All-England Championship

All-England Championship
Details
Date established	July 9, 2001
Date retired	13 September 2010
Promotion	International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
Other name(s)
FWA All England Championship
Statistics First champion(s) Scottie Rock Most reigns Jonny Storm (2 times) Zebra Kid (2 times) Longest reign Hade Vansen Shortest reign Jonny Storm (2nd reign)

The IPW:UK All-England Championship (formerly the FWA All-England Championship) was a professional wrestling championship which was originally contested for in Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) and subsequently in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) after FWA's closure. The title was established in 2001 and existed for eight years until it was unified with the IPW:UK Championship in September 2009. The All-England Championship title reigns were determined by professional wrestling matches.

History

FWA

The genesis of the All-England title had its roots in the weekly FWA TV show on Portsmouth's MyTV channel in the summer of 2001. With the main FWA title held by Doug Williams, and Williams in a storyline dispute with the promotion's commissioner, Victoria De Montfort, a decision was made to focus on a secondary belt as a TV championship. At the time, the FWA had been using the FWA European Union Championship as a secondary title, and with the company's ownership keen on promoting a particularly English flavour to the show, the title was renamed the All-England championship, a nod to the organisation running the Wimbledon tennis championships.

Scottie Rock, the last-recognised EU Champion, had been coming to the ring wearing the belt, which at that point was not recognised on the TV show. This was explained away as being a "gypsy fighting championship" belt by the commentary team. Nevertheless, Rock and Johnny Storm were chosen to compete for the initial championship, won by Storm in Portsmouth in July 2001.

The championship was initially envisaged as being a Brits-only competition. However, Ahmed Chaer, a Turkish-German wrestler from the German Stampede Wrestling promotion, was given the title to cement a short-lived alliance between the two promotions, though he lost it on his first defence a week later, to Paul Travell. Although the belt would then revert to its homegrown roots, the American Chris Hamrick would also later hold the title.

IPW:UK

Former champion Leroy Kincade, who defeated Hade Vansen on October 16, 2005, was stripped of the title on November 19, 2006 after siding with IPW:UK in an inter-promotional feud with FWA. Kincade first put his title reign in jeopardy on October 7 of that year by competing in an unsanctioned All-England Title defence at an IPW:UK show. Even though FWA had a working relationship with the promotion, and Kincade in fact retained the title, FWA refused to recognised the result of the match as the FWA management team did not agree for IPW:UK to use the All-England Title name and belt on their show. This continued with Kincade repeatedly siding with IPW:UK and scheduling his own title defences before finally being stripped of the FWA All-England Championship.

Kincade continued to defend the belt even though not officially being champion. However the next official champion would be FWA loyalist Iceman who defeated Kincade at an IPW show. Prior to the match, the FWA announced it would sanction the Title match only if Iceman won.

During the Final Frontiers show, IPW:UK wrestler Sam Slam won the title from Iceman. However, this show also saw IPW:UK win the inter-promotional feud and push FWA out of business, leaving the titles status unclear. FWA would also revive itself as XWA but would sever all ties with the All-England Championship. The title would continue to operate in IPW:UK for just under two years, being part of the British National Championship tournament in 2008, until it was unified into the IPW:UK Championship.

On September 15, 2012, Sha Samuels, holder of the IPW:UK Championship, un-unified the IPW:UK World and IPW:UK All-England belts, putting the All-England title back into active duty.

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Scottie Rock	1	July 9, 2001				Became champion when FWA European Union Championship stopped being recognised.
2	Jonny Storm	1	July 29, 2001		Portsmouth, Hampshire	No Surprises
3	Ahmed Chaer	1	August 26, 2001		Essen, Germany	Broken Rulz	Chaer defeats Storm and Crazy Sexy Mike at a westside Xtreme wrestling (wXw) event in a Winner Takes All Triangle Match for the wXw Highflying Trophy, FWA All-England Championship and Athletik Club Wrestling (ACW) International Championship, respectively.
4	Paul Travell	1	September 1, 2001		Harrow, London	Trick or Treat	Three way match also involving Scottie Rock.
5	Mark Sloan	1	December 14, 2001		Acton, London	Lights, Camera, Acton
6	Zebra Kid	1	July 5, 2002	()	Telford, Shropshire	Vendetta
-	Jack Xavier	1†	March 16, 2003		Broxbourne, Hertfordshire	Crunch	Masked wrestler J-X defeats Zebra Kid then reveals himself to be Jack Xavier while under suspension.
6	Zebra Kid	2†	March 17, 2003	()	N/A		Championship returned to Zebra Kid when it is revealed that Xavier won the title while suspended.
7	Chris Hamrick	1	April 21, 2003		Morecambe, Yorkshire	Live event
8	Jonny Storm	2	April 26, 2003		Sudbury, Suffolk, Suffolk	Live event
9	Zebra Kid	2(3)	April 27, 2003		Portsmouth, Hampshire	Live event
-	Vacant	-	October 18, 2003		Bethnal Green, London	British Uprising 2	Zebra Kid forfeits the title by no-showing a scheduled title defence against Flash Barker.
10	Hade Vansen	1	October 18, 2003		Bethnal Green, London	British Uprising 2	Defeats Flash Barker to win the vacant title after replacing Zebra Kid.
11	Leroy Kincaide	1	October 16, 2005		Broxbourne, Hertfordshire	Hotwired	FWA stopped recognising Kincaide as champion on November 19, 2006 when he sided with IPW:UK but was re-recognised for his defence against FWA wrestler Iceman
12	Iceman	1	January 28, 2007		Orpington, Kent	No Escape	Defeated Kincaide in a match which FWA would only recognise if Iceman won.
13	Sam Slam	1	March 25, 2007		Orpington, Kent	IPW:UK vs FWA: Final Frontiers	Championship renamed All-England Championship when FWA closes at this event.
14	Jonny Moss	1	September 28, 2008		Wolverhampton, West Midlands	Fourth Anniversary Tour	Defeated Sam Slam in the quarter-finals of the British National Championship.
15	Terry Frazier	1	October 26, 2008		Bromley, Kent	British National Finale	Defeated Jonny Moss in the British National Championship final.
16	Leroy Kincaide	2	July 5, 2009		Sittingbourne, Kent	Summer Sizzler	Defeats Frazier for title and contendership for the IPW:UK Championship.
-	Unified	-	September 13, 2009	-	Sittingbourne, Kent	5th Anniversary Show	Unified with IPW:UK Championship when Kincaide defeats champion Alex Shane.
17	Sha Samuels	1	September 15, 2012		Swanley, Kent	Samuels vs. Frazier 2012	Samuels claims he never unified the belts so he is hereby un-unifying them, to crown himself a double champ & IPW Triple-Crown holder.
18	Zack Sabre, Jr	1	May 18, 2013		Swanley, Kent	Royale Rewards 2013
19	Jonny Storm	3	October 20, 2013		Bethnal Green, London	IPW:UK vs. The LSLL #3
20	Darrell Allen	1	May 25, 2014		Tonbridge, Kent	Royale Rewards 2014
21	RJ Singh	1	November 16, 2014		Snodland, Kent	Unfinished Business 2014
-	Vacant	-	January 10, 2015	-	Tonbridge, Kent	Weekend Of Champions Night 1	Vacated due to RJ Singh retiring
22	Grado	1	March 15, 2015		Tonbridge, Kent	Battle Royale 2015	Won a 30 man battle royal for the vacant title
22	Jimmy Havoc	1	March 15, 2015		Tonbridge, Kent	Battle Royale 2015
23	Sammy Smooth	1	September 19, 2015	+	Tonbridge, Kent	Future 8 2015

External links

• Official All-England Title History