WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship
| WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Windy City Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | May 22, 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | May 17, 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Turbo |
| Final champion(s) | Austin Roberts (won May 17, 2008) |
| Most reigns | Vito Fontaine (2) DOC (2) Mike Anthony (2) |
| Longest reign | Vito Fontaine (736 days) |
| Shortest reign | Austin Roberts (<1 day) |
The WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship (sometimes called the WCPW Brass Knuckles Championship) was a professional wrestling Hardcore Championship contested for in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was defended in the promotion from 1999 until 2008 when it was merged with the WCPW Heavyweight and League Championships to create a unified "WCPW World Heavyweight Championship".
The inaugural champion was Turbo, who won the title at the 11th annual Battle of the Belts supercard in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 1999 to become the first WCPW Bare Knuckles Champion. Vito Fontaine, DOC, and Mike Anthony are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 736 days, Fontaine's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Austin Roberts's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title. He defeated the last champion, Acid Jaz, on May 17, 2008 at Battle of the Belts 20 to unify the Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight and League titles. Overall, there have been 11 reigns shared between 14 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
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