# CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship

The CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the professional wrestling promotion, Canadian Wrestling's Elite. The championship was first awarded on September 2, 2001, as the World High Impact Pro Wrestling Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship. Charlie Hayes was the inaugural champion having won the title in a gauntlet match. Brett Evans became the final champion under the HIW banner after defeating Tony Novak in the finals a tournament at HIW Monster Brawl VI on October 25, 2019. Monster Brawl was the final show in HIW history. It became a title under CWE banner when they purchased all of High Impact Wrestling's assets and absorbed the company.
As of October 11, 2024, there have been 50 reigns among 31 wrestlers with four vacancies. The inaugural champion was Charley Hayes. Principal Pound and Rex Roberts have the most reigns at four. Big Daddy Kash / King Kash has the longest combined reign at 783 days. Davey O'Doyle has the longest singular reign at 511 days. Brett Evans has the shortest singular reign at less than one day. The youngest champion was Alexander Prime having won it when he was 20-years-old. The oldest champion is Rob Stardom having won it when he was 44-years-old.
The current champion is Cam!!ikaze who is in his first reign. He defeated Danny Duggan on night 15 of the Ready to Rumble Tour on November 11, 2024.

## Title history

As of March 2, 2025.

### Names

| Name | Time of use |
| WHIP Wrestling Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | September 2, 2001 – Unknown |
| HIW Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | Unknown – October 25, 2019 |
| CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship | October 26, 2019 – present |

### Reigns

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Charley Hayes | September 2, 2001 | Labour Day Classic | Regina, SK | 1 | 177 | Hayes pinned Rex Roberts in a gauntlet match to become the first champion. Event took place at Taylor Field during a CFL game. | |
| 2 | Titan Tower | February 26, 2002 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 56 | | |
| 3 | Charley Hayes | April 23, 2002 | House show | Regina, SK | 2 | 95 | | |
| 4 | Rex Roberts | July 27, 2002 | Pile O'Bones Rumbles VIII | Regina, SK | 1 | 265 | | |
| 5 | Thryllin' Dylan | January 17, 2004 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 251 | | |
| 6 | Big Daddy Kash | September 24, 2004 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 182 | | |
| 7 | Principal Pound | March 25, 2005 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 75 | | |
| 8 | The Chief | June 8, 2005 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 72 | | |
| 9 | Principal Pound | August 19, 2005 | House show | Regina, SK | 2 | 63 | | |
| 10 | Big Daddy Kash | October 21, 2005 | House show | Regina, SK | 2 | 91 | | |
| 11 | Rex Roberts | January 20, 2006 | House show | Regina, SK | 2 | 175 | | |
| 12 | Todd Myers | July 14, 2006 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 112 | | |
| — | Vacated | November 3, 2006 | House show | Regina, SK | — | — | Vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 13 | Principal Pound | February 23, 2007 | House show | Regina, SK | 3 | 35 | | |
| 14 | Rex Roberts | February 23, 2007 | House show | Regina, SK | 3 | 28 | | |
| 15 | Principal Pound | April 27, 2007 | House show | Regina, SK | 3 | 336 | | |
| 16 | Dixie Dragon | March 28, 2008 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 266 | | |
| 17 | Wavell Starr | December 19, 2008 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 406 | | |
| 18 | Jeff Tyler | January 29, 2010 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 210 | | |
| 19 | Bucky McGraw | August 27, 2010 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 35 | | |
| 20 | King Kash | October 1, 2010 | House show | Regina, SK | 3 | 509 | | |
| 21 | Jumpin' Joe | February 22, 2012 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 247 | | |
| 22 | Robbie Gamble | October 26, 2012 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 406 | | |
| 23 | Rex Roberts | December 6, 2013 | Kings Challenge IV | Regina, SK | 4 | 140 | | |
| 24 | Bull Bodnar | April 25, 2014 | House show | Regina, SK | 1 | 140 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 12, 2014 | House show | Regina, SK | — | — | Vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 25 | Wavell Starr | December 5, 2014 | King's Challenge V | Regina, SK | 2 | 140 | | |
| 26 | Robbie Gamble | April 14, 2015 | Spring Meltdown | Regina, SK | 2 | 150 | This was a three-way match which also included Bobby Sharp. | |
| 27 | Cannonball Kelly | September 11, 2015 | Domination | Regina, SK | 1 | 91 | | |
| 28 | Bobby Sharp | September 11, 2015 | King's Challenge VI | Regina, SK | 1 | 49 | | |
| 29 | Cannonball Kelly | January 29, 2016 | The Great Canadian Rebellion | Regina, SK | 2 | 91 | | |
| 30 | Tyler Colton | April 29, 2016 | Spring Meltdown | Regina, SK | 1 | 231 | | |
| 31 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | December 16, 2016 | King's Challenge VII | Regina, SK | 1 | 133 | This was a three-way match which also included Tyler Colton and Mentallo. | |
| 32 | Alexander Prime | April 28, 2017 | Spring Meltdown | Regina, SK | 1 | 70 | | |
| 33 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | July 7, 2017 | War Before the Storm | Regina, SK | 2 | 35 | This was a loser leaves HIW street fight. | |
| 34 | Jeff Tyler | August 11, 2017 | Pile O'Bones Rumble XXII | Regina, SK | 2 | 28 | | |
| 35 | El Asesino | September 8, 2017 | Night of the Wild | Saskatoon, SK | 1 | 21 | | |
| 36 | Dixie Dragon | September 29, 2017 | Domination | Regina, SK | 2 | 43 | Defeated El Asesino and Jeff Tyler in a three-way match. | |
| 37 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | November 11, 2017 | Hostile Games | Regina, SK | 3 | 34 | Defeated Jeff Tyler, Dixie Dragon, and El Asesino in a four-way match. | |
| 38 | Jeff Tyler | December 15, 2017 | King's Challenge VIII | Regina, SK | 3 | 155 | | |
| 39 | El Asesino | May 19, 2018 | Battle Art V | Saskatoon, SK | 2 | 426 | This was a mask vs. title match. | |
| 40 | Shaun Moore | July 19, 2019 | Friday Night Impact | Regina, SK | 1 | 76 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 3, 2019 | — | Regina, SK | — | — | Title vacated upon Shaun Moore departing from the company. | |
| 41 | Brett Evans | October 25, 2019 | Monster Brawl VI | Regina, SK | 1 | <1 | Evans defeated Tony Novak in tournament final to become the final champion under the HIW banner. | |
| — | Vacated | October 25, 2019 | Monster Brawl VI | Regina, SK | — | — | HIW ceased operations following the event as CWE purchased their assets and absorbed the company. They would keep the title active under the CWE banner. | |
| | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite | Canadian Wrestling's Elite |
| 42 | Davey O'Doyle | February 29, 2020 | 10th Annual King's Challenge | Regina, SK | 1 | 511 | O'Doyle pinned Danny Duggan in a gauntlet match to become the first Central Canadian Heavyweight Champion under the CWE banner. King Kash, Leo London, Thryllin' Dylan, and Beri Grayson were also participants. | |
| 43 | Shaun Martens | July 24, 2021 | 12th Anniversary Tour - Night 8 | Weyburn, SK | 1 | 99 | | |
| 44 | Jude Dawkins | October 31, 2021 | Rumble to Remember | Winnipeg, MB | 1 | 81 | | |
| 45 | Berat Gorani | January 20, 2022 | Final Destination | Grande Prairie, AB | 1 | 287 | | |
| 46 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | November 3, 2022 | Point to Prove Tour - Night 9 | Prince Albert, SK | 1 | 1 | | |
| 47 | Danny Duggan | November 4, 2022 | Point to Prove Tour - Night 10 | Yorkton, SK | 1 | 42 | | |
| 48 | Rob Stardom | December 16, 2022 | Super Jobber Cup 2022 | Winnipeg, MB | 1 | 266 | | |
| 49 | James Roth | September 8, 2023 | Back To School Bash Tour - Night 2 | Winnipeg, MB | 1 | 316 | | |
| 50 | Danny Duggan | July 20, 2024 | Cruel Summer Tour - Night 22 | Winnipeg, MB | 2 | 124 | | |
| 51 | Cam!!ikaze | November 21, 2024 | Rumble to Remember Tour - Night 15 | Medicine Hat, AB | 1 | 101+ | | |

## Combined reigns

As of March 2, 2025.
Key :
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | Indicates reign was less than one day |
| + | Indicates combined reign is changing daily |
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Big Daddy Kash / King Kash | 3 | 782 |
| 2 | Charley Hayes | 2 | 637 |
| 3 | Wavell Starr | 2 | 547 |
| 4 | Robbie Gamble | 2 | 546 |
| 5 | Principal Pound | 4 | 519 |
| 6 | Rex Roberts | 4 | 517 |
| 7 | Davey O'Doyle | 1 | 511 |
| 8 | El Asesino | 2 | 447 |
| 10 | Jeff Tyler | 3 | 393 |
| 11 | James Roth | 1 | 316 |
| 12 | Dixie Dragon | 2 | 315 |
| 13 | Berat Gorani | 1 | 287 |
| 14 | Rob Stardom | 1 | 266 |
| 15 | Thryllin' Dylan | 1 | 251 |
| 16 | Jumpin' Joe | 1 | 247 |
| 17 | Tyler Colton | 1 | 231 |
| 18 | Cannonball Kelly | 2 | 182 |
| 19 | Michael Allen Richard Clark | 2 | 168 |
| 20 | Danny Duggan | 2 | 166 |
| 21 | Bull Bodnar | 1 | 140 |
| 22 | Todd Myers | 1 | 112 |
| 23 | Cam!!ikaze † | 1 | 101+ |
| 24 | Shaun Martens | 1 | 99 |
| 25 | Jude Dawkins | 1 | 81 |
| 26 | The Chief | 1 | 72 |
| 27 | Alexander Prime | 1 | 70 |
| 28 | Titan Tower | 1 | 56 |
| 29 | Bobby Sharp | 1 | 49 |
| 30 | Bucky McGraw | 1 | 35 |
| 31 | Shaun Moore | 1 | 15 |
| 32 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Brett Evans | 1 | <1 |