EWF American Championship
Encyclopedia
The EWF American Championship is the next most prestigious professional wrestling
title
in the Southern California
-based Empire Wrestling Federation
independent
promotion
behind the EWF Heavyweight Championship
. It was established in 1999, with Mr. Quick who was awarded the title from the EWF. There have been a total of 24 recognized champions who have had a combined 30 official reigns.
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|Mr. Quick
|1
|March 7, 1999
|Victorville, California
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|Tim Patterson
|1
|May 9, 1999
|San Bernardino, California
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|Krazy K.C.
|1
|September 12, 1999
|San Bernardino, California ||
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|Josh Galaxy
|1
|February 26, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Krazy K.C.
|2
|March 24, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Brian Owen
|1
|June 25, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
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|Eddie Williams
|1
|October 15, 2000
|Riverside, California
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|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #dddddd;"|Title vacated on November 12, 2000 after Eddie Williams retired from wrestling.
|-
|Johnny Dynamite
|1
|May 26, 2001
|San Bernardino, California
|
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|Nomad
|1
|September 15, 2001
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Johnny Dynamite
|2
|September 15, 2001
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|John Black
|1
|January 19, 2002
|Fontana, California
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|-
|Under Pressure
|1
|June 15, 2002
|San Bernardino, California
|
|-
|Warchild
|1
|June 21, 2002
|Covina, California
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|Vizzion
|1
|September 28, 2002
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Touradj
|1
|December 8, 2002
|Bakersfield, California
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|-
|Krazy K.C.
|3
|February 2, 2003
|Bakersfield, California
|
|-
|Jason King
|1
|August 22, 2003
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Ragin' Dawg
|1
|February 20, 2004
|Covina, California ||
|-
|Bigg Q
|1
|June 25, 2004
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Johnny Starr
|1
|October 22, 2004
|Covina, California ||
|-
|The Plague
|1
|March 25, 2005
|Covina, California ||
|-
|Jason King
|2
|June 24, 2005
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Syrus
|1
|July 22, 2005
|Covina, California
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|-
|Vizzion
|2
|December 23, 2005
|Covina, California
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #dddddd;"|Vizzion vacated the title on April 14, 2006 due to an injury.
|-
|Dan Kobrick
|1
|May 14, 2006
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Human Tornado
|1
|February 9, 2007
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Karl Anderson
|1
|April 13, 2007
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Mikey Nicholls
|1
|September 7, 2007
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Hook Bomberry
|1
|October 31, 2007
|Yucaipa, California
|
|-
|Vizzion
|3
|May 2, 2008
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Ryan Taylor
|1
|August 23, 2008
|San Bernardino, California
|
|-
|Liger Rivera
|1
|May 15, 2009
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Extreme Loco
|1
|January 8, 2010
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Liger Rivera
|2
|May 21, 2010
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Chris Kadilak
|1
| September 24, 2010
|Covina, CA
|-
|Terex
|1
|January 14, 2011
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|"Iron Man" Mike Maze
|1
|May 20, 2011
|Covina, CA
|
|-
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-based Empire Wrestling Federation
Empire Wrestling Federation
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behind the EWF Heavyweight Championship
EWF Heavyweight Championship
The EWF Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling title in the Southern California-based Empire Wrestling Federation independent promotion. It was established in 1996, with Bobby Bradley as the first champion, who defeated Zuma to win it. There have been a total of 30 recognized...
. It was established in 1999, with Mr. Quick who was awarded the title from the EWF. There have been a total of 24 recognized champions who have had a combined 30 official reigns.
Title history
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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=17%|Date:
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=21%|Location:
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|Mr. Quick
|1
|March 7, 1999
|Victorville, California
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|Tim Patterson
|1
|May 9, 1999
|San Bernardino, California
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|Krazy K.C.
|1
|September 12, 1999
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Josh Galaxy
|1
|February 26, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Krazy K.C.
|2
|March 24, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Brian Owen
|1
|June 25, 2000
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Eddie Williams
|1
|October 15, 2000
|Riverside, California
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|colspan=5 style="background: #dddddd;"|Title vacated on November 12, 2000 after Eddie Williams retired from wrestling.
|-
|Johnny Dynamite
|1
|May 26, 2001
|San Bernardino, California
|
|-
|Nomad
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|1
|September 15, 2001
|San Bernardino, California ||
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|Johnny Dynamite
|2
|September 15, 2001
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|John Black
|1
|January 19, 2002
|Fontana, California
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|Under Pressure
|1
|June 15, 2002
|San Bernardino, California
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|Warchild
|1
|June 21, 2002
|Covina, California
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|Vizzion
|1
|September 28, 2002
|San Bernardino, California ||
|-
|Touradj
|1
|December 8, 2002
|Bakersfield, California
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|Krazy K.C.
|3
|February 2, 2003
|Bakersfield, California
|
|-
|Jason King
|1
|August 22, 2003
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Ragin' Dawg
|1
|February 20, 2004
|Covina, California ||
|-
|Bigg Q
|1
|June 25, 2004
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Johnny Starr
|1
|October 22, 2004
|Covina, California ||
|-
|The Plague
|1
|March 25, 2005
|Covina, California ||
|-
|Jason King
|2
|June 24, 2005
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Syrus
|1
|July 22, 2005
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Vizzion
|2
|December 23, 2005
|Covina, California
|
|-
|colspan=5 style="background: #dddddd;"|Vizzion vacated the title on April 14, 2006 due to an injury.
|-
|Dan Kobrick
|1
|May 14, 2006
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Human Tornado
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|1
|February 9, 2007
|Covina, California
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|Karl Anderson
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|1
|April 13, 2007
|Covina, California
|
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|Mikey Nicholls
|1
|September 7, 2007
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Hook Bomberry
|1
|October 31, 2007
|Yucaipa, California
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|-
|Vizzion
|3
|May 2, 2008
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Ryan Taylor
|1
|August 23, 2008
|San Bernardino, California
|
|-
|Liger Rivera
|1
|May 15, 2009
|Covina, California
|
|-
|Extreme Loco
|1
|January 8, 2010
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Liger Rivera
|2
|May 21, 2010
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|Chris Kadilak
|1
| September 24, 2010
|Covina, CA
|-
|Terex
|1
|January 14, 2011
|Covina, CA
|
|-
|"Iron Man" Mike Maze
|1
|May 20, 2011
|Covina, CA
|
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