1PW Heavyweight Championship

The One Pro Wrestling (1PW) World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the British promotion One Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and was the highest ranked men's championship in the company. 1PW became defunct on 29 September 2023.

1PW World Heavyweight Championship
Current design of the title (2022 – 2023)
Details
PromotionOne Pro Wrestling
Date established4 March 2006
Date retired29 September 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Abyss
Final champion(s)Will Ospreay
Most reignsAbyss (2 reigns)
Longest reignMartin Stone
(681 Days)
Shortest reignLionheart
(95 days)
Oldest championUlf Herman
(40 years, 285 days)
Youngest championSterling James Keenan
(23 years, 231 days)
Heaviest championAbyss
(350lb (159 kg))
Lightest championSterling James Keenan
(208lb (94 kg))

Title history

As the company's closure on 29 September 2023, were eight reigns between seven champions. Abyss was the inaugural champion and has most reigns at two. Martin Stone's reign is the longest at 681 days. Lionheart's reign is the shortest at 95 days. Ulf Herman is the oldest champion when he won it at 40 years old, while Sterling James Keenan is the youngest champion at 23 years old.

Will Ospreay was the final champion.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Abyss4 March 2006All Or Nothing - Night IDoncaster, South Yorkshire184Defeated A.J. Styles in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.[1][2][3]
2Steve Corino27 May 2006Know Your Enemy - Night IIDoncaster, South Yorkshire1145This was a three-way match also involving Christian Cage.[4]
3 Abyss19 October 2006First Anniversary ShowDoncaster, South Yorkshire286This was a no rope barbed wire match.[5]
Vacated13 January 2007
4Ulf Herman13 January 2007Will Not DieDoncaster, South Yorkshire1273Defeated Iceman and Jay Phoenix in a three-way match for the vacant title.[6]
5Sterling James Keenan13 October 2007Second Anniversary ShowDoncaster, South Yorkshire1553This was a Steel Cage match.[7]
6Martin Stone18 April 2009To The Extreme - Night IDoncaster, South Yorkshire1681[8]
Vacated28 February 2011
7 Lionheart28 May 2011The Last StandQueensferry, Wales195[9][10]
Deactivated31 August 2011Title was deactivated over One Pro Wrestling's closure.
8Will Ospreay22 April 2023All or NothingDoncaster, South Yorkshire1146This was a tournament final for reactivating the title, where Ospreay defeated Lance Archer, Cara Noir and Mark Haskins in four way match.[11][12]
Vacated15 September 2023Championship was vacated after Will Ospreay ended his working relationship with 1PW.[13]
Deactivated29 September 2023Title was deactivated over One Pro Wrestling's closure.[14]

Combined reigns

As of 9 July 2024.

Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
days
1Martin Stone1681
2Sterling James Keenan1553
3Ulf Herman1273
4Abyss2170
5Will Ospreay1146
6Steve Corino1145
7Lionheart195

References