The IWC World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the wrestling promotion, International Wrestling Cartel. The championship was first awarded March 17, 2001 when Powerhouse Hughes defeated Bubba the Bulldog, Guido Corleone, Homicyde, Orion, and Paul Atlas in a six-way elimination match last eliminating Orion. During Hughes' reign, the title was defended on Championship Wrestling Federation shows as Hughes was the owner of the promotion.
As of March 9, 2022, there are 44 reigns among 28 wrestlers with five vacancies. The inaugural champion was Powerhouse Hughes. Dennis Gregory has the most reigns at five. Shirley Doe has the longest singular reign at 545 days. Dennis Gregory, RJ City, and DJZ have the shortest singular reign at less than one day. John McChesney has the longest combined reign at 805 days.
Jami Jameson is the current champion in his first reign. He defeated Duke Davis at the 8th Annual Pittsburgh Classic on December 6, 2025.
Title history As of , .
Names NameTime of useIWC World Heavyweight ChampionshipMarch 17, 2001 – present
Reigns
Reigns by combined length As of , .
Key †Indicates the current champion<1Indicates reign lasted less than one day+Indicates the combined reign is changing dailyThe exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombineddays1John McChesney 3 8052Bill Collier 2 9313Wardlow 3 7004Shirley Doe 2 5945Dennis Gregory 5 5636Jimmy DeMarco 2 4347Jimmy Vegas 3 4288Dalton Castle 1 4069Andrew Palace 2 37210Shiima Zion/DJZ 3 37011Bulk Nasty 1 28612Logan Shulo 28013Ricky Reyes 23714Jack Pollock 2 217 15Tommy Dreamer 1 21016Jaxon Argos 17517Elijah Dean 16818Orion 15419Colt Cabana 15220The Sandman 13921Sterling James Keenan 140Eric Xctasy23Jimmy Nutts 9124Jock Samson 8525Powerhouse Hughes 83¤26Rhino 5627Dean Radford 4928Raymond Rowe 4229 CM Punk 12¤30Jami Jameson+ +31RJ City <1
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