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Encyclopedia > FWA British Heavyweight Championship
Former FWA Champion, Doug Williams wearing the belt
Former FWA Champion, Doug Williams wearing the belt

The FWA British Heavyweight Championship is the heavyweight title contested for in the professional wrestling promotion, Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Image File history File links DwilliamsFWA.jpg Summary This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Image File history File links DwilliamsFWA.jpg Summary This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Douglas Clayton Durdle (born September 1, 1972 in Reading, Berkshire) is a British professional wrestler best known by his stage name, Doug Williams. ... Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... WWE Champion John Cena with his customized WWE Championship belt. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require removal of excess red links (links to non-existent articles). ... Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) is Europes highest profile professional wrestling promotion, based in the United Kingdom. ...

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Trivia

  • The belt was traditionally defended in a 2 out of 3 falls match, until 12 April 2005, when then champion Alex Shane signed a cast-iron contract to make new FWA British Title rules official and permanent. Now all future FWA British Title matches are best of one fall.
  • The first Champion was Mark Sloan, who defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final on the 11 July 1999.
  • American wrestler Christopher Daniels was the first non-British person to win the belt. This happened on 25 October 2002 in a Three Way match against Jody Fleisch & Doug Williams in London.
  • On 22 March 2003 for the first time the belt changed hands in a match not held in the United Kingdom, when Doug Williams defeated Christopher Daniels in a match at the Murphy Recreation Center (Philadelphia, PA)
  • On May 13, 2006 the FWA British Heavyweight Title belt was stolen from the Morecambe Dome immediately following the FWA event at the venue. It is believed the belt was taken from ringside at around 10.30pm in the immediate aftermath of the FWA versus All-Star show. The FWA is offering a reward of £100 for information leading to the safe return of the championship belt.

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Current champion

Robbie Brookside pinned Jonny Storm in a no-DQ elimination Triple Threat match to win the title at FWA Summer Classic after Hade Vansen, who was eliminated first, returned to the ring and gave Storm a south city driller. Robert Brooks is a British professional wrestler, who wrestles under the stage name Robbie Brookside, and is nicknamed Wildcat. Brooks has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as America, Japan, Germany, and Mexico. ... Jonathan Whitcombe aka The Wonderkid Jonny Storm born April 19, 1977 in Essex, England is a professional wrestler currently working for independent promotions including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Ring Of Honor. ... The Triple Threat was a professional wrestling stable that existed in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1998. ... Hade Vansen is a English professional wrestler, Vansen, nicknamed the South City Thrilla, works throughout independent promotions in the United Kingdom // Career Vansen was trained at FWA Academy by Alex Shane & Dino Scarlo, he would later go on to tag team with Alex Shane in Frontier Wrestling Alliance. ...


Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Place: Notes:
Mark Sloan 1 11/07/1999 Portsmouth, Hampshire Defeated Paul Glory in a tournament final.
Alex Shane 1 27/02/2000 Erdington, West Midlands Defeated Mark Sloan in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Guy Thunder 1 05/07/2000 Hertford, Hertfordshire Defeated Alex Shane in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Vacant 13/07/2000 Guy Thunder stripped.
Justin Richards 1 05/08/2000 Halifax, West Yorkshire Defeated Scottie Rock, Guy Thunder, & Jorge Castano in a fatal four-way match.
Vacant 21/04/2001 Bolton, Lancashire Richards stripped due to not defending the title at When Thunder Strikes.
Doug Williams 1 19/05/2001 Portsmouth, Hampshire Defeated Scott Parker in a tournament final.
Flash Barker 1 22/03/2002 London, England Defeated Doug Williams in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Jody Fleisch 1 28/07/2002 Portsmouth, Hants Defeated Flash Barker in a best 2 out of 3 falls match.
Vacant 03/08/2002 Title stripped from Jody Fleisch.
Jody Fleisch 2 13/10/2002 London, England Defeated Flash Barker in a ladder match
Christopher Daniels 1 25/10/2002 London, England Defeated Jody Fleisch & Doug Williams in a three-way match.
Doug Williams 2 22/03/2003 Philadelphia, PA (Murphy Recreation Center) Defeated Christopher Daniels in a singles match.
Alex Shane 2 13/11/2004 Coventry, England Defeated Doug Williams in a singles match.
Hade Vansen 1 05/01/2006 Hoddesdon, Herts Defeated Joe Legend in a five-way match. (The Champions Series Final)
Robbie Brookside 1 17/07/2006 Morcambe, England Defeated Hade Vansen(c) and Jonny Storm in a No-DQ elimination Triple Threat match.

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See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Frontier Wrestling Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (696 words)
FWA would generate a working relationship with US independent promotion Ring of Honor, which led to talent trading and a cross-promotional show, Frontiers of Honor in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2003.
The FWA decided that it would not be economically viable to hold an event of the quality that FWA fans have come to expect.
FWA would further their working relationship with ROH with one of FWA's top stars, Alex Shane, becoming ROH's Head of European marketing and promotion.
Doug Williams (wrestler) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (405 words)
Williams is best known for his submission style of British wrestling, earning him the name "The Human Torture Device", and his use of his knees as an offensive weapon.
During the 1990s Williams trained with (and wrestled for) NWA UK Hammerlock, in 1999 he took part in the first televised British Wrestling show in nearly a decade.
While competing in FWA's King of England tournament Williams wrestled and won a match against (at the time) former WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero.
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