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WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling Date established May 22, 1999 Date retired May 17, 2008 First champion(s) Turbo Final champion(s) Austin Roberts Most reigns Vito Fontaine (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).[ 1] 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.
Key
#
Order in reign history
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
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Name
Years
WCPW Bare Knuckles Championship
1999 – 2010
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Turbo
1
May 22, 1999
Chicago, Illinois Battle of the Belts 11 (1999)
[ 2]
—
Vacated —
July 9, 1999
—
N/A
Live event The championship is vacated when Turbo fails to appear for a scheduled title defense and is stripped as champion. A championship tournament is subsequently held over the next three months concluding at the 2-day "War at the World" supercard.
[ 2]
2
X-treme
1
October 10, 1999
Tinley Park, Illinois War at the World, Day 2 (1999)
[ 2]
3
Vito Fontaine
1
May 20, 2000
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000)
[ 2] [ 3]
4
Julian the Warlock
1
May 26, 2002
Crete, Illinois A Day at the Races (2002)
[ 2]
5
Vito Fontaine
2
September 28, 2002
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3]
6
DOC
1
February 22, 2003
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2]
7
Mike Anthony
1
August 10, 2003
Chicago, Illinois Hot Summers Nights (2003)
[ 4]
8
DOC
2
December 13, 2003
Chicago, Illinois Seasons Beatings (2003)
9
Ivan Manson
1
May 15, 2004
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 16 (2004)
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
10
Frankie Valiant
1
May 20, 2006
N/A
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 18 (2006)
[ 8]
—
Vacant —
2007
—
N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when Frankie Valiant leaves the promotion.
11
Mitch Blake
1
May 12, 2007
N/A
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 19 (2007)
This was an 8-man elimination match involving D.O.C., Rick Walsh, and Don Greed.
[ 9] [ 10]
12
Mike Anthony
2
2007
N/A
N/A
N/A
13
Acid Jaz
1
March 8, 2008
Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2008)
Jaz won the title in the opening rounds of the Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament.
[ 11]
14
Austin Roberts
1
May 17, 2008
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 20 (2008)
This was a unification match also involving Sean Mulligan to unify the WCPW Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight, and League Championships into a unified WCPW World Heavyweight Championship.
[ 12]
—
Deactivated —
May 17, 2008
—
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 20 (2008)
Unified with Austin Roberts' WCPW World Heavyweight Championship.
<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Vito Fontaine
2
883
2
Ivan Manson
1
735
3
DOC
2
323
4
X-treme
1
208
5
Mike Anthony
2
125
6
Julian the Warlock
1
125
7
Acid Jaz
1
70
8
Turbo
1
48
9
Austin Roberts
1
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