# IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship

The IWA World Championship is the major title in the IWA Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky. The title debuted at the "Crowning of a Champion" event on April 3, 1997, when Tower of Doom won a twelve-man tournament. There have been a total of 125 reigns among 59 champions and 19 vacancies. Tower of Doom was the inaugural champion, having defeated Ox Harley and Bull Pain in a tournament final three-way match on April 4, 1997, at Crowning of Champion. On June 14, 2022, Jake Crist vacated the title after failing to receive payment. As a result, the company ceased operations and the title was deactivated.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Tower Of Doom | April 3, 1997 | IWA Crowing Of A Champion | Louisville, KY | 1 | 21 | Defeated Ox Harley and Bull Pain in a tournament final three-way match to become inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Doug Gilbert | April 24, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 86 | | |
| — | Vacated | July 19, 1997 | IWA Extreme Heaven 1997 | Louisville, KY | — | — | | |
| 3 | Ian Rotten | July 19, 1997 | IWA Extreme Heaven 1997 | Louisville, KY | 1 | 12 | Defeated Bull Pain in a No Ropes Barbed Wire match to win the vacated title. | |
| 4 | Bull Pain | July 31, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 42 | | |
| 5 | Tracy Smothers | September 11, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | | |
| 6 | Salvatore Sincere | September 18, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 47 | | |
| 7 | Bull Pain | November 4, 1997 | IWA Mid-South 1st Anniversary Show | Louisville, KY | 2 | 3 | This was a three-way match, also involving Tracy Smothers. | |
| 8 | Buddy Landel | November 7, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Lexington, KY | 1 | 1 | | |
| 9 | Bull Pain | November 8, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Bardstown, KY | 3 | 3 | | |
| — | Vacated | November 11, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | — | — | Title was vacated following a match between Bull Pain and Paul Diamond which ended in a double pinfall. | |
| 10 | Bull Pain | December 9, 1997 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Bardstown, KY | 4 | 66 | Defeated Paul Diamond in a rematch for the vacant title. | |
| 11 | Axl Rotten | February 13, 1998 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Lexington, KY | 1 | 70 | | |
| — | Vacated | April 24, 1998 | IWA Heavyweight Title Tournament | Louisville, KY | — | — | | |
| 12 | Ox Harley | April 24, 1998 | IWA Heavyweight Title Tournament | Louisville, KY | 1 | 34 | Defeated Harry Palmer in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 13 | The Midnight Rider | May 28, 1998 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 45 | Tower Of Doom replaced Ox Harley in this title defence, occasion granted by the authority. The Midnight Rider was a certain gimmick of Ian Rotten. | |
| 14 | Billy Joe Eaton | July 12, 1998 | House show | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | 18 | | |
| 15 | Ian Rotten | July 30, 1998 | IWA Extreme Heaven 1998 | Louisville, KY | 3 | 7 | | |
| 16 | Harry Palmer | August 6, 1998 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 99 | | |
| 17 | Corporal Robinson | November 13, 1998 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | West Point, KY | 1 | 21 | | |
| 18 | Ian Rotten | December 4, 1998 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Salem, IN | 4 | 33 | | |
| 19 | Corporal Robinson | January 6, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 1 | | |
| 20 | Ian Rotten | January 7, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 5 | 7 | This was a title for title match, also contested for Rotten's MAW Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 21 | Suicide Kid | January 14, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | | |
| 22 | Chip Fairway | January 21, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 1 | 7 | | |
| 23 | Suicide Kid | January 28, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | 2 | 5 | | |
| — | Vacated | February 2, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Louisville, KY | — | — | Title held up by Ian Rotten following a Two Out Of Three Falls match between Suicide Kid and Chip Fairway due to several interferences. | |
| 24 | Chip Fairway | February 3, 1999 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 85 | Defeated Suicide Kid in a ladder match to win the vacated title. | |
| 25 | Ian Rotten | April 29, 1999 | IWA Showdown in Salem | Salem, IN | 6 | 100 | Defeated Dean Baldwin who replaced Chip Fairway in the title defence. | |
| 26 | Rollin' Hard | August 7, 1999 | IWA Hardcore Throwdown | Oolitic, IN | 1 | 53 | | |
| 27 | Mad Man Pondo | September 29, 1999 | House show | Louisville, KY | 1 | 147 | | |
| 28 | 2 Tuff Tony | February 23, 2000 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 31 | This was a Fans bring the weapons match. On March 4, 2 Tuff Tony defeated reigning Hardcore Champion Delilah Starr and Mad Man Pondo in a two-on-one handicap match to unify the IWA Mid-South Hardcore Championship and IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 29 | Blaze | March 25, 2000 | IWA The Out Back Brawl | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 7 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. | |
| 30 | Axl Rotten | April 1, 2000 | IWA No Jokes, Just Pain | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 0–70 | This was a Lumberjack Strap match. The length of this reign is uncertain. | |
| — | Vacated | April – June 2000 | — | — | — | — | The title was vacated somewhere between April and June due to unknown circumstances. | |
| 31 | Rollin' Hard | June 6, 2000 | House show | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 18 | Defeated Ian Rotten in a tournament final for the vacated title. | |
| 32 | Ian Rotten | June 24, 2000 | IWA No Blood No Guts No Glory 2 | Charlestown, IN | 7 | 7 | This was a Four corners of pain salt match. | |
| 33 | Rollin' Hard | July 1, 2000 | IWA Heroes, Hurt & Hot Wax | Charlestown, IN | 3 | 30 | This was a Four corners of pain match. | |
| 34 | Mitch Page | July 31, 2000 | House show | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 5 | Awarded the title by Ian Rotten due to Rollin' Hard's inability to defend the title due to injury. | |
| 35 | Bull Pain | August 5, 2000 | IWA From Hardcore Hell And Back 2000 | Charlestown, IN | 5 | 35 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 9, 2000 | House show | Charlestown, IN | — | — | Bull Pain was stripped off the title due to failing to show up to a title defence. | |
| 36 | Harry Palmer | September 22, 2000 | IWA Heavyweight Title Tournament | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 1 | Defeated Cash Flo in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| — | Vacated | September 23, 2000 | House show | Charlestown, IN | — | — | | |
| 37 | Harry Palmer | September 27, 2000 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 3 | 16 | Cash Flo and Rollin' Hard in a Belt On A Pole three-way match to win the vacated title. | |
| 38 | Suicide Kid | October 13, 2000 | IWA Mid-South 4th Anniversary Show | Charlestown, IN | 3 | 8 | | |
| — | Vacated | October 21, 2000 | King Of The Death Matches 2000 | Charlestown, IN | — | — | Title was held up after a controversial ending of a match against Todd Morton. | |
| 39 | Todd Morton | October 25, 2000 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 42 | Defeated Suicide Kid in a ladder match to win the vacated title. | |
| 40 | Ian Rotten | December 6, 2000 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 8 | 24 | | |
| 41 | Cash Flo | December 30, 2000 | IWA For The Love Of Money | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 63 | | |
| 42 | Blaze | February 7, 2001 | House show | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 24 | | |
| 43 | 2 Tuff Tony | March 3, 2001 | IWA Nightmare on Highway 62 | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 35 | | |
| 44 | Mitch Page | April 7, 2001 | IWA April Bloodshowers 2001 | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 42 | This was a three-way match, also involving Rollin' Hard. | |
| 45 | Trent Baker | May 19, 2001 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 56 | | |
| 46 | Hido | July 14, 2001 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 60 | This was a three-way match, also involving Chip Fairway. | |
| — | Vacated | July 18, 2001 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | — | — | Title was vacated after Hido's loss to Necro Butcher in a Loser leaves town match. | |
| 47 | Suicide Kid | July 21, 2001 | IWA Heavyweight Title Tournament | Charlestown, IN | 4 | 14 | Defeated Mitch Page in a Fans Bring The Weapons Falls Count Anywhere matchtournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 48 | Trent Baker | August 4, 2001 | House show | Charlestown, IN | 2 | 77 | | |
| 49 | Chris Hero | October 20, 2001 | IWA Mid-South 5th Anniversary Show | Charlestown, IN | 1 | 46 | | |
| 50 | CM Punk | December 5, 2001 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 86 | | |
| 51 | Eddie Guerrero | March 1, 2002 | IWA Spring Heat | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 1 | This was a three-way match, also involving Rey Mysterio. | |
| 52 | CM Punk | March 2, 2002 | IWA Morris Mayhem | Morris, IL | 2 | 48 | | |
| 53 | Colt Cabana | April 19, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Dayton, OH | 1 | 84 | This was a three-way match, also involving Eddie Guerrero. | |
| 54 | Chris Hero | July 12, 2002 | IWA King Of The Death Matches 2002 | Clarksville, IN | 2 | 85 | | |
| 55 | M-Dogg 20 | October 5, 2002 | IWA Mid-South 6th Anniversary Show | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 21 | | |
| 56 | CM Punk | October 26, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Clarksville, IN | 3 | 7 | This was a four-way gauntlet match, also involving Bull Pain, Danny Daniels, Ian Rotten and Necro Butcher. | |
| 57 | B. J. Whitmer | November 2, 2002 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2002 | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 42 | This was the final of the Ted Petty invitational tournament. | |
| 58 | CM Punk | December 14, 2002 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Clarksville, IN | 4 | 55 | | |
| 59 | Chris Hero | February 7, 2003 | "When Hero Met Punk" | Clarksville, IN | 3 | 120 | This was a Two Out Of Three Falls match. | |
| 60 | Mark Wolf | June 7, 2003 | IWA When Good Friends Go Bad | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 35 | | |
| — | Vacated | July 12, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Charlestown, IN | — | — | Title was vacated due to Wolf suffering multiple legitimate injuries. | |
| 61 | Chris Hero | June 12, 2003 | IWA Mid-South Tapings | Clarksville, IN | 4 | 21 | Defeated Danny Daniels in a Two Out Of Three Falls match to win the vacated title. | |
| 62 | Danny Daniels | August 2, 2003 | IWA King Of The Death Matches 2003 | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 167 | This was a Texas deathmatch. | |
| 63 | Jerry Lynn | January 16, 2004 | IWA A Matter Of Pride | Oolitic, IN | 1 | 84 | | |
| 64 | B. J. Whitmer | April 9, 2004 | IWA April Bloodshowers 2004 | Oolitic, IN | 2 | 50 | This was a 30-minute Iron Man match. | |
| 65 | Petey Williams | May 29, 2004 | IWA A Shot Of Southern Comfort | Highland, IN | 1 | 112 | | |
| 66 | Arik Cannon | September 18, 2004 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2004 | Highland, IN | 1 | 145 | | |
| — | Vacated | October 21, 2004 | IWA Autumn Armageddon | Evansville, IN | — | — | Title vacated after Cannon suffered a broken collarbone injury. | |
| 67 | A.J. Styles | October 21, 2004 | IWA Autumn Armageddon | Evansville, IN | 1 | 2 | Defeated Petey Williams, Christopher Daniels and Chris Sabin in a four-way match to win the vacated title. | |
| 68 | CM Punk | October 23, 2004 | IWA Mid-South 8th Anniversary Show: Dreams Do Come True | Highland, IN | 5 | 104 | | |
| 69 | Danny Daniels | February 4, 2005 | IWA Indiana State Title Tournament | Valparaiso, IN | 2 | 56 | | |
| 70 | Jimmy Jacobs | April 1, 2005 | IWA April Bloodshowers 2005 | Herrin, IL | 1 | 295 | | |
| 71 | Arik Cannon | January 21, 2006 | IWA No Retreat... No Surrender | Midlothian, IL | 2 | 91 | This was a Falls Count Anywhere match. | |
| 72 | Darin Corbin | April 22, 2006 | IWA Any Given Saturday | Midlothian, IL | 1 | 42 | | |
| 73 | Trik Davis | June 3, 2006 | IWA King Of The Death Matches 2006 | Plainfield, IN | 1 | 14 | This was a three-way elimination match, also involving Arik Cannon. | |
| 74 | Toby Klein | June 17, 2006 | IWA School's Out | Streamwood, IL | 1 | 105 | Toby Klein won a Call your shot battle royal by lastly eliminating Chris Hero the previous night and cashed in his opportunity on Trik Davis. | |
| 75 | Chuck Taylor | September 30, 2006 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2006 | Midlothian, IL | 1 | 364 | | |
| 76 | Mike Quackenbush | September 29, 2007 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2007 | Midlothian, IL | 1 | 69 | This was a three-way match in the finals of the Ted Petty Invitational, also involving Claudio Castagnoli, where Quackenbush's IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. | |
| 77 | Eddie Kingston | December 17, 2007 | IWA A Rotten Farewell | Plainfield, IL | 1 | 127 | This was a Four Corners Elimination match, also involving Chris Hero and Chuck Taylor, where Taylor also won Quackenbush's IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship. | |
| — | Vacated | April 12, 2008 | IWA April Blood Showers 2008 | Joliet, IL | — | — | IWA Mid-South promoter Ian Rotten declared the title vacant due to Eddie Kingston missing two consecutive events due to flight problems. | |
| 78 | Chuck Taylor | May 3, 2008 | IWA A Night Of Champions | Joliet, IL | 2 | 48 | Defeated Claudio Castagnoli in an eight-man one-night tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 79 | Dingo | June 20, 2008 | IWA King Of The Death Matches 2008 | Sellersburg, IN | 1 | 518 | | |
| — | Vacated | November 20, 2009 | IWA Chapter 2: In The Beginning | Addison, IL | — | — | Dingo vacated the title after sustaining a broken neck a month prior. The title have been inactive for almost five years since then. | |
| 80 | Kongo Kong | June 29, 2014 | IWA Suicidal Tendencies 2014 | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 336 | Defeated Hy-Zaya in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 81 | Hy-Zaya | May 31, 2015 | IWA Bad Intentions 2015 | New Albany, IN | 1 | 103 | | |
| 82 | Shane Mercer | September 11, 2015 | IWA Home Sweet Home | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 28 | | |
| 83 | John Wayne Murdoch | October 9, 2015 | IWA Mid-South 19th Anniversary Show | Clarksville, IN | 1 | <1 | | |
| 84 | Reed Bentley | October 9, 2015 | IWA Home Sweet Home | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 49 | | |
| 85 | John Wayne Murdoch | November 27, 2015 | IWA Young Guns Shoot Out | Clarksville, IN | 2 | 7 | This was a Texas deathmatch. | |
| 86 | Reed Bentley | December 4, 2015 | IWA Unfinished Business | Clarksville, IN | 2 | 7 | | |
| 87 | Kongo Kong | December 11, 2015 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2015 | Clarksville, IN | 2 | 142 | | |
| 88 | Reed Bentley | May 1, 2016 | IWA Derby Madness 2016 | New Albany, IN | 3 | 67 | | |
| 89 | John Wayne Murdoch | July 7, 2016 | IWA The Star Spangled Spectacular | Clarksville, IN | 3 | <1 | | |
| 90 | JJ Garrett | July 7, 2016 | IWA The Star Spangled Spectacular | Clarksville, IN | 1 | 91 | | |
| 91 | Tracy Smothers | October 6, 2016 | IWA Mid-South 20th Anniversary Show | Clarksville, IN | 2 | 77 | Owner and operator of rival promotion D1W (Destination One Wrestling) interfered and cost Garrett the Championship and proclaimed it as the D1W Championship, although it was never officially sanctioned as it. | |
| 92 | Mitch Page | December 22, 2016 | IWA Winter Tryout Show | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | <1 | | |
| — | Vacated | December 22, 2016 | IWA Winter Tryout Show | Jeffersonville, IN | — | — | Title was vacated due to Mitch Page retiring from wrestling. | |
| 93 | John Wayne Murdoch | January 5, 2017 | IWA Out With The Old, In With The New 2017 | Jeffersonville, IN | 4 | 51 | Defeated Aaron Williams in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 94 | Dave Crist | February 25, 2017 | IWA Ruler Of Men | Memphis, IN | 1 | 73 | | |
| — | Vacated | May 9, 2017 | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated due to Dave Crist suffering an injury. | |
| 95 | Aaron Williams | May 25, 2017 | IWA The Champ Is Here | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | <1 | Defeated Larry D in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 96 | Larry D | May 25, 2017 | IWA The Champ Is Here | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 7 | Williams successfully cashed in his Opportunity In A Box contract. | |
| 97 | Michael Elgin | June 1, 2017 | IWA Ian Rotten Birthday Bash | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 92 | | |
| — | Vacated | September 1, 2017 | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. | |
| 98 | Aaron Williams | September 9, 2017 | IWA Crowning A Champion 2017 | Jeffersonville, IN | 2 | 75 | Defeated Dingo in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 99 | Jimmy Jacobs | November 23, 2017 | IWA Bloodfeast 2017 | Memphis, IN | 2 | 44 | | |
| — | Vacated | January 4, 2018 | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated due to Jacobs suffering an injury. | |
| 100 | Mance Warner | January 11, 2018 | IWA No Easy Road To The Crown | Memphis, IN | 1 | 7 | Defeated Ace Perry in a tournament final to win the vacated title. | |
| 101 | Jake Crist | January 18, 2018 | IWA 800th Show | Memphis, IN | 1 | 1 | | |
| 102 | Aaron Williams | January 19, 2018 | IWA A Hard Day's Night | Memphis, IN | 3 | 13 | | |
| 103 | Mance Warner | February 1, 2018 | We Are IWA | Memphis, IN | 2 | 70 | This was a three-way elimination match, also involving Jake Crist. | |
| 104 | Calvin Tankman | April 12, 2018 | House show | Memphis, IN | 1 | 21 | | |
| 105 | John Wayne Murdoch | May 3, 2018 | IWA Mid-South Spring Heat 2018 | Memphis, IN | 5 | 16 | | |
| 106 | Nick Gage | May 19, 2018 | House show | Memphis, IN | 1 | 104 | | |
| — | Vacated | August 31, 2018 | IWA A Labor Of Love | Memphis, IN | — | — | Title was vacated due to unknown circumstances. | |
| 107 | Michael Elgin | August 31, 2018 | IWA A Labor Of Love | Memphis, IN | 2 | 22 | | |
| 108 | Aaron Williams | September 22, 2018 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2018 | Indianapolis, IN | 4 | 40 | | |
| 109 | Logan James | November 1, 2018 | IWA November Pain | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 21 | | |
| 110 | Aaron Williams | November 22, 2018 | IWA Wrestlefeast 2018 | Indianapolis, IN | 5 | 103 | | |
| 111 | Larry D | March 5, 2019 | IWA 900th Show | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 107 | | |
| 112 | Kongo Kong | June 20, 2019 | IWA This is Us | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | 85 | | |
| 113 | Aaron Williams | September 13, 2019 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2019 | Jeffersonville, IN | 6 | <1 | This was a three-way match also involving Matthew Justice. | |
| 114 | Larry D | September 13, 2019 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational 2019 | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | 65 | This was the final of the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament. | |
| 115 | Kevin Giza | November 17, 2019 | IWA She's Still Amazing | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 67 | | |
| 116 | Aaron Williams | January 23, 2020 | IWA No Retreat No Surrender 2020 | Jeffersonville, IN | 7 | 42 | | |
| 117 | Ace Perry | March 5, 2020 | IWA Let The Madness Begin | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 148 | | |
| 118 | Jake Crist | July 31, 2020 | IWA King of Death Matches 2020 | Jeffersonville, IN | 2 | 251 | This was a three-way match also involving Kevin Giza. | |
| 119 | John Wayne Murdoch | April 8, 2021 | IWTV Family Reunion 2021 Part 1 | Tampa, FL | 6 | 7 | | |
| — | Vacated | April 15, 2021 | IWA Spring Fever 2021 | Jeffersonville, IN | — | — | Title was vacated after Murdoch won the IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship with Jake Crist. | |
| 120 | Tyler Matrix | April 24, 2021 | IWA Ted Petty Invitational Tournament 2021 | Jeffersonville, IN | 1 | 61 | This was a three-way tournament final match also involving Jake Crist and John Wayne Murdoch for the vacant title. | |
| 121 | Logan James | June 24, 2021 | You're It! | Jeffersonville, IN | 2 | 35 | This was a Ladder match. | |
| 122 | Tyler Matrix | July 29, 2021 | Prelude To Death | Jeffersonville, IN | 2 | 31 | | |
| 123 | Aaron Williams | August 29, 2021 | Mid-South Put Up Or Shut Up | Indianapolis, IN | 8 | 13 | | |
| 124 | Tyler Matrix | September 11, 2021 | Ted Petty Invitational 2021 | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | <1 | This was a Ted Petty Invitational semi-final match. | |
| 125 | Jake Crist | September 11, 2021 | Ted Petty Invitational 2021 | Jeffersonville, IN | 3 | 276 | This was a Ted Petty Invitational final match. | |
| — | Deactivated | June 14, 2022 | — | — | — | — | Crist vacated the title after he failed to receive payment. The promotion ceased operations as a result. | |

## Combined reigns

As of October 8, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| ¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Kongo Kong | 3 | 563 |
| 2 | Dingo | 1 | 518 |
| 3 | Chuck Taylor | 2 | 412 |
| 4 | Jimmy Jacobs | 2 | 339 |
| 5 | CM Punk | 5 | 300 |
| 6 | Aaron Williams | 8 | 293 |
| 7 | Jake Crist | 3 | 284 |
| 8 | Chris Hero | 4 | 272 |
| 9 | Ian Rotten | 8 | 235 |
| 10 | Danny Daniels | 2 | 223 |
| 11 | Larry D | 3 | 169 |
| 12 | Bull Pain | 5 | 149 |
| 13 | Ace Perry | 1 | 148 |
| 14 | Mad Man Pondo | 1 | 147 |
| 15 | Trent Baker | 2 | 133 |
| 16 | Eddie Kingston | 1 | 127 |
| 17 | Arik Cannon | 2 | 124 |
| 18 | Reed Bentley | 3 | 123 |
| 19 | Harry Palmer | 3 | 116 |
| 20 | Michael Elgin | 2 | 114 |
| 20 | Mance Warner | 2 | 114 |
| 22 | Petey Williams | 1 | 112 |
| 23 | Toby Klein | 1 | 105 |
| 24 | Nick Gage | 1 | 104 |
| 25 | Hy-Zaya | 1 | 103 |
| 26 | Rollin' Hard | 3 | 97 |
| 27 | B. J. Whitmer | 2 | 92 |
| 27 | Chip Fairway | 2 | 92 |
| 27 | Tyler Matrix | 3 | 92 |
| 30 | JJ Garrett | 1 | 91 |
| 31 | Doug Gilbert | 1 | 86 |
| 32 | Colt Cabana | 1 | 84 |
| 32 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | 84 |
| 32 | Tracy Smothers | 2 | 84 |
| 35 | John Wayne Murdoch | 6 | 81 |
| 36 | Dave Crist | 1 | 73 |
| 37 | Axl Rotten | 2 | ¤70–140 |
| 38 | Mike Quackenbush | 1 | 69 |
| 39 | Kevin Giza | 1 | 67 |
| 40 | 2 Tuff Tony | 2 | 66 |
| 41 | Logan James | 2 | 56 |
| 42 | Mitch Page | 3 | 47 |
| 42 | Salvatore Sincere | 1 | 47 |
| 44 | Darin Corbin | 1 | 42 |
| 44 | Todd Morton | 1 | 42 |
| 46 | Cash Flo | 1 | 39 |
| 47 | Mark Wolf | 1 | 35 |
| 48 | Ox Harley | 1 | 34 |
| 48 | Suicide Kid | 4 | 34 |
| 50 | Shane Mercer | 1 | 28 |
| 51 | Corporal Robinson | 2 | 22 |
| 52 | Calvin Tankman | 1 | 21 |
| 52 | M-Dogg 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 52 | Tower of Doom | 1 | 21 |
| 55 | Billy Joe Eaton | 1 | 18 |
| 56 | Trik Davis | 1 | 14 |
| 57 | Hido | 1 | 4 |
| 58 | A.J. Styles | 1 | 2 |
| 59 | Buddy Landel | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Eddie Guerrero | 1 | 1 |