The World Heavyweight Championship is a

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world heavyweight championship in the

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. It is one of Zero1's top two singles titles, along with the

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. It was first introduced on December 15, 2007 when Zero1 ended their relationship with the AWA Superstars of Wrestling. The Superstars of Wrestling champion at the time,

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, was then recognized as the first Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion. To this day, Zero1 continues to use the AWA title belt, which reads "AWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion", to represent the World Heavyweight Championship. There have been a total of 20 recognized champions who have had a combined 31 official reigns. The current champion is

who is in his sixth reign.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of , .

References

External links

ZEROONEUSA.com official championship page

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