The WCPW Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was the original secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate middleweight title (211 to 240 lbs).
WCPW Middleweight Championship Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling Date established April 13, 1991 Date retired December 16, 2010
WCW Middleweight Championship
WCPW Middleweight Championship
First champion(s) K.C. Knight Final champion(s) Buddy Roberts, Jr. Most reigns Mike Anthony (2) Longest reign Ripper Manson (455 days) Shortest reign Mike Londos (<1 day)
The inaugural champion was K.C. Knight, who defeated Mike Samson in Hebron, Indiana on April 13, 1991 to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion. Mike Anthony and Chris "Curse" Collins are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 455 days, Ripper Manson's reign is the longest in the title's history. "The Golden Greek" Mike Londos's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to Stone Manson less than 10 minutes after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 27 reigns shared between 25 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
Name
Years
WCW Middleweight Championship
1991 — 1996
WCPW Middleweight Championship
1997 — 2010
No.
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
K.C. Knight
1
April 13, 1991
Hebron, Indiana Live event Knight defeated Mike Samson to become the first WCW Middleweight Champion.
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
2
Mike Samson
1
February 29, 1992
Barrington, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
3
Rick Valentino
1
May 22, 1993
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 4]
4
Kevin Quinn
1
April 23, 1994
Joliet, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
5
Ripper Manson
1
May 20, 1995
Hammond, Indiana Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
6
Brett Sanders
1
August 17, 1996
Springfield, Illinois Live event
[ 5]
7
Christopher Daniels 1
May 1, 1997
Ponce, Puerto Rico Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
8
Brandon Bishop
1
May 17, 1997
Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
9
Staff Sgt. Storm
1
May 16, 1998
Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 6]
10
Mike Londos
1
May 22, 1999
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Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
11
Stone Manson
1
May 22, 1999
Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
12
Valyk
1
May 27, 2000
Crete, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3]
13
Jeffro King
1
November 18, 2000
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3]
14
Baltazar
1
April 23, 2001
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3]
15
Mike Anthony
1
September 15, 2001
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 2] [ 3]
16
Ivan Manson
1
May 18, 2002
Cicero, Illinois Live event
[ 7]
17
Abaddon
1
March 8, 2003
N/A
Chicago, Illinois March to Victory (2003)
[ 2] [ 3]
18
Cameron Cage
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
Live event
[ 3]
19
Cassius XL
1
March 12, 2005
Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2005)
This was a tournament final.
[ 3]
20
Mike Anthony
2
May 17, 2005
N/A
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 17 (2005)
This was a Triple Threat match.
[ 3] [ 8]
21
Curse
1
2005
N/A
N/A
Live event
[ 3]
—
Vacated —
2006
—
N/A
N/A
[ 3]
22
Gavin Dunn
1
2007
N/A
N/A
N/A
[ 3]
—
Vacated —
April 8, 2008
—
Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2008)
Dunn voluntarily relinquished the championship to wrestle Curse in a "career vs. career" match at Battle of the Belts 20.
[ 3]
23
Chris Collins
2
March 14, 2009
Chicago, Illinois Lee Sanders Memorial Tournament (2009)
Defeated Sean Mulligan in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
[ 3]
24
Psycho
1
July 10, 2009
Bridgeview, Illinois Legends Under the Stars (2009)
Psycho won all of WCPW's singles titles, with exception to the lightweight championship, in a "Pot of Gold" battle royal. On August 15, 2009, due to his controversial victory, he was ordered by WCPW promoter Sam DeCero to defend his titles in a second battle royal during "Hot Summer Nights". He failed to win and the titles were returned to the previous champions.
[ 3]
25
Barry Ryte
1
August 15, 2009
Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
Ryte was awarded the vacant championship. The previous champion, Chris Collins, was stripped as champion due to undergoing back surjury.
[ 3]
26
DTA
1
November 28, 2009
Chicago, Illinois November to Remember (2009)
[ 3]
—
Vacated —
September 18, 2010
—
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show The championship is vacated when WCPW "general manager" Psycho strips all champions of their titles.
[ 3]
27
Buddy Roberts, Jr.
1
September 18, 2010
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show
[ 3]
—
Deactivated —
December 16, 2010
—
N/A
N/A
WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Roberts was the final champion in WCPW as a company.
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Ripper Manson
1
455
2
Mike Samson
1
448
3
Kevin Quinn
1
392
4
Staff. Sgt. Storm
1
371
5
Stone Manson
1
371
6
Brandon Bishop
1
364
7
Rick Valentno
1
336
8
K.C. Knight
1
322
9
Ivan Manson
1
294
10
DTA
1
294
11
Brett Sanders
1
257
12
Mike Anthony
2
245
13
Valyk
1
175
14
Jeffro King
1
156
15
Baltazar
1
145
16
Chris Collins
2
118
17
Barry Ryte
1
105
18
Buddy Roberts, Jr.
1
89
19
Cassius XL
1
66
20
Psycho
1
36
21
Christopher Daniels 1
16
22
Mike Londos
1
<1
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