The inaugural champion was Turbo, who won the title at the 11th annual Battle of the Beltssupercard in Chicago, Illinois on May 22, 1999, to become the first WCPW Bare Knuckles Champion. Vito Fontaine, DOC, and Mike Anthony are tied for the record for most reigns, with two each. At 736 days, Fontaine's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Austin Roberts's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title. He defeated the last champion, Acid Jaz, on May 17, 2008, at Battle of the Belts 20 to unify the Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight and League titles. Overall, there have been 11 reigns shared between 14 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Title history
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
The championship is vacated when Turbo fails to appear for a scheduled title defense and is stripped as champion. A championship tournament is subsequently held over the next three months concluding at the 2-day "War at the World" supercard.
This was a unification match also involving Sean Mulligan to unify the WCPW Bare Knuckles, Heavyweight, and League Championships into a unified WCPW World Heavyweight Championship.
Unified with Austin Roberts' WCPW World Heavyweight Championship.
Combined reigns
<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Vito Fontaine
2
883
2
Ivan Manson
1
735
3
DOC
2
323
4
X-treme
1
208
5
Mike Anthony
2
125
6
Julian the Warlock
1
125
7
Acid Jaz
1
70
8
Turbo
1
48
9
Austin Roberts
1
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