The IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship ("Campeonato de Puerto Rico Peso Completo de la IWA" in Spanish), was a secondary championship defended in the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico (IWA-PR).
History Championship was announced on June 16, 2008 via IWA's website then on IWA's TV Show Impacto Total. The title was shown to the public on June 28, 2008 by IWA's Promoter Edwin Vázquez Ortega at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico then it was announced that the inaugural champion was going to be decided in a Tournament.
The inaugural tournament took place at three dates: On July 5, 2008 at San Juan, Puerto Rico then On July 12, 2008 at Bayamón, Puerto Rico and the final on the Summer Attitude live event on July 19, 2008 at Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
On September 6, 2008 at Armagedón show in Bayamón, the title changed hands in a Tag Team Match, where the IWA Hardcore Championship was also on the line. in the match El Bacano & Vengador Boricua defeated Zaeir Arafat (IWA-Hardcore) & Hardam Kadafi (IWA-PR) to win those titles respectly.
On October 4, 2008 at Golpe de Estado show the IWA Hardcore and IWA World Cruiserweight Championships were unified to this title and the new champion was Noel Rodríguez who defeated Zaer Arafat, Rick Stanley, Hardam Kadafi, Spectro, Manson, Rainstein, Onix and Niche in an Elimination Match.
On April 3, 2010 the championship was defended outside Puerto Rico for the first time when Q. T. Marshall defeated Ray Beez on I Believe in Wrestling live Event Believe XVI on Florida, United States.
On November 20, 2010, Triple Mega Champion Dennis Rivera was stripped of the title by IWA's president Miguel Pérez Jr. as he had not defended it in almost 2 months
Inaugural tournament
Title history † Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by IWA.
#WrestlersReignDateDaysheldLocationEventNotesRefHardam Kadafi1July 19, 2008Bayamón, Puerto RicoSummer Attitude (2008)2Vengador Boricua1September 6, 2008Bayamón, Puerto RicoArmagedón (2008)3Hardam Kadafi2September 13, 2008Bayamón, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping4Noel Rodríguez1October 4, 2008Bayamón, Puerto RicoGolpe de Estado (2008)5Chris Joel1December 12, 2008Yauco, Puerto RicoChristmas in PR (2008)6Rick Stanley1February 14, 2009Bayamón, Puerto RicoNoche de Campeones (2009)7Chris Joel2April 18, 2009Bayamón, Puerto RicoExtreme Major8El Bacano1August 16, 2009Cataño, Puerto RicoGolpe de Estado (2009)9El Chicano1December 12, 2009Bayamón, Puerto Rico—Vacated—December 13, 2009—IWA TV Taping10Ricky Cruzz1January 30, 2010Levittown, Puerto RicoLa Noche Donde Nada Es Lo Que Parece11Q. T. Marshall1March 20, 2010Las Piedras, Puerto RicoCopa Alcalde Las Piedras † Ricky Cruzz1 (2)May 15, 2010Bayamón, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping † Q.T. Marshall1 (2)May 15, 2010Bayamón, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping12Bryan Danielson1July 17, 2010Bayamón, Puerto RicoSummer Attitude (2010)13Dennis Rivera1September 10, 2010Yabucoa, Puerto RicoGolpe de Estado (2010)—Vacated—November 20, 2010—Lajas, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping14Noel Rodríguez2December 5, 2010Bayamón, Puerto RicoChristmas in PR (2010)15Damian1January 22, 2011Aguas Buenas, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping—Unified—February 26, 2011—Yabucoa, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping16Xix Xavant1February 26, 2011Yabucoa, Puerto RicoIWA TV Taping—Deactivated—August 7, 2011———
Combined reigns RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days1Chris Joel21843Xix Xavant11624Q. T. Marshall21195El Bacano11186Noel Rodriguez21177Dennis Rivera1868Bryan Danielson1759Hardam Kadafi27010Rick Stanley16311Ricky Cruzz24912Damian13513Vengador Boricua1714Chicano11>
References
External links IWA / IWE Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship at Cagematch.net