List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions

CZW World Heavyweight Championship

The CZW World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and copyrighted by the professional wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling . It was created and debuted on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event.The championship is generally contested...

is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

world heavyweight championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling

Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...

(CZW) promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

. The championship was created and debuted on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event

House show

A house show is a professional wrestling show run by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and...

. The first time the championship changed hands on foreign soil was on April 15, 2001, when Wifebeater

Matt Prince

Matt Prince, better known as ring name Wifebeater, is a former Marine and a semi-retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in Combat Zone Wrestling from 1999 to 2004...

defeated John Zandig

John Zandig

John Corson was an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the founder and former owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling .-Biography:...

for the championship in Birmingham, England

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

at a live event.

Title reigns are determined by professionally wrestling matches, usually of the hardcore/ultraviolent type. All title changes happen at live events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Nick Gage

Nick Gage

Nicholas W. "Nick" Wilson is a hardcore professional wrestler best known from Combat Zone Wrestling. Along with being the first-ever CZW World Heavyweight Champion, he has wrestled at nearly every CZW show and has competed in more CZW matches than anyone...

, whom CZW recognized to have become the champion after defeating twenty other men in a battle royal

Battle royal (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event. As of , John Zandig

John Zandig

holds the record for most reigns, with six. At 567 days, Drake Younger

Drake Younger

Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Drake Younger. He has worked for a number of major independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South and Chikara...

's only reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Devon Moore, who defeated then-champion Robert Anthony

Robert Anthony

Robert Anthony is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Egotistico Fantastico. He currently performs for various independent promotions, most notably Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, as well as a former World Junior Heavyweight...

on April 9, 2011.

Title history

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
#	Order in reign history
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes

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|Gage won a 20-man battle royal

Battle royal (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

to become the first champion.
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|Zandig won the championship at an Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...

event

House show

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|Pain won the championship at another Irish Whip Wrestling

Irish Whip Wrestling

event

House show

later in the same day that Zandig defeated him to win it.
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|This was an Ultraviolent 3 Way Dance, also involving Drake Younger

Drake Younger

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|This was a 3 Way Dance, also involving Egotistico Fantastico

Robert Anthony

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|This was a six-man tag match between Devon Moore and The Briscoes, and Robert Anthony and Philadelphia's Most Wanted (Joker

Joker (wrestler)

Joker is an American independent professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara and UWA Hardcore Wrestling.-Career:...

and Sabian

Sabian (wrestler)

Sabian is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a founding member of The Blackout / BLKOUT with Ruckus. In addition to CZW, he also competes for several other American independent promotions, most notably Chikara.-Debut:Born in...

); where The Briscoes' CZW Tag Team Championship were also on the line.
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List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion
<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days







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External links

CZWrestling.com

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