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championship belt
Current Champion
History of Championship
The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was created in 1975, and Mil Mascaras was expected to be it's lead figure. Instead, IWA closed in 1977. Mil Mascaras continued to wear the belt to win, and occasionally defend it as an active championship. It's very unlikely it will ever change hands.
Ladd Controversy
Ernie Ladd claims to have defeated Mil Mascaras upon returning to IWA (77/04/01) but in the same date in other place Mil Mascaras defeated Gran Markus and still champion.
In early april 1977, Ernie Ladd told in a interview that he had won the IWA title from Mil Mascaras in Texas. Ernie Ladd was coming in to defend the title against Bulldog Brower in Winston-Salem, NC on April 23, 1977. Ernie Ladd no showed. Even though Ernie Ladd never defended the title, he was recognized as IWA Heavyweight Champion for about three weeks.
Record
Mil Mascaras has an great record of 200 defenses of the title in 40 years (146 matches taken into account until now) and still continues to defend the IWA title in Mexico and Japan.
Champions Listing
#
Champion(s)
Defeated
Date
Location
tournament to determine first IWA International Heavyweight Champion
1
Mil Mascaras
?
1975 .02.??
Savannah, Georgia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .03.08
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .03.09
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Rip Hawk
1975 .03.30
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .04.01
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
?[ 1]
Rip Hawk
1975 .05.02
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Ivan Koloff
1975 .05.03
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .05.04
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .05.06
Miami, Florida, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .05.08
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1975 .05.09
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
?[ 1]
Ivan Koloff
1975 .05.16
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
renamed IWA World Heavyweight Championship
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .05.19
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .05.20
Miami, Florida, United States
?[ 1]
Ivan Koloff
1975 .05.25
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Ivan Koloff
1975 .05.26
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Ivan Koloff
1975 .07.10
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
?[ 2]
Lou Thesz
1975 .07.26
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?[ 2]
Tinieblas
1975 .07.28
Arena San Juan Pantitlan
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .08.04
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Rip Hawk
1975 .08.06
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Ernie Ladd
1975 .08.07
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
?[ 1]
Rip Hawk
1975 .08.09
Richmond, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .08.29
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Ernie Ladd
1975 .09.01
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
?[ 1]
Ernie Ladd
1975 .09.02
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1975 .10.01
Walpole, Massachusetts, United States
?[ 1]
Ernie Ladd
1975 .10.02
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
?[ 1]
Lou Thesz
1975 .10.31
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Lou Thesz
1975 .11.05
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1975 .11.27
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Larry Heimeni
1975 .11.29
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Lou Thesz
1975 .11.30
Collinsville, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Lou Thesz
1975 .12.01
Danville, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1976 .02.06
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1976 .02.19
Danville, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1976 .02.20
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1976 .02.22
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1976 .02.23
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Eric the Red
1976 .02.24
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1976 .04.28
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Hartford Love
1976 .04.30
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Hartford Love
1976 .05.15
Shelby, North Carolina, United States
?[ 1]
Dick Brower
1976 .05.18
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
?[ 3]
Lou Thesz
1976 .07.26
Plaza México
?[ 2]
Gran Markus
1976 .11.24
Arena Coliseo Acapulco
?[ 4]
Alfonso Dantes
1976 .12.05
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
?[ 2]
Gran Markus
1977 .04.01
Arena Mexico
?[ 5]
Temujin
1978 .01.29
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?[ 6]
Gran Markus
1979 .03.02
Arena México
?[ 7]
TNT
1980 .02.17
Arena Naucalpan
?[ 8]
Chavo Guerrero
1981 .09.04
Osaka, Japan
?[ 8]
Gypsy Joe
1981 .09.09
Oyama, Tochigi, Japan
?[ 8]
Mighty Inoue
1981 .10.09
Tokyo , Japan
?[ 8]
Gen'ichiro Tenryū
1982 .02.04
Tokyo , Japan
?
Buddy Roberts
1985 .09.28
Chicago, Illinois, United States
?[ 8]
Kuniaki Kobayashi
1986 .01.28
Tokyo , Japan
?[ 9]
Enrique Vera
1986 .11.01
Arena Apatlaco
?[ 2]
Enrique Vera
1988 .02.14
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?[ 2]
Scorpio
1990 .02.24
Arena Xochimilco
?[ 2]
Brazo de Plata
1991 .01.06
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?[ 2]
Killer
1991 .07.21
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?[ 2]
Killer
1991 .07.28
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
?
Canek
1992 .08.05
Kawasaki, Japan
?[ 2]
Scorpio Jr.
1993 .06.26
Celaya
?[ 2]
Gran Markus Jr.
1995 .02.09
Pista Arena Revolucion
?[ 2]
Herodes
1998 .02.05
Monterrey
?[ 2]
Gran Markus Jr.
1999 .08.15
Osaka, Japan
?[ 2]
Apolo Dantes
2000 .02.11
Kawasaki, Japan
?[ 2]
Pirata Morgan
2000 .07.31
Osaka, Japan
?[ 2]
Jerry Estrada
2000 .10.08
Arena Solidaridad
?[ 2]
?
2003 .04.19
Oaxaca
?
Canek
2004 .02.29
Arena Coliseo Monterrey
?
Ari Romero
2007 .09.16
Ciudad Juárez
?
Herodes
2008 .03.30
??
?
Tony Kozina
2009 .04.29
??
?
El Hijo del Solitario
2012 .10.06
Arena Lopez Mateos
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
Gallery of Champions
Sources