SCW Heavyweight Championship (Georgia)

SCW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Joel Deaton (last champion)
Promotion Southern Championship Wrestling
Date established June 25, 1988
Date retired 1990

The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.

The inaugural champion was "Gentleman" Chris Adams, who defeated Buck Robley in a tournament final on June 25, 1988 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. "Outlaw" Joel Deaton holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 114 days, Deaton's first reign is the longest in the title's history. The Bullet's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title holding the belt for only 14 days before losing it to "Wildfire" Tommy Rich. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 7 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Contents

Title history

Key
# 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

Names

Name Years
SCW Heavyweight Championship 1988 — 1990

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Chris Adams 1 01988-06-25 June 25, 1988 N/A Columbus, Georgia Live event Adams defeated Buck Robley in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. [1]
2 Moondog Spot 1 01988 1988 N/A N/A Live event
3 The Bullet 1 01988-09-04 September 4, 1988 &1000000000000001400000014 Atlanta, Georgia Live event
4 Tommy Rich 1 01988-09-18 September 18, 1988 N/A Marietta, Georgia Live event
5 Jon Michaels 1 N/A N/A N/A Live event
— Vacated — 01989 1989 — N/A Live event
6 Joel Deaton 1 01989-05-21 May 21, 1989 &10000000000000119000000119 Griffin, Georgia Live event
7 David Sammartino 1 01999-10-30 October 30, 1999 N/A Alpharetta, Georgia Live event
8 Joel Deaton 2 N/A N/A N/A Live event Deaton is awarded the title.
— Deactivated — 01990 1990 — N/A N/A SCW closed in early-1990 and Deaton was the final champion in SCW as a company.

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Chris Adams Wrestling Biography". GentlemanChrisAdams.com. http://www.gentlemanchrisadams.com/wrestlingbiography.htm. Retrieved November 27, 2011.