PWG World Championship
| PWG World Championship | |
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 Human Tornado with the current title design.
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| Title holder | Bandido |
| since | 20th December 2019 |
| owner | PWG |
| Introduced | August 30, 2003 |
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The PWG World Championship (in German PWG World Championship), originally PWG Championship, is the most important wrestling title for individual wrestlers from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . The title is a World Heavyweight Title and is also defended in other wrestling leagues. As is common in wrestling, the award is based on a previously determined storyline.
history
The title was introduced on August 30, 2003. The first title holder was determined on the same day at the Bad Ass Mother 3000 event , where a 16-man tournament was held. In the final of the tournament, Frankie Kazarian was able to prevail against Joey Ryan and crown himself the first title holder. In February 2006 the title was renamed from PWG Championship to PWG World Championship , as the then title holder Joey Ryan defended the title for the first time outside the USA . First, Joey Ryan defended his title against Emil Sitoci in Essen , Germany and later against Jonny Storm in Orpington , England .
Title Statistics
Records
| record | Record holder | unit |
|---|---|---|
| Most title wins | Kevin Steen | 3 times |
| Longest reign | Adam Cole | 538 days |
| Shortest reign | Bryan Danielson | <1 day |
| Oldest title holder | Jeff Cobb | 38 years and 51 days |
| Youngest title holder | Kevin Steen | 21 years and 91 days |
| Heaviest title holder | Keith Lee | 151 kilograms |
| Easiest title holder | Human tornado | 78 kilograms |
| Biggest title holder |
Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli |
196 centimeters |
| Smallest title holder |
Bryan Danielson , Low Ki & Davey Richards |
173 centimeters |
List of title holders
| # | champion | No. | Days | Date of title win | place | event | comment |
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| 1 | Frankie Kazarian | 1 | 176 | August 30, 2003 | Industry , California | Bad Ass Mother 3000 | Beat Joey Ryan in the tournament finals of a 16-man tournament to win the newly introduced title. |
| 2 | Adam Pearce | 1 | 139 | February 22, 2004 | Santa Ana , California | Taste the radness | This was a Chicago street fight . |
| 3 | Frankie Kazarian | 2 | 126 | July 10, 2004 | Los Angeles , California | The reason for the season | This was a Loser Leaves Town Steel Cage match . |
| 4th | Super Dragon | 1 | 140 | November 13, 2004 | Los Angeles , California | Free Admission (Just Kidding) | |
| 5 | AJ styles | 1 | 126 | April 2, 2005 | Los Angeles , California | All Star Weekend | |
| 6th | Kevin Steen | 1 | 119 | August 6, 2005 | Los Angeles , California | Zombies [Shouldn't Run] | |
| 7th | Joey Ryan | 1 | 406 | December 5, 2005 | Los Angeles , California | Chanukah Chaos (The C's Are Silent) | During Joey Ryan's reign, the title was renamed PWG World Championship , as the title was defended for the first time outside of the United States, namely in Germany and England. |
| 8th | Human tornado | 1 | 42 | January 13, 2007 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Based on a true story | This was a guerrilla warfare match . |
| 9 | El Generico | 1 | 155 | February 24, 2007 | Van Nuys , Los Angeles , California | Holy Diver Down | |
| 10 | Bryan Danielson | 1 | 160 | July 29, 2007 | Burbank , California | Giant-Size Annual # 4 | |
| 11 | Low ki | 1 | 32 | January 25, 2008 | Van Nuys , Los Angeles , California | All-Star Weekend 6 | |
| Title vacant | * | * | February 6, 2008 | * | * | Low Ki had to resign from the title due to a knee injury. | |
| 12 | Human tornado | 2 | 133 | February 24, 2008 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | ¡Dia de los Dangerous! | Beat Karl Anderson and Roderick Strong in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title. |
| 13 | Chris Hero | 1 | 425 | July 6, 2008 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Life During Wartime | This was a Guerrilla Warfare Steel Cage match . |
| 14th | Bryan Danielson | 2 | <1 | September 4, 2009 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Guerre Sans Frontières | |
| Title vacant | * | * | September 4, 2009 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Guerre Sans Frontières | Bryan Danielson resigned the title immediately after winning the title as he signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment . | |
| 15th | Kenny Omega | 1 | 98 | November 21, 2009 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Battle of Los Angeles 2009 | Defeated Roderick Strong in the Final Battle of Los Angeles to win the vacant title. |
| 16 | Davey Richards | 1 | 198 | February 27, 2010 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | As the worm turns | |
| Title vacant | * | * | September 13, 2010 | * | * | Davey Richards vacated the title because it was no longer possible for him to defend the title. | |
| 17th | Claudio Castagnoli | 1 | 287 | October 9, 2010 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | The Curse of Guerrilla Island | Beat Brandon Gatson, Chris Hero and Joey Ryan in a four-way match to win the vacant title. |
| 18th | Kevin Steen | 2 | 91 | July 23, 2011 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Eight | |
| 19th | El Generico | 2 | 147 | October 22, 2011 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Steen Wolf | This was a ladder match . |
| 20th | Kevin Steen | 3 | 259 | March 17, 2012 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | World's Finest | This was a three-way match in which Eddie Edwards was also involved. |
| 21st | Adam Cole | 1 | 538 | December 1, 2012 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Mystery Vortex | This was a guerrilla warfare match . |
| 22nd | Kyle O'Reilly | 1 | 203 | May 23, 2014 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n Roll | This was a knockout or submission only match . |
| 23 | Roderick Strong | 1 | 449 | December 12, 2014 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Black Cole Sun | This was a guerrilla warfare match . |
| 24 | Zack Saber Jr. | 1 | 489 | 5th March 2016 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | All Star Weekend 12 | |
| 25th | Chuck Taylor | 1 | 106 | 7th July 2017 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Pushin Forward Back | |
| 26th | Ricochet | 1 | 83 | October 21, 2017 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | All Star Weekend 13 - Night Two | |
| 27 | Chuck Taylor | 2 | 70 | January 12, 2017 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | Mystery Vortex V | |
| 28 | Keith Lee | 1 | 29 | 23 March 2018 | Los Angeles , California | Mystery Vortex V | |
| 29 | Walter | 1 | 181 | April 21, 2018 | Reseda , Los Angeles , California | All Star Weekend 14 - Night Two | This was a three-way match in which Jonah Rock was also involved. |
| 30th | Jeff Cobb | 1 | 427 | 19th October 2018 | Los Angeles , California | Smokey and the Bandido | |
| 31 | Bandido | 1 | 255+ | 20th December 2019 | Los Angeles , California | Makings of a Varsity Athlete |
See also
Web links
Commons : PWG Championship - Collection of Images
Individual evidence
- ↑ PWG Bad Ass Mother 3000 - Day 2 results cagematch.de, accessed on March 12, 2017