NZWPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship is the top 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...

 championship title

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...

 in the New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 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...

 New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling

New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling

New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling is a professional wrestling promotion based in Wellington, New Zealand.-Formation:WPW started in October 2003 by martial arts trainer, Martin Stirling...

 (NZWPW). It was the original super heavyweight title of Wellington Pro Wrestling and introduced as the WPW Super Heavyweight Championship on 3 December 2004. The inaugural champion was Ruamoko, who defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final in Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

 on 25 April 1992. The title became vacant when Ruamoko suffered an injury in early-2005 and, after the promotion became New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, it was replaced by the current heavyweight championship first won by Island Boy Si on 25 March 2005.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	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

Names

Name	Years
WPW Super Heavyweight Championship	2004 — 2005
NZWPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship	2005 — present

Reigns

As of , .

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
				N/A			Ruamoko defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final to become the first WPW Super Heavyweight Champion.
			2005		N/A	N/A	The championship is vacated after Ruamoko is injured.
							Defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
							This was a Last Man Standing match.
							This was a Four Corners Tag match involving Axl and Rufguts.
							The championship is vacated on the first night of the tour after a Triple Threat match involving D-Hoya, Jimmy Sparx and Rufguts ended in a no-contest. An 8-man tournament is held for the duration of the tour.
							Defeated Jimmy Sparx in tournament final to win the vacant championship.
							X-Rated was the special referee.
							This was a No Disqualification match. D-Hoya was the special referee.
				+

List of combined reigns

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

RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days

External links

• New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling's official title history page