ECWA Heavyweight Championship Professional wrestling championship
ECWA Unified Heavyweight Championship Promotion East Coast Wrestling Association Date established August 1967 Current champion(s) Travis Lee Date won November 5, 2022
ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1993–2012)
ECWA Unified Heavyweight Championship (2012–present)
ECWA Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion East Coast Wrestling Association . The current champion is Travis Lee, who is in his first reign.
History
ECWA began as a backyard wrestling promotion in New Castle, DE started by Jim Kettner and a close friend of Kettner's at his home in 1967.
In the early 1980s, the promotion ran under the banner of East Coast Wrestling Semi-Pro wrestling. Spot shows ran throughout New Castle County, Delaware during the 1980s. Shows were performed at venues such as Millcreek Fire Hall, Corpus Christi School, Thomas McKean High School, Claymont Fire Hall, Nur Temple, St. Matthews Parish Center, The Wilmington Boys and Girls Club, as well as various other "one time" stops.
Title history prior to 1993 was not recorded, however the first champion was Red Devil in 1967, confirmed by Jim Kettner.
Reigns since 1993
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
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Current reign is changing daily
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Lance Diamond
May 1, 1993
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
853
Title history unrecorded prior to May 1, 1993.
[ 1]
2
Cheetah Master
September 1, 1995
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
183
[ 2]
3
Ace Darling
March 2, 1996
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
69
[ 3]
4
Cheetah Master
May 10, 1996
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
2
197
[ 4]
5
Lance Diamond
November 23, 1996
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
2
<1
[ 5]
6
Glen Osbourne
November 23, 1996
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
119
[ 5]
6
Viper
March 22, 1997
First Annual Super 8 Tournament
Wilmington, Delaware
1
483
[ 6]
7
Christian Cage
July 18, 1998
ECWA
Newport, Delaware
1
454
[ 7]
—
Vacated
October 15, 1999
—
—
—
—
Title is vacated when Cage left the promotion and signed with the World Wrestling Federation .
—
8
JJ The Ring Crew Guy
October 15, 1999
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
344
JJ the Ring Crew Guy defeated Ground Zero for the vacant title.
[ 8]
9
The Inferno Kid
September 23, 2000
ECWA
Newport, Delaware
1
17
[ 9]
10
JJ The Ring Crew Guy
October 14, 2000
ECWA
Laurel, Delaware
2
42
[ 10]
11
Cheetah Master
November 25, 2000
Battle At The Bob
Newport, Delaware
3
133
[ 11]
12
Kevin Kelly
April 7, 2001
ECWA
Newport, Delaware
1
28
[ 12]
—
Vacated
April 7, 2001
—
—
—
—
Kevin Kelly was stripped from his championship.
—
13
Scoot Andrews
May 5, 2001
Sixth Annual Super 8 Tournament
Newport, Delaware
1
364
After Kevin Kelly is stripped of the title, ECWA Officials stripped Kevin order two six-way matches with the winners of each match to face each other for the title, with Scoot Andrews defeating Billy Fives in the finals.
[ 13]
14
Prince Nana
May 4, 2002
ECWA
Newport, Delaware
1
133
[ 14]
15
Red
September 14, 2002
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
49
[ 15]
16
Xavier
November 2, 2002
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
<1
[ 15]
17
The Amazing Red
November 2, 2002
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
2
77
[ 16]
18
Christopher Daniels
January 18, 2003
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
294
Defeated Amazing Red in a five-way match including Mike Kruel, Low Ki , & American Dragon .
[ 17]
19
Mike Kruel
November 8, 2003
ECWA
Wilmington, Delaware
1
147
[ 18]
20
Christopher Daniels
April 3, 2004
ECWA
Newport, Delaware
2
28
Defeated Kruel in the semi-finals of the 2004 ECWA Super 8 Tournament .
[ 19] [ 20]
21
R. J. Brewer
May 1, 2004
Night Of The Unusual Matches 2004
Wilmington, Delaware
1
287
Defeated Daniels in a four-way elimination match with Mike Kruel and Austin Aries .
[ 21]
22
Scotty Charisma
February 12, 2005
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
266
Defeated Walters in a four-way elimination match with Mike Kruel, Xavier and Andrew Ryker.
[ 22]
23
Fred Sampson
November 5, 2005
ECWA
Bear, Delaware
1
84
Defeated Charisma in a three-way match with Vic D. Vine.
[ 23]
24
Freak Nastty
January 28, 2006
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
413
[ 24]
25
Aden Chambers
March 17, 2007
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
350
Defeated Nastty in a four-way match with Ace Darling and Frederick of Hollywood .
[ 25]
26
Mr. Scott Wright
March 1, 2008
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
2
35
[ 26]
27
Glen Osbourne
April 5, 2008
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
2
112
[ 27]
28
Frederick of Hollywood
July 26, 2008
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
2
119
Formerly known as Bonecrusher Fred Sampson.
[ 28]
29
Tommy Trouble
November 22, 2008
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
105
[ 29]
—
Vacated
March 7, 2009
—
—
—
—
Championship was vacated due to unknown reasons.
—
30
Chase Del Monte
March 7, 2009
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
189
Defeated Billy Bax, Dan Eckos and Frederick Of Hollywood in a fatal-four-way match .
[ 30]
31
Bazooka Joe
September 12, 2009
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
238
[ 31]
32
Mega
May 8, 2010
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
133
[ 32]
33
Andrew Ryker
September 18, 2010
A New Era Begins
Newark, Delaware
1
77
[ 33]
—
Vacated
December 4, 2010
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated due to Ryker injury and announced his retirement.
—
34
Mega
January 15, 2011
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
2
49
Defeated Glen Osbourne in a chain match for the vacant title.
[ 34]
35
Papadon
March 5, 2011
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
560
[ 35]
36
Chris Wylde
September 15, 2012
45th Anniversary Show
Newark, Delaware
1
112
[ 36]
37
Josh Daniels
January 5, 2013
New Year Resolutions II
Newark, Delaware
1
126
[ 37]
38
VSK
May 11, 2013
YMCA V
Carneys Point Township, New Jersey
1
63
[ 38]
39
Papadon
July 13, 2013
Aden Chambers Farewell Show
Newark, Delaware
2
112
[ 39]
40
Kekoa The Flyin Hawaiian
November 2, 2013
ECWA
Newark, Delaware
1
119
[ 40]
—
Vacated
March 1, 2014
—
—
—
—
Championship was vacated due to unknown reasons.
—
41
Napalm Bomb
June 7, 2014
Raising The Bar III
Newark, Delaware
1
<1
Won vacated title in a fatal-four-way match , also involving Breaker Morant, Chris Wylde and Ricky Martinez.
[ 41]
42
Bobby Shields
June 7, 2014
Raising The Bar III
Newark, Delaware
1
182
Cashed in his "Golden Opportunity Contract" and defeated Bomb.
[ 42]
43
Ricky Martinez
December 6, 2014
Toys For Tots III
Woodbury Heights, NJ
1
105
[ 43]
44
Matt Saigon
March 21, 2015
19th Annual Super 8 Tournament
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
1
259
This was a triple threat match also involving Bobby Shields.
[ 44]
45
Sean Carr
December 5, 2015
Toys For Tots IV
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
1
463
This was an Iron Man match .
[ 45]
46
Azrieal
March 12, 2017
Spring Battle
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
1
188
This was a triple threat match also involving Chris Wylde.
47
Bobby Shields
September 16, 2017
50th Anniversary Show
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
2
35
[ 46]
48
Azrieal
October 21, 2017
2017 Women's ChickFight Super 8 Tournament
Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
2
210
49
Mike Law
May 19, 2018
Burbon Room at the Showboat Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey
1
196
This was a Triple threat match which also involves Ty Awesome
50
Ty Awesome
December 1, 2018
Toys for Tots
New Castle, Delaware
1
140
[ 47]
51
Joey Ace
April 20, 2019
23th Annual Super 8 Tournament
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1
231
This was a six-way match also involving Blk Jeez , Kekoa, Azrieal and Mike Law
[ 48]
52
Sam Shields
December 7, 2019
Toys For Tots
New Castle, Delaware
1
287
[ 49]
53
Joey Ace
September 19, 2020
2020 Super 8
Morganville, NJ
2
224
[ 50]
54
Mr. Ooh La La
May 01, 2021
25th Annual Super 8 Tournament
Morganville, NJ
1
189
[ 51]
55
Joey Ace
November 06, 2021
Super Clash
Morganville, NJ
3
198
[ 52]
56
Sam Shields
May 23, 2022
Marvelous May
Morganville, NJ
2
117
[ 53]
57
Erica Leigh
September 17, 2022
Pretzelmania V
Morganville NJ
1
[ 54]
—
Vacated
April 7, 2001
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated once more.
—
58
Travis Lee
November 5, 2022
55th Anniversary Show
Morganville, NJ
1
818+
Defeated Mr. Ooh La La in the tournament final for the vacant title.
[ 55]
Combined reigns
As of January 31, 2025.
†
Indicates the current champion
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