SCW Heavyweight Championship (Georgia)

The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.

SCW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionSouthern Championship Wrestling
Date establishedJune 25, 1988
Date retired1990

The inaugural champion was "Gentleman" Chris Adams, who defeated Buck Robley in a tournament final on June 25, 1988 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. "Outlaw" Joel Deaton holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 114 days, Deaton's first reign is the longest in the title's history. The Bullet's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title holding the belt for only 14 days before losing it to "Wildfire" Tommy Rich. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 7 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Chris Adams June 25, 1988 SCW show Columbus, Georgia 1 N/A Adams defeated Buck Robley in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. [1]
2 Moondog Spot 1988 SCW show N/A 1 N/A
3 The Bullet September 4, 1988 SCW show Atlanta, Georgia 1 14
34 Tommy Rich September 18, 1988 SCW show Marietta, Georgia 1 N/A
5 Jon Michaels N/A SCW show N/A 1 N/A
Vacated 1989
6 Joel Deaton May 21, 1989 SCW show Griffin, Georgia 1 119
7 David Sammartino October 30, 1989 SCW show Alpharetta, Georgia 1 N/A
8 Joel Deaton N/A SCW show N/A 2 N/A Deaton is awarded the title.
Deactivated 1990 SCW closed in early-1990 and Deaton was the final champion in SCW as a company.

References

General
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Georgia) SCW Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. "Chris Adams Wrestling Biography". GentlemanChrisAdams.com. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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