LPW Transatlantic Championship

LPW Transatlantic Championship
Details
Current champion	The Rabbi
Date won	January 18, 2009
Promotion	Lords of Pain Wrestling
Brand(s)	Insanity
Date created
Date retired
Formerly	• PWA United States Championship • LPW United States Championship
Past design(s)
Statistics
First champion	The D
Most reigns	The Rabbi (2 reigns)
Most defenses	Headbanger (3 defenses)
Longest reign
Shortest reign

The Lords of Pain Wrestling (LPW) Transatlantic Championship is a professional e-wrestling championship. Currently, it is the second highest ranked championship exclusive to the Insanity brand of Lords of Pain Wrestling.

The title spotlights the expanding globalization of the federation, being contested by superstars between North America and Europe, but in no way restricted to those barriers.

History

In 2004, the roster for the Psychotic Wrestling Alliance had grown so large that PWA management decided to do a brand extension. The rosters were split between the PWA's two shows, Schizophrenia (now known as Insanity) and Pyromania (now known as Inferno). Pyromania drafted Jade to their brand, who was the reigning the PWA Western States Heritage Championship. As a result, the promotion's top mid-card title became exclusive to Pyromania, leaving Schizophrenia without a top mid-card championship.

The PWA United States Championship was introduced shortly thereafter and commissioned to be the second highest-ranked singles championship for the Schizophrenia brand. The first man to win the title was The D.

Over time, the championship helped build the singles careers of many of its top legends, including the likes of Phantom Lord, Joey Hollywood, and The Rabbi.

In November of 2006, management announced that the rosters would be re-drafted. During the Homecoming Draft, Schizophrenia drafted Rabbi with the fifth overall pick to keep the U.S. title on its brand. However, in Homecoming's opening contest, Pyromania's newly acquired Headbanger defeated Rabbi for the title and brought the championship to Pyromania.

In April of 2007, the PWA came under new management and was renamed to Lords of Pain Wrestling, while Pyromania was renamed Inferno. As a result, the title was officially renamed the LPW United States Championship.

After The Rik defeated stable-mate Peter Saint and RaTo in a triple threat match to win the title at Dead Reckoning, he unified the U.S. Championship with his UKWF Championship during the Inferno 12.1 telecast, renaming the title the LPW Transatlantic Championship.

Current champion

The current champion is The Rabbi. Insanity general manager Little Red stripped The Rik of the championship, creating an eight-man tournament called The Exciting Adventures of the Transatlantic Championship. The finals concluded at Honor Roll with Rabbi defeating Daniel Oakley to win the title.

The Exciting Adventures of the Transatlantic Championship

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Andy Savana

Killswitch

Andy Savana

The Rabbi

The Rabbi

Bryan Risk

The Rabbi

Daniel Oakley

Blackwell

RaTo

RaTo

Daniel Oakley

Cactus Sam

Daniel Oakley

Championship timeline

Champion:	Defeated:	Event:	Note:	Defenses:
The D	-	-	• The D was first United States Champion	• Unknown
Positively Reaper	The D	Annihilation (2004)	• None	• Unknown
Phantom Lord	Positively Reaper	Revelations (2005)	• Won in a Russian Chain Match	•def. Positively Reaper at Schizo LIVE from San Antonio • def. "Sick" Nick in a Death Match at Schizos Wild 2005
"Sick" Nick	Phantom Lord	Schizo LIVE from Portland	• Won in an "I Quit" Steel Cage Match	• def. The Rabbi at At All Costs 2005
Joey Hollywood	"Sick" Nick, Pen, and The Rabbi	Annihilation (2005)	• Won in Fatal Four-Way Match	• None
The Rabbi	Joey Hollywood	Schizo LIVE from Tampa (May 2006)	• None	• DQ loss to Headbanger at Schizos Wild
Drew "Headbanger" Michaels	The Rabbi	Homecoming (November 29, 2006)	• Won in a No DQ Match • Headbanger drafted to Pyromania	• def. Robert Lillehammer at Pyro 9.1 • def. Blackwell in a Carnival Brawl Match at The Rising • def. Latimer Morven at Inferno 10.1
Damion Kross	Headbanger, N'itomniskittel, The Sublime, Rogue, Latimer Morven, and X	Inferno 10.3 (July 21, 2007)	• Won in an Unlucky Seven TLC Match	• def. N'itomniskittel at Inferno 10.4
Peter Saint	Damion Kross	Sacrament (September 19, 2007)	• Saint aligned with Public Enemy #1	• def. The Sublime at Inferno 11.2
The Rik	Peter Saint and RaTo	Dead Reckoning (February 12, 2008)	• Won in a Triple Threat Match • Renamed title to LPW Transatlantic Championship • Stripped of title at Insanity LIVE from San Antonio	• def. Jaetyn Knightwash and Eddie B. at Inferno 12.3
The Rabbi	Daniel Oakley	Honor Roll (January 18, 2009)	• Finals of "The Exciting Adventures of Transatlantic Championship" Tournament	• def. Pen at Resurrection

External links

• The History of Insanity