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Current Champion: Persepolis Immortals

Yes, a combat sports inspired BB title. I thought it might make certain regular season ABBL games more interesting. Here are the rules:

1: The winners of the first ever ABBL season will be declared the ‘Australian BB Heavyweight Champion’.

2: From there, the current champions must defend their title in every regular season league game they play. If and when they lose, the team that defeats them becomes the new champions. ABBL play-off games will be non-title matches; I don't want the title to always end up in the hands of the actual ABBL champion.
2a: However, relegation games and division II play-offs will count, in order to keep the title inside the ABBL as much as possible. A best-of-three series will count as one game for title reign purposes.

So, here's the title history up to this point, and the box score of every title change (long title reigns in bold);

1 (inaugural champion): The Tasmanian Eagles (10/21/2007 - 10/28/2007, 7 days) (801249) (Best of three won 2-0)

Season 3; The belt is cursed!
2: Infernal Method (10/28/2007 - 10/31/2007, 3 days) (1173594)
3: Unbeatables (10/31/2007 - 11/7/2007, 7 days) (1173602)
4: Aussieroos (11/7/2007 - 11/11/2007, 4 days) (1173620)
5: Infernal Method (2) (11/11/2007 - 11/14/2007, 3 days) (1173626)
6: Lewisham Wombats (11/14/2007 - 11/21/2007, 7 days) (1173634)
7: Brisbane Lions (11/21/2007 - 11/25/2007, 4 days) (1173651)
8: Infernal Method (3) (11/25/2007 - 11/28/2007, 3 days) (1173658)
9: Shoot n Score (11/28/2007 - 12/5/2007, 7 days) (1173666)
10: White Tigers (12/5/2007 - 12/16/2007, 11 days) (1173688)
11: Collie Wildcats (12/16/2007 - 12/19/2007, 3 days) (1173704)
12: Unbeatables (2) (12/19/2007 - 12/23/2007, 4 days) (1173711)
13: Lewisham Wombats (2) (12/23/2007 - 12/26/2007, 3 days) (1173715)
14: White Tigers (2) (12/26/2007 - 12/30/2007, 4 days) (1173723)
15: Infernal Method (4) (12/30/2007 - 1/6/2008, 7 days) (1173730)
16: Aussieroos (2) (1/6/2008 - 1/13/2008, 7 days) (1173746)
17: Lewisham Wombats (3) (1/13/2008 - 2/2/2008, 20 days) (1173762)

Season 4; A method to lengthy reigns?
18: The Tasmanian Eagles (2) (2/2/2008 - 2/5/2008, 3 days) (2430312)
19: Infernal Method (5) (2/5/2008 - 2/26/2008, 21 days) (2430320)
20: Doncaster Flames (2/26/2008 - 3/22/2008, 25 days) (2430373)
21: Avalon Jets (3/22/2008 - 4/8/2008, 17 days) (2430423)
22: The Tasmanian Eagles (3) (4/8/2008 - 4/15/2008, 7 days) (2430456)
23: White Tigers (3) (4/15/2008 - 5/13/2008, 28 days) (2430472)

Season 5; Conspiracy against the Great 8?
24: Aussieroos (3) (5/13/2008 - 5/27/2008, 14 days) (4444087)
25: The Tasmanian Eagles (4) (5/27/2008 - 6/3/2008, 7 days) (4444121)
26: Doncaster Flames (2) (6/3/2008 - 6/14/2008, 11 days) (4444139)
27: Avalon Jets (2) (6/14/2008 - 6/28/2008, 14 days) (4444160)
28: Brisbane Lions (2) (6/28/2008 - 7/1/2008, 3 days) (4444184)
29: White Tigers (4) (7/1/2008 - 7/5/2008, 4 days) (4444191)
30: The Tasmanian Eagles (5) (7/5/2008 - 7/15/2008, 10 days) (4444199)
31: Avalon Jets (3) (7/15/2008 - 7/22/2008, 7 days) (4444224)
32: Infernal Method (6) (7/22/2008 - 7/26/2008, 4 days) (4444239)
33: Razzle Dazzles (7/26/2008 - 9/16/2008, 52 days) (4444246); Razzle Dazzles finish last in their conference, so the title drops down to division II.1 for Season 6.

Season 6; A dazzling II.1 title reign
34: O Magic (9/16/2008 - 9/27/2008, 11 days) (6522549)
35: Flawless Victory (9/27/2008 - 10/21/2008, 24 days) (6522570)
36: Razzle Dazzles (2) (10/21/2008 - 10/25/2008, 4 days) (6522618)
37: 4nik8ers (10/25/2008 - 11/1/2008, 7 days) (6522627)
38: Vios Violationers (11/1/2008 - 11/22/2008, 21 days) (6522644)

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 11/30/2013 10:07:55 AM

Continued from previous post...

Season 7; WTF is an Ashmanscrew
39: Ashmanscrew (11/22/2008 - 11/29/2008, 7 days) (8611819)
40: York Eagles (11/29/2008 - 12/2/2008, 3 days) (8611837)
41: Melbourne North End Bulls (12/2/2008 - 12/9/2008, 7 days) (8611845)
42: Ashmanscrew (2) (12/9/2008 - 12/30/2008, 21 days) (8611861)
43: Super Goal (12/30/2008 - 1/3/2009, 4 days) (8611911)
44: Flawless Victory (2) (1/3/2009 - 1/10/2009, 7 days) (8611918)
45: O Magic (2) (1/10/2009 - 1/13/2009, 3 days) (8611926)
46: York Eagles (2) (1/13/2009 - 1/17/2009, 4 days) (8611933)
47: Tassie Gunners (1/17/2009 - 1/27/2009, 10 days) (8611941)
48: 4nik8ers (2) (1/27/2009 - 1/31/2009, 4 days) (8611962)
49: Livos Legends (1/31/2009 - 2/17/2009, 17 days) (8611970)
50: Super Goal (2) (2/17/2009 - 3/7/2009, 17 days) (10372232) (Best of three won 2-1, relegation series rule)

Season 8; Last chance for II.1 teams
51: O Magic (3) (3/7/2009 - 3/17/2009, 10 days) (10859299)
52: Steves Crocs (3/17/2009 - 3/28/2009, 11 days) (10859324)
53: Tassie Gunners (2) (3/28/2009 - 4/7/2009, 10 days) (10859345)
54: O Magic (4) (4/7/2009 - 4/28/2009, 21 days) (10859369)
55: HP Tigers (4/28/2009 - 5/2/2009, 4 days) (10859412)
56: Steves Crocs (2) (5/2/2009 - 5/23/2009, 21 days) (10859420)
57: O Magic (5) (5/23/2009 - 5/31/2009, 8 days) (12865553) (Division II play-off rule)
58: 4nik8ers (3) (5/31/2009 - 6/6/2009, 6 days) (12933583) (Best of three won 2-1, division II play-off rule); 4nik8ers promote, so the title returns to the ABBL for Season 9.

Season 9; Back in the big time!
59: Taremeo Hotspur (6/6/2009 - 6/9/2009, 3 days) (13256663)
60: MJP Sun-Devils (6/9/2009 - 6/20/2009, 11 days) (13256671)
61: Doncaster Flames (3) (6/20/2009 - 6/23/2009, 3 days) (13256696)
62: 4nik8ers (4) (6/23/2009 - 6/27/2009, 4 days) (13256704)
63: MJP Sun-Devils (2) (6/27/2009 - 6/30/2009, 3 days) (13256712)
64: Razzle Dazzles (3) (6/30/2009 - 7/4/2009, 4 days) (13256720)
65: Hadders Heros (7/4/2009 - 7/11/2009, 7 days) (13256728)
66: Avalon Jets (4) (7/11/2009 - 7/25/2009, 14 days) (13256742)
67: CoolCats (7/25/2009 - 7/28/2009, 3 days) (13256766)
68: Black Label Society (7) (7/28/2009 - 8/8/2009, 11 days) (13256773) (Previously known as Infernal Method)
69: The Tasmanian Eagles (6) (8/8/2009 - 8/22/2009, 14 days) (13256795)
70: Lewisham Wombats (4) (8/22/2009 - 9/22/2009, 31 days) (13256826)

Season 10; Fresh faces
71: Avalon Jets (5) (9/22/2009 - 9/26/2009, 4 days) (15676346)
72: The Tasmanian Eagles (7) (9/26/2009 - 10/13/2009, 17 days) (15676352)
73: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (10/13/2009 - 10/17/2009, 4 days) (15676392)
74: Bell Park SuperCats (10/17/2009 - 10/20/2009, 3 days) (15676399)
75: WA is a Dump (10/20/2009 - 11/10/2009, 21 days) (15676407)
76: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (2) (11/10/2009 - 1/2/2010, 53 days (15676454)

Season 11; The age of CoolCats
77: CoolCats (2) (1/2/2010 - 3/27/2010, 84 days) (18114172); 17 successful title defences!

Two posts to go, stupid character limit...

Season 12; Streak ended, return of the curse!
78: Doncaster Flames (4) (3/27/2010 - 4/3/2010, 7 days) (20587354)
79: 4nik8ers (5) (4/3/2010 - 4/6/2010, 3 days) (20587372)
80: Yarra Park Bears (2) (4/6/2010 - 4/10/2010, 4 days) (20587380) (Previously known as Melbourne North End Bulls)
81: Lara Giants (4/10/2010 - 4/17/2010, 7 days) (20587387)
82: Doncaster Flames (5) (4/17/2010 - 4/24/2010, 7 days) (20587403)
83: Bell Park SuperCats (2) (4/24/2010 - 4/27/2010, 3 days) (20587417)
84: Yarra Park Bears (3) (4/27/2010 - 5/1/2010, 4 days) (20587425)
85: Lewisham Wombats (5) (5/1/2010 - 5/15/2010, 14 days) (20587432)
86: CoolCats (3) (5/15/2010 - 5/18/2010, 3 days) (20587456)
87: Phoenix 5 (5/18/2010 - 5/22/2010, 4 days) (20587463)
88: Avalon Jets (6) (5/22/2010 - 6/1/2010, 10 days) (20587471)
89: Lewisham Wombats (6) (6/1/2010 - 6/8/2010, 7 days) (20587496)
90: Black Label Society (8) (6/8/2010 - 6/12/2010, 4 days) (20587509)
91: The Tasmanian Eagles (8) (6/12/2010 - 7/6/2010, 24 days) (20587517)

Season 13; BLS and Eagles closing in on double digits
92: Black Label Society (9) (7/6/2010 - 7/27/2010, 21 days) (23177794)
93: CoolCats (4) (7/27/2010 - 7/31/2010, 4 days) (23177843)
94: The Tasmanian Eagles (9) (7/31/2010 - 8/3/2010, 3 days) (23177850)
95: Lara Giants (2) (8/3/2010 - 8/10/2010, 7 days) (23177858)
96: Lewisham Wombats (7) (8/10/2010 - 8/21/2010, 11 days) (23177872)
97: Billy Hoyes Boys (8/21/2010 - 8/28/2010, 7 days) (23177888)
98: Doncaster Flames (6) (8/28/2010 - 8/31/2010, 3 days) (23177910)
99: CoolCats (5) (8/31/2010 - 10/16/2010, 46 days) (23177918)

Season 14; WA rises to the top of the dump
100: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (3) (10/16/2010 - 11/13/2010, 28 days) (26452429)
101: Lewisham Wombats (8) (11/13/2010 - 11/16/2010, 3 days) (26452486)
102: WA is a Dump (2) (11/16/2010 - 1/29/2011, 74 days) (26452494); 14 successful title defences!

Season 15; Doncaster is the giant killer!
103: Doncaster Flames (7) (1/29/2011 - 2/1/2011, 3 days) (29752653)
104: Koopasaurus (2/1/2011 - 2/5/2011, 4 days) (29752661)
105: WA is a Dump (3) (2/5/2011 - 2/19/2011, 14 days) (29752670)
106: Bell Park SuperCats (3) (2/19/2011 - 3/5/2011, 14 days) (29752704)
107: Whitebeard (3/5/2011 - 3/15/2011, 10 days) (29752728)
108: Doncaster Flames (8) (3/15/2011 - 3/19/2011, 4 days) (29752749)
109: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (4) (3/19/2011 - 4/2/2011, 14 days) (29752757)
110: Canberra Crushers (4/2/2011 - 4/23/2011, 21 days) (29752792)

Season 16; WA breaks multiple records
111: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (5) (4/23/2011 - 4/26/2011, 3 days) (33057707)
112: WA is a Dump (4) (4/26/2011 - 5/28/2011, 32 days) (33057715)
113: Bell Park SuperCats (4) (5/28/2011 - 6/14/2011, 17 days) (33057785)
114: Adams Guns (6/14/2011 - 6/18/2011, 4 days) (33057817)
115: WA is a Dump (5) (6/18/2011 - 9/27/2011, 101 days) (33057828); 22 successful title defences!

Season 17; Changing of the guard after longest ever title reign
116: Whitebeard (2) (9/27/2011 - 11/8/2011, 42 days) (36363598)

Season 18; But WA are not done just yet...
117: WA is a Dump (6) (11/8/2011 - 1/3/2012, 56 days) (39662751); 14 successful title defences!
118: Whitebeard (3) (1/3/2012 - 1/14/2012, 11 days) (39662871)
119: Hopelessly Addicted (1/14/2012 - 2/14/2012, 31 days) (39662895)

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 11/4/2013 12:51:03 AM

Last one...

Season 19; Direwolf wins his 10th
120: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (6) (2/14/2012 - 2/18/2012, 4 days) (42966709)
121: Whitebeard (4) (2/18/2012 - 3/20/2012, 31 days) (42966716)
122: Bell Park SuperCats (5) (3/20/2012 - 4/10/2012, 21 days) (42966788)
123: Glenelg Tigers (4/10/2012 - 4/14/2012, 4 days) (42966827)
124: Da Fat Boy Slim (4/14/2012 - 4/17/2012, 3 days) (42966835)
125: Monkey Business (4/17/2012 - 4/21/2012, 4 days) (42966842)
126: Black Label Society (10) (4/21/2012 - 5/19/2012, 28 days) (42966848)

Season 20; The pirate age was going to happen eventually...
127: Da Fat Boy Slim (2) (5/19/2012 - 5/22/2012, 3 days) (46263035)
128: Aussie Pride (5/22/2012 - 5/26/2012, 4 days) (46263043)
129: Lewisham Wombats (8) (5/26/2012 - 6/26/2012, 31 days) (46263054)
130: Chelsea Seagulls (6/26/2012 - 7/17/2012, 21 days) (46263126)
131: Koopasaurus (2) (7/17/2012 - 7/21/2012, 4 days) (46263169)
132: Billy Hoyes Boys (2) (7/21/2012 - 7/24/2012, 3 days) (46263177)
133: Whitebeard (5) (7/24/2012 - 1/22/2013, 182 days) (46263184); 39 successful title defences!!

Season 21; Shattered records
No title changes in this season. Whitebeard goes 22-0 and surpasses every champion that has ever come before them...

Season 22; Save.Us.Dire2J
134: Black Label Society (11) (1/22/2013 - 2/2/2013, 11 days) (52858639)
135: Chumunga (2/2/2013 - 2/5/2013, 3 days) (52858663)
136: Aussie Pride (2) (2/5/2013 - 2/9/2013, 4 days) (52858670)
137: Pancakes with Jam and Cream (6) (2/9/2013 - 3/26/2013, 45 days) (52858678)

Season 23; All roads lead back to Whitebeard
138: Aussie Pride (3) (3/26/2013 - 4/2/2013, 7 days) (56162669)
139: Guanzheng Goldfish (4/2/2013 - 4/9/2013, 7 days) (56162686)
140: Monkey Business (2) (4/9/2013 - 4/27/2013, 18 days) (56162700)
141: Koopasaurus (3) (4/27/2013 - 5/7/2013, 10 days) (56162732)
142: Chelsea Seagulls (2) (5/7/2013 - 5/11/2013, 4 days) (56162761)
143: Whitebeard (6) (5/11/2013 - 8/10/2013, 91 days) (56162769); 19 successful title defences!

Season 24; The pirate age ends...
144: Guanzheng Goldfish (2) (8/10/2013 - 8/24/2013, 14 days) (59460130)
145: Yarra Park Bears (4) (8/24/2013 - 8/31/2013, 7 days) (59460164)
146: Chelsea Seagulls (3) (8/31/2013 - 10/8/2013, 38 days) (59460181)

Season 25; A new generation?
147: Yarra Park Bears (5) (10/8/2013 - 10/19/2013, 11 days) (62746186)
148: Aussie Pride (4) (10/19/2013 - 10/26/2013, 7 days) (62746208)
149: Koopasaurus (4) (10/26/2013 - 11/2/2013, 7 days) (62746224)
150: Persepolis Immortals (11/2/2013 - 11/16/2013, 14 days) (62746238)
151: Monkey Business (3) (11/16/2013 - 11/19/2013, 3 days) (62746262)
152: WA is a Dump (7) (11/19/2013 - 11/23/2013, 4 days) (62746269)
153: Stone Slashers (11/23/2013 - 11/26/2013, 3 days) (62746277)
154: Hopelessly Addicted (2) (11/26/2013 - 11/30/2013, 4 days) (62746284)
155: Persepolis Immortals (2) (11/30/2013 - ???) (62746292)

Any future title changes will also be recorded in this and the next post.

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 12/1/2013 10:19:12 PM

This spot reserved for if and when I run out of room in the above post to record title changes... may also post stats here if I get around to it. If and when I feel like it, I'll try to track down the lineage for these as well;

ABBL Heavyweight Championship (from S6 onwards)
Lineal Championship (relegation and play-off games don't count under any circumstances, meaning the title drops to D3 in S8)
Big 8/Great 8 championship (since the big one is often exclusive to one conference and the other conference can't win it back until inter-conference play each season).

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 11/3/2013 7:40:50 AM

Shouldn't it carry through the tournament, that way it travels through Australia rather than just stays in the ABBL...

Shouldn't it carry through the tournament, that way it travels through Australia rather than just stays in the ABBL...

Nope it shouldnt.

My reasoning for this is the formula as it has been put forward, gives me 31 days at the top

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 11/4/2013 4:07:40 AM

So you are making the point of including it then......... ;)

This is fantastic OTT. Very interesting read looking at all those old names and famous teams. Would be interesting to see who has held this the longest overall. I suspect Whitebeard but Bryce Gibbs can't be far behind. Obviously any system that has me as the heavyweight champion in season 24 is a perfect system.

Season 24; The pirate age ends...
144: Guanzheng Goldfish (2) (8/10/2013 - 8/24/2013, 14 days) (59460130)
145: Yarra Park Bears (4) (8/24/2013 - 8/31/2013, 7 days) (59460164)
146: Chelsea Seagulls (3) (8/31/2013 - 10/8/2013, 38 days) (59460181)

That does make sense SN_13, but the reason for the rules I set for the heavyweight title was to have the best teams in the country competing for it as much as possible. In fact I even considered stripping Razzle Dazzles of the title when they relegated, and awarding the vacant title to that seasons ABBL champion, CoolCats (and that is the basis of the ABBL heavyweight championship I proposed), but didn't because they were technically never 'beaten' for the title.

Actually on second thought, maybe I should just do that and erase the II.1 title reigns from the record books (at least until I bother to track down the linear champion). Seeing as though I went to great lengths to keep the championship in the ABBL in the first place, why not go all the way? Don't worry yoda and sid, CoolCats goes 22-0 in Season 11 so he should be the champion by then regardless and it won't affect your reigns.

If I was to track down the lineage of a title that counts the battlers tournament, it would be called the 'Interdivisional Championship'. The initial champion would be the winner of the first ever battlers tournament and all competitive games would count, making for a lot of title changes... which is why it might not ever happen, because tracking down every title change for the Heavyweight title was hard and tedious enough without having to worry about the tournament as well...

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 11/4/2013 10:03:40 AM

nice +1 :D

very cool 2 see i have been the heavyweight champ 2 times

beautiful :P