SCW North Carolina Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Southern Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | February 22, 1997 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | November 20, 2004 | ||||||||||||
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The SCW North Carolina Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004 when SCW was closed.
The title was briefly revived in G.O.U.G.E. Wrestling, the successor of SCW, when Nicky Richards was presented the title by his manager Brad Stutts following his victory over The Goat at the GOUGE supercard "Fallout" on October 17, 2008. [1] Count Grog, founder of both SCW and GOUGE, expressed the hope that the old North Carolina title would become a true regional title by being defended in the major "indy" promotions in North Carolina. [2]
The inaugural champion was K.C. Thunder, who defeated Big Slam in a tournament final on February 22, 1997 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. C. W. Anderson, Otto Schwanz, and Juice Otto are tied with the record for most reigns, with two each. At 995 days, Seymour Snott's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history; he won the title in a championship tournament in March 2002 and held the belt up until the promotion's close in 2004. "Beastmaster" Rick Link's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting 14 days. Overall, there have been 15 reigns shared between 12 wrestlers, with five vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Name | Years |
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SCW North Carolina Championship | 1997 — 2004 |
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | K.C. Thunder | 1 | February 22, 1997 | 273 | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | Thunder defeated Big Slam in a tournament final to become the first SCW North Carolina Champion. | |
2 | Boris Dragoff | 1 | November 22, 1997 | 161 | Louisburg, North Carolina | Live event | ||
3 | Otto Schwanz | 1 | May 2, 1998 | 215 | Durham, North Carolina | Live event | ||
4 | C. W. Anderson | 1 | December 3, 1998 | 203 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. | [3] [4] |
— | Vacated | — | June 24, 1999 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when C. W. Anderson leaves the promotion to join Extreme Championship Wrestling. | |
5 | Rick Link | 1 | August 26, 1999 | 14 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | September 9, 1999 | — | Durham, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Rick Link is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. | |
6 | Major DeBeers | 1 | September 9, 1999 | 51 | Durham, North Carolina | Live event | DeBeers defeated Natrone Steele and Uncle Tom Kettle in a three-way tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
— | Vacated | — | October 30, 1999 | — | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers is stripped as champion due to injury. | |
7 | Natrone Steele | 1 | October 30, 1999 | N/A | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | Steele defeated Juice in a tournament final to win vacant title. | |
— | Vacated | — | April 2000 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Steele is forced to retire. | |
8 | Kross | 1 | May 19, 2000 | 71 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | ||
9 | Juice | 1 | July 29, 2000 | 61 | Zebulon, North Carolina | Live event | ||
10 | Lazarus | 1 | September 28, 2000 | 63 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | ||
11 | Juice | 2 | November 30, 2000 | 119 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title. | |
12 | Dewey Cheatum | 1 | March 29, 2001 | 28 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | ||
13 | C. W. Anderson | 1 | April 26, 2001 | 154 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | [3] | |
14 | Otto Schwanz | 2 | September 27, 2001 | 126 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | ||
— | Vacated | — | January 31, 2002 | — | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Schwanz wins the SCW Heavyweight Championship. | |
15 | Seymour Snott | 1 | March 1, 2002 | 995 | Louisburg, North Carolina | Live event | Snott defeated Caesar Augustus in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [5] |
— | Deactivated | — | November 20, 2004 | — | N/A | N/A | SCW closed on November 20, 2004 and Snott was the final champion in SCW as a company. | |
16 | Nicky Richards | 1 | October 17, 2008 | 5,038 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Richards is awarded the championship by manager Brad Stutts. |
<1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
Rank [N 1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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1 | Seymour Snott | 1 | 995 |
2 | C. W. Anderson | 2 | 375 |
3 | Otto Schwanz | 2 | 341 |
4 | K.C. Thunder | 1 | 273 |
5 | Juice | 2 | 182 |
6 | Boris Dragoff | 1 | 161 |
7 | Frank Parker | 1 | 154 |
8 | Natrone Steele | 1 | 154+ |
9 | Kross | 1 | 71 |
10 | Lazerus | 1 | 63 |
11 | Major DeBeers | 1 | 51 |
12 | Dewey Cheatum | 1 | 28 |
13 | Rick Link | 1 | 41 |
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