IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship

IWA Intercontinental Championship
The IWA Intercontinental Championship (right) being held by former champion Chris Angel.
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Promotion International Wrestling Association
Date established February 23, 2002

The IWA Intercontinental Championship is a secondary professional wrestling title defended in Puerto Rico. It was originally defended in the original International Wrestling Association, later being reintroduced in the World Wrestling League (WWL)

The title was used since 2002, when Super Crazy became the first champion, defeating Eddie Guerrero at the very first Ring of Honor event, The Era of Honor Begins, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The championship was modified in 2009, changing the original black belt to another colored red.

Title history

- Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Event: Notes: Ref.
1 Super Crazy 1 February 23, 2002 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ROH : The Era of Honor Begins Defeat Eddie Guerrero at Ring of Honor's debut show to become the first champion. [1]
2 "El Lobo" Andy Anderson 1 April 6, 2002 Carolina, Puerto Rico Juicio Final II Defeat Super Crazy in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match. [2]
3 Super Crazy 2 April 13, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Won the title by forfeit due to Lobo being injured.
4 Anarchy 1 April 20, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
5 Chicano 1 May 18, 2002 Caguas, Puerto Rico
6 "El Lobo" Andy Anderson 2 August 24, 2002 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [3]
Vacant October 5, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Miguel Pérez stripped El Lobo of the title due to injury. [4]
7 Justin Sane 1 October 5, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Defeat Diabólico. [4]
8 Eric Alexander 1 November 2, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [5]
9 Abyss 1 December 14, 2002 Carolina, Puerto Rico Christmas in PR (2002) [6]
10 Glamour Boy Shane 1 December 15, 2002 San Germán, Puerto Rico Christmas in PR (2002) [7]
11 Nord 1 March 8, 2003 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [8]
12 Chicano 2 April 19, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
13 Ricky Banderas 1 July 26, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Also defeat Vampiro to win his 5th reign for the IWA Hardcore Championship on July 12, 2003 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Banderas defeated Vampiro again to win his 6th for the IWA Hardcore Championship on October 7, 2003 in Kissimmee, Florida. [9]
Vacant November 28, 2003 Manatí, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2002) Ray Gonzalez requested a match with David Flair for the belt. [10]
14 David Flair 1 November 28, 2003 Manatí, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2002) Defeat Ray Gonzalez for the vacant championship. [11]
15 Ray González 1 November 30, 2003 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
16 Glamour Boy Shane 2 April 24, 2004 Cayey, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [12]
17 Bison 1 November 20, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2003) [13]
18 Slash Venom 1 February 12, 2005 Caguas, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping This was a Steel Cage match. [14]
19 Kasey James 1 February 25, 2005 Gurabo, Puerto Rico
20 Ricky Banderas 2 March 27, 2005 Guayanilla, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
21 Jean-Pierre Lafitte 1 April 16, 2005 Caguas, Puerto Rico
22 Ricky Banderas 3 June 18, 2005 Carolina, Puerto Rico Won the title in a Steel Cage match.
23 Hannibal 1 September 29, 2005 Gurabo, Puerto Rico
24 Noriega 1 October 9, 2005 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
25 Chicano 3 January 28, 2006 Levittown, Puerto Rico
26 Ray González 2 March 11, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant June 18, 2006 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Title stripped.
27 Magnificent Chris 1 July 15, 2006 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Won a battle royal, last eliminating Joe Bravo.
28 Chicano 4 October 14, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2006) If Magnificent Chris loses, he will have to dress like a woman. [15]
29 Mr. Big 1 January 5, 2007 Isabela, Puerto Rico Histeria Boricua (2007) [16]
30 Lightning 1 January 20, 2007 Levittown, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [17]
31 El Diamante (Julio César Cruz) 1 April 15, 2007 Isabela, Puerto Rico
32 "Jumpin" Jeff Jeffrey 1 May 19, 2007 Carolina, Puerto Rico Juicio Final - La Revancha Won the title pinning the champion in a tag team match [18]
Vacant July 28, 2007 Carolina, Puerto Rico Jeff Jeffrey jumped to WWC so the title was stripped from him.
33 Vito 1 August 18, 2007 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Armagedón (2007) Defeat El Bacano. [19]
Vacant October 2, 2007 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Title vacant.
34 Richard Rondón 1 January 6, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Histeria Boricua (2008) Won a battle royal. [20]
35 Romeo 1 March 15, 2008 Caguas, Puerto Rico IWApr.tv Exclusive The event was branded exclusive for IWApr.tv website. [21]
36 Richard Rondón 2 May 17, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juicio Final VIII [22]
Vacant July 12, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Title vacant.
37 Romeo 2 July 19, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2008) Defeat Mr. Big. [23]
38 Mr.Big 2 July 27, 2008 Levittown, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude - La Revancha [24]
39 Richard Rondón 3 August 23, 2008 Levittown, Puerto Rico Road to Armaggedon Before the match Romeo attacks brutally Mr. Big, later in the same night Richard Rondón returns and defeat Romeo to become the new IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion. [25]
40 Joe Bravo 1 October 4, 2008 Isabela, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2008) [26]
41 Super Crazy 3 February 14, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Noche de Campeones (2009) [27]
42 Rick Stanley 1 May 16, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juicio Final (2009) [28]
43 Diabólico 1 July 18, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA 10th Anniversary Defeat Rick Stanley in a Ladder Match. [29]
44 Joe Bravo 2 October 10, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Also defeat Miguel Pérez, Jr. for the IWA World Heavyweight Championship to become double champion. [30]
45 Dennis Rivera 1 October 28, 2009 Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
46 Joe Bravo 3 January 16, 2010 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [31]
47 Noel Rodríguez 1 April 17, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juicio Final (2010) [32]
48 Gilbert 1 June 26, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico V Copa José Miguel Pérez [33]
49 Noel Rodríguez 2 July 17, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2010) Defeat Gilbert in a TLC match. [34]
50 Diabólico 2 August 7, 2010 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Back to School Defeat Ash Rubinsky and Noel Rodríguez in 3-way match. [35]
51 Chris Angel 1 December 5, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Christmas in P.R (2010) After Diabólico no showed the match, Chris Angel defeat Savio Vega in his in-ring debut to win the vacant title. [36]
52 El Ilegal 5 October 28, 2011 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Halloween Mayhem (2011) Formerly known as Chicano. [37]
53 Zcion 1 February 11, 2012 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Kaos and Odissey Defeat El Ilegal, Jay-Cobs and Enigma in a 4-way match. [38]
Desactivated June 16, 2012 When IWA closed. 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 Undisputed World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships.
Vacant May 19, 2018 Reintroduced by Savio Vega as part of the main angle of Golpe de Estado 2018, in which he led a group that intended to convert the WWL into the second incarnation of the IWA. At the event, Richard Rondón carried the title with him. Despite IWA failing at Golpe de Estado, the angle was continued. In the meantime, the Intercontinental Championship was featured in an event sponsored by the municipal administration of Naranjito, still lacking formal adjudication.
54 To be determined Puerto Rico

Combined reigns

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Chicano 5 427
2 Chris Angel 1 326
3 Glamour Boy Shane 2 293
4 Joe Bravo 3 280
5 Ricky Banderas 3 248
6 Ray Gonzalez 2 244
7 Diabólico 2 198
8 Richard Rondón 3 167
9 Super Crazy 3 140
10 Zcion 1 126
11 Noriega 1 111
12 Noel Rodríguez 2 91
12 Magnificent Chris 1 91
13 Lightning 1 87
14 Bison Smith 1 84
15 Romeo 2 71
16 Jeff Jeffrey 1 67
17 Jean Pierre Lafitte 1 63
Rick Stanley 1 63
18 Dennis Rivera 1 49
19 El Lobo (Andy Anderson) 2 48
20 Big Vito 1 45
21 Nord 1 42
Eric Alexander 1 42
22 Mr. Big 2 35
23 Diamante 1 32
24 Kasey James 1 30
25 Anarchy 1 28
26 Justin Sane 1 27
27 Gilbert 1 21
28 Slash Venom 1 13
29 Hannibal 1 10
30 David Flair 1 2
31 Abyss 1 1

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