NWA Shockwave Internet Championship

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NWA Shockwave Internet Championship
Details
Promotion NWA Shockwave
Date establishedOctober 19, 2002
Date retired2007
Other name(s)
CSWF Internet Championship
NWA: Cyberspace Internet Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Billy Firehawk
Final champion(s)Papadon
(won June 2, 2007)
Most reignsN/A
Longest reignJosh Daniels (357 days)
Shortest reign Bobby Roode (64 days)

The NWA Shockwave Internet Championship was a professional wrestling Internet/television 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 Internet 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 the promotion's close in 2007.

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The inaugural champion was Billy Firehawk, who won a 15-man Rumble Royale on October 19, 2002 to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. There were 8 officially recognized champions, however only two men, Josh Daniels and Papadon, held the belt more than once. Daniels also held the record as the longest reigning champion at 357 days. Many then current wrestlers from Total Non-Stop Action challenged for the title while competing in the promotion; Bobby Roode held the championship in for several months in 2006. Its last champion, Papadon, held both the Internet and Heavyweight titles during the final months of its existence. [1] [2] [3]

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 Heavyweight Championship2002 2005
NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship2005 2006
NWA Shockwave Championship2006 2007

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1Billy Firehawk1October 19, 2002266 Flemington, New Jersey Halloween Horror (2002)Won 15-man Rumble Royale to become the first CSWF Internet Champion. [1] [2] [3]
2 Justin Powers 1July 12, 200363 Rahway, New Jersey SummerBash (2003) [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vacated 2003N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Powers in unable to compete for personal reasons. [1] [2] [3]
3Mike Tobin1April 24, 2004316 Wayne, New Jersey Retribution (2004)Defeated Josh Daniels to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1] [2] [3] [5]
4Josh Daniels1March 6, 2005377 Wayne Live event Defeated Darkbird to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1] [3] [5] [6] [7]
5 Bobby Roode 1March 18, 200664 Deer Park, New York CyberSpace Retribution (2005)This was a flag match. [1] [3] [5] [8]
Vacated May 21, 2006N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Roode wins the promotion's heavyweight title in Dover, New Jersey on March 26, 2007. The title becomes the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship when the promotion changes its name in June 2006. [1] [3]
10Papadon1January 13, 2007112 Boonton, New Jersey Live event This match was a four way match also involving Grim Reefer, Josh Daniels and Mike Tobin. [1] [3]
10Josh Daniels2May 5, 200728 Clifton, New Jersey Live event [1] [3]
10Papadon2June 2, 2007N/A Clifton Live event Papadon faced off against Daniels and Shockwave Heavyweight Champion Havok in a best of three falls three way dance for both belts. [1] [3] [9]
Deactivated 2007N/AN/ANWA Shockwave ceases promoting events and closes in late 2007. [1] [3]

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Josh Daniels2357
2Mike Tobin1337
3Justin Powers1286
4Billy Firehawk1266
5Papadon1112
6 Bobby Roode 164

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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