SCW Heavyweight Championship

Details

Current champion(s)

Otto Schwanz (last champion)

Date won

November 20, 2004

Promotion

Southern Championship Wrestling

Date established

January 7, 1995

Date retired

November 20, 2004

Statistics
Most reigns	Otto Schwanz (5)
First champion(s)	Boris Dragoff
Longest reign	C.W. Anderson (497 days)
Shortest reign	Otto Schwanz (<1 day)

The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004 when SCW was closed.

The inaugural champion was Boris Dragoff, who defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final on January 7, 1995 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Otto Schwanz holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 497 days, C.W. Anderson's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Schwanz's fifth reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was was won on the promotions final show. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

1 Title history
- 1.1 Names
- 1.2 Reigns
2 List of combined reigns
3 Footnotes
4 References
5 External links

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	1995 — 2004

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
01 !1	Dragoff !Boris Dragoff	01 !1	01995-01-07 January 7, 1995	&10000000000000300000000300	Creedmoor !Creedmoor, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Dragoff defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.
02 !2	Stephenson !Chris Stephenson	01 !1	01995-11-03 November 3, 1995	&10000000000000386000000386	Durham !Durham, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
03 !3	George !Gorgeous George III	01 !1	01996-11-23 November 23, 1996	zz !N/A	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
3.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01997-03 March 1997	zz !—	zz !N/A	zz !N/A
04 !4	Stephenson !Chris Stephenson	02 !2	01997-03-22 March 22, 1997	&10000000000000301000000301	Creedmoor !Creedmoor, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship.	^[1]
05 !5	Cicero !Jimmy Cicero	01 !1	01998-01-17 January 17, 1998	&10000000000000161000000161	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
5.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01998-06-27 June 27, 1998	zz !—	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	The championship is vacated when Jimmy Cicero is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defence.
06 !6	Dragoff !Boris Dragoff	02 !2	01998-06-27 June 27, 1998	&1000000000000008400000084	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Dragoff defeated Chris Stephenson and Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
07 !7	Ivey !James "Poison" Ivey	01 !1	01998-09-19 September 19, 1998	zz !N/A	Henderson !Henderson, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
7.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01998-11-21 November 21, 1998	zz !—	Louisburg !Louisburg, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	The championship is vacated when James Ivey surrenders the title due to a back injury.
08 !8	Carmichael !Cueball Carmichael	01 !1	01998-11-21 November 21, 1998	&1000000000000009600000096	Louisburg !Louisburg, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Carmichael defeated Big Slam to win the vacant title.
8.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01999-02-25 February 25, 1999	zz !—	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
09 !9	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	01 !1	01999-02-25 February 25, 1999	&1000000000000006300000063	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Schwanz defeated Venom to win the vacant title.
10 !10	Helms !Shane Helms	01 !1	01999-04-29 April 29, 1999	&1000000000000004400000044	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event		^[2]
11.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01999-06-12 June 12, 1999	zz !—	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	The championship is vacated when Shane Helms is stripped as champion.
11 !11	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	02 !2	01999-06-24 June 24, 1999	&100000000000000000000000	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title.
12 !12	Toad !Toad	01 !1	01999-06-24 June 24, 1999	&1000000000000006300000063	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
13 !13	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	03 !3	01999-08-26 August 26, 1999	zz !N/A	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
13.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	01999 1999	zz !—	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz leaves the promotion.
14 !14	Toad !Toad	02 !2	01999-10-28 October 28, 1999	&1000000000000007900000079	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Toad won tournament to fill the vacant title
15 !15	Willy !Chilly Willy	01 !1	02000-01-15 January 15, 2000	&1000000000000004000000040	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Live event !Live event		^[3]
16 !16	Scab !Scab	01 !1	02000-02-24 February 24, 2000	&1000000000000008500000085	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	This was a three-way match involving Toad.	^[3]
17 !17	Pain !Cham Pain	01 !1	02000-05-19 May 19, 2000	&1000000000000003600000036	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Royal Pain !Royal Pain (2000)
18 !18	Scab !Scab	02 !2	02000-06-24 June 24, 2000	&1000000000000008300000083	Morehead City !Morehead City, North Carolina	Live event !Live event
19 !19	Pain !Cham Pain	02 !2	02000-09-15 September 15, 2000	&1000000000000007600000076	Sanford !Sanford, North Carolina	Born to Be Wired !Born to Be Wired	This was a barbed wire match.
13.5 !—	Vacated !Held up	zz !—	02000-10-30 October 30, 2000	zz !—	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Maul-O-Ween !Maul-O-Ween (2000)	The championship is held up following a match between Cham Pain and William Wealth in which both men scored a double pin. SCW Commissioner James Thurston initially ruled that the title would be decided in a best 2-out-of-3 falls match between the two, however, the title remained inactive for several weeks until newly appointed commissioner BC announced a winner
20 !20	Wealth !William Wealth	01 !1	02000-11-30 November 30, 2000	&100000000000000000000000	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Wealth was awarded the held up title.
21 !21	Scab !Scab	03 !3	02000-11-30 November 30, 2000	&1000000000000005100000051	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event		^[4]
22 !22	Pain !Cham Pain	03 !3	02001-01-20 January 20, 2001	&1000000000000006800000068	Butner !Butner, North Carolina	Over the Top !Over the Top (2001)	This was a three-way match involving Frank Parker.	^[5]
23 !23	Parker !Frank Parker	01 !1	02001-03-29 March 29, 2001	&10000000000000154000000154	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Downtown Destruction !Downtown Destruction (2001)	This was a tag team match in which Kross pinned Frank Parker	^[6]
24 !24	Kross !Kross	01 !1	02001-08-30 August 30, 2001	&1000000000000008000000080	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Cruel Intentions !Cruel Intentions (2001)
25 !25	DeBeers !Major DeBeers	01 !1	02001-11-18 November 18, 2001	&100000000000000000000000	Carrboro !Carrboro, North Carolina	SCW 7th Anniversary Show !SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)	This was DeBeers' retirement match.
25.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	02001-11-18 November 18, 2001	zz !—	Carrboro !Carrboro, North Carolina	SCW 7th Anniversary Show !SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)	The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers retires.
26 !26	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	04 !4	02002-01-31 January 31, 2002	zz !N/A	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Live event !Live event	Schwanz defeated Kross a tournament final to win the vacant title.
26.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	02002-06 June 2002	zz !—	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz surrenders the title.
27 !27	Cicero !Jimmy Cicero	02 !2	02002-06-27 June 27, 2002	&10000000000000149000000149	Raleigh !Raleigh, North Carolina	Fan Inferno !Fan Inferno (2002)	Cicero defeated Cham Pain in a tournament final to win vacant title.
28 !28	Cheatum !Dewey Cheatum	01 !1	02002-11-23 November 23, 2002	zz !N/A	Louisburg !Louisburg, North Carolina	SCW 8th Anniversary Show !SCW 8th Anniversary Show (2002)	This was an elimination tag team match. Cheatum pinned Brian Perry, who was substituing for Jimmy Cicero, to win the title.
28.5 !—	Vacated !Vacated	zz !—	02003 2003	zz !—	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	The championship is vacated when Dewey Cheatum is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
29 !29	Anderson !C.W. Anderson	01 !1	02003-07-12 July 12, 2003	&10000000000000497000000497	Burlington !Burlington, North Carolina	Heatwave !Heatwave (2003)	Anderson defeated Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
30 !30	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	05 !5	02004-11-20 November 20, 2004	&100000000000000000000000	Durham !Durham, North Carolina	Blowout Bash !Blowout Bash (2004)
31.5 !—	Deactivated !Deactivated	zz !—	02004-11-20 November 20, 2004	zz !—	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	SCW closed on November 20, 2004 and Schwanz was the final champion in SCW as a company.

List of combined reigns

<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

Rank^{[N 1]}	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
01 !1	Stephenson !Chris Stephenson	02 !2	687 !687
02 !2	Anderson !C.W. Anderson	01 !1	497 !497
03 !3	Dragoff !Boris Dragoff	02 !2	384 !384
04 !4	Cicero !Jimmy Cicero	02 !2	310 !310
05 !5	Scab !Scab	03 !3	219 !219
06 !6	Pain !Cham Pain	03 !3	180 !180
07 !7	Parker !Frank Parker	01 !1	154 !154
08 !8	Toad !Toad	02 !2	142 !142
09 !9	Carmichael !Cueball Carmichael	01 !1	096 !96
10 !10	Kross !Kross	01 !1	080 !80
11 !11	Schwanz !Otto Schwanz	05 !5	063 !63+
12 !12	Helms !Shane Helms	01 !1	044 !44
13 !13	Willy !Chilly Willy	01 !1	040 !40
14 !14	DeBeers !Major DeBeers	01 !1	000 !<1
15 !15	Wealth !William Wealth	01 !1	000 !<1

Footnotes

^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General

"Current Champions". Southern Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041018044811/http://scwprowrestling.com/champions.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Benaka, Matt; Westcott, Brian. "SCW Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. http://solie.org/titlehistories/htscw.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Gary Will and Royal Duncan (4th Edition 2000). "(Carolinas) SCW Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

Specific

^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "SCW (22.03.1997)". Event. Cagematch.de. http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=39450. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^ Maryland Championship Wrestling (2011). "The Hurricane". Special Guests. MarylandWrestling.com. http://www.marylandwrestling.com/mcw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=926:the-hurricane&catid=100:special-guests&Itemid=78. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "SCW Results". Show Results. SCW Asylum. 2000. http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/scw/links/results.html. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^ Scab (2001). "Honors". Scab's Bio. MonarchyofAnarchy.com. http://scab1.tripod.com/bio.html. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^ Stutts, Brad (June 23, 2001). "The Cham Pain Interview". Interview Archives. Hardcore Fan Club. http://www.angelfire.com/nc/hcfc/cpain.html. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
^ Stutts, Brad (2001). "SCW Downtown Destruction 2001". Brad's Rants. Hardcore Fan Club. http://www.angelfire.com/nc/hcfc/rants/rantdowntown.html. Retrieved November 22, 2011.