MCW Heavyweight Championship

MCW Heavyweight Championship
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Jerry Lawler is a former MCW Heavyweight Champion.
Details
Promotion MCW Pro Wrestling
Date established October 11, 1998[1]
Current champion(s) Dante Caballero
Date won July 14, 2018

The MCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the MCW Pro Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on October 11, 1998 at a MCW live event. In 2003, MCW ceased operations; at its last show MCW Last Dance on July 16, the MCW Heavyweight Championship was unified with the FTW Heavyweight and the MEWF Heavyweight Championships, when then–MCW Heavyweight Champion Danny Doring defeated MEWF Heavyweight Champion Romeo Valentino and FTW Heavyweight Champion Chris Chetti.[2][3][4] MCW reopened in 2005 and held its first show on October 1, 2005, titled Fort Meade Wrestling.[4] The MCW Heavyweight Championship was reinstated on March 26, 2006 at MCW's The Phenomenal Final Four event, where Julio Dinero won a tournament to become the champion.[5]

Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Title changes happen at live events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Romeo Valentino, who defeated Corporal Punishment in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on October 11, 1998 at an MCW live event.[1] As of February 2015, The Bruiser holds the record for most reigns, with ten. At 435 days, Christian York's second reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Dante Caballero, who is in his first reign.[1] Overall, there have been 47 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Romeo Valentino October 11, 1998 Live event Baltimore, Maryland 1 53 Valentino defeated Corporal Punishment in a tournament final to become the first champion.
2 King Kong Bundy December 3, 1998 Live event Denton, Maryland 1 35
3 Romeo Valentino January 7, 1999 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 2 91
4 Headbanger Mosh April 8, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 70
5 Tom Brandi June 17, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 80
6 The Bruiser September 5, 1999 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 52
7 Romeo Valentino October 27, 1999 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 3 38
8 The Bruiser December 4, 1999 Live event Sandy Spring, Maryland 2 228
9 Jimmy Cicero July 19, 2000 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 123
10 Adam Flash November 19, 2000 Live event Odenton, Maryland 1 17
11 Jimmy Cicero December 6, 2000 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 2 163
12 Adam Flash May 18, 2001 Live event Wye Mills, Maryland 2 168
13 The Bruiser November 2, 2001 Live event Chestertown, Maryland 3 <1
14 Jerry Lawler November 2, 2001 Live event Chestertown, Maryland 1 8
15 The Bruiser November 10, 2001 Live event Hampstead, Maryland 4 91
16 Orlando Jordan February 9, 2002 Live event Lexington, Kentucky 1 7 [6]
17 The Bruiser February 16, 2002 Live event Harrington, Delaware 5 347 [2]
18 Danny Doring January 29, 2003 Live event Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 168 [2]
— Deactivated July 16, 2003 MCW Last Dance Glen Burnie, Maryland — — Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) ceases operations, and the championship is unified with the FTW Heavyweight and the MEWF Heavyweight Championships after Doring defeated Valentino and Chetti.[2][3][4]
19 Julio Dinero March 26, 2006 The Phenomenal Final Four Dundalk, Maryland 1 105 MCW officially reopened in February 2006. Dinero defeated Genesis in a tournament final to win the newly revived title.[2][5]
20 Adam Flash July 9, 2006 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 3 364 [2]
21 Joey Matthews July 8, 2007 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup VII Dundalk, Maryland 1 171 [2][7]
22 Christian York December 26, 2007 Holiday Homecoming 2007 Glen Burnie, Maryland 1 423 [2][8]
23 Ruckus February 21, 2009 Anniversary 2009 Dundalk, Maryland 1 258 [9]
24 Kent Brink November 6, 2009 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 267
25 Ryan McBride July 31, 2010 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2010 Dundalk, Maryland 1 210
26 Tyler Hilton February 26, 2011 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 82
27 Cobian May 19, 2011 Live event Baltimore, Maryland 1 134
28 Ronnie Zukko September 30, 2011 Live event Severn, Maryland 1 91
29 Tyler Hilton December 30, 2011 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 2 98
30 Nui Tofiga April 6, 2012 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 1 204
— Vacated October 27, 2012 Live event Dundalk, Maryland — —
31 Ryan McBride October 27, 2012 Live event Dundalk, Maryland 2 118
32 Christian York February 22, 2013 Anniversary Dundalk, Maryland 2 435
33 Drolix May 3, 2014 Xtreme Measures Waldorf, Maryland 1 <1 [10]
34 Matt Hardy May 3, 2014 Xtreme Measures Waldorf, Maryland 1 154 [10]
35 Drolix October 4, 2014 Tribute to Legends Waldorf, Maryland 2 126 [11]
36 The Bruiser February 7, 2015 MCW Anniversary MMXV Joppa, Maryland 6 259
37 Ryan McBride October 24, 2015 MCW Autumn Armageddon Tour Windber, Pennsylvania 3 336
38 Drolix September 24, 2016 Tribute to Legends 2016 Joppa, Maryland 3 126 This was a Dog collar match.
39 Big Sean Studd January 28, 2017 Broken Anniversary MMXVII Joppa, Maryland 1 245
40 The Bruiser September 30, 2017 Tribute To The Legends 2017 Joppa, Maryland 7 <1 This was a Stairway To Heaven match.
41 Joey Matthews September 30, 2017 Tribute To The Legends 2017 Joppa, Maryland 2 62
42 The Bruiser December 1, 2017 Seasons Beatings 2017 Joppa, Maryland 8 78 This was a No Disqualification match.
43 Joey Matthews February 17, 2018 Horsemen Anniversary Joppa, Maryland 3 7
44 The Bruiser February 24, 2018 Winter Blast 2018 Hollywood, Maryland 9 28
45 Joey Matthews March 24, 2018 Breakthrough: Proving Grounds Joppa, Maryland 4 21 This was a Steel Cage match.
46 The Bruiser April 14, 2018 Spring Fever 2018 Hollywood, Maryland 10 91 This was a Steel Cage match.
47 Dante Caballero July 14, 2018 Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII - Day 2 Joppa, Maryland 1 98+

List of combined reigns

As of October 20, 2018

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 The Bruiser 10 1,174
2 Christian York 2 858
3 Ryan McBride 3 664
4 Adam Flash 3 549
5 Jimmy Cicero 2 286
6 Kent Brink 1 267
7 Joey Matthews 4 261
8 Ruckus 1 258
9 Drolix 3 252
10 Big Sean Studd 1 245
11 Nui Tofiga 1 204
12 Romeo Valentino 3 182
13 Tyler Hilton 2 180
14 Danny Doring 1 168
15 Matt Hardy 1 154
16 Cobian 1 134
17 Julio Dinero 1 105
18 Ronnie Zukko 1 91
19 Dante Caballero† 1 98+
20 Tom Brandi 1 80
21 Headbanger Mosh 1 70
22 King Kong Bundy 1 35
23 Jerry Lawler 1 8
24 Orlando Jordan 1 7

References

General
  • Eric Roelfsema and Brian Westcott. "MCW Heavyweight Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  • "MCW Heavyweight Title title history". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "MCW Heavyweight Championship reign history". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Maryland Championship wrestling". Online World of Wrestling.com. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  3. 1 2 "MEWF Heavyweight Title history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "Past Event results". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  5. 1 2 "The Phenomenal Final Four". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on October 31, 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  6. ↑ Milner, John M. (2005-11-20). "Orlando Jordan's bio". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-07-07. On February 9, 2002, Jordan defeated the Bruiser in Lexington, Kentucky to win the MCW Heavyweight title, a championship he dropped back to the Bruiser a week later.
  7. ↑ "MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Holiday Homecoming 2007". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  9. ↑ "Anniversary 2009". Maryland Championship Wrestling. WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  10. 1 2 "Show results - 5/3 MCW in Waldorf, Md.: Matt Hardy captures Hvt. Title in impromptu main event (w/Video Interview)". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  11. ↑ Keller, Wade (2014-10-05). "Newswire: Matt Hardy loses title thanks to ex-WWE writer, Lita returns, Necro Butcher in tourney, Sabu vs. Balls, Bret". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-10-06.

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