NZWPW Heavyweight Championship

The NZWPW Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship title in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (NZWPW). It was the original super heavyweight title of Wellington Pro Wrestling and introduced as the WPW Super Heavyweight Championship on 3 December 2004. The inaugural champion was Ruamoko, who defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final in Lower Hutt, New Zealand on 25 April 1992. The title became vacant when Ruamoko suffered an injury in early-2005 and, after the promotion became New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, it was replaced by the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship first won by Island Boy Si on 25 March 2005.

NZWPW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionNew Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (2004-2018)
Hughes Academy (2022-present)
Date established3 December 2004
Current champion(s)Axl Stirling
Other name(s)
WPW Super Heavyweight Championship (2004–2005)
Statistics
First champion(s)Ruamoko
Most reignsD-Hoya (5)
Longest reignChad Howard (595 days)
Shortest reignCharlie Roberts (<1 day)
Jade Priest (<1 day)

The final champion under the NZWPW banner was Bryant who was in his first reign. On 17 November 2018, at Capital Pro Wrestling's MitchellMania event, the title was deactivated when NZWPW owner Martin Stirling was seen taking the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship from the then current champion Bryant. In February 2020, the NZWPW promotion was closed as Stirling retired.

On 28 May 2022, the championship was reinstated in the Hughes Academy promotion by guest host Ben Mana. Axl Stirling defeated Kartik and "The Spartan" Sam Black to win the vacant title belt.[1]

Current NZWPW Heavyweight champion, Axl Stirling

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Ruamoko 3 December 2004 Colossus Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 N/A Ruamoko defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final to become the first WPW Super Heavyweight Champion. [2][3]
— Vacated 2005 — — — — The championship is vacated after Ruamoko is injured. [2][4]
2 Island Boy Si 25 March 2005 Powerplay II Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 224 Defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [4][5]
3 Jonnie Juice 4 November 2005 Eruption II Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 161 [5][6]
4 D-Hoya 14 April 2006 Powerplay III Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 98 [5][7]
5 Adam Avalanche 21 July 2006 Pacific Storm Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 342 [5][8]
6 D-Hoya 28 June 2007 The Big One Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2 162 This was a Last Man Standing match. [5][9]
7 Jimmy Sparx 7 December 2007 Christmas Carnage Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 176 This was a Four Corners Tag match involving Axl and Rufguts. [5][10]
8 D-Hoya 31 May 2008 Powerplay V Lower Hutt, New Zealand 3 77 [5][11]
— Vacated 16 August 2008 Invasion Tour Wainui, New Zealand — — The championship is vacated on the first night of the tour after a Triple Threat match involving D-Hoya, Jimmy Sparx and Rufguts ended in a no-contest. An 8-man tournament is held for the duration of the tour. [12]
9 D-Hoya 14 November 2008 The Big One Lower Hutt, New Zealand 4 378 Defeated Jimmy Sparx in tournament final to win the vacant championship. [13]
10 Rufguts 27 November 2009 Movember Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 204 X-Rated was the special referee. [5][14]
11 Tykade 19 June 2010 Powerplay VII Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 258 This was a No Disqualification match. D-Hoya was the special referee. [15]
12 "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn 4 March 2011 Over The Top Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2 175
13 D-Hoya 26 August 2011 Powerplay VIII Lower Hutt, New Zealand 5 259
— Vacated 11 May 2012 Bringing Down the House Petone, New Zealand — —
14 Ben Mana 15 June 2012 Powerplay IX Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1 61
— Vacated 15 August 2012 Right 2 Challenge Otaki, New Zealand — — Ben Mana injured his knee winning the title against Jakob Cross at Powerplay IX
15 Tykade 2 November 2012 The Bushwacker Luke's Return Taitā, New Zealand 2 42 Defeated James Shaw in the NZWPW tournament final
16 Johnny Idol 14 December 2012 Mayhem in the Valley Stokes Valley, New Zealand 1 155 Cashed in his Right 2 Challenge opportunity and won
17 James Shaw 18 May 2013 Ngaio Evolution Ngaio, New Zealand 1 14 Defeated Johnny Idol in an "I Quit" match
18 Johnny Idol 1 June 2013 Over the Top Wainuiomata, New Zealand 2 97 Defeated James Shaw, Travis Banks, and Rufguts
19 Ben Mana 6 September 2013 Powerplay X Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2 294 Defeated Johnny Idol in a Last Man Standing match
20 "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn 27 June 2014 Beat Down (2014) Petone, New Zealand 3 85 Rufguts invoked the Right 2 Challenge he won in October 2013 for another chance at the NZWPW Championship and won
21 "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate 20 September 2014 Road to Rescue (2014) Waikanae, New Zealand 1 252 Defeated Paul Sayers and "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn
22 Ben Mana 30 May 2015 Wairoa Warzone (2015) Wairoa, New Zealand 3 300 Defeated "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate
23 Jade Priest 25 March 2016 Live Pro Wrestling - Belmont Series Wairoa, New Zealand 1 <1 Defeated Ben Mana
24 Chad Howard 25 March 2016 Live Pro Wrestling - Belmont Series Belmont, New Zealand 1 595 Cashed in his Right 2 Challenge contract and defeated Jade Priest
25 Charlie Roberts 10 November 2017 Powerplay 2017 Epuni, New Zealand 1 <1 Defeated Chad Howard
26 Axl 10 November 2017 Powerplay 2017 Epuni, New Zealand 1 280 Axl cashed in his Right 2 Challenge contract and defeated Charlie Roberts
27 Wayne La Perfeccion 17 August 2018 Friday Night Live Pro Wrestling Epuni, New Zealand 1 28 Defeated Axl & "The Shooter" Shane Sinclair in a triple threat match
28 Bryant 14 September 2018 Friday Night Live Pro Wrestling Epuni, New Zealand 1 64 Defeated Wayne La Perfeccion
— Deactivated 17 November 2018 CPW MitchellMania Kilbirnie, New Zealand — — The NZWPW Heavyweight Championship was deactivated when NZWPW owner Martin Stirling was seen taking the title from the then current champion, Bryant. Bryant was told by Stirling that he took it for "maintenance".
29 Axl Stirling 28 May 2022 Hughes Academy: Live Pro Wrestling Manukau, New Zealand 2 515+ Defeated Kartik & "The Spartan" Sam Black in a Triple Threat match to win the reactivated title.

List of combined reigns
Final champion in NZWPW, Bryant
Longest reigning champion, Chad Howard
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 D-Hoya 5 974
2 Ben Mana 3 655
3 Chad Howard 1 595
4 "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn 3 463
5 Adam Avanche 1 342
6 Tykade 2 300
7 Axl 1 280
8 "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate 1 252
9 Johnny Idol 2 252
10 Island Boy Si 1 224
11 Jimmy Sparx 1 176
12 Jonnie Juice 1 161
13 Bryant 1 64
14 Wayne La Perfeccion 1 28
15 James Shaw 1 14
16 Charlie Roberts 1 <1
17 Jade Priest 1 <1

References
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  2. "W.P.W. Super Heavyweight Title (New Zealand)". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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  8. "Adam Avalanche Steps Up at Pacific Storm". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. 22 July 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  9. Dunn, David (30 June 2007). "The Big One: D-Hoya is the Last Man Standing". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  10. Dunn, David (8 December 2007). "Jimmy Sparx's reign begins at Christmas Carnage". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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  15. Dunn, David (22 June 2010). "Tykade takes the title at Power Play". Stories. NZPWI.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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