NCW Inter-Cities Heavyweight Championship

NCW Inter-Cities Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Northern Championship Wrestling
Date established	December 18, 1986
Current champion(s)	Jesse Champagne
Date won	May 6, 2017
Other name(s)
AWA Heavyweight Championship (1986-1992) NCW Inter-City Championship (1992-present)
Statistics First champion(s) Rick Lawrence Most reigns Eric Shelley and Nightmare (4 times) Longest reign Boris Kruschevv (718 days) Shortest reign Dream Kill and Deniss Sensation (<1 day)

The NCW Inter-Cities Heavyweight Championship a title contested in the Canadian wrestling promotion Northern Championship Wrestling. It was first established in 1986 as the AWA (Amateur Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Championship when Rick Lawrence became the first champion. It 1992 it became the NCW Inter-Cities Championship.

Title history

As of May 5, 2024.

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
<1	Indicates that the reign was less than one day
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Notes	Ref
1	Rick Lawrence	1	December 18, 1986	119	Joliette, Quebec	First Amateur Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion.
2	Mart Garvin	1	April 14, 1987	248	Joliette, Quebec
3	Rick Lawrence	2	December 18, 1987	81	Joliette, Quebec	Wins by default when Garvin leaves the promotion
4	Phil Bélanger	1	March 8, 1988	52	Joliette, Quebec	Awarded when Lawrence retires
5	Lost Boy	1	April 29, 1988	35	Joliette, Quebec
6	Boris Kruschevv	1	June 3, 1988	718	Crabtree, Quebec
7	Frank Blues	1	May 22, 1990	342	Joliette, Quebec
—	Vacated	—	April 29, 1991	—	—	Title is vacant after match between Blues and Kruschevv.
8	Fred Della Serra	1	May 27, 1991	293	Joliette, Quebec	Defeated Black Bear in the finals of an 8-man tournament.
9	Black Bear	1	March 15, 1992	202	Joliette, Quebec
10	Frank Blues	2	October 3, 1992	35	Joliette, Quebec	Blues was the reigning NCW Quebec Heavyweight Champion. Defeated Black Bear in the champion vs. champion match.
—	Vacated	—	November 7, 1992	—	—	Blues vacates the title to continue focusing on the NCW Quebec Heavyweight Championship
11	Jack le Bûcheron	1	December 5, 1992	91	Joliette, Quebec	Defeated Phil Bélanger to win the vacant championship.
12	El Diablero Sr.	1	March 6, 1993	28	Joliette, Quebec
13	Boris Kruschevv	2	April 3, 1993	224	Joliette, Quebec
14	El Diablero Sr.	2	November 13, 1993	119	Joliette, Quebec
15	Syl Dancer	1	March 12, 1994	259	Joliette, Quebec
16	Phil Bélanger	2	November 26, 1994	49	Joliette, Quebec
17	Black Bear	2	January 14, 1995	56	Joliette, Quebec
18	Crazzy Eddy	1	March 11, 1995	14	Joliette, Quebec
19	Boris Kruschevv	3	March 25, 1995	14	Joliette, Quebec
20	Phil Bélanger	3	April 8, 1995	56	Joliette, Quebec
21	Iceman	1	June 3, 1995	218	Joliette, Quebec
22	Le Rebel	1	January 7, 1996	62	Épiphanie, Quebec
23	Le Cameleon	1	March 9, 1996	56	Épiphanie, Quebec
24	Syl Dancer	2	May 4, 1996	14	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Le Caméléon and Le Rebel in 3-way match.
25	Le Cameleon	2	May 18, 1996	8	Beauharnois, Quebec	Defeated Syl Dancer and Le Rebel in 3-way match.
26	Le Rebel	2	May 26, 1996	6	Montreal, Quebec
27	Le Cameleon	3	June 1, 1996	104	Joliette, Quebec	Defeated Le Rebel and Syl Dancer in 3-way match.
28	Alexandre le Magnifique	1	September 13, 1996	127	Lavaltrie, Quebec
29	Marc le Grizzly	1	January 18, 1997	56	Montreal, Quebec
30	Mike Lyons	1	March 15, 1997	84	Montreal, Quebec
31	Marc le Grizzly	2	June 7, 1997	126	Joliette, Quebec
32	Marz	1	October 11, 1997	43	Montreal, Quebec
33	Alexandre le Magnifique	2	November 23, 1997	7	Montreal, Quebec
34	Dream Killer	1	November 30, 1997	56	Montreal, Quebec
35	Syl le Sadique	3	January 25, 1998	6	Montreal, Quebec
—	Vacated	—	January 31, 1998	—	—	Syl le Sadique vacated the title upon winning the NCW Quebec Heavyweight Championship
36	Daniel Léon	1	March 21, 1998	56	Montreal, Quebec	Defeats Golem the Giant in the finals of an 8-man tournament.
37	Alexandre le Magnifique	3	June 13, 1998	28	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Léon and Dream Killer in 3-way match.
—	Vacated	—	July 11, 1998	—	Joliette, Quebec	Title is declared vacant when Alexandre le Magnifique is suspended.
38	Dream Killer	2	July 11, 1998	43	Joliette, Quebec	Defeated Chakal to win the vacant title.
39	Golem the Giant	1	August 23, 1998	20	Joliette, Quebec
40	Marc le Grizzly	3	September 12, 1998	14	Mont-Laurier, Quebec
41	Golem the Giant	2	September 26, 1998	196	Montreal, Quebec	Teams with Guy Williams and Cobra to defeat Marc le Grizzly, Iceman, and Black Eagle in a 6-man tag team match.
42	Yvan L'Imitateur	1	April 10, 1999	14	Montreal, Quebec
43	Golem the Giant	3	April 24, 1999	105	Montreal, Quebec
44	Steven the Sweet Boy	1	August 7, 1999	70	Montreal, Quebec
45	Eric Shelley	1	October 16, 1999	28	Montreal, Quebec
46	Chakal	1	November 13, 1999	35	Beauharnois, Quebec
47	Franky the Mobster	1	December 18, 1999	56	Montreal, Quebec
48	Eric Shelley	1	February 12, 2000	28	Montreal, Quebec
49	Franky the Mobster	2	March 11, 2000	21	Montreal, Quebec
50	Steven the Sweet Boy	2	April 1, 2000	14	Montreal, Quebec
51	Eric Shelley	3	April 15, 2000	35	Montreal, Quebec
52	Franky the Mobster	3	May 20, 2000	112	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Shelley and Steven the Sweet Boy in 3-way match.
53	Dream Killer	3	September 9, 2000	<1	Montreal, Quebec	Awarded the title when Franky the Mobster is unable to defend the title.
54	Nightmare	1	September 9, 2000	28	Quebec City, Quebec	Wins the Dream Killer Invitational War Match against Nova Cain, Bishop, Nighstalker, and J.F. McAllister.
55	Deniss Sensation	1	October 7, 2000	<1	Montreal, Quebec
56	Nightmare	2	October 7, 2000	7	Montreal, Quebec
57	Jayzon Reaper	1	October 14, 2000	28	Quebec City, Quebec
58	Nightmare	3	November 11, 2000	64	Quebec City, Quebec
59	Eric Shelley	4	January 14, 2001	54	Laval, Quebec
60	Cobra	1	March 9, 2001	43	Montreal, Quebec	Award when Eric Shelley leaves the promotion.
61	Nightmare	4	April 21, 2001	42	Montreal, Quebec
62	Chakal	2	June 2, 2001	119	Montreal, Quebec
63	Steven the Sweet Boy	3	September 29, 2001	42	Quebec City, Quebec
64	Blaze	1	November 10, 2001	133	Montreal, Quebec	Defeats Big Guns Guido who was subbing for Steven the Sweet Boy.
—	Vacated	—	March 23, 2002	—	Montreal, Quebec	Blaze vacates the title when he is ordered by a doctor to stop wrestling for a year.
65	Black Eagle	1	March 23, 2002	147	Montreal, Quebec	Defeats Steven the Sweet Boy in the finals of a 4-man tournament.
66	Nightstalker	1	August 17, 2002	56	Montreal, Quebec
67	Black Eagle	2	October 12, 2002	42	Montreal, Quebec
68	Diablero	1	November 23, 2002	77	Montreal, Quebec
69	TNT	1	February 8, 2003	189	Montreal, Quebec
70	Deniss Sensation	1	August 16, 2003	56	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated TNT and Steven the Sweet Boy in 3-way match.
71	Diablero	2	October 11, 2003	70	Montreal, Quebec
72	Deniss Sensation	3	December 20, 2003	<1	Montreal, Quebec	Defeats TNT, Diablero, and Kazuko Yeroshima in 4-way match.
—	Vacated	—	December 20, 2003	—	Montreal, Quebec	Deniss Sensation vacates the title after the match upon announcing his retirement.
73	Bishop	1	February 7, 2004	28	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Chakal in the finals of 8-man tournament.
74	Blaze	2	March 6, 2004	56	Montreal, Quebec
75	Binovich Fouranov	1	May 1, 2004	158	Montreal, Quebec
—	Vacated	—	October 6, 2004	—	—	Title is vacated when Fournov undergoes shoulder surgery.
76	Gorgeous Mike	1	October 30, 2004	49	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Nova Cain, Bishop, and Sunny War Cloud in 4-way match.
77	Binovich Fouranov	2	December 18, 2004	28	Montreal, Quebec
78	Nova Cain	1	January 15, 2005	63	Montreal, Quebec
79	Binovich Fouranov	3	March 19, 2005	56	Montreal, Quebec
80	Gorgeous Mike	2	May 14, 2005	175	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Fouranov and Nova Cain in 3-way match.
81	Raid	1	November 5, 2005	196	Montreal, Quebec
82	Diablero	3	May 20, 2006	28	Beauceville, Quebec
83	Raid	2	June 17, 2006	133	Montreal, Quebec
84	James Kraven	1	October 28, 2006	49	Montreal, Quebec
85	Don Paysan	1	December 16, 2006	91	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Kraven, TNT, Diablero, and Deniss Sensation in 5-way ladder match.
86	Samson	1	March 17, 2006	182	Montreal, Quebec
87	Jimmy Stone	1	September 15, 2006	42	Montreal, Quebec
88	Samson	2	October 27, 2006	49	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Stone, Gorgeous Mike, and Jake Matthews in 4-way match.
89	Jimmy Stone	2	December 15, 2006	91	Montreal, Quebec
90	Nova Cain	2	March 15, 2008	182	Montreal, Quebec	Jay Phenomenon subs for the injured Carin and defends the title against James Stone on August 16.
91	Tank	1	September 13, 2008	133	Montreal, Quebec
92	Jay Phenomenon	1	January 24, 2009	98	Montreal, Quebec
93	James Stone	3	May 2, 2009	14	Montreal, Quebec
92	Jay Phenomenon	2	May 16, 2009	364	Montreal, Quebec
93	Urban Miles	1	May 15, 2010	175	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Phenomenon, Sidi Mansour, Mark Andrews, Karl Briscoe, and Pee Wee in a 6-way match.
94	Handsome J.F.	1	November 6, 2010	18	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Urban Miles and Marvelous Jeff in 3-way match.
95	Marvelous Jeff	1	December 18, 2010	77	Montreal, Quebec
96	Handsome J.F.	2	March 5, 2011	70	Montreal, Quebec
97	Mark Andrews	1	May 14, 2011	161	Montreal, Quebec	Defeats Handsome J.F., Urban Miles, Gorgeous Mike, and Marvelous Jeff in 5-way ladder match.
98	Buxx Belmar	1	October 22, 2011	42	Montreal, Quebec
99	Mobster 357	1	December 3, 2011	126	Montreal, Quebec
100	Gorgeous Mike	3	April 7, 2012	56	Montreal, Quebec
101	Pat Guénette	1	June 2, 2012	133	Montreal, Quebec
102	Urban Miles	2	October 13, 2012	119	Montreal, Quebec
103	Leon Saver	1	February 9, 2013	217	Montreal, Quebec
104	William Brady	1	September 14, 2013	91	Montreal, Quebec
105	Handsome J.F.	3	December 14, 2013	63	Montreal, Quebec
106	William Brady	1	February 15, 2014	203	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Handsome J.F. and Apocalypse in a handicap match.
107	Dru Onyx	1	September 6, 2014	14	Montreal, Quebec
108	Electrico	1	September 20, 2014	182	Montreal, Quebec
109	Cyrus Payne	1	March 21, 2015	56	Montreal, Quebec
110	Electrico	2	May 16, 2015	77	Montreal, Quebec
111	Leon Saver	2	August 1, 2015	133	Montreal, Quebec	Defeated Electrico, Brad Alekxis, Buxx Belmar, H.C. Ryder, and Oliver Strange in 6-way match.
112	Electrico	3	December 12, 2015	56	Montreal, Quebec	Electrico wins the second fall of a 3-way match against Saver and Brad Alekxis with a stipulation that the NCW Triple Crown Championship is at stake in the first fall and the Inter-Cities Championship for the second fall.
113	Urban Miles	3	February 6, 2016	315	Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
114	Antonio Corsi	1	December 17, 2016	140	Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
115	Jesse Champagne	1	May 6, 2017	2556+	Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec

Combined reigns

As of May 5, 2024.

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Champion	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Boris Kruschevv	3	956
2	Urban Miles		609
3	Jay Phenomenon	2	462
4	Frank Blues		377
5	Leon Saver		350
6	Raid		329
7	William Brady	2	294
8	Fred Della Serra	1	293
9	Gorgeous Mike	3	280
10	Syl Dancer/Syl le Sadique		279
11	Black Bear	2	258
12	Mart Garvin	1	248
13	Nova Cain	2	245
14	Binovich Fouranov	3	242
15	Electrico	2	238
16	Samson		231
17	Iceman	1	218
18	Rick Lawrence	2	201
19	Marc le Grizzly	3	196
20	Franky the Mobster		189
	Blaze	2
	Black Eagle
	TNT	1
24	Le Cameleon	3	168
25	Mark Andrews	1	161
26	Alexandre le Magnifique	3	162
27	Phil Bélanger		157
28	Chakal	2	154
29	Handsome J.F.	3	151
30	El Diablero Sr.	2	147
	Diablero
	Jimmy Stone/James Stone	3
33	Eric Shelley	4	145
34	Jesse Champagne†	1	2556+
35	Nightmare	4	141
36	Antonio Corsi	1	140
37	Tank		133
	Pat Guénette
39	Steven the Sweet Boy	3	126
	Mobster 357	1
41	Golem the Giant	3	105
42	Dream Killer		99
43	Jack le Bûcheron	1	91
	Don Paysan
45	Mike Lyons	1	84
46	Marvelous Jeff		70
47	Le Rebel	2	68
48	Nightstalker	1	56
	Deniss Sensation	2
	Cyrus Payne	1
51	James Kraven	1	49
52	Marz		43
	Cobra
54	Buxx Belmar		42
55	Lost Boy		35
56	Jayzon Reaper		28
	Bishop
58	Crazzy Eddy		14
	Yvan L'Imitateur
	Dru Onyx

See also

• NCW Quebec Heavyweight Championship
• NCW Triple Crown Championship