IWC Heavyweight Championship
# IWC Heavyweight Championship

The IWC World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Cartel. The championship was first awarded March 17, 2001 when Powerhouse Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a six-way elimination match last eliminating Orion. During Hughes' reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion.

As of March 9, 2022, there are 44 reigns among 28 wrestlers with five vacancies. The inaugural champion was Powerhouse Hughes. Dennis Gregory has the most reigns at five. Shirley Doe has the longest singular reign at 545 days. Dennis Gregory, RJ City, and DJZ have the shortest singular reign at less than one day. John McChesney has the longest combined reign at 805 days.

Bill Collier is the current champion in his second reign. He defeated Elijah Dean at the 5th Annual Pittsburgh Classic on December 3, 2022.

## Title history

As of July 27, 2023.

### Names

| Name | Time of use |
| - | - |
| IWC World Heavyweight Championship | March 17, 2001 – present |

### Reigns

Key :

| No. | Overall reign number |
| - | - |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Powerhouse Hughes | March 17, 2001 | House show | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | 1 | | Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a six-way elimination match. He last eliminated Orion to become the inaugural champion. During his reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion. | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | – | — | — | Hughes relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. | |
| 2 | Orion | September 29, 2001 | House show | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | 1 | 154 | | |
| 3 | Jimmy Vegas | March 2, 2002 | House show | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania | 1 | 42 | | |
| 4 | CM Punk | April 13, 2002 | House show | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | – | — | — | CM Punk relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. | |
| 5 | Colt Cabana | July 7, 2002 | House show | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | 1 | 152 | Defeated Shirley Doe in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title. | |
| 6 | Dennis Gregory | December 6, 2002 | House show | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | 1 | <1 | | |
| 7 | Jimmy Vegas | December 6, 2002 | House show | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | 2 | 204 | | |
| 8 | Dennis Gregory | June 28, 2003 | Big Butler Fair 2003 | Prospect, Pennsylvania | 2 | 136 | | |
| 9 | Sterling James Keenan | November 1, 2003 | November Pain | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania | 1 | 140 | | |
| 10 | Dean Radford | March 20, 2004 | Super Indy Showdown | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania | 1 | 49 | | |
| 11 | Eric Xctasy | May 8, 2004 | Super Indy III | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania | 1 | 140 | | |
| 12 | Shirley Doe | September 25, 2004 | Boiling Point | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | 1 | 49 | This was a no disqualification match. Special referees were Mick Foley and Chris Wood. | |
| 13 | Balls Mahoney | November 13, 2004 | Accept No Limitations | Wilmerding, Pennsylvania | 1 | 28 | | |
| 14 | Shirley Doe | December 11, 2004 | A Call to Arms 2 | Wilmerding, Pennsylvania | 2 | 545 | This was a street fight. | |
| 15 | Dennis Gregory | June 9, 2006 | Summer Sizzler III | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 3 | 71 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 19, 2006 | — | – | — | — | Gregory was stripped of the title due to using a sword during a WarGames match. | |
| 16 | Ricky Reyes | September 16, 2006 | Boiling Point 2 | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 237 | Defeated Low Ki in the finals of a tournament. | |
| 17 | Dennis Gregory | May 11, 2007 | Super Indy VI | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | 4 | 93 | This was a three-way match which included Brent Albright. | |
| 18 | The Sandman | December 8, 2007 | A Call to Arms 4: Controlled Chaos | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 139 | This was a steel cage match. | |
| 19 | Dennis Gregory | April 25, 2008 | Super Indy VII | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 5 | 119 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 22, 2008 | — | – | — | — | Gregory was stripped of the title due to assaulting IWC officials and personnel. | |
| 20 | Shiima Xion | October 26, 2008 | Promotional Consideration Paid for by the Following...: Night 2 | Cheswick, Pennsylvania | 1 | 90 | Xion defeated Jimmy DeMarco in the finals of a tournament at Steel City Con. | |
| 21 | Raymond Rowe | January 24, 2009 | A New Beginning Wooooo! | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 42 | | |
| 22 | Shiima Xion | March 7, 2009 | Accept No Limitations 5 | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 280 | | |
| 23 | Jimmy DeMarco | December 12, 2009 | A Call to Arms 2009: Full Circle | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 343 | | |
| 24 | John McChesney | November 20, 2010 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 385 | This was a title vs. career match last man standing match. | |
| 25 | Jimmy DeMarco | December 10, 2011 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 91 | This was a three-way match which included Shiima Xion. | |
| 26 | Logan Shulo | March 10, 2012 | The Road to Super Indy XI | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 280 | | |
| 27 | John McChesney | December 15, 2012 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 364 | The special referee was Jimmy DeMarco. | |
| 28 | Dalton Castle | December 14, 2013 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 406 | The special referee was Norm Connors. | |
| 29 | RJ City | January 24, 2015 | Reloaded | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | <1 | | |
| 30 | Tommy Dreamer | January 24, 2015 | Reloaded | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 210 | | |
| 31 | Rhino | August 22, 2015 | Caged Fury | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 56 | This was a steel cage match. | |
| 32 | John McChesney | October 17, 2015 | Unbreakable | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 3 | 56 | This was a three-way match that included Jimmy Nutts. | |
| 33 | Jimmy Nutts | December 12, 2015 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 91 | This was a ladder match. | |
| 34 | DJZ | March 12, 2016 | Fifteen | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 3 | <1 | | |
| — | Vacated | March 12, 2016 | Fifteen | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | — | — | DJZ relinquished the title due to sustaining an injury. | |
| 35 | Wardlow | December 10, 2016 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 364 | Wardlow defeated RJ City to win the vacant title. | |
| 36 | Andrew Palace | December 9, 2017 | Winner Takes All | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 98 | | |
| 37 | Wardlow | March 17, 2018 | Seventeen | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 147 | | |
| 38 | Jack Pollock | August 11, 2018 | Caged Fury | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 119 | | |
| 39 | Wardlow | December 8, 2018 | Pittsburgh Classic | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 3 | 189 | This was a two out of three falls match. | |
| 40 | Jaxon Argos | June 15, 2019 | Super Indy 18 | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 175 | Argos activated the reset button following the Super Indy tournament. | |
| 41 | Jack Pollock | December 7, 2019 | 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Classic | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 98 | This was a no count-out and no disqualification match. | |
| 42 | Jimmy Vegas | March 14, 2020 | Nineteen | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 3 | 182 | This was a title vs. career match | |
| 43 | Jock Samson | September 12, 2020 | Super Indy 19 | Washington, Pennsylvania | 1 | 85 | This was a three-way match which also included Jack Pollock. | |
| 44 | Andrew Palace | December 5, 2020 | 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Classic | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 274 | This was a three-way match which also included Bill Collier. | |
| 45 | Bulk Nasty | September 5, 2021 | Unbreakable | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 286 | This was a three-way match which also included Spencer Slade. | |
| 46 | Bill Collier | June 18, 2022 | Aftershock | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 404 | | |
| 47 | Elijah Dean | June 18, 2022 | Aftershock | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 1 | 168 | Lebanon Don and Tito Oric attacked Collier after the match. This allowed Dean to activate the Reset Button and pin Collier to win the title. | |
| 48 | Bill Collier | December 3, 2022 | 5th Annual Pittsburgh Classic | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | 2 | 236+ | | |

## Reigns by combined length

As of July 27, 2023.

### Key

| † | Indicates the current champion |
| - | - |
| <1 | Indicates reign lasted less than one day |
| + | Indicates the combined reign is changing daily |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | John McChesney | 3 | 805 |
| 2 | Wardlow | 3 | 700 |
| 3 | Shirley Doe | 2 | 594 |
| 4 | Dennis Gregory | 5 | 563 |
| 5 | Jimmy DeMarco | 2 | 434 |
| 6 | Jimmy Vegas | 3 | 428 |
| 7 | Dalton Castle | 1 | 406 |
| 8 | Andrew Palace | 2 | 372 |
| 9 | Shiima Zion/DJZ | 3 | 370 |
| 10 | Bulk Nasty | 1 | 286 |
| 11 | Logan Shulo | 1 | 280 |
| 12 | Ricky Reyes | 1 | 237 |
| 13 | Jack Pollock | 2 | 217 |
| 14 | Tommy Dreamer | 1 | 210 |
| 15 | Bill Collier+ | 2 | 236+ |
| 16 | Jaxon Argos | 1 | 175 |
| 17 | Elijah Dean | 1 | 168 |
| 18 | Orion | 1 | 154 |
| 19 | Colt Cabana | 1 | 152 |
| 20 | The Sandman | 1 | 139 |
| 21 | Sterling James Keenan | 1 | 140 |
| 21 | Eric Xctasy | 1 | 140 |
| 23 | Jimmy Nutts | 1 | 91 |
| 24 | Jock Samson | 1 | 85 |
| 25 | Powerhouse Hughes | 1 | 83¤ |
| 26 | Rhino | 1 | 56 |
| 27 | Dean Radford | 1 | 49 |
| 28 | Raymond Rowe | 1 | 42 |
| 29 | CM Punk | 1 | 12¤ |
| 30 | RJ City | 1 | <1 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 The exact length of Hughes reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 83 and 560 days.
* 1 2 The exact length of Hughes reign is unknown. It may have lasted between 12 and 97 days.
