SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship

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SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Mack Big K.jpg
Krazy K was the final SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Details
Promotion Southern Championship Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 22, 1997
Date retiredNovember 20, 2004
Statistics
First champion(s)Chris Cannon
Final champion(s) Krazy K
(won November 20, 2004)
Most reigns Joey Matthews (3)
Longest reignChris Cannon (268 days)
Shortest reign Krazy K (<1 day)

The SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It was defended in the promotion from 1997 to 2000, and briefly reactivated on November 20, 2004 when SCW held its final show.

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The inaugural champion was "The Iceman" Chris Cannon, who defeated Preston Quinn in a tournament final on February 22, 1997 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Joey Matthews holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 268 days, Chris Cannon's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Krazy K's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotion's final show. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 8 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 2 deactivations.

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 Junior Heavyweight Championship1997 — 2000

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held		LocationEventNotesRef.
1Chris Cannon1February 22, 1997268 Butner, North Carolina Live event Cannon defeated Preston Quinn in a tournament final to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
— Vacated —November 17, 1997—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Chris Cannon is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
2 Joey Matthews 1November 22, 199768 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event Matthews defeated The Intruder to win the vacant title. [1]
3 Steve Corino 1January 29, 199850 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event This was a Ladder match. [2]
— Vacated —March 20, 1998—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Steve Corino leaves the promotion to join Extreme Championship Wrestling.
4 Christian York 2March 26, 199843 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event York defeated Joey Matthews in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
5Joey Matthews2May 8, 199874 Wendell, North Carolina Live event [1] [3]
6 Kid Dynamo 1July 31, 199820 Southern Pines, North Carolina Live event
7Joey Matthews3August 20, 199893 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event [1]
8Christian York3November 21, 1998215 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event
9Scab1June 24, 1999156 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
10Tears1November 27, 1999245 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated —July 29, 2000— Zebulon, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Tears is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
11William Wealth1July 29, 200061 Zebulon, North Carolina Live event Wealth defeated Jacey North to win the vacant title.
— Deactivated —September 28, 2000—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when William Wealth surrenders the title and is subsequently abandoned by the promotion.
12 Krazy K 1November 20, 20040 Durham, North Carolina Blowout Bash (2004)Krazy K defeated Caprice Coleman to win the vacant title. [4] [5]
— Deactivated —November 20, 2004—N/AN/ASCW closed on November 20, 2004 and Krazy K was the final champion in SCW as a company.

List of combined reigns

Joey Matthews, who had the most reigns as SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion Joey Mathews (Adam Birch).jpg
Joey Matthews, who had the most reigns as SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Chris Cannon1268
2 Christian York 2258
3Tears1245
4 Joey Matthews 3235
5Scab1156
6William Wealth161
7 Steve Corino 150
8 Kid Dynamo 120
9 Krazy K 1<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. 1 2 3 "Joey Matthews Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  2. ↑ Gjoni, John. "Spotlight on The King of Old School - Steve Corino." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., 2004. Web. Oct. 5, 2011. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/spotlight/stevecorino.html>.
  3. ↑ Milner, John M. (December 18, 2005). "SLAM! Wrestling: Joey Mercury". SLAM! Wrestling Bios. SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  4. ↑ Stein, Nate (November 24, 2002). "411 Indy Recent Results & News". News. 411mania.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  5. ↑ "InsidePulse Indy Report 11.26.04: MEGA RESULTS!!!". Inside Pulse Wrestling. InsidePulse.com. November 25, 2004. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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