The IPWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 heavyweight championship in the Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

The Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance was an American independent professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia, from October 1995 to February 2001, when it was run by Cueball Carmichael and...

 (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Cueball Carmichael

Cueball Carmichael

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, who defeated Justin St. John following a battle royal

Battle royal (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

 on October 9, 1995 to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.

There were 10 officially recognized champions with both Carmichael and Tom Brandi

Tom Brandi

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 winning the title a record 4-times. At 255 days, Big Slam Vader was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. A number of top independent stars held the title during its near 6-year history including Lance Diamond

Lance Diamond

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, "Wiseguy" Jimmy Cicero

Jimmy Cicero

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, and "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel

Buddy Landel

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.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

Name	Years
IPWA Heavyweight Championship	1995 — 2001

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
							Carmichael defeated Justin St. John in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a battle royal Battle royal (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner... , to become the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion.
							This was a steel cage match.
							The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael suffers a serious injury.
							Vader defeated Guido Falcone, following a battle royal, to win the vacant title.
							The championship is vacated when Big Slam fails to appear for a scheduled title defense.
							Sincere defeated Jimmy Cicero in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
							The championship is vacated when Salvatore Sincere leaves the promotion to join the World Wrestling Federation.
							Carmichael defeated Christian York Christian York Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...  in a singles match, after both were declared co-winners of a 12-man battle royal Battle royal (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner... , to win the vacant title.
				<1			This was a 6-man tag team elimination match with Christian York and Steve Corino against Cueball Carmichael, Jimmy Cicero, and Julio Sanchez.
							Cicero pinned Lance Diamond in the final fall winning both the 6-man tag team match and the IPWA Heavyweight Championship.
							The championship is vacated when Buddy Landel fails to appear for a scheduled title defence against Tom Brandi Tom Brandi Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...  and is stripped of the title.
							Brandi defeated Corporal Punishment Corporal Punishment (wrestler) Daniel "Dan" McDevitt , best known by his ring name Corporal Punishment, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter...  to win the vacant championship.
			2001				The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days

External links

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