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Professional wrestling championship
WWA Heavyweight Championship Promotion World Wrestling Alliance Date established June 16, 2000 Date retired November 13, 2010 First champion(s) Timothy McNeany Final champion(s) Anthony Sparta (won June 13, 2009) Most reigns Timothy McNeany (3) Longest reign Anthony Sparta (518 days) Shortest reign Aaron Stevens (1 day) Damien HS Darling (1 day)
The WWA Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in the World Wrestling Alliance (WWA). It remained active until November 13, 2010, when the WWA held its final show.
The inaugural champion was "The Graduate" Timothy McNeany, who defeated Mike Steele and Kevin Kelley in a three-way ladder match on June 16, 2000, to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion. McNeany holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 518 days, Anthony "Prime Time" Sparta's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Both Aaron Stevens and Damien HS Darling have the shortest reigns in the history of the title each lasting only one day. Overall, there have been 14 reigns shared between 10 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Key
#
Order in reign history
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event
The event in which the title was won
—
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Name
Years
WWA Heavyweight Championship
2000 — 2009
WWS Heavyweight Championship
2009 — 2010
WWA Heavyweight Championship
2010
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days held
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Timothy McNeany
1
June 16, 2000
127
Whitman, Massachusetts
Live event
McNeany defeated Mike Steele and Kevin Kelley in a three-way ladder match to become the first WWA Heavyweight Champion.
[ 1]
2
Big Dick Dudley
1
October 21, 2000
132
Brockton, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 1]
3
Timothy McNeany
2
March 2, 2001
1
Quincy, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 1]
4
Big Dick Dudley
2
March 3, 2001
62
Rockland, Maine
Live event
[ 1]
—
Vacated
—
May 4, 2001
—
N/A
N/A
5
Timothy McNeany
3
November 23, 2001
204
Leominster, Massachusetts
Live event
McNeaney defeated "Diamond" Dave Donovan to win the vacant title.
[ 1]
6
Fred Curry, Jr.
1
June 15, 2002
209
Quincy, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 2]
7
Danny Davis
1
January 10, 2003
133
Norwood, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 3] [ 4]
8
Aaron Stevens
1
May 23, 2003
1
Canton, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 5] [ 6]
9
Jonah
1
May 24, 2003
63
Natick, Massachusetts
Live event
Fellow Tough Enough 3 participant Nick counted the pinfall when referee Sal Giliberto was knocked out.
[ 5] [ 7]
10
Al Snow
1
July 26, 2003
N/A
Worcester, Massachusetts
Live event
[ 8]
—
Vacated
—
2003
—
N/A
N/A
11
Josh Daniels
1
February 2, 2007
N/A
Quincy, Massachusetts
Live event
Daniels defeated Nick Berk in a ladder match to win the vacant title.
[ 9]
12
Danny Davis
2
June 2007
N/A
N/A
Live event
—
Vacated
—
June 2009
—
N/A
N/A
13
Damien HS Darling
1
June 12, 2009
1
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Live event
Darling defeated Danny Davis and Spike Dudley in a Triple Threat match to win the vacant title.
[ 10]
14
Anthony Sparta
1
June 13, 2009
518
Rockland, Massachusetts
Live event
On September 25, 2009, the title was renamed the WWS Heavyweight Championship when the promotion changed its name to World Wrestling Stars.
[ 11]
—
Deactivated
—
November 13, 2010
—
Taunton, Massachusetts
Live event
WWA closed on November 13, 2010, and Sparta was the final champion in WWA as a company.
List of combined reigns [ edit ]
<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
General
Specific
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^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "WWA (13.06.2009)" . Events Database . Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 7, 2012 .