IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship (Puerto Rico)
The IWA World Championship is a professional wrestling world championship that is contested in the International Wrestling Association's main branch at Puerto Rico. Besides its base jurisdiction, the title has also been defended within the international circuit and interpromotially at Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and Revolution X-treme Wrestling.
The championship was established in 2000, changing its name eight years later to reflect the status of undisputed championship that the National Wrestling Alliance recognized following a controversial "unification" match where the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship was purportedly on the line. When reintroduced in 2018, this distinction had been dropped from the name.
In 2021, Fernando Tonos and Manny Ferno created a group known as La Alianza IWE with the intention of completing a hostile takeover on behalf of International Wrestling Entertainment. Members of the stable won all of the IWA-PR titles. In response, general manager Chicky Starr and Savio Vega introduced parallel titles for each division in March 2022. While the storyline continued, there was a pair of belts contested independently of each other, with the original being referenced to as the "IWE World Heavyweight Championship". On November 19, 2022, John Hawking defeated Mr. Big to unify both titles, reintroducing the name "IWA Undisputed World Championship".
History
Unification with the "Capitol World Heavyweight Championship"
On December 15, 2007, Scott Hall failed to attend a titular defense which led to the fictional local boxing and wrestling commission's decision to vacate the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship and award it to the number one contender who at the moment was Miguel "Biggie Size" Maldonado. On December 30, the Universal Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant following the events where he was declared the champion following Hall's absence to Lockout. The commission's decision was announced during the company's holiday recess and Maldonado retained the championship belt in custody.On January 6, 2008, Jack Meléndez who had been managing La Rabia, the stable where he performed abandoned the company citing differences with the company's personnel. Following Meléndez's exit from the company the stable abandoned the company no-showing the a special event scheduled for January 6, 2008. On January 6, Maldonado appeared in the IWA's Histeria Boricua event, with the championship belt still in his possession and challenged Freddie "Blitz" Lozada, who was the IWA World Heavyweight Champion to a unification match. The match took place later in the event with Lozada winning both belts. Following this match WWC's merchandising manager, José Roberto Rodríguez, who had been allowed entry into the building, demanded that the belt was returned to him, but at the moment the IWA's personnel had replaced the belt with Revolution X-Treme Wrestling's championship belt and had transferred the Universal Heavyweight Championship to a secure location, which led to a discussion between personnel from both companies and Rodríguez's expulsion from the event. After the event's conclusion police officers were deployed and the IWA retained physical possession of the championship. Following this the belt was returned to WWC personnel following an ultimatum, which claimed that the company would take legal action if it wasn't returned within forty-eight hours. However, both the International Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance recognized the unification match, and considered Lozada the first Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion in Puerto Rico.
International exposure
Beginning in 2009, the IWA Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship began becoming involved in several inter-promotional "champion vs. champion" contests. The first of these took place on January 6, 2009, where Carlos "Chicano" Cotto was booked to defend the title against Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Legends Champion, Booker T. The contest was part of an annual event titled "Histeria Boricua". The conclusion came when Cotto inverted a "Book End" attempt, scoring a pinfall victory. On February 14, 2009, the promotion held a special event named "Noche de Campeónes". In this card, Cotto defended the championship against Samoa Joe. During the final stages of the fight, Noel Rodríguez intervened, injuring the referee. Both wrestlers continued performing, with Cotto scoring a pinfall victory after reverting a finisher and receiving the count from a substitute referee. On April 18, 2009, Cotto was challenged to an unification contest by Joe Bravo, who held the DWE Dominican National Championship, the major title of Dominican Wrestling Entertainment based in the Dominican Republic. Bravo won with the help of a heel referee, becoming a dual champion. The next titleholder to challenge for the belt was Jerry Lynn, Ring of Honor's World Champion, who unsuccessfully competed against Bravo and Chicano in a three-way match. This was part of the "Juicio Final 2009" card. On May 29, 2009, Bravo defended the IWA and DWE championships in Panama, defeating El Cuervo as part of a Revolution X-Treme Wrestling card. On November 1, 2009, Bravo and the incumbent WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, Shane Sewell, performed in a DWE event, with the DWE Dominican National Championship being held up after the creative team booked a no contest. This marked the first instance that the two major champions worked together while holding full recognitions by both promotions.IWA vs. EWO, Clash of the Titans
At Summer Attitude 2011, Chris Angel defeated Hiram Tua to become the first undefeated Undisputed World Champion. He went on to defeat all contenders, one of them being Cotto, who was subsequently fired by Pérez after questioning his involvement in a match between both. This event launched a storyline between the IWA and the Extreme Wrestling Organization, the largest independent company and de facto third main promotion in Puerto Rico. On December 17, 2011, Cotto won the EWO Championship, only to be interrupted by Pérez. This was in response to a previous confrontation between both, that occurred following an unrelated charity card. After defending the title at Tierra de Nadie 2012, Pérez once again reclaimed his contract. At Histeria Boricua, Angel was absent for a scheduled defense due to a storyline injury, which resulted in the title being stripped from him. The interim General Manager went on to proclaim himself champion, issuing an open challenge which was accepted by EWO's first contender, a masked wrestler known only as "Bonecrusher", who won it Ina squash match. The confrontations between Cotto and Pérez continued in two of IWA's events expanding to include EWO's CEO, Richard Rondón, as well. On February 25, 2012, following more intervention from the IWA, Cotto issued a challenge to end the conflict, an unification match for the EWO Championship and IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship. On March 1, 2012, the challenge was accepted by Pérez and Rondón in a backstage segment. At Clash of the Titans, Bonecrusher defeated Cotto, becoming Unified Champion. In 2012, IWA folded, so the title was vacated.During the following years, the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship made appearances in a number of unrelated media. In early 2015, while Vega was part of La Radio PR's Más Allá del Ring show, the title made appearances as part of the studio's decore along the Intercontinental and World Tag Team Championships. In autumn, the IWA Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship was taken to New York during Amaro Productions' La Guerra 2 event. In an interview published on October 22, 2015, wrestling journalist Joel Torres reunited Ricky Banderas with the belt, with the wrestler reminiscing about winning it in Juicio Final 2001 and emphasized on the history that the title had. The title was also featured at the 2016 WrestleCon held at Dallas, with Vega posing with it in fan requests and while being reunited with Miguel Pérez.
Revival, pandemic hiatus (2019–2021)
The title was formally reactivated on April 20, 2018, initially scheduled to be contested in a charity card held in benefit of Gustavo Rodríguez, a former member of the IWA's ring crew and Hardcore Champion. The contenders were to be elected by Savio Vega and Miguel Pérez, with the former choosing Monster Pain as his representative. Hours later, the return of the IWA was teased as part of World Wrestling League's version of Juicio Final. However, internal differences within the interpromotional event lead to the cancellation of the Luchando por Gustavo titular match the following day, leaving the title vacant. The IWA trademark was formally reintroduced on May 6, 2018. The Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship was featured in the promotion for Golpe de Estado 2018, where the main storyline revolved around Vega's intention of renaming WWL.Vega carried the belt with him at Golpe de Estado, and in subsequent charity events. On July 20, 2018, a relaunch of IWA's Florida spinoff was also announced, along a tournament to fill the vacancies for the Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. However, the formal reactivation of IWA-PR led to the reassignment for the second date of Impacto Total: El Tour, where it would be disputed in a four-way match. On its part, IWA Florida received its own version of the Heavyweight Championship which longtime rival headliner Carly Colón appropriated following a match with Mechawolf 450 as part of Histeria Boricua 2019.
The crowning of a new champion became part of the return tour's main storyline. First in a segment where Savio Vega noted that it was his dream to restage the ambienance of October 28, 2000. This led to Director of Talent Relations, Dennis Rivera, granting the Puro Macho stable leader, Manny Ferno, the opportunity to elect only one of its members for a place in the titular match. The latter would meet with Mr. Big, who had served a mercenary role for the faction and requested the reassurance that he would not be joining his old IWA team of Los Rabiosos, only to receive a demand for a title shot in exchange for allegiance. Savio Vega was noted to be skeptical of allowing Puro Macho a chance to gather influence within the promotion, but was reassured by Rivera that the ambitions would create irreparable damage. Meanwhile, members of Puro Macho Electro and Khriz "The Chosen" held a meeting in which the former noted his interest in the accolade, later informing Ferno of this stance.
Shane Sewell was the first contender announced, but resigned his place to Mr. Big, betting that he still remained loyal to the IWA. Former champions Ricky Banderas and Apolo were announced as the other two. Ultimately, Ferno acknowledged that the decision would be problematic and refused to elect a member, allowing Rivera to choose Electro in his stead. As the youngest of the group the latter would emerge victorious, continuing the IWA's philosophy of building a "new generation" with the collaboration of veterans. After CWA World Heavyweight Champion Noel Rodríguez made an appearance and issued a challenge at Vendetta, Electro had a defense against him in that promotion's Sabotaje event.
After being given the title for the first time in 14 years, Mikael Judas started defending it abroad, beginning with a successful defense at Tennessee. Another appearance for Continental Championship Wrestling of Georgia, in which he was announced as the "Puerto Rico World Champion". On November 30, 2019, Mr. Big defeated Judas at Hardcore Weekend. Benefited by the COVID-19 pandemic, he entered the longest reign of any wrestler, scoring a number of defenses that aired in events without public.
Major League Wrestling and IWE Takeover (2021–present)
On July 31, 2021, former Caribbean Heavyweight Champion and Major League Wrestling regular Richard Holliday made his debut for IWA-PR by defeating Mr. Big for the World Heavyweight Championship. After some titles changes, Fernando Tonos reveal he got in his power a book property of Victor Quiñones with "work plans" using it to create the IWE and take control of all titles with intentions of close IWA and renamed. After Juicio Final 2022, the company got 2 champions on all divisions due to controversy between IWE & IWA.Belt design
The IWA World Heavyweight Championship belt originally consisted of five gilded circular plaques placed on a black belt. The main plate featured a mapamundi at the center, flanged by eleven flags and the words "World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion", and "IWA" prominently at the crown. The interior set of side plaques depict wrestlers grappling and the outside set is dominated by another, single-circle, world map. All of the secondary plates are crowned by the corporate acronym. The piece was crafted and designed by Reggie Parks, who had manufactured titles for the World Wrestling Federation and other international companies.Its original colors included light-blue on the globes and black on the company acronym. In subsequent retouches, the underlying chrome base was evident, the blue coloration was darkened, "IWA" was recolored red throughout, the Pan-African flag was changed twice and the flag of Italy was switched with France's. In 2018, Collection Spot was commissioned to restore the IWA World Heavyweight Championship, adding to the work previously done by Rolando Martínez. Besides retouching the colors, reinstating the Italian flag and restoring the black to "IWA" throughout, the process involved adding gold to the mantling of the plates and painting their studs blue.
In 2022, IWA-PR commissioned new belts for all divisions from Collection Spot as part of revamp for its 20th anniversary. The IWA World Heavyweight Championship retained the original Reggie Parks design, but was enlarged and the blue shade of the mapamundi reverted to a lighter shade of blue. Instead of being etched intaglio as in the original design, the "IWA" logo is now flat and silver-colored. Meanwhile, the original belt was repurposed as the IWE World Heavyweight Championship with a sticker of the stable’s logo being placed over the "IWA" in the crown of the center plate.
Title history
| Indicates disputed IWA/IWE champions. | |
| Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by IWA or vacancies. |
| # | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Days held | Place: | Event: | Notes: | Ref. |
| 1 | Glamour Boy Shane | 1 | October 28, 2000 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Ricky Banderas, Apolo and Miguel Perez Jr. in a Tournament Final. | ||
| 2 | Ricky Banderas | 1 | February 10, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Zona Caliente | |||
| 3 | Glamour Boy Shane | 2 | April 7, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | |||
| 4 | Ricky Banderas | 2 | April 21, 2001 | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | |||
| 5 | Gran Apolo | 1 | May 8, 2001 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 6 | Pain | 1 | September 29, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 7 | Glamour Boy Shane | 3 | October 20, 2001 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Zona Caliente | |||
| 8 | Gran Apolo | 2 | October 27, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| Vacant | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega after a match between Apolo and Shane the Glamour Boy. | |||||
| 9 | Primo Carnero | 1 | March 2, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Defeated Nuevo Gran Apolo. | |||
| 10 | Savio Vega | 1 | March 2, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Given the title by Carnero after the match. | |||
| 11 | Gran Apolo | 3 | April 13, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 12 | Primo Carnero | 2 | April 27, 2002 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 13 | Apolo | 4 | May 12, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon | |||
| 14 | Primo Carnero | 3 | May 18, 2002 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 15 | Ricky Banderas | 3 | June 15, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 16 | Rey Fénix | 1 | September 14, 2002 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | |||
| 17 | Apolo | 5 | November 9, 2002 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 18 | Ricky Banderas | 4 | January 6, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | |||
| 19 | Ray González | 2 | April 5, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | |||
| 20 | Apolo | 6 | July 19, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 21 | Glamour Boy Shane | 4 | September 20, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 22 | Bison Smith | 1 | November 1, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| Vacant | November 29, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | Title was held up after a match between Bison and Glamour Boy Shane. | ||||
| 23 | Glamour Boy Shane | 5 | December 13, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Won the rematch against Bison. | ||
| 24 | Humongous | 1 | January 6, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | |||
| Vacant | February 7, 2004 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | When Humongous no showed the title was held up after a match between Bison Smith and Glamour Boy Shane. | ||||
| 25 | Glamour Boy Shane | 6 | February 14, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| Vacant | March 6, 2004 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | GM Jose Chaparro stripped Shane of the title because they didn't get an economic deal with him. | ||||
| 26 | Ray González | 3 | March 6, 2004 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Won the vacant title against Apolo. | ||
| 27 | "El Leon" Apolo | 7 | September 4, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 28 | Ray González | 4 | November 27, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | |||
| 29 | Glamour Boy Shane | 7 | December 18, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | |||
| 30 | Ricky Banderas | 5 | February 12, 2005 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| Vacant | February 19, 2005 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Title was held-up after the match between Glamour Boy Shane and Ricky Banderas. | ||||
| 31 | Glamour Boy Shane | 8 | February 27, 2005 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Banderas in a rematch. | ||
| 32 | Chicano | 1 | April 16, 2005 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final V | |||
| Vacant | May 28, 2005 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Cruz was the first contender but got injured so Shane replaced him but Title was held up after the match between Chicano ended as no contest. | ||||
| 33 | Chicano | 2 | June 11, 2005 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Won the rematch against Glamour Boy Shane in a Ladder match. | ||
| 34 | Slash Venom | 1 | August 20, 2005 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 35 | Chicano | 3 | October 1, 2005 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Won the title in a Fatal 4-Way TLC Match against Slash Venom Ricky Banderas and Apolo. | |||
| 36 | Savio Vega | 2 | November 11, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 37 | Apolo | 8 | April 15, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Apocalipsis | |||
| 38 | Savio Vega | 3 | May 20, 2006 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 39 | [Thunder and Thunder and Lightning (professional wrestling)|Lightning (professional wrestling)|Lightning] | 1 | June 17, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Won the title in a mask vs title match. | |||
| 40 | Mikael Judas | 1 | July 29, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | ||||
| 41 | Ray González | 5 | September 2, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | Won the title in a 45 minutes for the gold match. | ||
| Vacant | September 9, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Title held up after the match between Ray González and Mikael Judas. | ||||
| 42 | Ray González | 6 | September 16, 2006 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | Noche de Justicia | Won the rematch against Mikael Judas in a 30 Minutes for the Gold Match. Invader I was the special referee in this match. | ||
| 43 | Glamour Boy Shane | 9 | December 9, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR | Defeated Ray González & Lightning in a 3-way match to win the title. | ||
| 44 | Ray González | 7 | January 13, 2007 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | ||||
| Vacant | April 14, 2007 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | González abandoned the promotion, entering a brief retirement from professional wrestling. | |||||
| 45 | Chicano | 4 | April 28, 2007 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | La Pesadilla de Cayey | Defeated Joe Bravo for the vacant title. There were 2 special referees in the match: Chicky Starr and Bacano. | ||
| 46 | Bison Smith | 2 | July 15, 2007 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | |||
| 47 | Blitz | 1 | September 29, 2007 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | En Ruta al Oro | Blitz defeated Mr.Big in a unification match on January 6, 2008 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The title was renamed Undisputed World Unified Heavyweight Championship. However, WWC didn't recognize the unification. | ||
| 48 | Ricky Vega | 1 | February 16, 2008 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Guerra por el Oro | Won the title in a 5-way match against Blitz, Bison, Mr. Big and Glamour Boy Shane. | ||
| Vacant | May 17, 2008 | Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Injustice | Title was stripped by the IWA. | ||||
| 49 | Blitz | 2 | May 17, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Won the title in a 3-way match against Ricky Vega and Chicano to win the vacant title. Savio Vega was the special referee. | ||
| 50 | Joe Bravo | 1 | July 19, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | |||
| 51 | Blitz | 3 | September 6, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedón | |||
| 52 | Chicano | 5 | October 4, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | Won a 3-way match against Blitz and Noriega. | ||
| 53 | Dennis Rivera | 1 | November 1, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |||
| 54 | Chicano | 6 | November 15, 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | |||
| 55 | Joe Bravo | 2 | April 18, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Bravo became an international double champion also holding Dominican Wrestling Entertainment's Dominican National Championship. | ||
| Vacant | May 9, 2009 | Hatillo, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Stripped by the company's General Manager, Savio Vega. | ||||
| 56 | Joe Bravo | 3 | May 16, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Defeated Jerry Lynn and Chicano in a 3-way match. | ||
| Vacant | July 18, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA Decimo Aniversario | Title was held up after the match between Joe Bravo and Savio Vega. | ||||
| 57 | Joe Bravo | 4 | August 16, 2009 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | Won the rematch against Savio Vega. | ||
| 58 | Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | August 29, 2009 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | Copa Alcalde José Rosario | |||
| 59 | Joe Bravo | 5 | October 10, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Held along the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. | ||
| 60 | Glamour Boy Shane | 10 | January 6, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | |||
| 61 | Ricky Cruzz | 1 | April 17, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Won the title in a Gold Miner match. | ||
| 62 | Rick Stanley | 1 | June 26, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | V Copa José Miguel Pérez | |||
| 63 | Ricky Cruzz | 2 | July 17, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | Won the title in a cage match. | ||
| 64 | Rick Stanley | 2 | August 14, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Armagedon | Won a 5-way match against Cruzz, Noel Rodríguez, Diabólico and Dennis Rivera. | ||
| 65 | Dennis Rivera | 2 | October 16, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | Won a double title match for the IWA Puerto Rico and World Heavyweight titles. He became "Triple Mega Champion" as he was also Tag Team Champion at the time. | ||
| 66 | Escobar | 1 | January 6, 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | |||
| 67 | Hiram Tua | 1 | April 2, 2011 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | |||
| 68 | Chris Angel | 1 | July 30, 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | First wrestler to win the championship undefeated in singles competition within any of the major promotions. Held along the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. | ||
| Vacant | January 28, 2012 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Title Stripped due to Chris Angel being unable to defend it. He is still undefeated following this event. | ||||
| 69 | Jay-Cobs | 1 | January 28, 2012 | <1 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Interim General Manager in substitution of Vega. Self-appointed himself as champion. | |
| 70 | Bonecrusher | 1 | January 28, 2012 | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | On March 17, 2012, Bonecrusher defeated Chicano to win the EWO World Heavyweight Championship. First unification recognized by at least two of the major promotions in Puerto Rico. | ||
| 71 | Spectro | 1 | May 26, 2012 | <1 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | VII Copa José Miguel Pérez | ||
| Vacant | May 26, 2012 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | VII Copa José Miguel Pérez | Title stripped by the IWA president Miguel Pérez when Mr. Big interfered in this match as a referee, did a countdown and Spectro won the title. | ||||
| 72 | Bonecrusher | 2 | May 26, 2012 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | VII Copa José Miguel Pérez | |||
| Deactivated | June 16, 2012 | When IWA closed for six years. | ||||||
| 73 | Electro | 1 | January 12, 2019 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total: El Tour 2019 | |||
| 74 | Mikael Judas | 2 | September 7, 2019 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | Defeated Electro and Mr. Big in a Three-way Match. | ||
| 75 | Mr. Big | 1 | November 30, 2019 | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | |||
| 76 | Richard Holliday | 1 | July 31, 2021 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza | First contracted MLW star to win the title. | ||
| 77 | Mr. Big | 2 | November 20, 2021 | <1 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | ||
| 78 | Lightning | 2 | November 20, 2021 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend | |||
| 79 | Manny Ferno | 1 | November 21, 2021 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | After winning the title, he renamed it as the IWE World Championship. Representing IWE. | ||
| 80 | John Hawking | 1 | April 30, 2022 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Hawking defeated Mr. Big, Manu & Aiden Grimm in a Gold Mine Match to win the IWA half. The IWE Half was also contested at the last moments of the event. In storyline, both titles would hold the same hierarchy for months and the status as world champion was disputed. Representing IWA. | ||
| 81 | Invader #1 | 1 | April 30, 2022 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | Defeated Manny Ferno to win the IWE title with Savio Vega serving as special Referee. A separate new champion was crowned earlier at the event to represent the IWA. In storyline, both titles would hold the same hierarchy for months and the status as world champion was disputed. Representing IWA. | ||
| 82 | Manny Ferno | 2 | May 28, 2022 | Vega Baja, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza | Defeated Invader #1 to win the IWE half. Representing IWE. | ||
| 83 | Mr. Big | 3 | July 30, 2022 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | Defeated John Hawking to win the IWA half. Representing IWE. | ||
| 84 | John Hawking | 2 / 3 | October 29, 2022 | Manati, Puerto Rico | Halloween Mayhem | |||
| 85 | Romeo Quevedo | 1 | December 17, 2022 | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | Christmas Hardcore Weekend in PR | |||
| 86 | John Hawking | 4 | January 6, 2023 | Juncos, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | |||
| 87 | Aiden André | 1 | January 6, 2023 | Juncos, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua | Redeemed a title opportunity earned by winning a cup. | ||
| 88 | John Hawking | 5 | January 21, 2023 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua La Revancha | |||
| 89 | Romeo Quevedo | 2 | April 29, 2023 | Eustis, Florida | MCW LuchaCade | Second time that the title was defended at Movement Championship Wrestling. | ||
| 90 | Niche | 1 | June 17, 2023 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude | Originally was Romeo Quevedo Vs Mike Mendoza with John Hawkins as Special referee early that night Niche won The José Miguel Pérez Sr. cup, he redeem it making a Triple Threat match. | ||
| 91 | Mike Mendoza | 1 | September 30, 2023 | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado | |||
| 92 | El Niche | 2 | February 3, 2024 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 25 Años de Historia | |||
| 93 | El Cuervo | 1 | April 13, 2024 | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final | |||
| 94 | Pedro Portillo III | 1 | May 18, 2024 | Vega Alta, Puerto Rico | La Gran Amenaza | |||
| 95 | John Hawking | 6 | September 28, 2024 | + | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado 2024 |