CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship

CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Ray Kandrack
Date won January 7, 2012
Date established 2000
Promotion CWF Mid-Atlantic

The CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic (CWF Mid-Atlantic). It was the original heavyweight title of the Carolina Wrestling Federation promotion, later used in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (2001-2004) and AWA Superstars (2005-2007) as a regional title, officially representing the Mid-Atlantic United States, while it was a member of the respective governing bodies. It was introduced as the CWF Heavyweight Championship in early-2000.

The inaugural champion was David Taylor, who was awarded the title in 2000 to become the first CWF Heavyweight Champion. Ric Converse holds the record for most reigns, with six. At 420 days, Corey Edsel's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Jeff Justice's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 9 days. Overall, there have been 21 reigns shared between 15 wrestlers, with one vacancy.

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
CWF Heavyweight Championship 2000 2001
FWA-Carolinas Heavyweight Championship 2001 2004
AWA/CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship 2005 2007
CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship 2007

Reigns

As of April 10, 2015.

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes Ref.
1 David Taylor 1 2000 N/A N/A Live event Taylor is awarded the title to become the first CWF Heavyweight Champion.
2 Jeff Justice 1 February 22, 2001 9 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Live event
3 Madd Maxx 1 March 3, 2001 301 Graham, North Carolina Fallout (2001)
4 Eddie Brown 1 December 29, 2001 203 Graham, North Carolina BattleCade (2001)
5 Schwanz, OttoOtto Schwanz 1 June 29, 2002 126 Graham, North Carolina Hostile Intentions (2002) [1]
6 Corey Edsel 1 November 2, 2002 420 Burlington, North Carolina The Next Level (2002)
7 Ric Converse 1 December 27, 2003 280 Burlington, North Carolina Live event [2][3]
8 Corey Edsel 2 October 2, 2004 77 Burlington, North Carolina Live event This was a no-countout, no-disqualification, no time limit match. [2][3]
9 Ric Converse 2 December 18, 2004 209 Burlington, North Carolina Live event [2][3]
10 Garry Stevens 1 July 15, 2005 155 Burlington, North Carolina Live event This was a "King of the Road" match. [2][3]
11 Ric Converse 3 December 17, 2005 179 Burlington, North Carolina Live event This was a steel cage match. [2][3]
Vacated June 14, 2006 N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Ric Converse wins the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. [3]
12 Rob McBride 1 July 8, 2006 98 Burlington, North Carolina Live event McBride defeated Joey Silvia in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
13 Joey Silvia 1 October 14, 2006 371 Burlington, North Carolina Live event
14 Garry Stevens 2 October 20, 2007 56 Burlington, North Carolina Live event
15 Ric Converse 4 December 15, 2007 189 Burlington, North Carolina Live event
16 Rob McBride 2 June 21, 2008 91 Burlington, North Carolina CWF Championship Wrestling
17 Ric Converse 5 September 20, 2008 91 Burlington, North Carolina CWF Championship Wrestling
18 Brass Munkey 1 December 20, 2008 378 Burlington, North Carolina Battlecade IX (2008)
19 Kamakazi Kid 1 January 2, 2010 133 Burlington, North Carolina Battlecade X (2010) This was a three-way dance involving Ric Converse.
20 Steve Greene 1 May 15, 2010 112 Burlington, North Carolina 1000 Ways to Die! (2010)
21 Lee Valiant 1 September 4, 2010 14 Burlington, North Carolina People's Choice (2010)
22 Ric Converse 6 September 18, 2010 91 Burlington, North Carolina Sound of Thunder (2010)
23 Lee Valiant 2 December 18, 2010 182 Burlington, North Carolina Battlecade XI (2010)
24 Xsiris 1 June 18, 2011 203 Burlington, North Carolina Absolute Justice 5 (2011) This was a no-disqualification match. [4]
25 Adam Page 1 January 7, 2012 119 Burlington, North Carolina New Years Knockout! (2012)
26 Kamakazi Kid 1 May 5, 2012 70 Burlington, North Carolina The Homecoming (2012) Kazi survived a 14 man elimination match to win the title.
27 Ray Kandrack 1 July 14, 2012 168 Gibsonville, North Carolina Opportunity Knocks (2012)
28 Arik Royal 1 December 29, 2012 832+ Gibsonville, North Carolina Battlecade 13 (2012)

Longest Time Spent as Champion

Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Converse, RicRic Converse 6 1,039
2 Corey Edsel 2 497
3 Brass Munkey 1 378
4 Joey Silva 1 371
5 Madd Maxx 1 301
6 Garry Stevens 2 211
7 Eddie Brown 1 203
8 Xsiris 1 203
9 Lee Valiant 2 196
10 Rob McBride 2 189

Footnotes

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

References

General

Specific

  1. "CWF/FWA-Carolinas Live Report". Reports. USA Indy Wrestling. June 2002. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Converse, Ric (2010). "The Championship Runs". All About "The 1st". RicConverse.com. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Ric Converse". Wrestler Profiles. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  4. "CWF ABSOLUTE JUSTICE 5 Crowns Xsiris New CWF Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion and MORE!". CWF Mid Atlantic Report. IndyInsiders.com. June 18, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2011.

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