THE HISTORY OF THE

XWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

11/21/2001 - 8/31/2006

X-Treme Wrestling Federation was founded in November of 2001 by Vince McMahon (Gary Shaw). It operated until September of 2006. Unfortunately, the title history was not maintained fully and many handler names and exact dates have been lost to time. This is the most accurate account of the events in XWF history located anywhere today.

We include this world title history as complete and uncut as possible out of respect for the championship, the promotion, and the competitors who worked to make it what it was.

 

1st CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
11 / 21 / 2001

REIGN
30+ days

Rob Van Dam defeated William Regal (Unknown), Jeff Hardy (Unknown), and The Rock (Unknown) in a Fatal Four Way to become the first XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

2nd CHAMPION

HANDLER
Mark

DATE
01 / 2002

REIGN
30+ days

Chris Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam and Vampiro (Unknown) in a Triple Threat match to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

3rd CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
02 / 2002

REIGN
<30 days

Steve Austin defeated Chris Jericho to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

 

4th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Mark

DATE
02 / 2002

REIGN
30+ days

Chris Jericho defeated Steve Austin to regain the XWF World Heavyweight Championship.

5th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Paul Berne

DATE
03 / 2002

REIGN
120+ days

The Rock defeated Chris Jericho to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

6th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Andrew Tek Nowak

DATE
07 / 2002

REIGN
30+ days

Kurt Angle defeated The Rock to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

 

7th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Kris Thompson

DATE
08 / 2002

REIGN
60+ days

Rob Van Dam defeated Kurt Angle to become the XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

8th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Scott Smith

DATE
10 / 2002

REIGN
90+ days

The Big Show defeated Rob Van Dam to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

9th CHAMPION

REIGN #3

HANDLER
Paul Romato

DATE
01 / 2003

REIGN
13 days

Chris Jericho defeated The Big Show to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

 

10th CHAMPION

REIGN #3

HANDLER
Kris Thompson

DATE
03 / 2003

REIGN
30+ days

Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Jericho to become a three-time XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

11th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Dave Edwards

DATE
04 / 2003

REIGN
240+ days

Raven defeated Rob Van Dam and Rhyno (Unknown) in a Falls Count Anywhere Triple Threat to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

12th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Mike Gian

DATE
12 / 2003

REIGN
30+ days

In a Fatal Four Way, Triple H defeated Raven, Christian (Unknown), and Mick Foley (Steve McBride) to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

 

13th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Nick Nolan

DATE
01 / 2004

REIGN
100+ days

Randy Orton defeated Triple H to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

VACATED
04 / 2003

The XWF temporarily ceased operations and the XWF World Heavyweight Championship was declared vacant indefinitely.

15th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Steve McBride

DATE
07 / 30 / 2006

REIGN
28 days

Mick Foley defeated Raven (Dave Edwards) to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

 

16th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Harry Smith

DATE
08 / 27 / 2006

REIGN
2 minutes

After being mistreated in XWF, Mick Foley defected to Solid Gold Wrestling and cut a promo, spitting on the XWF World Heavyweight Championship before challenging Harry Smith, the worst wrestler to ever step foot in Solid Gold Wrestling, to a title match right then and there. Mick Foley laid down in the middle of the ring and allowed Harry Smith to pin him and become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

VACATED
08 / 27 / 2006

Harry Smith immediately declared that the XWF World Heavyweight Championship was even below his standards and immediately vacated the championship.

17th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Scott Smith

DATE
08 / 27 / 2006

REIGN
2 hours

Interim owner of Solid Gold Wrestling, Jim Cornette immediately came out and dusted off the XWF World Heavyweight Championship, declaring that it would be a shame for a good title lineage to go to waste. He called out Christian Cage and awarded him the championship, announce that he would face the winner of the main event that night to unify the belt with the SGW World Heavyweight Championship.

 

18th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Matt Gorsuch

DATE
08 / 27 / 2006

REIGN
Final

The reigning SGW World Heavyweight Champion, Alex Shelley defeated Christian Cage to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion and unify the titles.

DEFUNCT
08 / 27 / 2006

The XWF World Heavyweight Championship was absorbed into the SGW World Heavyweight Championship lineage and ceased to exist.

19th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Manny

DATE
08 / 31 / 2006

REIGN
2 hours

In an embarrassing display, XWF officials scrambled to replace Mick Foley in the main event of their pay-per-view and had The Undertaker defeat a Mick Foley imposter to become the new XWF World Heavyweight Champion.

Disgusted with XWF's treatment and the disgrace of having battled a Mick Foley imposter, The Undertaker defected to SGW with the replica XWF World Heavyweight Championship belt they gave him and did the only thing that made sense, throwing it in the trash in the middle of the ring on SGW Shock.