FIP World Heavyweight Championship

The FIP World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned by the Full Impact Pro (FIP) promotion. It is currently the highest ranked championship in FIP. The title was introduced on September 25, 2004 at FIP's "Emergence: Part Two" event as the FIP Heavyweight Championship.[1] It was renamed the FIP World Heavyweight Championship on March 3, 2007, when then-champion Roderick Strong defeated Pac in Liverpool, England at the Ring of Honor (ROH) promotion's "Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool" event.[2] Overall, there have been 21 reigns shared among 16 wrestlers. Title changes happen mostly at FIP-promoted events, which are usually released on DVD. The title has changed hands four times at non-FIP events. Reigns two and four occurred at ROH-promoted events, while reigns 10 and 11 happened at Dragon Gate events.

FIP World Heavyweight Championship
Former FIP World Heavyweight Champion Austin Theory with the belt, at EVOLVE 112, September 2018.
Details
PromotionFull Impact Pro (FIP)
Date establishedSeptember 25, 2004
Current champion(s)Jon Davis
Date wonFebruary 21, 2020
Other name(s)
FIP Heavyweight Championship

The inaugural champion was Homicide, who defeated CM Punk in the finals of a two-night tournament that concluded on September 25, 2004 at FIP's "Emergence: Part Two" event.[1] Roderick Strong holds the record of most reigns, with three. At 562 days, Fred Yehi's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Strong, with a combined three reigns, holds the record for most days as champion at 626. Masaaki Mochizuki's only reign holds the record for shortest reign at 49 days. Jon Davis is the current champion, after defeating Anthony Henry on February 21, 2020, to win the title.

Since being renamed as a "World Championship" after a UK defense in March 2007, the title has been defended internationally multiple times. Not only has the championship been successfully defended in Japan, China, Canada, Mexico[3][4][5][6] but the title has also changed hands in both Japan and China.[7]

Title history

Names
Name Duration
FIP Heavyweight Championship September 25, 2004 – March 3, 2007
FIP World Heavyweight Championship March 3, 2007 – present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Homicide September 25, 2004 Emergence: Part Two Tampa, FL 1 476 Homicide defeated CM Punk in a tournament final to become the first champion. [1]
2 Bryan Danielson January 14, 2006 ROH Hell Freezes Over Philadelphia, PA 1 300 This was a 3-Way Dance also involving Roderick Strong. [8][9][10][11]
3 Roderick Strong November 10, 2006 All or Nothing Inverness, FL 1 415 The title was renamed the "FIP World Heavyweight Championship" on March 3, 2007, when Strong defeated Pac in Liverpool, England at ROH's Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool event. [2][9][10]
4 Erick Stevens December 30, 2007 Final Battle New York City, NY 1 48 [9]
5 Roderick Strong February 16, 2008 Redefined Crystal River, FL 2 154 [12][13]
6 Erick Stevens July 19, 2008 Hot Summer Nights Crystal River, FL 2 35
7 Go Shiozaki August 23, 2008 Heatstroke Crystal River, FL 1 119
8 Tyler Black December 20, 2008 Unstoppable Crystal River, FL 1 133
9 Davey Richards May 2, 2009 Unfinished Business Crystal River, FL 1 218 Richards was awarded the championship by forfeit after Tyler Black suffered a neck injury the previous night in Berwyn, Illinois and was forced to relinquish the title.
10 Masaaki Mochizuki December 6, 2009 Dragon Gate The Gate of Generation Sapporo, Japan 1 49
11 Davey Richards January 23, 2010 DGUSA Fearless Chicago, IL 2 58 [14]
— Vacated March 22, 2010 — — — — The championship was vacated by the FIP Championship Committee due to "an unforeseen contractual situation" with Davey Richards. [15]
12 Jon Moxley April 17, 2010 Southern Stampede Crystal River, FL 1 360 Moxley defeated Roderick Strong to win the vacant championship.
— Vacated April 12, 2011 — — — — The championship was vacated by the FIP Championship Committee due to Jon Moxley signing with WWE.
13 Jon Davis February 1, 2013 Everything Burns Tampa, FL 1 189 Davis defeated AR Fox to win the vacant championship. [16]
14 Trent Baretta August 9, 2013 Heatstroke Tampa, FL 1 462 [17]
15 Rich Swann November 14, 2014 WWNLive in China Emeishan City, China 1 98 [18]
— Vacated February 20, 2015 Ascension Tampa, FL — — The championship was vacated due to Rich Swann being sidelined with an injury. [19]
16 Roderick Strong February 20, 2015 Ascension Tampa, FL 3 57 Strong defeated Trent Baretta in a No Disqualification match to win the vacant championship. [19]
17 Rich Swann April 18, 2015 Establish Dominance 2015 Orlando, FL 2 76 [20]
18 Caleb Konley July 3, 2015 Declaration of Independence Tampa, FL 1 329 [21]
19 Fred Yehi May 27, 2016 Accelerate Orlando, FL 1 562 [22]
20 Austin Theory December 10, 2017 Evolve 97 Melrose, MA 1 294 [23]
21 Anthony Henry September 30, 2018 Accelerate Ybor City, FL 1 509 [24]
22 Jon Davis February 21, 2020 Everything Burns 2020 Ybor City, FL 2 333+ [25]

Combined reigns

As of January 19, 2021.

Two-time and current champion Jon Davis
Record most reigns at three Roderick Strong
Inaugural champion Homicide
Key
† Indicates the current champion(s)
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Roderick Strong3626
2 Fred Yehi1562
3 Jon Davis †2522+
4 Anthony Henry1509
5 Homicide1476
6 Trent Baretta1462
7 Jon Moxley1360
8 Caleb Konley1329
9 Bryan Danielson1300
10 Austin Theory1294
11 Davey Richards2276
12 Rich Swann2174
13 Tyler Black1133
14 Go Shiozaki1119
15 Erick Stevens283
16 Masaaki Mochizuki149

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