IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship
Reigns
As of March 31, 2019.

IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship

Section Title: Reigns
Table Section Text: As of March 31, 2019.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.

1	The Machine	1	9 April 2002	242	Māngere, Auckland	Slaughter in the South (2002)	Defeated Jon E. King in a singles match. King had previously won a Royal Rumble-style match to face The Machine

2	Davey Deluxeo	1	7 December 2002	515	Pt. Chevalier, Auckland	Nightmare Before Xmas (2002)	Title renamed the IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship when IPW is formed in 2003

3	Lyte Playa	1	5 May 2004	105	Pt. Chevalier, Auckland	Genesis (2004)

4	Davey Deluxeo	2	18 August 2004	122	Pt. Chevalier, Auckland	Rival Turf (2004)

5	The Machine	2	18 December 2004	123	Māngere, Auckland	Nightmare Before Xmas 2 (2004)

—	Vacated	—	20 April 2005	—	N/A	N/A	The championship is vacated when The Machine injures his hand

6	The Economist	1	23 April 2005	189	Māngere, Auckland	Collision (2005)	Won title in tournament final by defeating Joey Kinkade, Jon E. King and The Machine in a fatal four-way elimination match

7	Alfred Valentine	1	29 October 2005	147	Lynfield, New Zealand	Unleashed (2005)

8	Jon E. King	1	25 March 2006	21	Lynfield, New Zealand	Full Breaking Point (2006)

9	Alfred Valentine	2	15 April 2006	63	Lynfield, New Zealand	Collision (2006)

10	Jon E. King	2	17 June 2006	71	Lynfield, New Zealand	Breakdown (2006)	This was a ladder match

11	Davey Deluxeo	3	27 August 2006	91	Lynfield, New Zealand	Unbreakable (2006)

12	Jon E. King	3	26 November 2006	384	Lynfield, New Zealand	Extreme Measures (2006)	This was fatal four-way elimination match also involving Jordan Invincible and Alexander

13	Dal Knox	1	15 December 2007	176	Westlake, New Zealand	Nightmare Before Xmas 5 (2007)	This was a Fans Bring the Weapons match

14	Jordan Invincible	1	28 June 2008	98	Lynfield, New Zealand	Redemption (2008)	This was a No Disqualification match

15	Dal Knox	2	4 October 2008	336	Lynfield, New Zealand	Rival Turf (2008)

16	Joseph Kinkade	1	5 September 2009	98	Lynfield, New Zealand	Fallout (2009)

17	Vinny Dunn	1	12 December 2009	168	Westlake, New Zealand	Nightmare Before Xmas 7 (2009)	This was a Fans Bring the Weapons match

18	Reuben de Jong	1	29 May 2010	85	Westlake, New Zealand	Genesis (2010)	This was an open challenge match put out to any professional wrestler in New Zealand by Vinny Dunn

19	Vinny Dunn	2	22 August 2010	0	Westlake, New Zealand	Rival Turf (2010)

20	Dal Knox	3	22 August 2010	111	Westlake, New Zealand	Rival Turf (2010)

21	Vinny Dunn	3	11 December 2010	91	Westlake, New Zealand	Nightmare B4 Xmas (2010)

22	Dal Knox	4	12 March 2011	313	Westlake, New Zealand	Genesis (2011)

23	"The Samoan Silverback" Alexander	1	19 January 2012	106	Westlake, New Zealand	Mana Mamau (2012)

24	Kingi	4	3 May 2012	358	Westlake, New Zealand	Mana Mamau (2012)

25	Travis Banks	1	27 April 2013	91	Lynfield, New Zealand	A Decade of Impact (2013)

26	Vinny Dunn	4	27 July 2013	189	Mount Albert, New Zealand	Revival of the Fittest (2013)

27	Travis Banks	2	1 February 2014	175	Lynfield, New Zealand	The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (2014)

28	Liam Fury	1	26 July 2014	266	Mount Albert, New Zealand	Trial by Combat (2015)

29	James Shaw	1	18 April 2015	84	Mount Albert, New Zealand	The Rush for Gold (2015)

30	Jacob Cross	1	11 July 2015	96	Mount Albert, New Zealand	The Ultimate Prize (2015)

Vacated	18 October 2015	—	N/A	N/A	The championship is vacated due to Jakob Cross attacking a fan

31	James Shaw	2	19 December 2015	112	Lynfield, New Zealand	Nightmare Before Xmas (2015)	A Nightmare Championship Series was used to determine the winner of the vacant title. The series involved Curt Chaos, Dal Knox, No Face, Liger, Brook Duncan, Johnny Idol and Shane Sinclair.

32	Curt Chaos	1	9 April 2016	378	Mount Albert, New Zealand	Championship Carnage (2016)	Curt Chaos cashed in his Eliminator contract immediately after Shaw had successfully defended the title against The Dapper Agents

33	Brook Duncan	1	22 April 2017	0	Lynfield, New Zealand	The Eliminator (2017)

34	James Shaw	3	22 April 2017	119	Lynfield, New Zealand	The Eliminator (2017)	Duncan defeated Chaos but was then challenged and beaten by James Shaw. Duncan's reign lasted exactly four minutes and sixteen seconds

33	Brook Duncan	2	19 August 2017	119	Mount Eden, New Zealand	Ultimatum (2017)

34	Mr Burns	1	16 December 2017	154	Mount Eden, New Zealand	Nightmare Before Xmas (2017)	Mr Burns defeated Duncan following interference from the Young Nats

35	Liam Fury	2	19 May 2018	91	Lynfield, New Zealand	IPW XV

36	Liger	1	18 August 2018	28	Mount Eden, New Zealand	Homecoming (2018)	Liger cashed in his Eliminator contract and defeated Liam Fury after interfering with Fury's match against Henare

37	Liam Fury	3	15 September 2018	91	Māngere, Auckland	Pride vs Fury (2018)

38	Jakob Cross	2	15 December 2018	106+	Mount Eden, New Zealand	Nightmare Before Christmas (2018)

Sentence(s)

The champion was The Machine, who defeated Jon E. King in Māngere, Auckland on 9 April 2002 to become the first Heavyweight Champion, and the King had won a Royal Rumble-type match.

final_sentence: The champion was The Machine, who defeated Jon E. King in Māngere, Auckland on 9 April 2002 to become the first Heavyweight Champion, and the King had won a Royal Rumble-type match.