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The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael , who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond , "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero , and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel .
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Order in reign history
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event
The event in which the title was won
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Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Name
Years
IPWA Heavyweight Championship
1995–2001
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Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Cueball Carmichael 1
October 9, 1995
Manassas, Virginia IPWA Debut Show (1995)
Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal , to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
2
Johnny Gunn 1
April 12, 1996
Alexandria, Virginia Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
3
Cueball Carmichael
2
July 27, 1996
Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a steel cage match .
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
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Vacated —
November 22, 1996
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Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
4
Big Slam Vader
1
January 19, 1997
Pikeville, North Carolina Live event Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
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Vacated —
October 1, 1997
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N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
5
Salvatore Sincere 2
November 6, 1997
N/A
Live event Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 7]
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Vacated —
January 15, 1998
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Alexandria, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation .
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
6
Cueball Carmichael
3
January 15, 1998
Alexandria, Virginia Live event Carmichael defeated Christian York in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal , to win the vacant title.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
7
Lance Diamond 1
February 19, 1998
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Alexandria, Virginia Live event This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 8]
8
Jimmy Cicero 1
February 19, 1998
Alexandria, Virginia Live event Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 8]
9
Buddy Landel 1
June 13, 1998
Alexandria, Virginia Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 9] [ 10]
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Vacated —
January 9, 1999
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Chincoteague, Virginia Live event The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi and is stripped of the title.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
10
Tom Brandi 3
January 9, 1999
Chincoteague, Virginia Live event Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant championship.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 11]
10
Cueball Carmichael
4
August 2, 1999
Clifton, New Jersey Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
10
Tom Brandi
4
August 21, 1999
N/A
Chincoteague, Virginia Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
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Deactivated —
2001
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N/A
N/A
The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.
List of combined reigns [ edit ] Cueball Carmichael , who was the longest-reigning IPWA Heavyweight Champion
<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
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