PLW New England Championship

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PLW New England Championship
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Promotion Power League Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 16, 1991

The PLW New England Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Power League Wrestling (PLW). It is the second most important championship in the promotion, after the PLW Heavyweight Championship.

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Overall, there have been 34 reigns shared between 29 wrestlers with eleven vacancies. The inaugural champion was Scott Z., who defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final on December 16, 1991 to become the first PLW New England Champion. Maniacal Mark holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 966 days, Nicholas Night's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Shane Simons's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title holding it for only 35 days. Only four men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more. They are Scott Thomas, Nicholas Night, Eric Dylan, and Keanu.

Title history

Key
#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

Reigns

As of January 1, 2016

#WrestlersReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef
1Scott Z.1December 16, 199198 Swansea, Massachusetts Power League WrestlingScott Z. defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final to become the first PLW New England Champion. Aired in December 1991 on tape delay. [1]
2Joe O.1March 9, 1992168 Swansea, Massachusetts Power League WrestlingThe Shadow Warrior substituted for Scott Z. [2]
3The Agent1August 24, 1992N/A Swansea, Massachusetts Power League Wrestling [3]
— Vacated —1992——Power League WrestlingThe Agent was stripped of the championship after a series of attacks on "Brutal" Bob Evans. [4]
4Maniacal Mark1September 27, 1992129 Pawtucket, Rhode Island Power League Wrestling
5Shane Simons1February 3, 199335 Swansea, Massachusetts Power League Wrestling
6Dutch Davidson1March 10, 199346 Swansea, Massachusetts Power League Wrestling
7Shane Simons2April 25, 1993105 Pawtucket, Rhode Island Power League Wrestling
8Jay A.1August 8, 1993N/A Pawtucket, Rhode Island Power League Wrestling
— Vacated —April 1994——Power League WrestlingJay A. was stripped of the title for excessive foul language and obscene gestures towards PLW fans, officials and wrestlers. [5]
9Dutch Davidson1May 22, 1994N/A Pawtucket, Rhode Island PowerFest (1994)Dutch Davidson defeated The Macho Kid in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [6]
— Vacated —October 1994——Power League WrestlingDutch Davidson surrendered the title upon enlisting in the United States Army. [7]
10Maniacal Mark2October 9, 1994N/A Cranston, Rhode Island Midnight Madness (1994)Maniacal Mark defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [8]
11The Macho Kid1July 1995N/A Cranston, Rhode Island Power League Wrestling
— Vacated —November 1995——Power League WrestlingThe Macho Kid surrendered the title due to injury.
12Max Knight1December 10, 1995182 Providence, Rhode Island Power-House Brawl (1995)Max Knight was awarded the vacant title after winning the 1995 Power-House Brawl. [9]
13The Macho Kid2June 9, 1996112 North Providence, Rhode Island Live event [10]
14Scott Thomas1September 29, 199670 Manville, Rhode Island A Lift For Nicky [11]
15The Mighty Bosch1December 8, 199642 Central Falls, Rhode Island Power-House Brawl (1996) [12]
16Scott Thomas2January 19, 1997482 Warren, Rhode Island The War In Warren [13] [14]
17Amazin' Jay1May 16, 1998211 Woonsocket, Rhode Island PowerFest (1998) [15] [16] [17] [18]
18Troy Young1December 13, 1998N/A Providence, Rhode Island Power-House Brawl (1998) [19]
— Vacated —May 1999——N/ATroy Young surrendered the title due to injury.
19 Dr. Heresy 1May 16, 1999146 Warwick, Rhode Island PowerFest (1999)Dr. Heresy defeated T.J. Richter in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [20]
20Draven1October 9, 1999N/A Pawtucket, Rhode Island Live event [21]
21Maniacal Mark3March 2000N/AN/AN/AManiacal Mark received the PLW New England Championship from Draven for his half of the PLW Tag Team Championship.
22Derik Destiny1October 29, 2000N/A Scituate, Rhode Island Live event [22]
— Vacated —April 2001——N/ADerik Destiny surrendered the championship due to injury.
23Chris Blackheart1May 20, 2001364 Pawtucket, Rhode Island PowerFest (2001)Chris Blackheart defeated Johnny Angel in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [23]
24 Johnny Curtis 1May 19, 2002N/A Central Falls, Rhode Island PowerFest (2002) [24] [25] [26]
— Vacated —May 2003——N/A
25Johnny Angel1May 18, 2003N/A West Warwick, Rhode Island PowerFest (2003)Johnny Angel defeated Kenn Phoenix, Kid Krazy, and Revelation in a Fatal Fourway match to win vacant title. [27] [28]
— Vacated —2003——N/AAngel was stripped of the championship upon leaving the promotion.
26Kid Krazy1August 8, 2004N/A Cumberland, Rhode Island Cumberlandfest (2004)Kid Krazy defeated Jose Perez in a singles match to win the vacant title; both men had won separate Fatal Four-Way matches to determine the number one contenders earlier that day. [29]
— Vacated —June 2006——N/AThe championship is vacated due to inactivity.
27Duke Maximum1June 11, 2006189 Warwick, Rhode Island PowerFest (2006)Duke Maximum defeated T.J. Richter in a singles match to win the vacant title. [30]
28T.J. Richter1December 17, 2006271 West Warwick, Rhode Island Power-House Brawl (2006) [31] [32]
29Triplelicious1September 14, 2007N/A Pawtucket, Rhode Island Great Outdoors Tour (2007) [33]
— Vacated —June 2008——N/AThe championship is vacated after Triplelicious leaves the promotion.
30Derek Molhan1June 22, 2008343 South Attleboro, Massachusetts Great Outdoors Tour (2008)Derek Molhan defeated Alex Payne, Chris Blackheart, Matt Storm, and Nicholas Knight in a Pier 5 Brawl match. [34]
31Alex Payne1May 31, 2009N/A Pawtucket, Rhode Island PowerFest (2010)This was a ladder match. [35]
— Vacated —August 2010——N/AAlex Payne surrendered the title due to injury.
32Nicholas Night1September 26, 2010966 Plainville, Massachusetts Great Outdoors Tour (2010)Nicholas Night defeated Scott Levesque in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [36] [37]
33Eric Dylan1May 19, 2013448 Pawtucket, Rhode Island PowerFest (2013) [38]
34Keanu1August 10, 2014509 Cumberland, Rhode Island Cumberlandfest (2014) [39] [40]

List of combined reigns

As of April 22, 2016.

SymbolMeaning
(-)The reign is shorter than one day.
Rank WrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1Nicholas Night1966
2Keanu1621+
3Scott Thomas2552
4Eric Dylan1448
5Chris Blackheart1364
6Derek Molhan1343
7T.J. Richter1271
8Amazin' Jay1211
9Duke Maximum1189
10Max Knight1182
11Joe O.1168
12 Dr. Heresy 1146
13Shane Simons2140
14Maniacal Mark3>129
15The Macho Kid2>112
16Scott Z.198
17Dutch Davidson246
18The Mighty Bosch142

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