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{{Short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
|championshipname='''HWA Heavyweight Championship'''
|caption=
|currentholder=	
|won=
|aired=
|promotion=[[Heartland Wrestling Association]]
|brand=
|created=January 5, 1996
|mostreigns=Race Steele (5 reigns)
|firstchamp=[[D'Lo Brown]]
|finalchamp=Dustin Rayz	
|longestreign=Brian Jennings (381 days)
|shortestreign=Johnny The Bull (1 hour)
|pastlookimages=
|titleretired=2015
}}

The '''HWA Heavyweight Championship''' was the [[heavyweight]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|title]] contested in the [[Heartland Wrestling Association]].

==Title history==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Key'''
!'''No.'''
|Overall reign number
|-
!'''Reign'''
|Reign number for the specific champion
|-
!N/A
|The information is not available or is unknown
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|No.|Number(s)}}
!rowspan=2|Champion
!colspan=3|Championship change
!colspan=2|Reign statistics
!rowspan=2|Notes
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
!Date
!Event
!Location
!Reign
!Days
|-
!1
|[[D'Lo Brown]]
|{{dts|1996|1|5}}
|''HWA''
|[[Fort Wright, KY]]
|1
|{{age in days|January 5, 1996|March 9, 1996}}
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated Bobby Blaze in the tournament final to become inaugural champion.}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=129318|title=HWA - Event @ Fort Wright, Kentucky, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 5, 1996|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!2
|[[Bobby Blaze]]
|March 9, 1996
|''HWA''
|[[Ashland, KY]]
|1
|{{age in days|March 9, 1996|March 16, 1996}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=129325|title=HWA - Event @ Ashland, Kentucky, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=March 9, 1996|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!3
|[[D'Lo Brown]]
|March 16, 1996
|''HWA''
|[[Lima, OH]]
|2
|77-106
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=129326|title=HWA - Event @ Lima, Ohio, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=March 16, 1996|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #dddddd;" | Title became inactive from June 1996 to May 2000
|-
!4
|Race Steele
|May 25, 2000
|3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
|[[Cincinnati, OH]]
|1
|{{age in days|May 25, 2000|January 26, 2001}}
|align="left"|{{small|Steele defeated [[Chip Fairway]] in the tournament final to win vacant title.}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=6986|title=3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Schmidt Field House in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=May 25, 2000|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!5
|[[Chad Collyer]]
|January 26, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Rising Sun, IN]]
|1
|{{age in days|January 26, 2001|February 27, 2001}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=128585|title=HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=January 26, 2001|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #dddddd;" | [[Chad Collyer]] stripped of title on February 27, 2001.
|-
!6
|[[Shark Boy]]
|February 27, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Cincinnati, OH]]
|1
|{{age in days|February 27, 2001|March 16, 2001}}
|align="left"|{{small|This was a [[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal match]] for the vacant title.}}
|<ref name="F4W0227">{{cite web | url=http://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0227-nxt-takes-over-230856 | title=Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over | date=February 28, 2017 | access-date=February 27, 2017 | first=Brian | last=Hoops | publisher=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online}}</ref>
|-
!7
|Race Steele
|March 16, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Rising Sun, IN]]
|2
|{{age in days|March 16, 2001|July 7, 2001}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=128584|title=HWA - Event @ Rising Sun, Indiana, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=March 16, 2001|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!8
|Cody Hawk
|July 7, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Cincinnati, OH]]
|1
|{{age in days|July 7, 2001|August 4, 2001}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=129330|title=Cody Hawk defeated Race Steele on July 7, 2001}}</ref>
|-
!9
|Race Steele
|August 4, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Batavia, OH]]
|3
|{{age in days|August 4, 2001|August 9, 2001}}
|
|
|-
!10
|[[Nick Dinsmore]]
|August 9, 2001
|4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
|[[Cincinnati, OH]]
|1
|{{age in days|August 9, 2001|August 18, 2001}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=7402|title=4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show - Event @ Oak Hills High School in Oak Hills, Ohio, USA|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=August 9, 2001|access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!11
|Race Steele
|August 18, 2001
|''HWA''
|[[Dayton, OH]]
|4
|{{age in days|August 18, 2001|November 14, 2001}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=129330|title=Race Steele defeated Nick Dinsmore on August 18, 2001}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #dddddd;" |Championship was held up on September 30, 2001
|-
!12.
|[[E. Z. Money]]
|November 14, 2001
|
|Dayton, OH
|1
|56
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated D'Lo Brown in tournament final.}}
|
|-
!13.
|[[Charlie Haas]]
|January 9, 2002
|
|[[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, OH]]
|1
|20
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated Val Venis in tournament final; Stripped of title January 29, 2002.}}
|
|-
!14.
|[[E. Z. Money]]
|January 29, 2002
|
|Dayton, OH
|2
|45
|align="left"|{{small|Was awarded title after Charlie Haas was stripped.}}
|
|-
!15.
|[[Rico Constantino]]
|March 15, 2002
|
|Dayton, OH
|1
|2
|
|
|-
!16.
|[[Stevie Richards]]
|March 17, 2002
|
|[[Jeffersonville, IN]]
|1
|3
|
|
|-
!17.
|Race Steele
|March 20, 2002
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|5
|49
|
|
|-
!18.
|[[Jon Hugger|Johnny the Bull]]
|May 8, 2002
|
|Dayton, OH
|1
|11
|
|
|-
!19.
|[[Lance Cade]]
|May 19, 2002
|
|Jeffersonville, IN
|1
|62
|
|
|-
!20.
|[[Jon Hugger|Johnny the Bull]]
|July 20, 2002
|
|[[Batavia, OH]]
|2
|<1
|
|
|-
!21.
|[[Lance Cade]]
|July 20, 2002
|
|Batavia, OH
|2
|1
|
|
|-
!22.
|Cody Hawk
|July 21, 2002
|
|[[Jeffersonville, IN]]
|2
|58
|
|
|-
!23.
|[[Matt Stryker]]
|September 17, 2002
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|53
|
|
|-
!24.
|Chet Jablonski
|November 9, 2002
|
|Batavia, OH
|1
|55
|
|
|-
!25.
|[[Matt Stryker]]
|January 3, 2003
|
|Batavia OH
|2
|80
|
|
|-
!26.
|Cody Hawk
|March 24, 2003
|
|[[Wilmington, OH]]
|3
|5
|
|
|-
!27.
|[[Matt Stryker]]
|March 29, 2003
|
|Wilmington, OH
|3
|17
|
|
|-
!28.
|Ala Hussein
|April 15, 2003
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|17
|
|
|-
!29.
|[[Chad Collyer]]
|May 2, 2003
|
|Aurora, IN
|2
|127
|align="left"|{{small|Won the title by winning a Royal Rumble type match.}}
|
|-
!30.
|[[Nigel McGuinness]]
|September 6, 2003
|
|Batavia, OH
|1
|119
|
|
|-
!31.
|Hoss
|January 3, 2004
|
|Batavia, OH
|1
|3
|
|
|-
!32.
|[[Nigel McGuinness]]
|January 6, 2004
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|2
|71
|
|
|-
!33.
|El Temor
|March 17, 2004
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|13
|
|
|-
!34.
|Rory Fox
|March 30, 2004
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|360
|
|
|-
!35
|[[Shawn Osborne]]
|March 25, 2005
|
|Dayton, OH
|1
|84
|
|
|-
!36.
|[[Matt Stryker]]
|June 17, 2005
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|4
|98
|
|
|-
!37.
|Cody Hawk
|September 23, 2005
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|4
|39-68
|align="left"|{{small|Cody Hawk was stripped of championship after testing positive for steroids in November 2005.}}
|
|-
!38.
|[[Pepper Parks]]
|January 1, 2006
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|128
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated [[Jon Moxley]] in tournament final for vacant championship.}}
|
|-
!39.
|[[Jon Moxley]]
|May 9, 2006
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|126
|
|
|-
!40.
|[[Chad Collyer]]
|September 12, 2006
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|3
|56
|
|
|-
!41.
|[[Pepper Parks]]
|November 7, 2006
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|2
|28
|align="left"|{{small|Pepper Parks vacated the HWA Heavyweight Championship on December 5, 2006 after being "Called Up".}}
|
|-
!42.
|[[Jon Moxley]]
|December 30, 2006
|
|Dayton, OH
|2
|3
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated JT Stahr, "Buffalo Bad Boy" Brian Jennings, and Matt Stryker in a fatal 4 way for the vacant title.}}
|
|-
!43.
|Brian Jennings
|January 2, 2007
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|381
|
|
|-
!44
|[[B. J. Whitmer]]
|January 18, 2008
|
|Dayton, OH
|1
|145
|align="left"|{{small|Stripped of the title on June 11, 2008.}}
|
|-
!45.
|[[The Irish Airborne|Jake Crist]]
|July 11, 2008
|
|Cincinnati, OH
|1
|407
|align="left"|{{small|Defeated Jon Moxley in playoff match.}}
|
|-
!46.
|Richard Phillips
|August 22, 2009
|
|[[Norwood, Ohio|Norwood, OH]]
|1
|119
|
|
|-
!47.
|Aaron Williams
|December 19, 2009
|
|Norwood, OH
|1
|18
|
|
|-
!48.
|[[Jon Moxley]]
|January 6, 2010
|
|Middletown, OH
|3
|189
|align="left"|{{small|Jon Moxley cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.}}
|
|-
!49.
|Gerome Phillips
|July 14, 2010
|
|Middletown, OH
|2
|248
|
|
|-
!50.
|[[B. J. Whitmer]]
|March 19, 2011
|
|Norwood, OH
|2
|161
|
|
|-
!51.
|Jesse Emerson
|August 27, 2011
|
|Norwood, OH
|1
|112
|
|
|-
!52.
|[[The Irish Airborne|Jake Crist]]
|December 17, 2011
|
|Hamilton, OH
|2
|307
|align="left"|{{small|Jake Crist cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot.}}
|
|-
!53.
|Ron Mathis
|October 19, 2012
|
|Hamilton, OH
|1
|281
|align="left"|{{small|Ron Mathis cashed in his Pick Your Poison title shot, after Crist had already defended the title against Jesse Emerson.}}
|
|-
!54.
|Chance Prophet
|July 27, 2013
|
|Hamilton, OH
|1
|343
|align="left"|{{small|Chance Prophet won the championship against Ron Mathis at the Tournament of B.E.S.T. after Prophet was made the booker of HWA.}}
|
|-
!55.
|Dustin Rayz
|July 5, 2014
|
|Middletown, OH
|1
|—
|align="left"|{{small|Dustin Rayz won the championship against Chance Prophet at Cyber Clash 7.0: Egos Rising. This was after the writing/booking duties were removed from Prophet.}}
|
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #dddddd;" |Retired in 2015
|}

==See also==
*[[Heartland Wrestling Association]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=117 HWA Heavyweight Title History] at Cagematch.net

[[Category:Heartland Wrestling Association championships]]
[[Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships]]