# CZW Iron Man Championship

The CZW Iron Man Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) promotion. The championship was created and debuted on February 13, 1999, at CZW's Opening Night event. The title is currently inactive, having been deactivated on July 11, 2009. Prior to its retirement, Sami Callihan renamed the title the CZW New Horror Championship, which CZW recognized. Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.
Overall, there were 37 reigns shared among 24 wrestlers, with two vacancies. All title changes occurred at CZW-promoted events. The inaugural champion was Derek Domino, who was recognized as champion on February 13, 1999, at CZW's Opening Night event by CZW. Wifebeater holds the record of most reigns, with four. At 364 days, Kevin Steen's only reign is the longest in the title's history. Lobo, with a combined three reigns, holds the record for most days as champion at 392. Domino's only and Wifebeater's second reign share the record for shortest reign at less than one day. Egotistico Fantastico was the final champion in his only reign before the title's deactivation.

## History

Upon the title's creation, CZW recognized Derek Domino as the first CZW Iron Man Champion on February 13, 1999, at their Opening Night event. Domino immediately had to defend the title that night against Lobo, who went on to win the match and the championship. On June 10, 2000, at CZW's Caged To The End event, Mad Man Pondo defeated Wifebeater to win the championship. However, on July 22, 2000, at CZW's No Rules, No Limits event, Wifebeater was awarded the championship without facing Pondo in a match for unknown reasons. Instead, that night Wifebeater defended the title against Nick Gage, who went on to win the title. During Lobo's third reign CZW held their Breakaway Brawl show on June 9, 2001. A Triple Threat Deathmatch for the CZW Iron Man Championship occurred involving Nick Mondo, Wifebeater, and Mad Man Pondo, which Mondo won to become champion. Lobo was not involved due to a broken leg injury he sustained from the night before.
At CZW's High Stakes on May 11, 2002, CZW held a Four Way match for the CZW World Heavyweight and CZW Iron Man Championships, in which then-CZW World Heavyweight Champion Justice Pain and then-Iron Man Champion Adam Flash defended against The Messiah and Mondo. If a champion was pinned by another competitor, then they lost their championship in the encounter. Mondo ended up pinning Flash to win the Iron Man Championship in the bout. On July 13, 2002, at CZW's Deja Vu, Flash and Pain fought to a double pinfall for the CZW Iron Man and World Heavyweight Championships, which Pain held. Due to the double pinfall, Flash won the Iron Man Championship, while Pain retained the World Heavyweight Championship.
On August 13, 2005, at CZW's Deja Vu 3, Kevin Steen defeated Franky The Mobster to begin the longest reign in the title's history. At 364 days, Steen's reign came to an end when he was pinned by LuFisto at CZW's Trapped, who became the first woman to win the title. At CZW's X: Decade of Destruction – 10th Anniversary event on February 14, 2009, Sami Callihan defeated Brain Damage to win the title. Later during his reign, Callihan renamed the title the CZW New Horror Championship.
The title was vacated twice during its history before being retired in July 2009. The first vacancy occurred July 26, 2003 due to then-champion Mondo sustaining an injury. LuFisto was forced to vacate on January 13, 2007, when she also sustained an injury. Egotistico Fantastico was the last champion, by defeating Callihan on June 13, 2009, at CZW's Best Of The Best 9 gathering before the title was deactivated on July 11, 2009.

## Reigns

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Derek Domino | February 13, 1999 | Opening Night | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | <1 | Domino was recognized as the first CZW Iron Man Champion by Combat Zone Wrestling. | |
| 2 | Lobo | February 13, 1999 | Opening Night | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | 126 | | |
| 3 | Justice Pain | June 19, 1999 | Down in Flames | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 1 | 119 | | |
| 4 | Lobo | October 16, 1999 | Cage of Death I | Mantua Township, New Jersey | 2 | 147 | | |
| 5 | Wifebeater | March 11, 2000 | March Violence | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 91 | | |
| 6 | Mad Man Pondo | June 10, 2000 | Caged to the End | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 42 | | |
| 7 | Wifebeater | July 22, 2000 | No Rules, No Limits | Sewell, New Jersey | 2 | <1 | Wifebeater was awarded the title. | |
| 8 | Nick Gage | July 22, 2000 | No Rules, No Limits | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 77 | | |
| 9 | Wifebeater | October 7, 2000 | Rules Are Made To Be Broken | Sewell, New Jersey | 3 | 44 | | |
| 10 | Nate Hatred | November 20, 2000 | Jersey Rulz | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 62 | | |
| 11 | Wifebeater | January 21, 2001 | Delaware Invasion | Smyrna, Delaware | 4 | 20 | | |
| 12 | Lobo | February 10, 2001 | Crushing the Competition | Sewell, New Jersey | 3 | 119 | | |
| 13 | Nick Mondo | June 9, 2001 | Breakaway Brawl | Smyrna, Delaware | 1 | 49 | This was a Triple Threat Deathmatch also involving Wifebeater and Mad Man Pondo. Lobo was not involved in the match for unknown reasons. | |
| 14 | Nick Gage | July 28, 2001 | What About Lobo? | Sewell, New Jersey | 2 | 91 | | |
| 15 | Nick Berk | October 27, 2001 | ...And Justice for All | Sewell, New Jersey | 1 | 49 | | |
| 16 | Adam Flash | December 15, 2001 | Cage of Death III | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 147 | | |
| 17 | Nick Mondo | May 11, 2002 | High Stakes | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 28 | This was a Four Way match for the CZW World Heavyweight and CZW Iron Man Championships involving CZW World Heavyweight Champion Justice Pain and The Messiah, in which Mondo pinned Flash to win the championship. | |
| 18 | Justice Pain | June 8, 2002 | Best of the Best 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 35 | | |
| 19 | Adam Flash | July 13, 2002 | Deja Vu | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 91 | This was also for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, which Pain held. The match ended in a double pinfall, causing Pain to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, but lose the Iron Man Championship to Flash. | |
| 20 | The Messiah | October 12, 2002 | Beyond the Barrier | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 119 | | |
| 21 | Nick Mondo | February 8, 2003 | Uncivilized | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 168 | | |
| — | Vacated | July 26, 2003 | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Mondo sustaining an injury. | |
| 22 | Trent Acid | September 13, 2003 | Redefined | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 91 | Acid won the title in a Three Way Iron Man match also involving Jimmy Rave and Nick Gage. This was the Finals of a Tournament to decide the new champion. | |
| 23 | Jimmy Rave | December 13, 2003 | Cage Of Death V: Suspended | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 140 | | |
| 24 | Chris Hero | May 1, 2004 | Apocalypse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 224 | | |
| 25 | B-Boy | December 11, 2004 | Cage of Death VI | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 56 | | |
| 26 | Franky The Mobster | February 5, 2005 | Only the Strong | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 189 | | |
| 27 | Kevin Steen | August 13, 2005 | Deja Vu 3 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 364 | | |
| 28 | LuFisto | August 12, 2006 | Trapped | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 154 | LuFisto was the first woman to win the CZW Iron Man Championship as well as first woman to win any championship in Combat Zone Wrestling. | |
| — | Vacated | January 13, 2007 | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to LuFisto sustaining an injury. | |
| 29 | D. J. Hyde | February 10, 2007 | H8 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 91 | Hyde defeated Adam Flash and Chris Hero in a Triple Threat match to win the vacant title. | |
| 30 | Toby Klein | May 12, 2007 | Restore the Order | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 119 | | |
| 31 | D. J. Hyde | September 8, 2007 | Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 63 | | |
| 32 | Joker | November 10, 2007 | Night of Infamy 6 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 63 | | |
| 33 | Brain Damage | January 12, 2008 | New Years Resolutions' | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 154 | | |
| 34 | D. J. Hyde | June 14, 2008 | Summer School | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | 28 | | |
| 35 | Brain Damage | July 12, 2008 | A Tangled Web | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 217 | | |
| 36 | Sami Callihan | February 14, 2009 | X: Decade of Destruction – 10th Anniversary | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 119 | Callihan renamed the title the "CZW New Horror Championship", with CZW acknowledging the change afterwards. | |
| 37 | Egotistico Fantastico | June 13, 2009 | Best of the Best 9 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 28 | | |
| — | Deactivated | July 11, 2009 | — | — | — | — | CZW deactivated the championship. | |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Lobo | 3 | 392 |
| 2 | Brain Damage | 2 | 371 |
| 3 | Kevin Steen | 1 | 364 |
| 4 | Nick Mondo | 3 | 245 |
| 5 | Adam Flash | 2 | 238 |
| 6 | Chris Hero | 1 | 224 |
| 7 | Franky The Mobster | 1 | 189 |
| 8 | D. J. Hyde | 3 | 182 |
| 9 | Nick Gage | 2 | 168 |
| 10 | Wifebeater | 4 | 155 |
| 11 | Justice Pain | 2 | 154 |
| 11 | LuFisto | 1 | 154 |
| 13 | Jimmy Rave | 1 | 140 |
| 14 | The Messiah | 1 | 119 |
| 14 | Sami Callihan | 1 | 119 |
| 14 | Toby Klein | 1 | 119 |
| 17 | Trent Acid | 1 | 91 |
| 18 | Joker | 1 | 63 |
| 19 | Nate Hatred | 1 | 62 |
| 20 | B-Boy | 1 | 56 |
| 21 | Nick Berk | 1 | 49 |
| 22 | Mad Man Pondo | 1 | 42 |
| 23 | Egotistico Fantastico | 1 | 28 |
| 24 | Derek Domino | 1 | <1 |