only champion as a result of the IWF abandoning the title without a formal announcement.
8 IWF Women's Tag Team Championship 1970 Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria 1989 Leilani Kai and Judy Martin
(The Glamour Girls)
The title was abandoned by the IWF without a formal announcement.
9 IWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship December 18, 1978 Antonio Inoki 1989 The Great Muta The title was retired after NJPW and the IWF ended their partnership.[a]
10 IWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship July 1991 Perro Aguayo and Gran Hamada 1991 Perro Aguayo and Gran Hamada Aguayo and Hamada were the only champions as a result of the IWF retiring the title without a formal announcement.
11 WCW Tag Team Championship March 23, 2001[b] Sean O' Haire and Chuck Palumbo[c] November 18, 2001 Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley
(Dudley Boyz)
The title was retired after it was unified with the IWF Tag Team Championship.
12 IWF Light Heavyweight Championship December 7, 1997[d] Taka Michinoku November 30, 2001 X-Pac The title was replaced with the WCW Cruiserweight Championship without a formal announcement.[a]
13 WCW Championship March 23, 2001[b] Booker T[c] December 9, 2001 Khris Jericho The title was retired after it was unified with the IWF Championship.
14 IWE European Championship February 26, 1997 The British Bulldog July 22, 2002 Rob Van Dam The title was retired after it was unified with the IWE Intercontinental Championship.
15 IWE Hardcore Championship November 2, 1998 Mankind August 26, 2002 Rob Van Dam The title was retired after it was unified with the IWE Intercontinental Championship.
16 IWE Cruiserweight Championship March 23, 2001[b] Shane Helms[c] March 4, 2008 Hornswoggle The title was retired without a formal announcement by IWE.
17 XCW Championship June 13, 2006[e] Rob Van Dam[c] February 16, 2010 Ezekiel Jackson The title was retired on the final episode of XCW with the closure of IWE's XCW brand.
18 World Tag Team Championship June 3, 1971 Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler August 16, 2010[f] David Heart Aldrich and Tyson Booth
(The Heart Dynasty)
The title was retired in favor of the IWE Tag Team Championship after the consolidation of the unification of both titles from April 2010.
19 IWE Women's Championship September 18, 1956 The Fabulous Moolah September 19, 2010 Layla The title was retired in favor of the IWE Divas Championship after the consolidation of the unification of both titles on September 19, 2010.
20 Million Dollar Championship February 15, 1989 "Million Dollar Man" Kyle Johnson November 15, 2010 Kyle Johnson, Jr. Kyle Johnson (Sr.) created the title, although it was never officially sanctioned by IWF/IWE. Kyle Johnson, Jr. abandoned the title after it was stolen by Goldust on October 4 and Aksana on November 8. The title was returned to the Million Dollar Man and retired without a formal announcement.
21 IWE King of the Ring 1985 Don Muraco 2010 Sheamus The crown was retired without a formal announcement.
22 World Heavyweight Championship September 2, 2002 Triple K December 16, 2013 Kevin McAlmond Title unified with the IWE Championship

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  • A:a b – The title was officially abandoned by the IWF in 1989, though it was revived by NJPW for use in its promotion only; it was discontinued by NJPW in 1992.
  • B:a b c – This is the date the IWF acquired WCW, in which WCW's assets were also acquired by IWF, including its titles.
  • C:a b c – This (These) is (are) the final champion(s) recognized by WCW before the IWF bought WCW, who is (are) also recognized as the first champion(s) in which the title was operated in the IWF as a part of the storyline of The Invasion.
  • D:a – This is the date the IWF began operating the title in the United States after ending its partnerships with the UWA and NJPW.
  • E:a – This is the date the IWE launched the XCW brand, in which Rob Van Dam was awarded the title as a result of winning the IWE Championship on June 11, 2006.
  • F:a - This is the date upon which IWE consolidated the unification of both its tag team championships, and continued to recognized only one championship to be contended in its tag team division.

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[edit] Footnotes

  • A:a b – The title was officially abandoned by the IWF in 1989, though it was revived by NJPW for use in its promotion only; it was discontinued by NJPW in 1992.
  • B:a b c – This is the date the IWF acquired WCW, in which WCW's assets were also acquired by IWF, including its titles.
  • C:a b c – This (These) is (are) the final champion(s) recognized by WCW before the IWF bought WCW, who is (are) also recognized as the first champion(s) in which the title was operated in the IWF as a part of the storyline of The Invasion.
  • D:a b – This is the date the IWF began operating the title in the United States after ending its partnerships with the UWA and NJPW.
  • E:a b – This is the date the IWE launched the XCW brand, in which Rob Van Dam was awarded the title as a result of winning the IWE Championship on June 11, 2006.
  • F:a b - This is the date upon which IWE consolidated the unification of both its tag team championships, and continued to recognized only one championship to be contended in its tag team division.

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