European Heavyweight Championship
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The European Heavyweight Championship is a name used for various top titles competed for throughout the European professional wrestling circuit. The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage of the UK wrestling scene and by its listings magazine TVTimes in accompanying magazine feature coverage.
The title was defended in many promotions in Europe, and other versions of this one title also appeared in certain promotions. On August 25, 2001 the European Wrestling Union produced a European Heavyweight Championship tournament in Bochum, Germany, bringing in wrestlers some of whom claimed to already be the champion. This tournament saw these titles merge into one with Britain's Robbie Brookside confirming his claim as champion by defeating American "Five Star" Cory K in a championship decider.
The title history below shows all the holders of the traditional/"old school" title in chronological order plus some major "new school" versions. However, there are instances where another wrestler has taken the role of champion, or claimed the title but no official title change was recorded (these are noted with "unknown title history", or other details.)
Title history
BWA European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by British Wrestling Association.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Heinrich Froehner | N/A | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 2 | Atholl Oakeley | 1932 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 3 | Heinrich Froehner | 1933 | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| 4 | Karl Pojello | 1933 | House show | Nottingham, Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| 5 | Henri Deglane | April 1934 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A |
FFCP European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Fédération Française de Catch Professionnel.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 6 | Dan Koloff | April 7, 1934 | House show | Paris, France | 1 | N/A | ||
| 7 | Henri Deglane | N/A | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 8 | Al Pereira | July 1937 | House show | Paris, France | 1 | N/A | ||
| 9 | Dan Koloff | 1937 | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| 10 | Al Pereira | 1937 | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| 11 | Dan Koloff | 1937 | House show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — |
Corporación Internacional de Catch (Spain) European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 12 | Felix Lamban | 1940s | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Lamban holds the title during several shows. | |
| 13 | Victorio Ochoa | 1940s | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — |
JP European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by Joint Promotions.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 14 | Yvar Martinson | 1949 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 15 | Felxi Miquet | November 8, 1949 | House show | Paris, France | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 16 | Jack Dale | N/A | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 17 | Jose Tarres | August 28, 1948 | House show | Barcelona, Spain | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 18 | Bert Assirati | 1949 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | August 1952 | — | — | — | — | After Assirati left for India. | |
| 19 | Shirley Crabtree | 1952 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Crabtree defeated Yvar Martinson for the vacant title. | |
| 20 | Joe Robinson | 1952 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 21 | Vicente Febrer | 1952 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 22 | Milo Popocopolis | 1961 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 23 | Shirley Crabtree | 1961 | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 24 | Jim Olivera | 1961 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 25 | Billy Joyce | 1961 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 26 | Billy Robinson | June 12, 1965 | House show | Manchester, Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | 1970 | — | — | — | — | After Robinson left for North America. | |
| 27 | Horst Hoffman | July 1971 | House show | Cologne, West Germany | 1 | N/A | ||
| 28 | Albert Wall | February 4, 1974 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 29 | René Lassatasse | 1977 (NLT) | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 30 | Hans Streiger | 1978 | House show | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1 | N/A | ||
| 31 | Pete Curry | March 24, 1978 | House show | Liverpool, Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| 32 | Wild Angus | 1978 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | 1978 | House show | N/A | — | — | Wild Angus was stripped of the title. | |
| 33 | Hans Streiger | N/A | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| 34 | Steve Veidor | September 15, 1978 | House show | Liverpool, Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| 35 | Hans Streiger | 1979 | House show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||
| 36 | Johnny Kincaid | 1980 | House show | Hamburg, West Germany | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 37 | Wayne Bridges | N/A | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 38 | Kwick-Kick Lee | January 25, 1983 | House show | London, Great Britain | 1 | N/A |
ASW European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by All Star Wrestling. It also appeared on shows promoted by Orig Williams under the "British Wrestling Federation" banner, including his Welsh language TV wrestling programme Reslo on S4C.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 39 | Pat Roach | March 1990 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 40 | Giant Haystacks | February 6, 1991 | House show | Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| 41 | Pat Roach | 1991 | House show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 42 | John Prayter | 1995 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||
| 43 | Rob Brookside | 1999 | House show | N/A | 1 | N/A | On August 25, 2001, Bochum, Germany, Brookside confirms his claim by winning the European Wrestling Union's European Heavyweight Championship tournament. | |
| 44 | Karl Krammer | October 10, 2001 | House show | Berlin, Germany | 1 | N/A | Kramer won the title after Brookside did not defend it within its 60 days ruling. | |
| 45 | The Flatliner | February 1, 2002 | House show | Exmouth, Great Britain | 1 | N/A | ||
| — | Vacated | February 17, 2002 | — | — | — | — | After The Flatliner breaks his leg. | |
| 46 | Rob Brookside | February 19, 2002 | House show | Yeovil, Great Britain | 2 | N/A | Brookside defeated Justin Starr in a tournament final for the vacant title. | |
| 47 | The Flatliner | 2003 | House show | Exeter | 2 | N/A | Won a 20-man battle royal | |
| — | Vacated | 2010 | — | — | — | — | All Star recognises the UEWA championship from 2010 onwards |
UEWA European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by Union of European Wrestling Alliances. All Star Wrestling regards this version as a continuation of its own version of 1990-2003 (see above). In addition to the UEWA's partner promotions across Europe, the title has also been contested within Pro Wrestling Elite, Fife Pro Wrestling Asylum, British Championship Wrestling, Iron Girders Pro Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling in the United Kingdom and in Tira, Israel for All Wrestling Organization, among others.
The current champion is BT Gunn who is in his first reign. Andy Roberts set records for longest reign and most cumulative days as champion while retaining the title against Doug Williams, Kez Evans, BT Gunn, James Mason, Wild Boar, Charlie Sterling, Rampage Brown, Jason Reed, Kenny Williams and others to also set the record for the most successful defences in the title's history.
Individual Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Rampage Brown | April 24, 2010 | UEWA European Heavyweight Title Tournament | Buchholz, Germany | 1 | 161 | Won an Eight-Man-Tournament | |
| 2 | Mikey Whiplash | October 2, 2010 | ASW | Hanley, England | 1 | <1 | ||
| 3 | James Mason | October 2, 2010 | All-Star Wrestling | Hanley, England | 1 | 231 | ||
| 4 | "Bad Bones" John Kay | May 21, 2011 | CWN 5th Anniversary Show | Pinneberg, Germany | 1 | 329 | ||
| 5 | Chaos | April 14, 2012 | DPW | Viborg, Denmark | 1 | 1,280 | ||
| 6 | Drew Galloway | October 16, 2015 | Maximum Wrestling | Kiel, Germany | 1 | 2 | Defeats Chaos and Apu Singh in 3-way match. | |
| — | Vacated | October 18, 2015 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Chaos | October 18, 2015 | DPW - Evening Show | Randers, Denmark | 2 | 20 | Defeats Steinbolt. Galloway forced to vacate title due to travel issues. | |
| 8 | Erik Isaksen | November 7, 2015 | NWF PowerSlam XIII | Oslo, Norway | 1 | 1,281 | ||
| 9 | Alexander Dean | May 11, 2019 | NWF Heteslag 2019 | Oslo, Norway | 1 | 36 | ||
| 10 | Lionheart | June 16, 2019 | ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface! | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 3 | ||
| — | Vacated | June 19, 2019 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated after Lionheart's death. | |
| 11 | Andy Wild / Andy Roberts | July 20, 2019 | PWE 8th Anniversary Show | Ayr, Scotland | 1 | 1,673 | Originally won the title under the name Andy Wild. | |
| 12 | Robert Star | February 17, 2024 | VALOR Live In Kirkintilloch | Kirkintilloch, Scotland | 1 | 393 | ||
| 13 | BT Gunn | March 16, 2025 | VALOR Superslam | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | 410+ |
Combined Reigns
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | The reign is shorter than one day. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Roberts | 1 | 1,673 |
| 2 | Chaos | 2 | 1,300 |
| 3 | Erik Isaksen | 1 | 1,281 |
| 4 | BT Gunn † | 1 | 410+ |
| 5 | Robert Star | 1 | 393 |
| 6 | Bad Bones | 1 | 329 |
| 7 | James Mason | 1 | 231 |
| 8 | Rampage Brown | 1 | 161 |
| 9 | Alexander Dean | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Lionheart | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Drew Galloway | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Mikey Whiplash | 1 | <1 |
FCW European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by British "new school" promotion Freestyle Championship Wrestling.
FWA European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by British "new school" promotion Frontier Wrestling Alliance.
ICWA / NWA European Heavyweight Championship history
The European Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by French "new school" promotion International Catch Wrestling Alliance.
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Fritz Hellmeister (Eric Schwarz) | July 16, 2005 | House show | Bruay-sur-l'Escaut | 1 | 469 | ||
| 2 | "Bad Bones" John Kay | October 28, 2006 | House show | Hesdin | 1 | 784 | ||
| 3 | Eric Schwarz | December 20, 2008 | House show | Lille | 2 | N/A |
See also
- European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship
- NXT United Kingdom Championship
- WWE European Championship