LPW Hardcore Championship

  LPW Hardcore Championship   Details   Current Holder Retribution   Date Won July, 2006   Promotion Lords of Pain Wrestling   Brand Insanity

The LPW Hardcore Championship is a title in Lords of Pain Wrestling that is contested under hardcore rules. The title is currently defended on the Insanity brand. Hardcore matches feature no disqualifications, meaning participants can use weapons and interference is legal. Also, falls count anywhere, meaning pinfalls and submissions do not have to take place in the ring for the match to be decided.

History
The LPW Hardcore Championship was originally called the PWA Hardcore Championship when it first appeared under the Psychotic Wrestling Alliance. Independent Pest was the first title-holder. Early on, the title was discarded when Phantom Lord defeated then-champion Bestest in an exploding cage match. After the match, Phantom Lord threw down the belt and declared that hardcore wrestling was dead. Phantom Lord vacated the title and declared himself as the first Television Champion.

The Hardcore title eventually was reinstated and moved to Pyromania (now Inferno) when the first brand split occured. During this time, a young stable named the Bad Mamma Jammas was quickly gaining a fan-following. Its leader, cYnical, was able to defeat Bestest for the title at Pyromania 2.2 while Sheepster & Styxx won the World Tag Team Championship on the same night. cYnical offered a title shot to Styxx at Pyromania 3.1. In a shocking upset, Styxx was able to beat cYnical for the title and became one of the few dual champions in the promotion's history.

At the Rumble in the Bronx, Morpheus was able to defeat Styxx for the Hardcore title. Morpheus' reign as champion was the most dominant reign in the title's history. As Hardcore Champion, Morpheus was do dominant that he even defeated International Heavyweight Champion Jaro at Pyromania 8.1 in his specialty match, a House of Pain Match (the match was non-title). Morpheus' victory was so impressive that the Hardcore Champion was even ranked number one in the very first-ever Apex.

Current Champion
The current LPW Hardcore Champion is Retribution. He defeated Morpheus at Pyromania 8.2 during July of 2006. Currently, Retribution is also one-half of the U.S. Tag Team Champions with fellow Lost Prophet tag team partner, Cyrus.