FOW Heavyweight Championship

The FOW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title in American independent promotion Future of Wrestling. The title was created when "Ram Man" Johnny Evans won the title in Miami, Florida on May 1, 1998. It was defended throughout southern Florida, most often in Davie, Oakland Park, Pembroke Pines and occasionally in Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, Florida. The title was also defended outside the United States during international tours to Peru and Saudi Arabia in 1999 and 2002 respectively. There have been a total of 21 recognized individual champions, who have had a combined 30 official reigns.[1]

FOW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionFuture of Wrestling
Date establishedMay 1, 1998
Date retiredDecember 2013
Statistics
First champion(s)Johnny Evans
Final champion(s)Sean Allen
Most reignsBilly Fives (6 reigns)
Longest reignSean Allen (435-465 days)
Shortest reignT.J. Jackson (<1 day)

Title history
No. Wrestlers Reigns Date Days held Place Notes
1 Johnny Evans 1 May 1, 1998 92 Miami, Florida
2 T.J. Jackson 1 August 1, 1998 <1 Oakland Park, Florida
Title vacant.
3 Rusty Brooks 1 October 10, 1998 63 Oakland Park, Florida Won title in a battle royal.
4 J.R. James 1 December 12, 1998 38 Oakland Park, Florida
5 Gator B. Long 1 January 19, 1999 11 Tampa, Florida
6 Pat McGuire 1 January 30, 1999 91 Oakland Park, Florida Pat McGuire also holds the FOW Hardcore Championship during this time.
7 Bobby Rogers 1 May 1, 1999 19 Cooper City, Florida
8 Prince Ali Khan 1 May 20, 1999 2 Lima, Peru
9 Bobby Rogers 2 May 22, 1999 35 Lima, Peru
10 Dennis Allen 1 June 26, 1999 91 Pembroke Pines, Florida Won title in a 10-man "Table Death Match".
11 Pat McGuire 2 September 25, 1999 – Pembroke Pines, Florida
Title vacant.
12 Chris Charger 1 March 26, 2000 27 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Defeated Billy Fives in a tournament final at Chairshots and Champions.
13 Pat McGuire 3 April 22, 2000 273 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
14 Billy Fives 1 January 20, 2001 75 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
15 Scoot Andrews 1 April 5, 2001 37 Tampa, Florida
16 Billy Fives 2 May 12, 2001 35 Davie, Florida
17 Low Ki 1 June 16, 2001 1 Davie, Florida
18 Billy Fives 3 June 17, 2001 300 Hollywood, Florida
19 Norman Smiley 1 April 13, 2002 77 Davie, Florida
20 Billy Fives 4 June 29, 2002 26 Davie, Florida
21 Mike Sullivan 1 July 25, 2002 1 Saudi Arabia
22 Billy Fives 5 July 26, 2002 36 Saudi Arabia
23 Bruno Sassi 1 August 31, 2002 105 Plantation, Florida Sassi also holds the FOW International Heavyweight Championship.
24 Curt Hennig 1 December 14, 2002 58 Pembroke Pines, Florida Curt Hennig died as champion prior to the FOW closing.
Title vacant.
25 The Sheik 1 October 10, 2009 – Davie, Florida Sheik defeated Big Daddy Gonzo,Casey Thompson,Craig Classic ,Dirty White Boy,J-Dawg,Jason Trade,Joey Saint,Jordan Rayner and The Beast in a Ten Man Elimination Tables Match for the vacant Championship
Title vacant.
26 Billy Fives 6 January 29, 2011 189 Davie, Florida Billy Fives defeated ERA III in a tournament final in the FOW Relaunch event.
27 Tommy Vandal 1 August 6, 2011 350 Hollywood, Florida
28 Aron Agony 1 July 21, 2012 21 Miami, Florida
29 Tommy Vandal 2 August 11, 2012 42 Deerfield Beach, Florida
30 Sean Allen 1 September 22, 2012 435 - 465 Deerfield Beach, Florida Ended December 2013

Combined reigns
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Billy Fives6661
2 Sean Allen1435-465
3 Tommy Vandal2392
4 Pat McGuire3364 -
5 Bruno Sassi1105
6 Johnny Evans192
7 Dennis Allen191
8 Norman Smiley177
9 Rusty Brooks163
10 Curt Hennig158
11 Bobby Rogers254
12 J.R. James138
13 Scoot Andrews137
14 Chris Charger127
15 Aron Agony121
16 Gator B. Long111
17 Prince Ali Khan12
18 Low Ki11
Mike Sullivan11
20 T.J. Jackson1<1
21 The Sheik1–

References
  1. "FOW Heavyweight Title History". Retrieved September 10, 2020.
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