IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship
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| Promotion | Impact Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | 9 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | James Shaw | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 22, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | The Machine |
| Most reigns | Kingi, Dal Knox & Vinny Dunn (4 reigns) |
| Longest reign | The Machine (556 days) |
| Shortest reign | Brook Duncan (4 minutes and 16 seconds) |
| Youngest winner | Lyte Playa (17 years) |
| Heaviest champion | Reuben de Jong 140 kg (310 lb) |
| Lightest champion | Alfred Valentine 92 kg (203 lb) |
IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship is the top professional wrestling championship title in the New Zealand promotion Impact Pro Wrestling. It was the original heavyweight title of the Mania Pro Wrestling promotion, later used in IPW as its primary singles title. It was introduced as the MPW Heavyweight Championship on 9 April 2002. When a new promotion was founded by a core group of MPW wrestlers in 2003, the title was established as its new heavyweight championship. The promotion became Impact Pro Wrestling and the title became the IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship. On 29 May 2010, the title was won by former K-1 kickboxer and "New Zealand's strongest man"Reuben de Jong.
The championship is regularly defended throughout New Zealand, most often in central Auckland, at live events such as the Armageddon Expo as well at monthly supercards and on its weekly series IPW Ignited. In 2007, the title made its debut in the Northland Region, with the promotion's IPW Collision event in Whangarei. The title match featured Jon E. King facing off against the Samoan Silverback Alexander. It has also been defended at several interpromotional events both in New Zealand and Australia. IPW Heavyweight Champion Jon E. King competed at the 2006 NZPWI Invitational with KPW Heavyweight Champion H-Flame where both men made it to the semi-finals and where King was eliminated by "Heartless" Alfred Valentine. The 2007 NZPWI Invitational saw the first ever "champion vs. champion" match when returning champions Jon E. King and H-Flame faced each other in a non-title match in the opening rounds. King went on to win the tournament.
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