<page_title> List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions </page_title> <section_title> Title history </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nick Gage <col_header> Champion </col_header> <col_header> Event </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> March 27, 1999 <col_header> Championship change </col_header> <col_header> Location </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> The Staple Gun <col_header> Championship change </col_header> <col_header> Reign </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Gage won a 20-man battle royal to become the first champion. <col_header> Notes </col_header> <row_header> 1 </row_header> </cell> </table>
The inaugural champion was Nick Gage, whom CZW recognized to have become the champion after defeating twenty other men in a battle royal, on March 27, 1999 at CZW's The Staple Gun event.