MCW Cruiserweight Championship

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MCW Cruiserweight Championship
Details
Promotion Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW)
Date establishedNovember 8, 1998
Statistics
First champion(s) Adam Flash
Final champion(s)Ryan McBride
Most reigns Adam Flash (4 reigns)
Longest reignRyan McBride
(487 days)
Shortest reign Christian York
(<1 day)

The MCW Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on November 8, 1998 at a MCW live event. The title is currently inactive.

Contents

The inaugural champion was Gregory Martin, who defeated Ronnie Zukko in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on February 12, 2001 at an MCW live event.

Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotes
1 Adam Flash 1November 8, 199824 Glen Burnie, MD Live event Flash defeated Rearl the Pearl to become the first champion.
Vacated December 2, 1998
Glen Burnie, MD
N/AFlash vacated the title due to injury.
2 Christian York 1December 2, 1998170
Glen Burnie, MD
Live event York defeated Tom Brandi to win the vacant title.
3 Joey Matthews 1May 21, 199927 Wheaton, MD
4 Platinum Nat 1June 17, 1999108 Dundalk, MD
5 Quinn Nash 1October 3, 199920Dundalk, MD
6Adam Flash2October 23, 19994 Colonial Beach, VA
7Quinn Nash2October 27, 199938Glen Burnie, MD
8 Mikey Whipwreck 1December 4, 19991
9
Adam Flash
3
December 5, 1999131
Dundalk, MD
10
Chad Bowman
1
April 14, 2000219
Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match.
11
Qeenan Creed
1
November 19, 200055
12
Gregory Martin
1
January 13, 200156
13
Qeenan Creed
2
March 10, 2001382
14
Amazing Red
1
March 27, 2002253
Glen Burnie, MD
15
2-Dope
1
December 5, 200297
Glen Burnie, MD
16
Adam Flash
4
March 12, 200364
Glen Burnie, MD
17
Reckless Youth
1
May 15, 200362
Glen Burnie, MD
18
Christian York
2
July 16, 20030
Glen Burnie, MD
19
RetiredJuly 16, 2003
Glen Burnie, MD
MCW closed.
20
Derek Frazier
1
February 26, 200670
Dundalk, MD
Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month.
21
Chris Sabin
1
May 7, 200663
Dundalk, MD
22
Ruckus
1
July 9, 2006112
Dundalk, MD
Defeated Derek Frazier, Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin, Steve Anthony and Petey Williams
in the 6-way Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup final to win the title.
23
Chris Sabin
2
October 29, 200613
Dundalk, MD
24
Alex Shelley
1
November 11, 2006134
25
Derek Frazier
2
March 25, 2007276
Dundalk, MD
26
Josh Daniels
1
December 26, 2007311
Glen Burnie, MD
Vacated November 2, 2008N/A
27
Sabian
1
November 2, 2008161
Dundalk, MD
Vacated April 11, 2009N/A
28
Ryan McBride
1
July 11, 2009487
Dundalk, MD
InactiveNovember 10, 2010

Combined reigns

As of August18, 2024.

Rank Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Ryan McBride1487
2Qeenan Creed2437
3Derek Frazier2346
4Josh Daniels1311
5 Ruckus 1258
6 Adam Flash 4223
7 Chad Bowman 1219
8 Christian York 2170
9 Sabian 1161
10 Ruckus 1112
11Platinum Nat1108
122-Dope197
13 Chris Sabin 273
14Quinn Nash258
15Gregory Martin156
16 Joey Matthews 127
17 Mikey Whipwreck 11

Notes

1. ^ – Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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