EWF American Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

EWF American Heavyweight Championship

Details
Promotion| Empire Wrestling Federation
Date established| March 7, 1999
Current champion(s)| "Trailer King" Logan Alexander
Date won| March 12, 2020
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Mr. Quick
Most reigns| Vizzion (3 reigns)
Longest reign| Anthony Idol (344 days)
Shortest reign| The Nomad (<1 day)

The EWF American Championship is the next most prestigious professional wrestling title in the Southern California-based Empire Wrestling Federation independent promotion behind the EWF Heavyweight Championship. It was established in 1999, with Mr. Quick who was awarded the title from the EWF. There have been a total of 24 recognized champions who have had a combined 30 official reigns.[1]

## Title history

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Wrestler:  | Times:  | Date:  | Location:  | Notes:

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Mr. Quick  | 1  | March 7, 1999  | Victorville, California | Awarded title by the EWF to become the first champion.
Vacant May 9, 1999 due to health problems.
Tim Patterson  | 1  | May 9, 1999  | San Bernardino, California | Defeated Bo Cooper after title was declared vacant.
Krazy K.C.  | 1  | September 12, 1999  | San Bernardino, California |
Josh Galaxy  | 1  | February 26, 2000  | San Bernardino, California |
Krazy K.C.  | 2  | March 24, 2000  | San Bernardino, California |
Brian Owen  | 1  | June 25, 2000  | San Bernardino, California |
Eddie Williams  | 1  | October 15, 2000  | Riverside, California |
Title vacated on November 12, 2000 after Eddie Williams retired from wrestling.
Johnny Dynamite  | 1  | May 26, 2001  | San Bernardino, California  | Defeated J.J. Dupree for the vacant title.
Nomad | 1  | September 15, 2001  | San Bernardino, California |
Johnny Dynamite  | 2  | September 15, 2001  | San Bernardino, California |
John Black  | 1  | January 19, 2002  | Fontana, California | Gave the title to his tag team partner, Under Pressure.
Under Pressure  | 1  | June 15, 2002  | San Bernardino, California  | Given the title by his tag team partner, John Black.
Warchild  | 1  | June 21, 2002  | Covina, California |
Vizzion  | 1  | September 28, 2002  | San Bernardino, California |
Touradj  | 1  | December 8, 2002  | Bakersfield, California |
Krazy K.C.  | 3  | February 2, 2003  | Bakersfield, California  | Stripped of title for no showing a title defense.
Jason King  | 1  | August 22, 2003  | Covina, California  | Defeated Rudy Luna, Jason Sanders, Ragin' Dawg, Kayam and Enigma de Oro for the vacant title.
Ragin' Dawg  | 1  | February 20, 2004  | Covina, California |
Bigg Q  | 1  | June 25, 2004  | Covina, California  | Defeated Ragin' Dawg and Kenny King in a Triple Threat Match.
Johnny Starr  | 1  | October 22, 2004  | Covina, California |
The Plague  | 1  | March 25, 2005  | Covina, California |
Jason King  | 2  | June 24, 2005  | Covina, California  | Defeated The Plague in a title vs. title match at Unsupervised[2] to become the first EWF Super Crown Champion.
Syrus  | 1  | July 22, 2005  | Covina, California  | Won the title at Independent's Day: Night Two.[2]
Vizzion  | 2  | December 23, 2005  | Covina, California  | Won the title at Holiday Fear.[3]
Vizzion vacated the title on April 14, 2006 due to an injury.
Dan Kobrick  | 1  | May 14, 2006  | Covina, California  | Defeated Angelas in a tournament final at the 10th Anniversary Extravaganza.[4]
Human Tornado | 1  | February 9, 2007  | Covina, California  | Won the title at Damage Control 2.[5]
Karl Anderson | 1  | April 13, 2007  | Covina, California  | Won the title at FALLOUT 2.[6]
Mikey Nicholls | 1  | September 7, 2007  | Covina, CA  | Defeated Karl Anderson and Ryan Taylor in a Triple Threat Iron Man Match at Gold Standard, with a score of 3-2-2.[7]
Hook Bomberry  | 1  | October 31, 2007  | Yucaipa, California | Won the title at Halloween Horror 2007.[8]
Vizzion  | 3  | May 2, 2008  | Covina, California  | Won the title at 12th Anniversary Extravaganza: Nothing Personal.[9]
Ryan Taylor | 1  | August 23, 2008  | San Bernardino, California  | Won the title at Flirting with Disaster.[10]
Liger Rivera  | 1  | May 15, 2009  | Covina, California  | Won the title at the 13th Anniversary Extravaganza.[11]
Extreme Loco  | 1  | January 8, 2010  | Covina, CA | Defeated Chris Kadillak in a tournament final.
Liger Rivera  | 2  | May 21, 2010  | Covina, CA |
Chris Kadilak  | 1  | September 24, 2010  | Covina, CA |
Terex  | 1  | January 14, 2011  | Covina, CA | defeated Chris Kadillak at New Year New Beginnings[12]
"Iron Man" Mike Maze  | 1  | May 20, 2011  | Covina, CA | Won the title at the 15th Anniversary Extravaganza by pinning Terex after hitting him with a flyg elbow.[12][13]
"Mega King" Tommy Wilson  | 1  | March 4, 2012  | Covina, CA  |
SoCal Crazy  | 1  | August 3, 2012  | Covina, CA  |
Sugar Sweet  | 1  | February 1, 2013  | Covina, CA  |
Raccid Najjar  | 1  | July 19, 2013  | Azusa, CA  |
Uptown Andy Brown  | 1  | October 26, 2013  | San Bernardino, CA  |
Richie Slade  | 1  | May 18, 2014  | Covina, CA  |
Brandon Gatson  | 1  | September 5, 2014  | Covina, CA  |
Richie Slade  | 2  | October 26, 2014  | Covina, CA  |
Richie Slade  | 1  | May 18, 2014  | Covina, CA  |
Mike Maze  | 2  | May 8, 2015  | Covina, CA  | Defeats The EWF Heavyweight Champion Richie Slade in a double title match.
Mike Maze vacates the title on June 5, 2015
Vance Garayt  | 1  | July 3, 2015  | Covina, CA  | Defeats Adrian Quest, Anthony Idol, Richie Slade, R.J. Ruiz, and the Viking Warrior in 6-way match.
Anthony Idol  | 1  | September 4, 2015  | Covina, CA  |
Jorel Nelson | 1  | August 13, 2016  | San Jacinto, California |
Tommy Wilson  | 2  | September 17, 2016  | California, USA |
Jorel Nelson | 2  | September 24, 2016  | Rialto, California |
Anthony Idol  | 2  | October 06, 2016  | Corona, California |
Super Beetle  | 1  | May 05, 2017  | Covina, California |
Andy Brown  | 2  | September, 2017  | California, USA |
Dicky Mayer  | 1  | October 13, 2017  | Covina, California |
Adrian Quest  | 1  | May 04, 2018  | Covina, California |
Rico Dynamite  | 1  | June 01, 2018  | Covina, California |
Jordan Clearwater | 1  | May 03, 2019  | Covina, California |
Honest John  | 1  | November 29, 2019  | Covina, California |
Jordan Clearwater | 2  | January 17, 2020  | Covina, California |
Vacated on June 25, 2021.
Juan Roman  | 1  | October 23, 2021  | San Bernardino, California |
"Trailer King" Logan Alexander  | 1  | March 12th, 2022  | Covina, California |
"El Vato Loco" Erick Rojas  | 1  | December 10th, 2022  | San Bernardino, California |
"The Latino Frankenstein" Maniac Mike  | 1  | April 29th, 2023  | Riverside, California |

## References

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1. ^ "EWF American Championship history". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
2. ^ a b "EWF 2005 results". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
3. ^ "EWF Holiday Fear". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
4. ^ "EWF 10th Anniversary Extravaganza". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
5. ^ "EWF 10th Anniversary Extravaganza". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
6. ^ "EWF FALLOUT 2". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
7. ^ "EWF Gold Standard". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
8. ^ "EWF Halloween Horror 2007". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
9. ^ "12th Anniversary Extravaganza: Nothing Personal". Empire Wrestling Federation. May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
10. ^ "Flirting With Disaster". Empire Wrestling Federation. August 23, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
11. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 15, 2009). "EWF 13th Anniversary Extravaganza". CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
12. ^ a b "EWF Championship History". Empire Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
13. ^ "EWF 15th Anniversary Extravaganza". NWA. Retrieved 2010-05-25.

## External links

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* EWF American Championship