SCW Heavyweight Championship

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SCW Heavyweight Championship
Cueball Carmichael.jpg
Cueball Carmichael is a former SCW Heavyweight Champion.
Details
Promotion Southern Championship Wrestling
Date establishedJanuary 7, 1995
Date retiredNovember 20, 2004
Statistics
First champion(s)Boris Dragoff
Final champion(s) Otto Schwanz
(won November 20, 2004)
Most reignsOtto Schwanz (5)
Longest reign C. W. Anderson (497 days)
Shortest reignOtto Schwanz (<1 day)

The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004, when SCW was closed.

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The inaugural champion was Boris Dragoff, who defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final on January 7, 1995, to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Otto Schwanz holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 497 days, C. W. Anderson's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Schwanz's fifth reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotions final show. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

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

Names

NameYears
SCW Heavyweight Championship1995 — 2004

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1Boris Dragoff1January 7, 1995300 Creedmoor, North Carolina Live event Dragoff defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.
2Chris Stephenson1November 3, 1995386 Durham, North Carolina Live event
3 Gorgeous George III 1November 23, 1996N/A Butner, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated —March 1997—N/AN/A
4Chris Stephenson2March 22, 1997301 Creedmoor, North Carolina Live event Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. [1]
5 Jimmy Cicero 1January 17, 1998161 Butner, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated —June 27, 1998— Butner, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Jimmy Cicero is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defence.
6Boris Dragoff2June 27, 199884 Butner, North Carolina Live event Dragoff defeated Chris Stephenson and Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
7James "Poison" Ivey1September 19, 1998N/A Henderson, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated —November 21, 1998— Louisburg, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when James Ivey surrenders the title due to a back injury.
8 Cueball Carmichael 1November 21, 199896 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event Carmichael defeated Big Slam to win the vacant title.
— Vacated —February 25, 1999— Raleigh, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
9 Otto Schwanz 1February 25, 199963 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Schwanz defeated Venom to win the vacant title.
10 Shane Helms 1April 29, 199944 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event [2]
— Vacated —June 12, 1999— Raleigh, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Shane Helms is stripped as champion.
11Otto Schwanz2June 24, 19990 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title.
12Toad1June 24, 199963 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
13Otto Schwanz3August 26, 1999N/A Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated —1999—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz leaves the promotion.
14Toad2October 28, 199979 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Toad won tournament to fill the vacant title
15Chilly Willy1January 15, 200040 Butner, North Carolina Live event [3]
16Scab1February 24, 200085 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event This was a three-way match involving Toad. [3]
17 Cham Pain 1May 19, 200036 Raleigh, North Carolina Royal Pain (2000)
18Scab2June 24, 200083 Morehead City, North Carolina Live event
19Cham Pain2September 15, 200076 Sanford, North Carolina Live event
— Held up —October 30, 2000— Raleigh, North Carolina Maul-O-Ween (2000)The championship is held up following a match between Cham Pain and William Wealth in which both men scored a double pin. SCW Commissioner James Thurston initially ruled that the title would be decided in a best 2-out-of-3 falls match between the two, however, the title remained inactive for several weeks until newly appointed commissioner BC announced a winner
20William Wealth1November 30, 20000 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Wealth was awarded the held up title.
21Scab3November 30, 200051 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event [4]
22Cham Pain3January 20, 200168 Butner, North Carolina Over the Top (2001)This was a three-way match involving Frank Parker. [5]
23 Frank Parker 1March 29, 2001154 Raleigh, North Carolina Downtown Destruction (2001)This was a tag team match in which Kross pinned Frank Parker [6]
24Kross1August 30, 200180 Raleigh, North Carolina Cruel Intentions (2001)
25Major DeBeers1November 18, 20010 Carrboro, North Carolina SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)This was DeBeers' retirement match.
— Vacated —November 18, 2001— Carrboro, North Carolina SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers retires.
26Otto Schwanz4January 31, 2002N/A Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Schwanz defeated Kross a tournament final to win the vacant title.
— Vacated —June 2002—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz surrenders the title.
27Jimmy Cicero2June 27, 2002149 Raleigh, North Carolina Fan Inferno (2002)Cicero defeated Cham Pain in a tournament final to win vacant title.
28Dewey Cheatum1November 23, 2002N/A Louisburg, North Carolina SCW 8th Anniversary Show (2002)This was an elimination tag team match. Cheatum pinned Brian Perry, who was substituting for Jimmy Cicero, to win the title.
— Vacated —2003—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Dewey Cheatum is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
29 C. W. Anderson 1July 12, 2003497 Burlington, North Carolina Heatwave (2003)Anderson defeated Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
30Otto Schwanz5November 20, 20040 Durham, North Carolina Blowout Bash (2004)
— Deactivated —November 20, 2004—N/AN/ASCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Schwanz was the final champion in SCW as a company.

List of combined reigns

C. W. Anderson, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion CWAndersonCropped.jpg
C. W. Anderson, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion
<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Chris Stephenson2687
2 C. W. Anderson 1497
3Boris Dragoff2384
4 Jimmy Cicero 2310
5Scab3219
6 Cham Pain 3180
7 Frank Parker 1154
8Toad2142
9 Cueball Carmichael 196
10Kross180
11Otto Schwanz563+
12 Shane Helms 144
13Chilly Willy140
14Major DeBeers1<1
15William Wealth1<1

Footnotes

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

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "SCW (22.03.1997)". Event. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Maryland Championship Wrestling (2011). "The Hurricane". Special Guests. MarylandWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "SCW Results". Show Results. SCW Asylum. 2000. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Scab (2001). "Honors". Scab's Bio. MonarchyofAnarchy.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  5. ↑ Stutts, Brad (June 23, 2001). "The Cham Pain Interview". Interview Archives. Hardcore Fan Club. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  6. ↑ Stutts, Brad (2001). "SCW Downtown Destruction 2001". Brad's Rants. Hardcore Fan Club. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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