Steel City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship

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SCW Heavyweight Championship

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Promotion Steel City Wrestling
Date established October 8, 1994
Date retired 2000

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

A championship or title in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.

Steel City Wrestling

Steel City Wrestling (SCW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1994 by Norm Connors. It was the top promotion in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area during the 1990s, along with the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated Pro Wrestling eXpress, and was regarded by many in the industry as one of the best independent promotions on the East Coast of the United States.

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The inaugural champion was T. Rantula, who defeated Shane Douglas in a tournament final on October 8, 1994 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. T. Rantula holds the record for most reigns, with four. At 892 days, Johnny Gunn first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. T. Rantula's third reign was the shortest in the history of the title having been stripped of the championship the day after he won it. The previous champion, Cueball Carmichael, had won control of SCW for 30 days prior to their match. He justified the decision as T. Rantula had been a substitute for his originally scheduled opponent Dennis Gregory. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 7 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

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Salvatore Sincere professional wrestler

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Cueball Carmichael American professional wrestler

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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 T. Rantula 1October 8, 1994162 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event T. Rantula defeated Shane Douglas in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.
2Jack, Cactus Cactus Jack 1March 19, 199521 New Castle, Pennsylvania Live event   [1] [2]
32April 9, 1995226 Edgewood, Pennsylvania Deaf Wrestlefest (1995)   [3] [4]
41November 21, 1995892 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event   [5]
5 Lou Marconi 1May 1, 1998119 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [6]
6Dennis Gregory1August 28, 1998379 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [7]
7 Lou Marconi 2September 11, 199872 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Marconi was awarded the championship when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission stripped Dennis Gregory of the title.
8Dennis Gregory2November 22, 199891 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event This was a lumberjack match. [8] [9]
9 Cody Michaels 1February 21, 1999104 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [9]
10 Cueball Carmichael 1June 5, 1999106 Jeannette, Pennsylvania Live event   [10] [11]
11T. Rantula3September 19, 19991 White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event   [12]
September 20, 1999Carmichael, having won control of SCW for 30 days, stripped T. Rantula of the title due to Dennis Gregory being his original opponent. He subsequently orders a tournament to decide a new champion.
12T. Rantula4November 21, 1999 White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event T. Rantula defeated Dennis Gregory in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
2000SCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

List of combined reigns

Johnny Gunn, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion SalvatoreSincere.jpg
Johnny Gunn, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined
days		Ref(s).
1 Johnny Gunn 1892
2Rantula, T. T. Rantula 4389+
32230
4 Lou Marconi 2191
5 Cueball Carmichael 1106
6 Cody Michaels 1104
7121

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