The XPW World Heavyweight 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...

 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...

 in the Xtreme Pro Wrestling

Xtreme Pro Wrestling

Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...

 promotion.

XPW's first World Champion was crowned 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...

 match that saw Damien Steele and John Kronus as the last two remaining wrestlers compete in a single fall match for the title. Steele would win this match to become champion.

The Messiah

William Welch

William C. Welch is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Messiah.-Professional wrestling career:...

, Sabu, Shane Douglas

Shane Douglas

Troy Alan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned nearly three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and briefly...

 and Jake Lawless are the only former XPW World Heavyweight Champions who are still currently active, as the rest are either retired or have died.

Title history

Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Damian Steele Tim Fischer (wrestler) Timothy "Tim" Frank Fisher is an American musician, comedian, writer and professional wrestler, known by his ring name "The Real Deal" Damien Steele, Fisher competed in WWE,WCW,XPW,WWC, and UPW, between 1995-2007...	1	October 29, 1999	Reseda, CA	Won a battle royal, last eliminating John Kronus John Kronus George B. Caiazzo was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, John Kronus and later "Kronus". Caiazzo worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association and Xtreme Pro Wrestling... , to become the first champion.
Big Dick Dudley Alex Rizzo Alex Rizzo was a professional wrestler, best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Big Dick Dudley, the eldest of the Dudley Family.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	December 18, 1999	Hollywood, CA
Stripped		January 29, 2000	Hollywood, CA	Big Dick was stripped of the title when his parole officer refused to let him compete.
Jake Lawless	1	January 29, 2000	Hollywood, CA	Damien Steele used a chair on Michael Modest Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest . A Bay Area legend on the independent circuit scene, Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Frank Murdoch until its closure in 2005...  either accidentally or on purpose, giving Lawless the win. He immediately sold the XPW World Heavyweight Championship to Damian Steele following the match.
Damien Steele	2	January 29, 2000	Hollywood, CA	Purchased the title from Lawless.
Chris Candido Chris Candido Christopher Raul Candito was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chris Candido...	1	February 26, 2000	Hollywood, CA	Wins Falls Count Anywhere match.
Vacated		April 29, 2000	Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....	Chris Candido no-shows. Stripped of the title after signing with World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and... .
Sabu	1	April 29, 2000	Bakersfield, CA	Defeated Messiah in the finals of a one-night tournament to win the vacant title. Sabu would eventually become the longest reigning champion, holding the title for a year and a month, and the only champion that defended the title outside of the United States.
Messiah William Welch William C. Welch is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Messiah.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	May 26, 2001	Los Angeles, CA	Defeated New Jack New Jack Jerome Young is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name New Jack in ECW.He is known for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and "shooting" on opponents, though he is only known to shoot on opponents who...  to win the title. New Jack was not the champion and was appointed by Josh Lazie to sub for Sabu, who was the champion and was not present at the event.
Stripped		August 25, 2001	Los Angeles, CA	Messiah was stripped of the title after being fired from XPW.
Johnny Webb	1	August 25, 2001	Los Angeles, CA	Webb and Rob Black Rob Zicari Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black is an American pornographer and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his wife Janet Romano he owns the porn company Extreme Associates....  defeated Sabu and Josh Lazie in a tag team match. Webb won the title as per the stipulation of the match.
Shane Douglas Shane Douglas Troy Alan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned nearly three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and briefly...	1	July 20, 2002	Pico Rivera, CA Pico Rivera, California Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is situated approximately 11 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles basin, and on the southern edge of the area known as the San Gabriel Valley...
Title retired		March 8, 2003	Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...	XPW closes. Date and location listed is XPW's final event.

External links

• XPW World Heavyweight Title History