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The WCPW League Championship was 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...

heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling

Windy City Pro Wrestling

Windy City Pro Wrestling was an American regional professional wrestling promotion based in Chicago, Illinois. Established by retired wrestler Sam DeCero in 1988, the promotion was one of several major regional territories in the Midwest during the late 1980s, along with Dick the Bruiser's World...

(WCPW). It replaced the WCPW Heavyweight Championship

WCPW Heavyweight Championship

The WCPW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling . It was the original top singles championship for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created...

as the promotion's main singles title in 1993, following the creation of its weight-class division, and continued to be defended until 2008 when it was unified with the Heavyweight and Bare Knuckles Championships

WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship

The WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship was a professional wrestling Hardcore Championship contested for in Windy City Pro Wrestling...

to create the "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship". The League Championship was brought back during the promotion's final year with the intention of it being defended against by wrestlers from other promotions. It remained active until December 16, 2010 when WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment.

The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Kevin Quinn in a tournament final on May 22, 1993 to become the first WCW League Champion. Anthony, Terry Allen, and Steve Boz are tied for the record for most reigns, with three each. At 714 days, Steve Boz's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Abaddon's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title winning a Fatal Four Way match involving Acid Jaz, Marshe Rockett, and Justin Adams only to lose it to Curse on the same night. Coincidentally, he defeated the last champion, Sean Mulligan, on May 17, 2008 at Battle of the Belts 20 to unify the Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight and League titles. Wrestling under the name "Austin Roberts", he was the promotion's heavyweight champion at the time. Overall, there have been 28 reigns shared between 17 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 2 deactivations.

Title history

Key

#	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
WCW League Championship	1993 — 1996
WCPW League Championship	1997 — 2010

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
							Anthony defeated Kevin Quinn in a tournament final to become the first WCW League Champion.

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|align="left"|Unified with Austin Roberts' WCPW World Heavyweight Championship.
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|align="left"|The championship becomes vacant following an official announcement by WCPW owner Sam DeCero

Sam DeCero

Samuel "Sam" DeCero is a retired American professional wrestler, manager, trainer and promoter. He was one-half of the Maxx Brothers, also known as the Wild or World Warriors, with Mad Maxx who together competed in the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association, winning the...

Kayfabe

In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" or "true". Specifically, the portrayal of professional wrestling, in particular the competition and rivalries between participants, as being genuine or not of a worked nature...

Psycho strips all champions of their titles.
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|align="left"|DTA defeated Mike Anthony to win the vacant championship.
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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

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