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MCW Heavyweight Championship Promotion MCW Pro Wrestling Date established October 11, 1998[1] Current champion(s) Demarcus Kane Date won December 30, 2023
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 November 2020, The Bruiser holds the record for most reigns, with eleven. At 435 days, Christian York 's second reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Demarcus Kane, who is in his first reign. [1] Overall, there have been 57 reigns shared between 31 wrestlers.
Title history [ edit ]
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 , MD
1
53
Valentino defeated Corporal Punishment in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
2
King Kong Bundy
December 3, 1998
Live event
Denton, MD
1
35
3
Romeo Valentino
January 7, 1999
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
2
91
4
Headbanger Mosh
April 8, 1999
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
70
5
Tom Brandi
June 17, 1999
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
80
6
The Bruiser
September 5, 1999
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
52
7
Romeo Valentino
October 27, 1999
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
3
38
8
The Bruiser
December 4, 1999
Live event
Sandy Spring, MD
2
228
9
Jimmy Cicero
July 19, 2000
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
1
123
10
Adam Flash
November 19, 2000
Live event
Odenton, MD
1
17
11
Jimmy Cicero
December 6, 2000
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
2
163
12
Adam Flash
May 18, 2001
Live event
Wye Mills, MD
2
168
13
The Bruiser
November 2, 2001
Live event
Chestertown, MD
3
<1
14
Jerry Lawler
November 2, 2001
Live event
Chestertown, MD
1
8
15
The Bruiser
November 10, 2001
Live event
Hampstead, MD
4
91
16
Orlando Jordan
February 9, 2002
Live event
Lexington, KY
1
7
[6]
17
The Bruiser
February 16, 2002
Live event
Harrington, DE
5
347
[2]
18
Danny Doring
January 29, 2003
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
1
168
[2]
—
Deactivated
July 16, 2003
Last Dance
Glen Burnie, MD
—
—
Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) ceases operations, and the championship is unofficially 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, MD
1
105
MCW officially reopened in February 2006. Dinero defeated Genesis in a tournament final to win the newly revived championship.
[2] [5]
20
Adam Flash
July 9, 2006
Live event
Dundalk, MD
3
364
[2]
21
Joey Matthews
July 8, 2007
Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup VII
Dundalk, MD
1
171
[2] [7]
22
Christian York
December 26, 2007
Holiday Homecoming 2007
Glen Burnie, MD
1
423
[2] [8]
23
Ruckus
February 21, 2009
Anniversary 2009
Dundalk, MD
1
258
[9]
24
Kent Brink
November 6, 2009
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
267
25
Ryan McBride
July 31, 2010
Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2010
Dundalk, MD
1
210
26
Tyler Hilton
February 26, 2011
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
82
27
Cobian
May 19, 2011
Live event
Baltimore , MD
1
134
28
Ronnie Zukko
September 30, 2011
Live event
Severn, MD
1
91
29
Tyler Hilton
December 30, 2011
Live event
Dundalk, MD
2
98
30
Nui Tofiga
April 6, 2012
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
204
—
Vacated
October 27, 2012
Live event
Dundalk, MD
—
—
The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons.
31
Ryan McBride
October 27, 2012
Live event
Dundalk, MD
2
118
32
Christian York
February 22, 2013
Anniversary
Dundalk, MD
2
435
33
Drolix
May 3, 2014
Xtreme Measures
Waldorf, MD
1
<1
[10]
34
Matt Hardy
May 3, 2014
Xtreme Measures
Waldorf, MD
1
154
[10]
35
Drolix
October 4, 2014
Tribute to Legends
Waldorf, MD
2
126
[11]
36
The Bruiser
February 7, 2015
Anniversary MMXV
Joppa, MD
6
259
37
Ryan McBride
October 24, 2015
Autumn Armageddon Tour
Windber, PA
3
336
38
Drolix
September 24, 2016
Tribute to Legends 2016
Joppa, MD
3
126
This was a Dog collar match .
39
Big Sean Studd
January 28, 2017
Broken Anniversary MMXVII
Joppa, MD
1
245
40
The Bruiser
September 30, 2017
Tribute to the Legends 2017
Joppa, MD
7
<1
This was a "Stairway to Hell" match.
41
Joey Matthews
September 30, 2017
Tribute to the Legends 2017
Joppa, MD
2
62
42
The Bruiser
December 1, 2017
Seasons Beatings 2017
Joppa, MD
8
78
This was a no disqualification match .
43
Joey Matthews
February 17, 2018
Horsemen Anniversary
Joppa, MD
3
7
44
The Bruiser
February 24, 2018
Winter Blast 2018
Hollywood, MD
9
28
45
Joey Matthews
March 24, 2018
Breakthrough: Proving Grounds
Joppa, MD
4
21
This was a steel cage match .
46
The Bruiser
April 14, 2018
Spring Fever 2018
Hollywood, MD
10
91
This was a steel cage match .
47
Dante Caballero
July 14, 2018
Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII - Day 2
Joppa, MD
1
433
48
Rhett Titus
September 20, 2019
Future of Honor Honor Games
Joppa, MD
1
119
This was an "Honor Games" match, also including Austin Gunn , Brian Johnson, Greg Excellent, Joe Keys and Ken Dixon.
49
Kekoa
January 17, 2020
Winter Blast 2020
Joppa, MD
1
309
This was a three-way match , also involving Brandon Scott.
50
The Bruiser
November 21, 2020
Bruiser Strong: Tribute to a Legend
Joppa, MD
11
<1
Given the title by Kekoa as a tribute to his memory.
—
Vacated
November 21, 2020
Bruiser Strong: Tribute to a Legend
Joppa, MD
—
—
The title was vacated following The Bruiser’s death on November 16, 2020, after a lengthy battle with Leukemia .
51
Brian Johnson
September 17, 2021
Bruiser Strong 2021
Joppa, MD
1
104
This was a 30-entrant Bruiser Strong Rumble. Johnson was entrant number one, last eliminating Moses.
52
Ken Dixon
December 30, 2021
MCW Last Call
Joppa, MD
1
254
Dixon won a 4 way match earlier in evening to earn Title Match in NO DQ Main Event against Johnson
53
Brian Johnson
September 10, 2022
Bruiser Strong 2022
Joppa, MD
2
35
This was an 11-Man Bruiser Strong Rumble. Johnson was entrant number five, last eliminating Action Andretti .
54
Action Andretti
October 15, 2022
Autumn Armageddon Tour 2022 Night 3
Joppa, MD
1
76
55
Ken Dixon
December 30, 2022
Season’s Beatings 2022
Joppa, MD
2
35
This was a Fatal 4-Way match , also involving The Mecca and Robert Locke.
56
Robert Locke
February 3, 2023
MCW Anniversary 2023
Joppa, MD
1
330
57
Demarcus Kane
December 30, 2023
Seasons Beatings 2023 Night 2
Joppa, MD
1
111+
This was a no disqualification match .
Combined reigns [ edit ]
As of April 19, 2024
†
Indicates the current champion
References [ edit ]
General
Specific
^ a b c d e "MCW Heavyweight Championship reign history" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-11-18 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Maryland Championship wrestling" . Online World of Wrestling.com. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ a b "MEWF Heavyweight Title history" . Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ a b c "Past Event results" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ a b "The Phenomenal Final Four" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on October 31, 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ Milner, John M. (2005-11-20). "Orlando Jordan's bio" . SLAM! Sports: Wrestling . Canadian Online Explorer . Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. 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. {{cite web }}
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^ "MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013 .
^ "Holiday Homecoming 2007" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ "Anniversary 2009" . Maryland Championship Wrestling . WNW, Inc. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07 .
^ a b "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 .
^ 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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