The WCPW League Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It replaced the WCPW Heavyweight Championship as the promotion's main singles title in 1993, following the creation of its weight-class division, and continued to be defended until 2008 when it was unified with the Heavyweight and Bare Knuckles Championships to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship". The League Championship was brought back during the promotion's final year with the intention of it being defended against by wrestlers from other promotions. It remained active until December 16, 2010 when WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment.
The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Kevin Quinn in a tournament final on May 22, 1993 to become the first WCW League Champion. Anthony, Terry Allen, and Steve Boz are tied for the record for most reigns, with three each. At 714 days, Steve Boz's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Abaddon's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title winning a Fatal Four Way match involving Acid Jaz, Marshe Rockett, and Justin Adams only to lose it to Curse on the same night. Coincidentally, he defeated the last champion, Sean Mulligan, on May 17, 2008 at Battle of the Belts 20 to unify the Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight and League titles. Wrestling under the name "Austin Roberts", he was the promotion's heavyweight champion at the time. Overall, there have been 28 reigns shared between 17 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 2 deactivations.
Title history Key No.Order in reign historyReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listedEventThe event in which the title was won —Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reignN/AThe information is not available or is unknown
Names NameYearsWCW League Championship1993 — 1996WCPW League Championship1997 — 2010
Reigns No.ChampionReignDateDaysheldLocationEventNotesRef.1Mike Anthony1Chicago, IllinoisLive event2Mike Samson1Chicago, IllinoisLive event3Mike Anthony2Joliet, IllinoisLive event4Danny Dominion1Chicago, IllinoisLive event5Turbo1Hammond, IndianaLive event6Steve Boz2Hammond, IndianaLive event7Ripper Manson1Chicago, IllinoisLive event8Greg Valentine1Cicero, IllinoisLive event9Vic Capri1Tinley Park, IllinoisWar at the World - Day 110Jayson Reign1Chicago, IllinoisLive event11Christopher Daniels1Hammond, IndianaBattle of the Belts 1212Jayson Reign2Crete, IllinoisLive event13Terry Allen1Sandwich, IllinoisLive event14Baltazaar1Merrionette Park, IllinoisLive event 15Terry Allen2Chicago, IllinoisLee Sanders Memorial Tournament16Baltazaar2Cicero, IllinoisBattle of the Belts 1417Robbie Dawber1Cicero, IllinoisBattle of the Belts 1518Ivan Manson1Grayslake, IllinoisGrayslake Summerfest19Steve Boz2Chicago, IllinoisFallout20Terry Allen3Chicago, IllinoisSeason's Beatings21Steve Boz3Cicero, IllinoisBattle of the Belts 1622Acid Jaz1Live event23Abaddon1<1Midlothian, IllinoisLive event24Curse1Live event25Sean Mulligan1Chicago, IllinoisLee Sanders Memorial Tournament26Austin Roberts2Cicero, IllinoisBattle of the Belts 20Cicero, IllinoisBattle of the Belts 20Morton Grove, IllinoisSt. Martha's Mayhem27Mike Anthony3Chicago, IllinoisStudio ShowChicago, IllinoisStudio Show28DTA1Chicago, IllinoisStudio Show
Combined reigns <1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
References
External links WindyCityProWrestling.com Title History - Windy City Pro Wrestling