# NZWPW Heavyweight Championship

The NZWPW Heavyweight Championship was the top professional wrestling championship title in the New Zealand promotion New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (NZWPW). It was the original super heavyweight title of Wellington Pro Wrestling and introduced as the WPW Super Heavyweight Championship on 3 December 2004. The inaugural champion was Ruamoko, who defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final in Lower Hutt, New Zealand on 25 April 1992. The title became vacant when Ruamoko suffered an injury in early-2005 and, after the promotion became New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling, it was replaced by the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship first won by Island Boy Si on 25 March 2005.
The final champion under the NZWPW banner was Bryant who was in his first reign. On 17 November 2018, at Capital Pro Wrestling's MitchellMania event, the title was deactivated when NZWPW owner Martin Stirling was seen taking the NZWPW Heavyweight Championship from the then current champion Bryant. In February 2020, the NZWPW promotion was closed as Stirling retired.
On 28 May 2022, the championship was reinstated in the Hughes Academy promotion by guest host Ben Mana. Axl Stirling defeated Kartik and "The Spartan" Sam Black to win the vacant title belt.

## Title history

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 | Ruamoko | 3 December 2004 | Colossus | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | N/A | Ruamoko defeated Les Barrett in a tournament final to become the first WPW Super Heavyweight Champion. | |
| — | Vacated | 2005 | — | — | — | — | The championship is vacated after Ruamoko is injured. | |
| 2 | Island Boy Si | 25 March 2005 | Powerplay II | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 224 | Defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 3 | Jonnie Juice | 4 November 2005 | Eruption II | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 161 | | |
| 4 | D-Hoya | 14 April 2006 | Powerplay III | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 98 | | |
| 5 | Adam Avalanche | 21 July 2006 | Pacific Storm | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 342 | | |
| 6 | D-Hoya | 28 June 2007 | The Big One | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 2 | 162 | This was a Last Man Standing match. | |
| 7 | Jimmy Sparx | 7 December 2007 | Christmas Carnage | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 176 | This was a Four Corners Tag match involving Axl and Rufguts. | |
| 8 | D-Hoya | 31 May 2008 | Powerplay V | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 3 | 77 | | |
| — | Vacated | 16 August 2008 | Invasion Tour | Wainui, New Zealand | — | — | The championship is vacated on the first night of the tour after a Triple Threat match involving D-Hoya, Jimmy Sparx and Rufguts ended in a no-contest. An 8-man tournament is held for the duration of the tour. | |
| 9 | D-Hoya | 14 November 2008 | The Big One | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 4 | 378 | Defeated Jimmy Sparx in tournament final to win the vacant championship. | |
| 10 | Rufguts | 27 November 2009 | Movember | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 204 | X-Rated was the special referee. | |
| 11 | Tykade | 19 June 2010 | Powerplay VII | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 258 | This was a No Disqualification match. D-Hoya was the special referee. | |
| 12 | "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn | 4 March 2011 | Over The Top | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 2 | 175 | | |
| 13 | D-Hoya | 26 August 2011 | Powerplay VIII | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 5 | 259 | | |
| — | Vacated | 11 May 2012 | Bringing Down the House | Petone, New Zealand | — | — | | |
| 14 | Ben Mana | 15 June 2012 | Powerplay IX | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 1 | 61 | | |
| — | Vacated | 15 August 2012 | Right 2 Challenge | Otaki, New Zealand | — | — | Ben Mana injured his knee winning the title against Jakob Cross at Powerplay IX | |
| 15 | Tykade | 2 November 2012 | The Bushwacker Luke's Return | Taitā, New Zealand | 2 | 42 | Defeated James Shaw in the NZWPW tournament final | |
| 16 | Johnny Idol | 14 December 2012 | Mayhem in the Valley | Stokes Valley, New Zealand | 1 | 155 | Cashed in his Right 2 Challenge opportunity and won | |
| 17 | James Shaw | 18 May 2013 | Ngaio Evolution | Ngaio, New Zealand | 1 | 14 | Defeated Johnny Idol in an "I Quit" match | |
| 18 | Johnny Idol | 1 June 2013 | Over the Top | Wainuiomata, New Zealand | 2 | 97 | Defeated James Shaw, Travis Banks, and Rufguts | |
| 19 | Ben Mana | 6 September 2013 | Powerplay X | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 2 | 294 | Defeated Johnny Idol in a Last Man Standing match | |
| 20 | "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn | 27 June 2014 | Beat Down (2014) | Petone, New Zealand | 3 | 85 | Rufguts invoked the Right 2 Challenge he won in October 2013 for another chance at the NZWPW Championship and won | |
| 21 | "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate | 20 September 2014 | Road to Rescue (2014) | Waikanae, New Zealand | 1 | 252 | Defeated Paul Sayers and "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn | |
| 22 | Ben Mana | 30 May 2015 | Wairoa Warzone (2015) | Wairoa, New Zealand | 3 | 300 | Defeated "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate | |
| 23 | Jade Priest | 25 March 2016 | Live Pro Wrestling - Belmont Series | Wairoa, New Zealand | 1 | <1 | Defeated Ben Mana | |
| 24 | Chad Howard | 25 March 2016 | Live Pro Wrestling - Belmont Series | Belmont, New Zealand | 1 | 595 | Cashed in his Right 2 Challenge contract and defeated Jade Priest | |
| 25 | Charlie Roberts | 10 November 2017 | Powerplay 2017 | Epuni, New Zealand | 1 | <1 | Defeated Chad Howard | |
| 26 | Axl | 10 November 2017 | Powerplay 2017 | Epuni, New Zealand | 1 | 280 | Axl cashed in his Right 2 Challenge contract and defeated Charlie Roberts | |
| 27 | Wayne La Perfeccion | 17 August 2018 | Friday Night Live Pro Wrestling | Epuni, New Zealand | 1 | 28 | Defeated Axl & "The Shooter" Shane Sinclair in a triple threat match | |
| 28 | Bryant | 14 September 2018 | Friday Night Live Pro Wrestling | Epuni, New Zealand | 1 | 64 | Defeated Wayne La Perfeccion | |
| — | Deactivated | 17 November 2018 | CPW MitchellMania | Kilbirnie, New Zealand | — | — | The NZWPW Heavyweight Championship was deactivated when NZWPW owner Martin Stirling was seen taking the title from the then current champion, Bryant. Bryant was told by Stirling that he took it for "maintenance". | |
| 29 | Axl Stirling | 28 May 2022 | Hughes Academy: Live Pro Wrestling | Manukau, New Zealand | 2 | 853+ | Defeated Kartik & "The Spartan" Sam Black in a Triple Threat match to win the reactivated title. | |

## List of combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | D-Hoya | 5 | 974 |
| 2 | Ben Mana | 3 | 655 |
| 3 | Chad Howard | 1 | 595 |
| 4 | "Rufguts" Roddy Gunn | 3 | 463 |
| 5 | Adam Avanche | 1 | 342 |
| 6 | Tykade | 2 | 300 |
| 7 | Axl | 1 | 280 |
| 8 | "Dream Catcher" Phil Woodgate | 1 | 252 |
| 9 | Johnny Idol | 2 | 252 |
| 10 | Island Boy Si | 1 | 224 |
| 11 | Jimmy Sparx | 1 | 176 |
| 12 | Jonnie Juice | 1 | 161 |
| 13 | Bryant | 1 | 64 |
| 14 | Wayne La Perfeccion | 1 | 28 |
| 15 | James Shaw | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Charlie Roberts | 1 | <1 |
| 17 | Jade Priest | 1 | <1 |