List of IWE Champions

thumb|240px|right|Dustin Simpson with the IWE Championship
The IWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It is the world title of the Meltdown brand, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the Fusion! brand. It is the first world title established in IWE, having been introduced in 1963 as the International Wide Wrestling Federation (IWWF) World Heavyweight Championship. After ending its affiliation with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) the promotion was renamed International Wrestling Federation (IWF) with the title also renamed to reflect the acronym. In 2001, it was unified with the WCW Championship following the IWF's buyout of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and became the Undisputed Championship. In 2002, the IWF was renamed International Wrestling Entertainment and split its roster into two franchises, Meltdown and Fusion, in a brand extension. The title was then designated to the Fusion brand, while IWE established an alternate world title known as the World Heavyweight Championship for the Meltdown Raw brand. The IWE Undisputed Championship has been known as the WWE Championship since.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name, while others used their real name. The first champion was Buddy R., who won the championship in 1963. Overall, there have been 40 different official champions, with Triple K having the most reigns at eight.
==Title History==
Key
Reign 	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
# 	Indicates what number the reign is
Event 	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
N/A 	The information is not available or is unknown
— 	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
Indicates the current reign is changing daily	
==Names==
Name 	Years
IWWWF World Heavyweight Championship	April 29, 1963 –February 8, 1971
IWWF Heavyweight Championship 	February 8, 1971 –1979
IWF Heavyweight Championship 	1979–1983
IWF (World Heavyweight) Championship	1983 –December 9, 2001
IWF Undisputed Championship 	December 9, 2011 –May 6, 2002
IWF Undisputed Championship 	May 6, 2002 –September 2, 2002
IWE Championship 	September 2, 2002 –Present
==Reigns==
# 	Wrestlers 	Reign	Date 	Days Held	Location 	Event 	Notes
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17 	Martin McAlmond	1 	November 27, 1991 	 	 	 	
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22 	Bret Heart 	1 	October 12, 1992 	 	 	 	
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26 	Bret Heart 	2 	March 20, 1994 	 	 	 	
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29 	Bret Heart 	3 	November 19, 1995 	 	 	 	
30 	Ryan Barnhart 	1 	March 31, 1996 	 	 	 	
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32 	Ryan Barnhart 	2 	January 19, 1997 	 	 	 	
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33 	Bret Heart 	4 	February 16, 1997 	 	 	 	
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35 	Martin McAlmond	2 	March 23, 1997 	 	 	 	
36 	Bret Heart 	5 	August 3, 1997 	 	 	 	
37 	Ryan Barnhart 	3 	November 9, 1997 	 	 	 	
38 	Steve Johnson 	1 	March 29, 1998 	 	 	 	
39 	Chris LeGreca 	1 	June 28, 1998 	 	 	 	
40 	Steve Johnson 	2 	June 29, 1998 	 	 	 	
- 	Vacant 	 	September 27, 1998	0 	 	 	
41 	Sam Simkins 	1 	November 15, 1998 	 	 	 	
42 	Mankind 	1 	December 29, 1998 	 	 	 	
43 	Sam Simkins 	2 	January 24, 1999 	 	 	 	
44 	Mankind 	2 	January 26, 1999 	 	 	 	
45 	Sam Simkins 	3 	February 15, 1999 	 	 	 	
46 	Steve Johnson 	3 	March 28, 1999 	 	 	 	
47 	Martin McAlmond	3 	May 23, 1999 	 	 	 	
48 	Steve Johnson 	4 	June 28, 1999 	 	 	 	
49 	Mankind 	3 	August 22, 1999 	 	 	 	
50 	Triple K 	1 	August 23, 1999 	 	 	 	
51 	Mr. Mayer 	1 	September 14, 1999	 	 	 	
- 	Vacant 	- 	September 20, 1999	0 	 	 	
52 	Triple K 	2 	September 26, 1999	 	 	 	
53 	The Big Marc 	1 	November 14, 1999 	 	 	 	
54 	Triple K 	3 	January 3, 2000 	 	 	 	
55 	Sam Simkins 	4 	April 30, 2000 	 	 	 	
56 	Triple K 	4 	May 21, 2000 	 	 	 	
57 	Sam Simkins 	5 	June 25, 2000 	 	 	 	
58 	Matt Borske 	1 	October 22, 2000 	 	 	 	
59 	Sam Simkins 	6 	February 25, 2001 	 	 	 	
60 	Steve Johnson 	5 	April 1, 2001 	 	 	 	
61 	Matt Borske 	2 	September 23, 2001	 	 	 	
62 	Steve Johnson 	6 	October 8, 2001 	 	 	 	
63 	Kris McGowan 	1 	December 9, 2001 	 	 	 	
64 	Triple K 	5 	March 17, 2002 	 	 	 	
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66 	Martin McAlmond	4 	May 19, 2002 	 	 	 	
67 	Sam Simkins 	7 	July 21, 2002 	 	 	 	
68 	Rob Truax 	1 	August 25, 2002 	 	 	 	
69 	The Big Marc 	2 	November 17, 2002 	 	 	 	
70 	Matt Borske 	3 	December 15, 2002 	 	 	 	
71 	Rob Truax 	2 	March 30, 2003 	 	 	 	
72 	Matt Borske 	4 	July 27, 2003 	 	 	 	
73 	Rob Truax 	3 	September 16, 2003	 	 	 	
74 	Brian McAlmond 	1 	February 15, 2004 	 	 	 	
75 	John Goff 	1 	June 27, 2004 	 	 	 	
76 	Dustin Simpson 	1 	April 3, 2005 	 	 	 	
77 	Chris Gomez 	1 	January 8, 2006 	 	 	 	
78 	Dustin Simpson 	2 	January 29, 2006 	 	 	 	
79 	KGM 	1 	June 11, 2006 	 	 	 	
80 	Chris Gomez 	2 	July 3, 2006 	 	 	 	
81 	Dustin Simpson 	3 	September 17, 2006	 	 	 	
- 	Vacant 	- 	October 2, 2007 	 	 	 	
82 	Kevin McAlmond 	1 	October 7, 2007 	 	 	 	
83 	Triple K 	6 	October 7, 2007 	 	 	 	
84 	Kevin McAlmond 	2 	October 7, 2007 	 	 	 	
85 	Triple K 	7 	April 27, 2008 	 	 	 	
86 	Chris Gomez 	3 	November 23, 2008 	 	 	 	
87 	Josh Hooper 	1 	December 14, 2008 	 	 	 	
88 	Chris Gomez 	4 	January 25, 2009 	 	 	 	
89 	Triple K 	8 	February 15, 2009 	 	 	 	
90 	Kevin McAlmond 	3 	April 26, 2009 	 	 	 	
91 	Jesse Dern 	1 	June 7, 2009 	 	 	 	
- 	Vacant 	- 	June 9, 2009 	 	 	 	
92 	Kevin McAlmond 	4 	June 15, 2009 	 	 	 	
93 	Dustin Simpson 	4 	September 13, 2009	 	 	 	
94 	Kevin McAlmond 	5 	October 4, 2009 	 	 	 	
95 	Dustin Simpson 	5 	October 25, 2009 	 	 	 	
96 	Garett 	1 	December 13, 2009 	 	 	 	
97 	Dustin Simpson 	6 	February 21, 2010 	0 	 	 	
98 	Jesse Dern 	2 	February 21, 2010 	 	 	 	
99 	Dustin Simpson 	7 	March 28, 2010 	 	 	 	
100	Garrett 	2 	June 20, 2010 	 	 	 	
101	Kevin McAlmond 	6 	September 19, 2010	64 	Chicogo, ILL 	Night of Champions (2010)	This was a Six-Pack Challenge Elimination match also involving Gomez, Dustin Simpson, Garrett, Kris McGowan and Daniel Gonzalez.
102	Joe Smith 	1 	November 22, 2010 	160 	Orlando, FL 	Meltdown 	Joe Smith cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase after Kevin McAlmond successfully defended the IWE Championship against Daniel Gonzalez.
103	Dustin Simpson 	8 	May 1, 2011 	78 	Tampa, FL 	Extreme Rules (2011) 	This was a Triple Threat Steel Cage match also involving Joe Linderman.
104	Justin Eldridge	1 	July 17, 2011 	1 	Chicago, IL 	Money in the Bank (2011) 	This was a singles match where Justin Eldirdge defeated Dustin Simpson. Since Eldridge "left Chicago with the title", Simpson, by the match stipulation, is fired. Eldridge is also no longer under IWE contract as of the end of the Money in the Bank (2011) pay-per-view.
- 	Vacated 	- 	July 18, 2011 	0 	Green Bay, WI	Meltdown 	Vacated by Mr. Mayer at the top of the show due to Justin Eldridge's departure from the company. Eight man tournament to declare the new IWE Champion on the same night.