Zero1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship

|image=Jake Parnell, May 2019.jpg

|caption=Jake Parnell holding the title in his left hand in 2019

|championshipname=Zero1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

|currentholder= Joey O’Riley

|won= October 19th, 2024

|promotion=National Wrestling Alliance (2003–2011)
Pro Wrestling Zero1 / New Wrestling Alliance (2011–present)

|created=September 3, 2003

|mostreigns=WARHORSE (3 reigns)

|firstchamp=Austin Aries

|longestreign=Oliver Cain (812 days)

|shortestreign=Arya Daivari (<1 day)

|oldest=

|youngest=

|heaviest=

|lightest=

|pastnames=*NWA Midwest X Division Championship (2003–2011)

  • Zero1 USA Midwest X Division Championship (2011–2013)

|pastlookimages=

|}}

The Zero1 USA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title defended in Pro Wrestling Zero1's American affiliate Zero1 USA. The title was previously defended in the Midwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance as the NWA Midwest X Division Championship{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/nwa-midwest/nwa-mw-x.html | title = N.W.A. Midwest X Division Title|publisher=wrestling-titles.com}} until 2011 when NWA Midwest disbanded following the stripping of Almighty Sheik (chairman of the territory) of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship by NWA president Robert Trobich.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2011/07/25/18466621.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310134443/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2011/07/25/18466621.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2016|title = NWA Atlanta Fanfest spotlights Georgia history and beyond|last=Andrews|first=Michael|date=July 26, 2011| publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|work=Slam! Sports|access-date=June 30, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlingfusion.com/2011/11/01/announcing-zero1-pro-wrestling-usa/|title=Announcing: Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA|date=2011-11-01|work=Zero1 USA|access-date=2013-08-02}}

Title history

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{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 0.5

|type = promotion

|name = (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 1

|champion = Austin Aries

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2003|09|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2003|09|06|2004|04|09}}

|location = Denmark, WI

|event =

|notes = Defeated Justin Kage and Shawn Daivari in a three-way match to become the first champion.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 2

|champion = Justin Kage

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2004|04|09}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2004|04|09|2004|06|30}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 3

|champion = Matt Sydal

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2004|06|30}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2004|06|30|2005|07|23}}

|location = Rock Island, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 4

|champion = Delirious

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2005|07|23}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2005|07|23|2005|11|12}}

|location = Streamwood, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 5

|champion = Matt Sydal

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2005|11|12}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2005|11|12|2006|02|04}}

|location = Streamwood, IL

|event =

|notes = Won the title when his partner in a tag team match, Daizee Haze pinned Delirious's partner MsChif.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 6

|champion = Jaysin Strife

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2006|02|04}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2006|02|04|2006|05|06}}

|location = Lawrence, KS

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 7

|champion = Alex Shelley

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2006|05|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2006|05|06|2007|01|06}}

|location = Streamwood, IL

|event =

|notes = This was a four-way match also involving Jaysin Strife, Brandon Thomaselli and Acid Jazz.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 8

|champion = Jason Dukes

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2007|01|06}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2007|01|06|2008|05|25}}

|location = Streamwood, IL

|event =

|notes = This was a three-way match also involving Alex Shelley and The Mississippi Madman.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 9

|champion = Arya Daivari

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2008|05|25}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2008|05|25|2008|05|25}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes = Defeated Jason Dukes during the course of a one-night tournament.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 10

|champion = Egotistico Fantastico

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2008|05|25}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2008|05|25|2009|01|09}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes = Defeated Arya Daivari, Prince Ali and Troy Walters in the finals of a one-night tournament.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 10.5

|type = vacated

|date = {{dts|2009|01|09}}

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 11

|champion = Troy Walters

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2009|01|09}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|01|09|2009|05|09}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes = Defeated Jason Hades after Egotistico Fantastico vacated the belt.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 12

|champion = Bobby Valentino

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2009|05|09}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|05|09|2009|07|24}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 13

|champion = Troy Walters

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2009|07|24}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2009|07|24|2010|01|29}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 14

|champion = Mickey McCoy

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|01|29}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|01|29|2010|03|19}}

|location = Milwaukee, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 15

|champion = Dysfunction

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|03|19}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|03|19|2010|07|16}}

|location = West Allis, WI

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 16

|champion = Mason Quinn

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2010|07|16}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2010|07|16|2011|01|01}}

|location = West Allis, WI

|event =

|notes = This was a three-way match also involving Dysfunction and TW3. The current length of this reign is uncertain.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 16.5

|type = vacated

|date = {{dts|2011|01|01}}

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 16.6

|type = promotion

|name = (NWA) National Wrestling Alliance / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1)

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 17

|champion = Oliver Cain

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2011|01|29}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2011|01|29|2013|04|20}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = This was a four-way match also involving Dacobra, Shank Barzini, and Jason Lyte. The championship became part of the Pro Wrestling Zero1 promotion after November 1, 2011 when some of the NWA Midwest affiliates left NWA.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 17.5

|type = promotion

|name = Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1) / Pro Wrestling Zero1 (Zero1 USA)

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 18

|champion = Jonathan Gresham

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2013|04|20}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2013|04|20|2014|04|17}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 19

|champion = Blake Steel

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2014|04|17}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2014|04|17|2014|12|11}}

|location = Champaign, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 20

|champion = Matt Cage

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2014|12|11}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2014|12|11|2016|01|30}}

|location = Champaign, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 21

|champion = Jordan Perry

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2016|01|30}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2016|01|30|2016|10|22}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 22

|champion = Matt Cage

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2016|10|22}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2016|10|22|2017|04|01}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 23

|champion = Jake Parnell

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2017|04|01}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2017|04|01|2018|01|27}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 24

|champion = Gary Jay

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2018|01|27}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2018|01|27|2018|05|26}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = Last Man Standing Match

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 25

|champion = Jake Parnell

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2018|05|26}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2018|05|26|2019|03|30}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = Steel Cage Match

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://forums.prowrestlingonly.com/topic/45859-2018-05-26-z1-usa-mattoon-il/|title=2018-05-26-Z1 USA-Mattoon IL|work=prowrestlingonly.com|author=Loss|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=September 23, 2021}}

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 25.5

|type = vacated

|date = {{dts|2019|05|25}}

|notes = Vacated when Jake Parnell won the Zero1 USA Heavyweight Championship and decided to continue competing in the company's heavyweight division.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 26

|champion = Jake Lander

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2019|05|25}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2019|05|25|2020|11|14}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = This was the final of the 2019 Zero1 USA Tenkaichi Junior Tournament in which Lander defeated Gary Jay to win the vacant title.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 26.5

|type = vacated

|date = {{dts|2020|11|14}}

|notes = Vacated after Lander suffered a torn ACL & was diagnosed with compartment syndrome, needing to step away for multiple surgeries.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 27

|champion = Victor Analog

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2020|11|14}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2020|11|14|2021|08|28}}

|location = Noble, IL

|event =

|notes = Won in the finals of the 2020 Zero1 USA Tenkaichi Junior Tournament by defeating DaCobra.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 28

|champion = Jake Lander

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2021|08|28}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2021|08|28|2021|09|18}}

|location = Decatur, IL

|event =

|notes = This was a four-way tables, ladders & chairs match also involving Jimmy Karryt and Sabin Gauge.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 29

|champion = Jimmy Karryt

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2021|09|18}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2021|09|18|2022|04|30}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = Singles Match

|ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=324087|title=ZERO1 USA|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|language=German|date=September 18, 2021|access-date=September 23, 2021}}

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 30

|champion = Mat Fitchett

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2022|04|30}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2022|04|30|2022|11|23}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event =

|notes = Singles Match

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|sort number = 31

|type = vacated

|date = {{dts|2022|11|23}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2022|11|23|2022|12|17}}

|notes = Vacated due to a shoulder injury.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 32

|champion = Victor Analog

|reign = 2

|date = {{dts|2022|12|17}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2022|12|17|2023|08|19}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event = Zero1 USA: How The Lowlifes Stole Christmas

|notes = This was a four-way elimination match for the vacant title also featuring Anakin Murphy, Eli Wylder, & Devonte Knox.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 33

|champion = Jake Parnell

|reign = 3

|date = {{dts|2023|08|19}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2023|08|19|2023|09|30}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event = Zero1 USA: Homecoming 2023

|notes = By winning this match, Warhorse became the first three-time champion in the title’s history.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 34

|champion = DaCobra

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2023|09|30}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2023|09|30|2024|01|20}}

|location = Clinton, IL

|event = Zero1 USA Live Pro Wrestling featuring Chavo Guerrero

|notes =

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 35

|champion = Victor Analog

|reign = 3

|date = {{dts|2024|01|20}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2024|01|20|2024|01|20}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event = Zero1 USA New Year’s Retribution

|notes = This was a four-way match that also included defending champion DaCobra & former champions Gary Jay & “Warhorse” Jake Parnell. Analog pinned Parnell for the first time in his career.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 36

|champion = Devonte Knox

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2024|01|20}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2024|01|20|2024|10|19}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event = Zero1 USA New Year’s Retribution

|notes = Cashed in his contract for any title shot of his choosing at any time.

|ref =

}}{{PWtitlereign

|number = 37

|champion = Joey O’Riley

|reign = 1

|date = {{dts|2024|10|19}}

|days = {{age in days nts|2024|10|19}}

|location = Mattoon, IL

|event = Zero1 USA Anniversary XVIII

|notes = Won the title in a ladder match where if he lost, he would retire.

|ref =

}}

{{BundleEnd}}

= Combined reigns =

class="wikitable"
style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|†

|Indicates the current champion

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"

!Rank

!Wrestler

!No. of
reigns

!Combined days

|-

!1

| Oliver Cain || 1 || 812

|-

!2

| Jake Parnell || 3 || 651

|-

!3

| Matt Cage || 2 || 576

|-

!4

| Jake Lander || 2 || 560

|-

!5

| Victor Analog || 2 || 532

|-

!6

| Jason Dukes || 1 || 505

|-

!7

| Matt Sydal || 2 || 472

|-

!8

| Jonathan Gresham || 1 || 362

|-

!9

| Troy Walters || 2 || 322

|-

!10

| Devonte Knox || 1 || 273

|-

!11

| Jordan Perry || 1 || 266

|-

!12

| Alex Shelley || 1 || 245

|-

!13

| Blake Steel || 1 || 238

|-

!14

| Egotistico Fantastico || 1 || 229

|-

!15

| Jimmy Karryt || 1 || 224

|-

!16

| Austin Aries || 1 || 216

|-

!17

| Mat Fitchett || 1 || 207

|-

!18

| Mason Quinn || 1 || 169-197

|-

!rowspan=2|19

| Dysfunction || 1 || 119

|-

| Gary Jay || 1 || 119

|-

!rowspan=2|20

| DaCobra || 1 || 112

|-

| Delirious || 1 || 112

|-

!21

| Jaysin Strife || 1 || 91

|-

!22

| Justin Kage || 1 || 82

|-

!23

| Bobby Valentino || 1 || 63

|-

!24

| Mickey McCoy || 1 || 49

|-

!25

| † Joey O’Riley || 1 || 24

|-

!26

| Arya Daivari || 1 || <1

{{BundleEnd}}

References

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