<page_title> IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship </page_title> <section_title> Reigns </section_title> <table> <cell> The Machine <col_header> Wrestlers </col_header> </cell> <cell> 9 April 2002 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Māngere, Auckland <col_header> Location </col_header> </cell> <cell> Defeated Jon E. King in a singles match. King had previously won a Royal Rumble-style match to face The Machine <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
The champion was The Machine, who defeated Jon E. King in Māngere, Auckland on 9 April 2002 to become the first Heavyweight Champion, and the King had won a Royal Rumble-type match.