WCPW Middleweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

WCPW Middleweight Championship

Details
Promotion| Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date established| April 13, 1991
Date retired| December 16, 2010
Other name(s)

* WCW Middleweight Championship
(1991 - 1997)
* WCPW Middleweight Championship
(1997 - present)

| Statistics

First champion(s)| K.C. Knight
Final champion(s)| Buddy Roberts, Jr.
(won September 18, 2010)
Most reigns| Mike Anthony (2)
Chris Collins (2)
Longest reign| Ripper Manson (455 days)
Shortest reign| Mike Londos (<1 day)

The WCPW Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate middleweight title (211 to 240 lbs).

The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Mike Anthony and Chris "Curse" Collins are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 25 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

## Title history[edit]

Key
# | Order in reign history

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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

### Names[edit]

Name  | Years

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WCW Middleweight Championship  | 1991 -- 1996
WCPW Middleweight Championship  | 1997 -- 2010

### Reigns[edit]

No.  | Wrestlers  | Reign  | Date  | Days
held  | Location  | Event  | Notes  | Ref.

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1 | K.C. Knight | 1 | April 13, 1991 | 322  | Hebron, Indiana | Live event | Knight defeated Mike Samson to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion.  | [1][2][3]
2 | Mike Samson | 1 | February 29, 1992 | 448  | Barrington, Illinois | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
3 | Rick Valentino | 1 | May 22, 1993 | 336  | Chicago, Illinois | Live event |  | [4]
4 | Kevin Quinn | 1 | April 23, 1994 | 392  | Joliet, Illinois | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
5 | Ripper Manson | 1 | May 20, 1995 | 455  | Hammond, Indiana | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
6 | Brett Sanders | 1 | August 17, 1996 | 257  | Springfield, Illinois | Live event |  | [5]
7 | Christopher Daniels | 1 | May 1, 1997 | 16  | Ponce, Puerto Rico | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
8 | Brandon Bishop | 1 | May 17, 1997 | 364  | Cicero, Illinois | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
9 | Staff Sgt. Storm | 1 | May 16, 1998 | 371  | Cicero, Illinois | Live event |  | [6]
10 | Mike Londos | 1 | May 22, 1999 | <1  | Cicero, Illinois | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
11 | Stone Manson | 1 | May 22, 1999 | 371  | Cicero, Illinois | Live event |  | [1][2][3]
12 | Valyk | 1 | May 27, 2000 | 175  | Crete, Illinois | Live event |  | [2][3]
13 | Jeffro King | 1 | November 18, 2000 | 156  | Chicago, Illinois | Live event |  | [2][3]
14 | Baltazar | 1 | April 23, 2001 | 145  | Chicago, Illinois | Live event |  | [2][3]
15 | Mike Anthony | 1 | September 15, 2001 | 245  | Chicago, Illinois | Live event |  | [2][3]
16 | Ivan Manson | 1 | May 18, 2002 | 294  | Cicero, Illinois | Live event |  | [7]
17 | Abaddon | 1 | March 8, 2003 | N/A | Chicago, Illinois | March to Victory (2003) |  | [2][3]
18 | Cameron Cage | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Live event |  | [3]
19 | Cassius XL | 1 | March 12, 2005 | 66  | Chicago, Illinois | Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2005) | This was a tournament final.  | [3]
20 | Mike Anthony | 2 | May 17, 2005 | N/A | Hammond, Indiana | Battle of the Belts 17 (2005) | This was a Triple Threat match.  | [3][8]
21 | Curse | 1 | 2005 | N/A | N/A | Live event |  | [3]
-- | Vacated | -- | 2006 | -- | N/A | N/A |  | [3]
22 | Gavin Dunn | 1 | 2007 | N/A | N/A | N/A |  | [3]
-- | Vacated | -- | April 8, 2008 | -- | Chicago, Illinois | Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2008) | Dunn voluntarily relinquished the championship to wrestle Curse in a "career vs. career" match at Battle of the Belts 20.  | [3]
23 | Chris Collins | 2 | March 14, 2009 | 118  | Chicago, Illinois | Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2009) | Defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.  | [3]
24 | Psycho | 1 | July 10, 2009 | 36  | Bridgeview, Illinois | Legends Under the Stars (2009) | Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions.  | [3]
25 | Barry Ryte | 1 | August 15, 2009 | 105  | Chicago, Illinois | Hot Summer Nights (2009) | Ryte was awarded the vacant championship. The previous champion, Chris Collins, was stripped as champion due to undergoing back surjury.  | [3]
26 | DTA | 1 | November 28, 2009 | 294  | Chicago, Illinois | November to Remember (2009) |  | [3]
-- | Vacated | -- | September 18, 2010 | -- | Chicago, Illinois | WCPW Studio Show | The championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles.  | [3]
27 | Buddy Roberts, Jr. | 1 | September 18, 2010 | 89  | Chicago, Illinois | WCPW Studio Show |  | [3]
-- | Deactivated | -- | December 16, 2010 | -- | N/A | N/A | WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Roberts was the final champion in WCPW as a company.  |

## Combined reigns[edit]

Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of reigns  | Combined days

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1 | Ripper Manson | 1 | 455
2 | Mike Samson | 1 | 448
3 | Kevin Quinn | 1 | 392
4 | Staff. Sgt. Storm | 1 | 371
5 | Stone Manson | 1 | 371
6 | Brandon Bishop | 1 | 364
7 | Rick Valentno | 1 | 336
8 | K.C. Knight | 1 | 322
9 | Ivan Manson | 1 | 294
10 | DTA | 1 | 294
11 | Brett Sanders | 1 | 257
12 | Mike Anthony | 2 | 245
13 | Valyk | 1 | 175
14 | Jeffro King | 1 | 156
15 | Baltazar | 1 | 145
16 | Chris Collins | 2 | 118
17 | Barry Ryte | 1 | 105
18 | Buddy Roberts, Jr. | 1 | 89
19 | Cassius XL | 1 | 66
20 | Psycho | 1 | 36
21 | Christopher Daniels | 1 | 16
22 | Mike Londos | 1 | <1

## References[edit]

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5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 16, 1996). "WCW - Event @ Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 16, 1998). "WCPW Battle Of The Belts X - Event @ Morton College in Cicero, Illinois, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
7. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 18, 2002). "WCPW Battle Of The Belts XIV - Event @ Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
8. ^ Red, C. (2005). "Why Red Why?". Red's & XL's Thoughts. C.Red: Pimp Of The Year & a force in Indy wrestling. Retrieved November 12, 2011.

## External links[edit]

* WindyCityProWrestling.com
* Title History - Windy City Pro Wrestling
* WCPW Middleweight Championship