NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship

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NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship
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Promotion NWA Shockwave
Date establishedOctober 29, 2002
Date retired2006
Other name(s)
  • CSWF Cruiserweight Championship
  • CSWF Cruiser X Championship
  • NWA: Cyberspace Cruiser X Championship

The NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship was a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Heavyweight Championship on October 19, 2002. It was established as an NWA heavyweight championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until being discontinued in December 2006.

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The inaugural champion was Shawn Sheridan, who defeated Morbius and Brian Fury in a three way match on October 19, 2002 to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. He was also its longest reigning champion at 329 days. There were 6 officially recognized champions, however none held the belt more than once. Several then current wrestlers from Total Non-Stop Action held the title during its 5-year history including Michael Shane, Sonjay Dutt and Elix Skipper. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Title history

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
CSWF Cruiserweight Championship2002 2004
CSWF Cruiser X Championship2004 2005
NWA: Cyberspace Cruiser X Championship2005 2006
NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship2006

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1Shawn Sheridan1October 19, 2002329 Flemington, New Jersey Halloween Horror (2002)Sheridan defeated Morbius and Brian Fury in a three way match to become the first CSWF Cruiserweight Champion. [1] [2] [3]
2 Rob Eckos 1September 13, 2003N/A Rahway, New Jersey SummerBash (2003) [1] [2] [3]
Vacated N/AN/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Eckos fails to appear for a scheduled title defence and is stripped as champion. [1] [2] [3]
3 Michael Shane 1February 21, 2004189 Wayne, New Jersey SuperBrawl Saturday II (2004)Defeated Dan Barry to win the vacant title. The title was renamed the CSWF Cruiser X Championship shortly afterwards. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vacated August 28, 2004 Wayne, New Jersey CyberCade (2004)The championship is vacated when Shane abandoned the belt in a nearby garbage can following his victory over Grim Reefer in a lumberjack match. [1] [2] [3] [5]
4 Sonjay Dutt 1January 8, 2005120 Wayne Fatal Attraction (2005)Awarded title via forfeit when Grim Reefer failed to appear. That same night, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8]
5 Elix Skipper 1August 21, 2005273 Wayne Cybercade 2 (2005) [1] [2] [3] [4] [9]
6Grim Reefer1May 21, 2006194 Flemington Shockwave VII (2006) [1] [2] [3] [10]
Deactivated December 1, 2006N/AN/ATitle is discontinued when NWA Shockwave returns after a six-month hiatus following the death of founder Billy Firehawk. [1] [3]

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Shawn Sheridan1329
2 Elix Skipper 1273
3 Sonjay Dutt 1225
4Grim Reefer1194
5 Michael Shane 1189
6 Rob Eckos 1N/A

Footnotes

  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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