PWA Heavyweight Title
 
Name Date won Days Location Notes Held
John Raddison 6/5/1993 93 St Louis, Mo Won Tourney Final over Jon Stewart 1
Yokozunia 9/5/1993 90 San Digeo, Ca   1
"All American" Lex Luger 12/3/1993 159 Seattle, Wa   1
Sid Visious 5/10/1994 26 Minniapolis, Min   1
Lex Luger 6/4/1994 27 St, Louis, Mo   2
Scott Putski 6/28/1994 46 Jacksonville, Fl   1
Vader 8/12/1994 63 Toronto, Can   1
Jon Stewart 9/1/1994 256 Los Angeles, Ca   1
Shawn Michaels 5/15/1995 182 Orlando, Fl   1
Shane Douglas 11/12/1995 26 Seattle, Wa   1
Shawn Michaels 12/7/1995 63 Toronto, Can   2
Owen Hart 2/7/1996 26 Tulsa, Ok Owen Hart throws the belt in a trash can, title declared vacant. Bayley won Tourney Final over Ahmed Johnson 1
Robert "Blaze" Bayley 3/4/1996 136 Boston, Ma   1
Title renamed the PWA World Heavyweight Title after the PWA pulls out of the WWA.  {world titles}
Shawn Michaels {1} 7/17/1996 60   Defeated Robert Bayley to become the first champion PWA World Champion. 3
Owen Hart 9/7/1996 70     2
Shawn Michaels {2}  11/15/1996 201     4
Pete Jackson 6/3/1997 42     1
Dan Severn 7/13/1997 327     1
Shawn Michaels {3}    6/4/1998 65     5
Kevin Nash 9/6/1998 92     1
Shawn Michaels {4}    12/6/1998 102     6
Robert Bayley {1} 3/7/1999 91   Defeated Steve Elliott 6-6-99 to win the WWA World Title and unify the belts 2
PWA World Title unified into the WWA Worlds Heavyweight title, after Bayley wins the WWA title.
PWA Heavyweight Title lineage re-starts.  
Bret Hart 7/18/1999 25 Minneapolis, Minn Title re-renamed PWA Heavyweight title.  Bret Hart  defeats Chris Windham to win the title 1
Blake Donovan 8/11/1999 68 San Antonio,TX   1
Adam Riggs 10/17/1999 91 San Antonio,TX Left the PWA after a dispute with front office.  1
Dan Severn 1/16/2000 140 Seattle, Wash Dan Severn beat Pete Jackson to win the vacant title. 1
Pete Jackson 3/5/2000 133 Las Vegas, NV Vacates title, after winning the WWA World Title.   1
McMasters 7/15/2000 142 Minneapolis, Min Tourney final over John Radisson to win the vacant title.  McMasters vacates title on 11-6-00 after car accident.  1
Brandon Myers 12/3/2000 274 New York, NY Tourney final over Robert Bayley to win the vacant title. 1
Axel Hager 9/2/2001 184 Seattle, WA   1
Rob Van Dam 3/3/2002 140 Las Vegas, NV   1
Nic Cross 7/21/2002 139 Detroit, MI   1
Brock Lesnar 8/25/2002 94 New York, NY   1
Kurt Angle 11/27/2002 28 Miami, FL   1
Brock Lesnar  12/23/2003 100 Uniondale, NY Vacates title, after winning the WWA World Title.   2
Edge 4/1/2003 63 Seattle, WA Tourney final over Christian Cage 1
Kurt Angle 6/2/2003 107 St. Louis, MO   2
Brock Lesnar 9/16/2003 153 Greensboro, NC   3
Axel Hager 2/15/2004 133 Las Vegas, NV Vacates title, after winning the WWA World Title.   2
John Layfield 6/27/2004 159 Norfolk, VA Tourney final over Edge 1
John Cena 12/3/2005 401 Los Angeles, CA   1
Edge 1/8/2006 147 St Louis, MO   2
John Cena 6/3/2006 61 Miami, FL Vacates title, after winning the WWA World Title.   2
Edge 8/2/2006 443 Philadelphia, PA Triple Threat match to crown new champion 3
Randy Orton 10/7/2007 337 Chicago, IL   1
Steve Elliott 11/23/2008 64 Boston, MA   1
Edge 1/25/2009 22 Detroit, MI   4
Brandon Myers 2/15/2009 47 Seattle, WA   2
Edge 4/1/2009 26 Dallas, TX   5
Randy Orton 4/26/2009 190 Montreal, QC Vacates title 2
Samoa Joe 5/12/2009 101 San Antonio, TX Wins Battle Royal to win title  1
Chris Masters 3/26/2010 51 Phoenix, AZ   2
Charlie Haas 5/15/2010 19 Toronto, Canada   1
Rob Van Dam 6/4/2010 94 St Louis, MO   1
Drew McIntyre 9/5/2010 198 Los Angeles, CA   1
Wade Barrett 3/20/2011 133 Seattle, WA   1
Drew McIntyre 6/2/2011 60 St Louis, MO   2
Randy Orton 2/27/2011   Little Rock, AR    
CM Punk 7/31/2011 10 Chicago, IL CM Punk wins title, but contract with PWA expired at midnight.   He leaves the PWA with the title, but still claims and defends in Ring of Honor 1
John Cena 8/9/2011 (disputed) 20 Phoenix, AZ Chris Champion and Terry Taylor orders a tournament, Cena over Drew McIntyre and declared new champion, while Punk still claims title in ROH 3
CM Punk 8/28/2011 31 Arlington, TX Punk returns to the PWA and defeats John Cena on 8-28-11 for the Undisputed PWA Championship.  Wins WWA World Title on 9/25/11 to become Undisputed WWA/PWA World Champion 2
Drew McIntyre  11/28/2011 30 Philadelphia, PA Awarded Title.  Titles separated.  3
Adam Pierce 10/22/2012 58 Buffalo, NY Forfeted title to Brian Danielson due to injury 1
Bryan Danielson 12/18/2012 97 Baltimore, MA   1
Nigel McGuines 3/25/2012 218 Miami, FL   2
The Ace Axel Hager  10/28/2012 73 Seattle, WA   3
Drew McIntyre 1/8/2013 91 Miami, FL   4
Edge 4/8/2013 55 Lexington, KY Cashed in Money in the Bank Contract to win title.  1
Seth Rollins 6/2/2013   St. Louis, Mo   1
John Cena 10/27/2013        
Christian Cage [3] 2/28/2014   Tokyo, Japan   48
Dean Ambrose 4/16/2014   New York, NY   3
Seth Rollins 5/1/2014   Las Vegas, NV   208
"Nature Boy" Dolph Zigglar 11/23/2014   St. Louis, Mo Main event of Starrcade 2014 - A Flair for the Gold Part 2 126
Brian Danielson 3/8/2015   New Orleans, LA Injured.  Title declared vacant 66
Seth Rollins [2] 6/1/2015   St. Louis, Mo Defeated Dean Ambrose in a one match tourment to win vacant title at Battle at Busch.                                          

Injured. Title declared vacant
179
Pete Jackson [2] 11/26/2015   Atlanta, Ga Wins tournament final over Roman Reigns at Starcade 2015.  Also holds WWA World Heavyweight title.  Declared Unified World Heavyweight Champion 102
Jon Moxley 3/6/2016   Arlington, TX Wins title after interference from Austin Aries, Roman Reigns and Brock Lesner, special referee Nic Cross refuses to call for a disqualification.  PWA board calsl for an immediate rematch which Pete Jackson turns down.  WWA Title was not on the line in this match. Titles split up.   211
A.J. Styles [4] 10/2/2016   Richmond, VA   183
Pete Jackson (3) 4/2/2017   Orlando, Fl   252
Bray Wyatt 12/9/2017   Sewell, NJ   267
Dean Ambrose 9/1/2018   Chicago, IL   51
Bray Wyatt 10/21/2018   Nashville, Tn   379
Christian Cage [4] 8/13/2019       80
"The Fiend"  Bray Wyatt 10/31/2019   Phoenix, AZ Halloween Havok/Funhouse Match 145
A.J. Styles [5] 2/27/2020   Riyaha, Saudi Arabia   31
Drew McIntrye 3/25/2020   St. Louis, MO Wrestlemania 36 taped at the Chase Hotel due to COVID. 203
Randy Orton [3] 10/25/2020   St. Louis, MO Hell in a Cell 23
Drew McIntrye [2] 11/16/2020   St. Louis, MO   409
Brock Lesnar  1/1/2022   Jessah, Saudi Arbia Day One  39
Bobby Lashley 2/28/2022   Boston, MA   192
Pete Jackson [3] 4/2/2022   Arlington, TX WrestleMania 38  270
Roman Reigns  11/27/2022   Orlando, FL Starrcade 2022 - WWA Title vs PWA Title.  Roman Regins becomes the Unified World Heavyweight Champion.   163
        Stripped of title on 5-8-2023 due to continued violations of the PWA's "30 day defense rule".  
Seth Rollins [3] 5/27/2023   Jessah, Saudi Arbia Night of Champions - Winner of month long tournament over AJ Styles  
Drew McIntyre 4/7/2024   Philadelphia, PA    
Eli Drake 4/7/2024   Philadelphia, PA Money in the Bank Cash In  
Gunter  8/24/2024   Cleveland, OH   1
CM Punk 8/2/2025   East Rutherford, NJ   5
Seth Rollins [3] 8/2/2025   East Rutherford, NJ Money in the Bank Cash In 3