NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight Championship is a secondary title in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
. As its name suggests, the title is defended almost exclusively at ECCW events on Vancouver Island
. It originally lasted from 1998 until some time after the last champion, Rockford 2000, won the title in 2001, then was reactivated in 2007 when Sid Sylum began claiming the title.
NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling is a Western Canadian-based professional wrestling promotion, operating as a member of the National Wrestling Alliance...
. As its name suggests, the title is defended almost exclusively at ECCW events on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
. It originally lasted from 1998 until some time after the last champion, Rockford 2000, won the title in 2001, then was reactivated in 2007 when Sid Sylum began claiming the title.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Destruction | 1 | May 9, 1998 | Parksville, BC Parksville, British Columbia -Demographics:Parksville had a population of 10,993 people in 2006, which was an increase of 6.5% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2006 for Parksville was $55,524, which is below the British Columbia provincial average of $62,346.... |
Wins a battle royal |
| Lumberjack Bubba | 1 | June 6, 1998 | Duncan, BC Duncan, British Columbia Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The community is named after William Chalmers Duncan . He arrived in Victoria in May 1862, then in August of that year he was one of the party of a hundred settlers which Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay... |
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| "Rocket" Randy Tyler | 1 | November 8, 1998 | Cowichan Valley, BC | |
| Stripped | November 1998 | Tyler is stripped of the title by NWA president Howard Brody | ||
| Lumberjack Bubba | 2 | November 20, 1998 | Campbell River, BC Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route... |
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| Michelle Starr | 1 | April 22, 1999 | Nanaimo, BC Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown... |
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| Stripped | 1999 | Starr is stripped of the title due to also holding the NWA Canadian Heavyweight and NWA/ECCW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championships | ||
| Randy Tyler | 2 | July 24, 1999 | Nanaimo, BC | Defeats Steve Rizzono |
| Stripped | October 1999 | Tyler is stripped for failing to defend the title | ||
| Steve Rizzono Steve Rizzono Steve Coombs is a former professional wrestler best known for his stint in Xtreme Pro Wrestling. Coombs competed primarily as "The Gigolo" Steve Rizzono... |
1 | October 1, 1999 | Victoria, BC Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
Defeats Bomber & Juggernaut Juggernaut (wrestler) Craig Renney is a Canadian professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Juggernaut. He has competed for several North American independent promotions and has competed in several wrestling tours in Asia... in 3-way tournament final |
| Mad Bomber | 1 | November 6, 1999 | Quesnel, BC Quesnel, British Columbia -Demographics:Quesnel had a population of 9,326 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 7.1% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Quesnel was $54,044, which is slightly above the British Columbia provincial average of $52,709.... |
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| Ladies Choice | 1 | February 18, 2000 | Nanaimo, BC | |
| Rockford 2000 | 1 | July 27, 2001 | Victoria, BC | Still champion as of January 26, 2002 |
| Vacant | Title inactive | |||
| Sid Sylum | 1 | December 1, 2007 | Declares himself as the champion; has won the 2007 Vancouver Island Cup Tournament, defeating Kyle O'Reilly Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship... on August 19, 2007 in Nanaimo, BC |
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| Cremator | 1 | April 25, 2009 | Nanaimo, BC | |
| Azeem The Dream | 1 | January 22, 2011 | Victoria, BC | |
| Jamie Diaz | 1 | March 18, 2011 | Surrey, BC Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District... |
Defeated Azeem the Dream in 20 seconds, in an impromptu mainland title defense ordered by "Insane" Bill Coltrane. |
| Azeem The Dream | 2 | April 29, 2011 | Surrey, BC |
See also
- List of ECCW title reigns by length
- Extreme Canadian Championship WrestlingNWA: Extreme Canadian Championship WrestlingExtreme Canadian Championship Wrestling is a Western Canadian-based professional wrestling promotion, operating as a member of the National Wrestling Alliance...
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
External links
- NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight title history at Wrestling-Titles.com
- NWA Vancouver Island Heavyweight title history at ECCW website (retrieved at Internet Archive on May 9, 2007)