IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship
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The IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship is the major title in the IWA Mid-South based in Louisville, Kentucky. The title appeared from 1997, when Tower of Doom won an eight man tournament.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower of Doom | 1 | April 3, 1997 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Ox Harley and Bull Pain in a three-way tournament final. |
| Doug Gilbert | 1 | April 24, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Ian Rotten | 1 | July 19, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Bull Pain | 1 | July 31, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Tracy Smothers | 1 | September 11, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Salvatore Sincere | 1 | September 18, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Bull Pain | 2 | November 4, 1997 | Louisville, KY | |
| Buddy Landel | 1 | November 7, 1997 | Lexington, KY | |
| Bull Pain | 3 | November 8, 1997 | Bardstown, KY | |
| Held up | November 11, 1997 | Held up following a match against Paul Diamond. | ||
| Bull Pain | 4 | December 9, 1997 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Diamond in a rematch. |
| Axl Rotten | 1 | February 13, 1998 | Lexington, KY | |
| Stripped | April 24, 1998 | Louisville, KY | ||
| Ox Harley | 1 | April 24, 1998 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Harry Palmer to win the vacant title. |
| The Midnight Rider (Ian Rotten) | 2 | May 28, 1998 | Louisville, KY | Defeated Tower of Doom, who had been given authority to defend Harley's title. |
| Billy Joe Eaton | 1 | July 12, 1998 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Ian Rotten | 3 | July 30, 1998 | Louisville, KY | |
| Harry Palmer | 1 | August 6, 1998 | Louisville, KY | |
| Corporal Robinson | 1 | November 13, 1998 | West Point, KY | |
| Ian Rotten | 4 | December 4, 1998 | Salem, IN | |
| Corporal Robinson | 2 | January 6, 1999 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Ian Rotten | 5 | January 7, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Suicide Kid | 1 | January 14, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Chip Fairway | 1 | January 21, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Suicide Kid | 2 | January 28, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| Held up | February 2, 1999 | Held up following a match against Chip Fairway. | ||
| Chip Fairway | 2 | February 3, 1999 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Suicide Kid in a rematch. |
| Ian Rotten | 6 | April 29, 1999 | Salem, IN | Defeated Dean Baldwin, who substituted for Fairway. |
| Rollin' Hard | 1 | August 7, 1999 | Oolitic, IN | |
| Madman Pondo | 1 | September 29, 1999 | Louisville, KY | |
| 2 Tuff Tony | 1 | February 23, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Blaze | 1 | March 25, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Axl Rotten | 2 | April 1, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Stripped | ||||
| Rollin' Hard | 2 | June 10, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Ian Rotten in a tournament final. |
| Ian Rotten | 7 | June 24, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Rollin' Hard | 3 | July 1, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Mitch Page | 1 | July 31, 2000 | Awarded the title due to Rollin' Hard's unability to defend the title due to injury. |
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| Bull Pain | 5 | August 5, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Stripped | September 9, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Pain was stripped of the title due to a no-show. | |
| Harry Palmer | 2 | September 22, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Cash Flo in a tournament final. |
| Held up | September 23, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Held up following a match against Cash Flo. | |
| Harry Palmer | 3 | September 27, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Cash Flo and Rollin' Hard in a three-way match. |
| Suicide Kid | 3 | October 13, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Held up | October 21, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Held up following a match against Todd Morton. | |
| Todd Morton | 1 | October 25, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Suicide Kid in a rematch. |
| Ian Rotten | 8 | December 6, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Cash Flo | 1 | December 30, 2000 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Blaze | 2 | February 7, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | |
| 2 Tuff Tony | 2 | March 2, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Mitch Page | 2 | April 7, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated 2 Tuff Tony and Rollin' Hard in a three-way match. |
| Trent Baker | 1 | May 19, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Hido | 1 | July 14, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Baker and Chip Fairway in a three-way match. |
| Vacated | July 18, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | Vacated after Hido's loss to Necro Butcher in a "loser leaves town" match. |
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| Suicide Kid | 4 | July 21, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | Defeated Mitch Page in a tournament final. |
| Trent Baker | 2 | August 4, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | |
| Chris Hero | 1 | October 20, 2001 | Charlestown, IN | |
| CM Punk | 1 | December 5, 2001 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| Eddie Guerrero | 1 | March 1, 2002 | Indianapolis, IN | Defeated Punk and Rey Mysterio in a three-way match. |
| CM Punk | 2 | March 2, 2002 | Morris, IL | |
| Colt Cabana | 1 | April 19, 2002 | Dayton, OH | Defeated Guerrero and CM Punk in a three-way match. |
| Chris Hero | 2 | July 12, 2002 | Clarksville, IN | |
| M-Dogg 20 | 1 | October 5, 2002 | Clarksville, IN | |
| CM Punk | 3 | October 26, 2002 | Clarksville, IN | Defeated M-Dogg 20 during a gauntlet match. |
| B.J. Whitmer | 1 | November 2, 2002 | Clarksville, IN | Defeated CM Punk in the finals of the Ted Petty invitational. |
| CM Punk | 4 | December 14, 2002 | Clarksville, IN | |
| Chris Hero | 3 | February 7, 2003 | Clarksville, IN | Defeated CM Punk in a 93 minute 2 out of 3 falls match. |
| Mark Wolf | 1 | June 7, 2003 | Clarksville, IN | |
| Vacated | July 12, 2003 | Clarksville, IN | Title vacated due to numerous injuries to Wolf. | |
| Chris Hero | 4 | July 12, 2003 | Clarksville, IN | Defeated Danny Daniels. |
| Danny Daniels | 1 | August 2, 2003 | Clarksville, IN | |
| Jerry Lynn | 1 | January 16, 2004 | Oolitic, IN | |
| B.J. Whitmer | 2 | April 9, 2004 | Oolitic, IN | |
| Petey Williams | 1 | May 29, 2004 | Highland, IN | |
| Arik Cannon | 1 | September 18, 2004 | Highland, IN | |
| Vacated | October 21, 2004 | Evansville, IN | Title vacated due to Cannon suffering a broken collarbone. | |
| A.J. Styles | 1 | October 21, 2004 | Evansville, IN | Defeated Petey Williams, Christopher Daniels and Chris Sabin in a four-way match. |
| CM Punk | 5 | October 23, 2004 | Highland, IN | |
| Danny Daniels | 2 | February 4, 2005 | Valparaiso, IN | |
| Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | April 1, 2005 | Herrin, IL | |
| Arik Cannon | 2 | January 21, 2006 | Midlothian, IL | |
| Darin Corbin | 1 | April 22, 2006 | Midlothian, IL | |
| Trik Davis | 1 | June 3, 2006 | Plainfield, IN | Defeated Corbin and Arik Cannon in a three-way match. |
| Toby Klein | 1 | June 17, 2006 | Streamwood, IL | Won title shot by eliminating Chris Hero in previous night battle royal. |
| Chuck Taylor | 1 | September 30, 2006 | Midlothian, IL | |
