The SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It was defended in the promotion from 1997 to 2000, and briefly reactivated on November 20, 2004, when SCW held its final show.
The inaugural champion was "The Iceman" Chris Cannon, who defeated Preston Quinn in a tournament final on February 22, 1997, to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Joey Matthews holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 268 days, Chris Cannon's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Krazy K's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotion's final show. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 8 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 2 deactivations.
Title history Key #Order in reign historyReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listedEventThe event in which the title was won —Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reignN/AThe information is not available or is unknown+Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Names NameYearsSCW Junior Heavyweight Championship1997 — 2000
Reigns #WrestlersReignDateDaysheldLocationEventNotesRef.Cannon defeated Preston Quinn in a tournament final to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion.The championship is vacated when Chris Cannon is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.Matthews defeated The Intruder to win the vacant title.This was a Ladder match.Gjoni, John. "Spotlight on The King of Old School - Steve Corino." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., 2004. Web. Oct. 5, 2011. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/spotlight/stevecorino.html>.The championship is vacated when Steve Corino leaves the promotion to join Extreme Championship Wrestling.York defeated Joey Matthews in a tournament final to win the vacant title.The championship is vacated when Tears is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.Wealth defeated Jacey North to win the vacant title.The championship is vacated when William Wealth surrenders the title and is subsequently abandoned by the promotion.Krazy K defeated Caprice Coleman to win the vacant title.SCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Krazy K was the final champion in SCW as a company.
List of combined reigns
<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
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External links
SCW Junior Heavyweight Title at Genickbruch.com