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 won on the promotions final show. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
—Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
SCW Heavyweight Championship1995 — 2004

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef.
1Boris Dragoff1January 7, 1995300Creedmoor, North CarolinaLive eventDragoff defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.
2Chris Stephenson1November 3, 1995386Durham, North CarolinaLive event
3Gorgeous George III1November 23, 1996N/AButner, North CarolinaLive event
—Vacated—March 1997—N/AN/A
4Chris Stephenson2March 22, 1997301Creedmoor, North CarolinaLive eventStephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship.
5Jimmy Cicero1January 17, 1998161Butner, North CarolinaLive event
—Vacated—June 27, 1998—Butner, North CarolinaLive eventThe championship is vacated when Jimmy Cicero is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defence.
6Boris Dragoff2June 27, 199884Butner, North CarolinaLive eventDragoff defeated Chris Stephenson and Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
7James "Poison" Ivey1September 19, 1998N/AHenderson, North CarolinaLive event
—Vacated—November 21, 1998—Louisburg, North CarolinaLive eventThe championship is vacated when James Ivey surrenders the title due to a back injury.
8Cueball Carmichael1November 21, 199896Louisburg, North CarolinaLive eventCarmichael defeated Big Slam to win the vacant title.
—Vacated—February 25, 1999—Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventThe championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
9Otto Schwanz1February 25, 199963Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventSchwanz defeated Venom to win the vacant title.
10Shane Helms1April 29, 199944Raleigh, North CarolinaLive event
—Vacated—June 12, 1999—Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventThe championship is vacated when Shane Helms is stripped as champion.
11Otto Schwanz2June 24, 19990Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventSchwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title.
12Toad1June 24, 199963Raleigh, North CarolinaLive event
13Otto Schwanz3August 26, 1999N/ARaleigh, North CarolinaLive event
—Vacated—1999—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz leaves the promotion.
14Toad2October 28, 199979Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventToad won tournament to fill the vacant title
15Chilly Willy1January 15, 200040Butner, North CarolinaLive event
16Scab1February 24, 200085Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventThis was a three-way match involving Toad.
17Cham Pain1May 19, 200036Raleigh, North CarolinaRoyal Pain (2000)
18Scab2June 24, 200083Morehead City, North CarolinaLive event
19Cham Pain2September 15, 200076Sanford, North CarolinaLive event
—Held up—October 30, 2000—Raleigh, North CarolinaMaul-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
20William Wealth1November 30, 20000Raleigh, North CarolinaLive eventWealth was awarded the held up title.
21Scab3November 30, 200051Raleigh, North CarolinaLive event
22Cham Pain3January 20, 200168Butner, North CarolinaOver the Top (2001)This was a three-way match involving Frank Parker.
23Frank Parker1March 29, 2001154Raleigh, North CarolinaDowntown Destruction (2001)This was a tag team match in which Kross pinned Frank Parker
24Kross1August 30, 200180Raleigh, North CarolinaCruel Intentions (2001)
25Major DeBeers1November 18, 20010Carrboro, North CarolinaSCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)This was DeBeers' retirement match.
—Vacated—November 18, 2001—Carrboro, North CarolinaSCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001)The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers retires.
26Otto Schwanz4January 31, 2002N/ARaleigh, North CarolinaLive eventSchwanz defeated Kross a tournament final to win the vacant title.
—Vacated—June 2002—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz surrenders the title.
27Jimmy Cicero2June 27, 2002149Raleigh, North CarolinaFan Inferno (2002)Cicero defeated Cham Pain in a tournament final to win vacant title.
28Dewey Cheatum1November 23, 2002N/ALouisburg, North CarolinaSCW 8th Anniversary Show (2002)This was an elimination tag team match. Cheatum pinned Brian Perry, who was substituting for Jimmy Cicero, to win the title.
—Vacated—2003—N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Dewey Cheatum is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
29C. W. Anderson1July 12, 2003497Burlington, North CarolinaHeatwave (2003)Anderson defeated Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title.
30Otto Schwanz5November 20, 20040Durham, North CarolinaBlowout Bash (2004)
—Deactivated—November 20, 2004—N/AN/ASCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Schwanz was the final champion in SCW as a company.

List of combined reigns

A picture of wrestler C. W. Anderson in the ring.
C. W. Anderson, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion
<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
RankWrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Chris Stephenson2687
2C. W. Anderson1497
3Boris Dragoff2384
4Jimmy Cicero2310
5Scab3219
6Cham Pain3180
7Frank Parker1154
8Toad2142
9Cueball Carmichael196
10Kross180
11Otto Schwanz563+
12Shane Helms144
13Chilly Willy140
14Major DeBeers1<1
15William Wealth1<1

Footnotes

General

  • . Southern Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004.
  • Benaka, Matt; Westcott, Brian. . Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Carolinas) SCW Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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