SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (Steel City Wrestling)

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SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship
Quackenbush posing on turnbuckles.jpg
Mike Quackenbush was the final SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
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Promotion Steel City Wrestling
Date established October 8, 1994
Date retired 2000
Other name(s)
SCW Light Heavyweight Championship

The SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in Steel City Wrestling (SCW). The title was the top junior heavyweight championship of the SCW promotion. It was the second singles championship established in SCW, having been introduced in 1994, in the finals of a four-man tournament.

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The inaugural champion was Lord Zoltan, who defeated Scotty McKeever in a tournament final on October 8, 1994 to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion. No wrestler held the title more than once. At 1,219 days, Zoltan's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. [1] Reckless Youth's reign was the shortest in the history of the title at 56 days. Overall, there have been 4 reigns shared between 4 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed
LocationThe city in which the title was won
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
No.ChampionReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef(s).
1 Lord Zoltan 1October 8, 19941,219 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event Zoltan defeated Scotty McKeever in a tournament final to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion. [1] [2]
2 Reckless Youth 1February 8, 199856 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [1] [3]
Vacated April 19, 1998N/AN/AThe championship was vacated when Reckless Youth was unable to defend the title due to injury.
3 Christian York 1April 19, 1998103 Latrobe, Pennsylvania Live event This was a four way dance also involving Lou Marconi, Joey Matthews and Mike Quackenbush. [4]
4 Mike Quackenbush 1July 31, 1998N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event This was a three way dance also involving Reckless Youth. [5] [6] [7]
Deactivated 2000N/AN/ASCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

List of combined reigns

Lord Zoltan, who was the first and longest-reigning SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion Lord Zoltan.jpg
Lord Zoltan, who was the first and longest-reigning SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined
days
Ref(s).
1 Lord Zoltan 11,219
2 Mike Quackenbush 1159+
3 Christian York 1103
4 Reckless Youth 156

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  1. 1 2 3 Frazier, Carol Waterloo (April 16, 2013). "Glassport native receives humanitarian award". McKeesport Daily News.
  2. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated . Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 62.
  3. Schwan, Brett (2006). "2006 Hall Of Fame Inductees: Reckless Youth". WrestlingClothesline.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
  4. "Christian York Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
  5. "Mike Quackenbush". Online World of Wrestling.
  6. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated . Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 61.
  7. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated . Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 52.