PLW New England Championship

Details

Date established

December 16, 1991

Promotion

Statistics
First champion(s)	Scott Z.
Most reigns	Maniacal Mark (3)
Longest reign	Nicholas Night (966 days)
Shortest reign	Shane Simons (35 days)

The PLW New England Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Power League Wrestling (PLW). It is the second most important championship in the promotion, after the PLW Heavyweight Championship.

Overall, there have been 34 reigns shared between 29 wrestlers with eleven vacancies. The inaugural champion was Scott Z., who defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final on December 16, 1991 to become the first PLW New England Champion. Maniacal Mark holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 966 days, Nicholas Night's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Shane Simons's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title holding it for only 35 days. Only four men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more. They are Scott Thomas, Nicholas Night, Eric Dylan, and Keanu.

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

Reigns

As of December 26, 2015.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref
01 !1	O !Scott Z.	01 !1	000000001991-12-16-0000December 16, 1991	7001980000000000000♠98	Swansea !Swansea, Massachusetts	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	Scott Z. defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final to become the first PLW New England Champion. Aired in December 1991 on tape delay.	^[1]
02 !2	O !Joe O.	01 !1	000000001992-03-09-0000March 9, 1992	7002168000000000000♠168	Swansea !Swansea, Massachusetts	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	The Shadow Warrior substituted for Scott Z.	^[2]
03 !3	Agent !The Agent	01 !1	000000001992-08-24-0000August 24, 1992	zz !N/A	Swansea !Swansea, Massachusetts	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling		^[3]
3.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000001992-01-01-00001992	zz !—	zz !—	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	The Agent was stripped of the championship after a series of attacks on "Brutal" Bob Evans.	^[4]
04 !4	Mark !Maniacal Mark	01 !1	000000001992-09-27-0000September 27, 1992	7002129000000000000♠129	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
05 !5	Simons !Shane Simons	01 !1	000000001993-02-03-0000February 3, 1993	7001350000000000000♠35	Swansea !Swansea, Massachusetts	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
06 !6	Davidson !Dutch Davidson	01 !1	000000001993-03-10-0000March 10, 1993	7001460000000000000♠46	Swansea !Swansea, Massachusetts	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
07 !7	Simons !Shane Simons	02 !2	000000001993-04-25-0000April 25, 1993	7002105000000000000♠105	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
08 !8	Jay !Jay A.	01 !1	000000001993-08-08-0000August 8, 1993	zz !N/A	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
8.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000001994-04-01-0000April 1994	zz !—	zz !—	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	Jay A. was stripped of the title for excessive foul language and obscene gestures towards PLW fans, officials and wrestlers.	^[5]
09 !9	Davidson !Dutch Davidson	01 !1	000000001994-05-22-0000May 22, 1994	zz !N/A	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (1994)	Dutch Davidson defeated The Macho Kid in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[6]
9.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000001994-10-01-0000October 1994	zz !—	zz !—	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	Dutch Davidson surrendered the title upon enlisting in the United States Army.	^[7]
10 !10	Mark !Maniacal Mark	02 !2	000000001994-10-09-0000October 9, 1994	zz !N/A	Cranston !Cranston, Rhode Island	Midnight Madness !Midnight Madness (1994)	Maniacal Mark defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[8]
11 !11	Macho !The Macho Kid	01 !1	000000001995-07-01-0000July 1995	zz !N/A	Cranston !Cranston, Rhode Island	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling
11.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000001995-11-01-0000November 1995	zz !—	zz !—	Power League Wrestling !Power League Wrestling	The Macho Kid surrendered the title due to injury.
12 !12	Knight !Max Knight	01 !1	000000001995-12-10-0000December 10, 1995	7002182000000000000♠182	Providence !Providence, Rhode Island	Power-House Brawl !Power-House Brawl (1995)	Max Knight was awarded the vacant title after winning the 1995 Power-House Brawl.	^[9]
13 !13	Macho !The Macho Kid	02 !2	000000001996-06-09-0000June 9, 1996	7002112000000000000♠112	North Providence !North Providence, Rhode Island	Live event !Live event		^[10]
14 !14	Thomas !Scott Thomas	01 !1	000000001996-09-29-0000September 29, 1996	7001700000000000000♠70	Manville !Manville, Rhode Island	A Lift For Nicky !A Lift For Nicky		^[11]
15 !15	Bosch !The Mighty Bosch	01 !1	000000001996-12-08-0000December 8, 1996	7001420000000000000♠42	Central Falls !Central Falls, Rhode Island	Power-House Brawl !Power-House Brawl (1996)		^[12]
16 !16	Thomas !Scott Thomas	02 !2	000000001997-01-19-0000January 19, 1997	7002482000000000000♠482	Warren !Warren, Rhode Island	The War In Warren !The War In Warren		^[13]^[14]
17 !17	Amazin !Amazin' Jay	01 !1	000000001998-05-16-0000May 16, 1998	7002211000000000000♠211	Woonsocket !Woonsocket, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (1998)		^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
18 !18	Young !Troy Young	01 !1	000000001998-12-13-0000December 13, 1998	zz !N/A	Providence !Providence, Rhode Island	Power-House Brawl !Power-House Brawl (1998)		^[19]
18.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000001999-05-01-0000May 1999	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	Troy Young surrendered the title due to injury.
19 !19	Heresy !Dr. Heresy	01 !1	000000001999-05-16-0000May 16, 1999	7002146000000000000♠146	Warwick !Warwick, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (1999)	Dr. Heresy defeated T.J. Richter in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[20]
20 !20	Draven !Draven	01 !1	000000001999-10-09-0000October 9, 1999	zz !N/A	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Live event !Live event		^[21]
21 !21	Mark !Maniacal Mark	03 !3	000000002000-03-01-0000March 2000	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	zz !N/A	Maniacal Mark received the PLW New England Championship from Draven for his half of the PLW Tag Team Championship.
22 !22	Destiny !Derik Destiny	01 !1	000000002000-10-29-0000October 29, 2000	zz !N/A	Scituate !Scituate, Rhode Island	Live event !Live event		^[22]
22.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002001-04-01-0000April 2001	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	Derik Destiny surrendered the championship due to injury.
23 !23	Blackheart !Chris Blackheart	01 !1	000000002001-05-20-0000May 20, 2001	7002364000000000000♠364	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2001)	Chris Blackheart defeated Johnny Angel in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[23]
24 !24	Curtis !Johnny Curtis	01 !1	000000002002-05-19-0000May 19, 2002	zz !N/A	Central Falls !Central Falls, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2002)		^[24]^[25]^[26]
24.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002003-05-01-0000May 2003	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A
25 !25	Angel !Johnny Angel	01 !1	000000002003-05-18-0000May 18, 2003	zz !N/A	West Warwick !West Warwick, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2003)	Johnny Angel defeated Kenn Phoenix, Kid Krazy, and Revelation in a Fatal Fourway match to win vacant title.	^[27]^[28]
25.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002003-01-01-00002003	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	Angel was stripped of the championship upon leaving the promotion.
26 !26	Krazy !Kid Krazy	01 !1	000000002004-08-08-0000August 8, 2004	zz !N/A	Cumberland !Cumberland, Rhode Island	Cumberlandfest !Cumberlandfest (2004)	Kid Krazy defeated Jose Perez in a singles match to win the vacant title; both men had won separate Fatal Four-Way matches to determine the number one contenders earlier that day.	^[29]
26.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002006-06-01-0000June 2006	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	The championship is vacated due to inactivity.
27 !27	Maximum !Duke Maximum	01 !1	000000002006-06-11-0000June 11, 2006	7002189000000000000♠189	Warwick !Warwick, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2006)	Duke Maximum defeated T.J. Richter in a singles match to win the vacant title.	^[30]
28 !28	Richter !T.J. Richter	01 !1	000000002006-12-17-0000December 17, 2006	7002271000000000000♠271	West Warwick !West Warwick, Rhode Island	Power-House Brawl !Power-House Brawl (2006)		^[31]^[32]
29 !29	Triplelicious !Triplelicious	01 !1	000000002007-09-14-0000September 14, 2007	zz !N/A	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Great Outdoors Tour !Great Outdoors Tour (2007)		^[33]
29.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002008-06-01-0000June 2008	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	The championship is vacated after Triplelicious leaves the promotion.
30 !30	Molhan !Derek Molhan	01 !1	000000002008-06-22-0000June 22, 2008	7002343000000000000♠343	South Attleboro !South Attleboro, Massachusetts	Great Outdoors Tour !Great Outdoors Tour (2008)	Derek Molhan defeated Alex Payne, Chris Blackheart, Matt Storm, and Nicholas Knight in a Pier 5 Brawl match.	^[34]
31 !31	Payne !Alex Payne	01 !1	000000002009-05-31-0000May 31, 2009	zz !N/A	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2010)	This was a ladder match.	^[35]
31.5 !—	Vacated	zz !—	000000002010-08-01-0000August 2010	zz !—	zz !—	zz !N/A	Alex Payne surrendered the title due to injury.
32 !32	Night !Nicholas Night	01 !1	000000002010-09-26-0000September 26, 2010	7002966000000000000♠966	Plainville !Plainville, Massachusetts	Great Outdoors Tour !Great Outdoors Tour (2010)	Nicholas Night defeated Scott Levesque in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	^[36]^[37]
33 !33	Dylan !Eric Dylan	01 !1	000000002013-05-19-0000May 19, 2013	7002448000000000000♠448	Pawtucket !Pawtucket, Rhode Island	PowerFest !PowerFest (2013)		^[38]
34 !34	Keanu !Keanu	01 !1	000000002014-08-10-0000August 10, 2014	7002503000000000000♠503+	Cumberland !Cumberland, Rhode Island	Cumberlandfest !Cumberlandfest (2014)		^[39]^[40]

List of combined reigns

Symbol	Meaning
(-)	The reign is shorter than one day.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
01 !1	Night !Nicholas Night	01 !1	966 !966
02 !2	Thomas !Scott Thomas	02 !2	552 !552
03 !3	Dylan !Eric Dylan	01 !1	448 !448
04 !4	Blackheart !Chris Blackheart	01 !1	364 !364
05 !5	Keanu !Keanu	01 !1	360 !360+
06 !6	Molhan !Derek Molhan	01 !1	343 !343
07 !7	Richter !T.J. Richter	01 !1	271 !271
08 !8	Jay !Amazin' Jay	01 !1	211 !211
09 !9	Maximum !Duke Maximum	01 !1	189 !189
10 !10	Knight !Max Knight	01 !1	182 !182
11 !11	O !Joe O.	01 !1	168 !168
12 !12	Heresy !Dr. Heresy	01 !1	146 !146
13 !13	Simons !Shane Simons	02 !2	140 !140
14 !14	Mark !Maniacal Mark	03 !3	129 !>129
15 !15	Macho !The Macho Kid	02 !2	112 !>112
16 !16	Z !Scott Z.	01 !1	098 !98
17 !17	Davidson !Dutch Davidson	02 !2	046 !>46
18 !18	Bosch !The Mighty Bosch	01 !1	042 !42

References

General

"Power League Wrestling Champions". Power League Wrestling. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Oliver, Earl. "PLW New England Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org.
Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(United States: New England)". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
"Power League Wrestling (PLW)". The New England Independent. September 25, 2005.

Specific

↑ "Episode #7". Power League Wrestling. December 1991. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #23". Power League Wrestling. March 1992. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #38". Power League Wrestling. August 1992. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #44". Power League Wrestling. September 1992. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #121". Power League Wrestling. April 1994. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #130". Power League Wrestling. May 1994. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #140". Power League Wrestling. October 1994. Syndicated.
↑ "Episode #145". Power League Wrestling. September 1994. Syndicated.
↑ "Results from December 10, 1995 - "1995 Power House Brawl"". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from June 9, 1996". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from September 29, 1996". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from December 8, 1996 - "1996 Power-House Brawl"". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from the "War In Warren"". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Lord of the Rings Wrestlers go to the mat for school's athletic program". Providence Journal. January 21, 1997.
↑ "Results from May 16, 1998". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "WRESTLING BENEFIT". Providence Journal. May 12, 1998.
↑ "Wrestling matches to benefit DARE in Woonsocket". Providence Journal. May 13, 1998.
↑ "Two police officers in wrestling lineup". Providence Journal. May 15, 1998.
↑ "Results from December 13, 1998 - "1998 Power-House Brawl"". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from May 16, 1999". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from October 9, 1999". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from October 29, 2000". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from May 20, 2001". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from May 19, 2002". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Wrestling program to benefit Sept. 11 state memorial". The Valley Breeze. May 16, 2002.
↑ Cruickshank, Jamie (June 5, 2011). "Fandango". Gerweck.net.
↑ "Results from May 18, 2003". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "MAY, 2003". The New England Independent. Metrocast.net. 2003.
↑ "Results from August 8, 2004". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from June 11, 2006". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from December 17, 2006 - "2006 Power-House Brawl"". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ Martin, Adam (December 16, 2006). "Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1 news, A.W.E.S.O.M.E Wrestling, PLW on 12/17". WrestleView.com.
↑ "Results from September 14, 2007". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from June 22, 2008". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from May 31, 2009". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from September 26, 2010". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ Georgia, Dick, ed. (July 2012). "Power League Wrestling". East Providence Heritage Festival (ISSUU.com): 6.
↑ "Results from May 19, 2013". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Results from August 10, 2014". PowerLeagueWrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
↑ "Title changes". WatchingTheIndies.com.

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