The NWA World League Wrestling (WLW) Heavyweight Championship, is a professional wrestling championship in independent professional wrestling promotion NWA World League Wrestling. It is the promotion's primary championship.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. Some reigns were held by champions using a ring name while others use their real name. Moses is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title in a six-man tag team match featuring himself, Leland Race, and Kyle Roberts against then-champion Derek Stone, Jon Webb, and Camaro Jackson in Troy, Missouri.
As of , , there have been 64 recognized reigns between 35 recognized champions and 9 recognized vacancies. The first champion was Steve Sharp, who won the championship on February 12, 1999. The champion with the single longest reign is Trevor Murdoch, who held the title for 448 days. The champion with the most reigns is Leland Race, who has held the title six times.
Title history No.ChampionDateEventLocationReignDaysNotesRef.Stone was awarded the title due to an injury to Luminous Warrior.WLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWGrain Valley, MissouriWLWEldon, MissouriWLWWLWWLWWLW WLWWLWWLW WLWWLWWLWWLWWLWNavigation Over the Date LineNavigation with BreezeExceeding Our Dreams tourWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWNight of LegendsWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWWLWThe title was vacated on an unspecified day in July 2011, putting his reign between 434 and 464 days.The title was vacated in July 2011.July, 2011WLWWLWWLWWLWVacatedWLWWLWAce SteelWLWWLWWLWVacatedWLWWLWWLWWLW 62Leland RaceThe Harley Race Memorial ShowBurlington Junction, Missouri663Derek StoneNovember 2, 2019Fight Night 4564Moses PowellNovember 7, 2020WLW165Steve FenderOctober 15, 2022WLW366Camaro JacksonNovember 2, 2024WLW1
Combined reigns As of , . †Indicates the current champion RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombined days1Leland Race 6 13342Derek Stone 5 8523Trevor Murdoch 5 469-4Dangerous Derek 2 4285Jon Webb 1 4206Butch Reed 1 3007Wade Chism 5 2818Takeshi Morishima 2 2629Moses Powell † 1 70710Superstar Steve 2 231 11Elvis Aliaga 1 21712Brian Breaker 2 20813Griz 2 19614Takao Omori 1 17515Keith Walker 2 16116Dennis McHawes 1 15517Camaro Jackson † 1 +18Go Shiozaki 1 11819Luminous Warrior 4 112Ace Steel 1 11221Rick Steiner 2 11122Daniel Cross 1 10523Ron Powers 1 7824Karim Brigante 1 7725Chris Masters 1 7626Steve Sharp 1 6427Daisuke Ikeda 1 6128King Haku 3 5829Ron Harris 1 5530Steve Anthony 1 5031Trent Stone 1 49Jason Bates 1 49Ty Dalton 1 4934Britton Tucker 1 2835Mr. Destiny 1 1336The Barbarian 1 7
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External links World League Wrestling's official site WLW Heavyweight Championship