SCW North Carolina Championship

The SCW North Carolina Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004 when SCW was closed.

SCW North Carolina Championship
C.W. Anderson is a former SCW North Carolina Champion.
Details
PromotionSouthern Championship Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 22, 1997
Date retiredNovember 20, 2004

The title was briefly revived in G.O.U.G.E. Wrestling, the successor of SCW, when Nicky Richards was presented the title by his manager Brad Stutts following his victory over The Goat at the GOUGE supercard "Fallout" on October 17, 2008.[1] Count Grog, founder of both SCW and GOUGE, expressed the hope that the old North Carolina title would become a true regional title by being defended in the major "indy" promotions in North Carolina.[2]

The inaugural champion was K.C. Thunder, who defeated Big Slam in a tournament final on February 22, 1997 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. C.W. Anderson, Otto Schwanz, and Juice Otto are tied with the record for most reigns, with two each. At 995 days, Seymour Snott's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history; he won the title in a championship tournament in March 2002 and held the belt up until the promotion's close in 2004. "Beastmaster" Rick Link's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting 14 days. Overall, there have been 15 reigns shared between 12 wrestlers, with five vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

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

Names
Name Years
SCW North Carolina Championship 1997 — 2004

Reigns
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 K.C. Thunder 1 February 22, 1997 273 Butner, North Carolina Live event Thunder defeated Big Slam in a tournament final to become the first SCW North Carolina Champion.
2 Boris Dragoff 1 November 22, 1997 161 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event
3 Otto Schwanz 1 May 2, 1998 215 Durham, North Carolina Live event
4 C.W. Anderson 1 December 3, 1998 203 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. [3][4]
— Vacated — June 24, 1999 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when C.W. Anderson leaves the promotion to join Extreme Championship Wrestling.
5 Rick Link 1 August 26, 1999 14 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated — September 9, 1999 — Durham, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Rick Link is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense.
6 Major DeBeers 1 September 9, 1999 51 Durham, North Carolina Live event DeBeers defeated Natrone Steele and Uncle Tom Kettle in a three-way tournament final to win the vacant title.
— Vacated — October 30, 1999 — Butner, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers is stripped as champion due to injury.
7 Natrone Steele 1 October 30, 1999 N/A Butner, North Carolina Live event Steele defeated Juice in a tournament final to win vacant title.
— Vacated — April 2000 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Steele is forced to retire.
8 Kross 1 May 19, 2000 71 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
9 Juice 1 July 29, 2000 61 Zebulon, North Carolina Live event
10 Lazarus 1 September 28, 2000 63 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
11 Juice 2 November 30, 2000 119 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title.
12 Dewey Cheatum 1 March 29, 2001 28 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
13 C.W. Anderson 1 April 26, 2001 154 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event [3]
14 Otto Schwanz 2 September 27, 2001 126 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event
— Vacated — January 31, 2002 — Raleigh, North Carolina Live event The championship is vacated when Schwanz wins the SCW Heavyweight Championship.
15 Seymour Snott 1 March 1, 2002 995 Louisburg, North Carolina Live event Snott defeated Caesar Augustus in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [5]
— Deactivated — November 20, 2004 — N/A N/A SCW closed on November 20, 2004 and Snott was the final champion in SCW as a company.
16 Nicky Richards 1 October 17, 2008 4,477 Raleigh, North Carolina Live event Richards is awarded the championship by manager Brad Stutts.

List of combined reigns
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Seymour Snott 1 995
2 C.W. Anderson 2 375
3 Otto Schwanz 2 341
4 K.C. Thunder 1 273
5 Juice 2 182
6 Boris Dragoff 1 161
7 Frank Parker 1 154
8 Natrone Steele 1 154+
9 Kross 1 71
10 Lazerus 1 63
11 Major DeBeers 1 51
12 Dewey Cheatum 1 28
13 Rick Link 1 41

Footnotes
  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References
General
  • "Current Champions". Southern Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • Benaka, Matt; Westcott, Brian. "SCW North Carolina Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Carolinas) SCW North Carolina Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. Results. "GOUGE Wrestling". OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  2. Foley, Dick; Matt Burns (August 20, 2009). "Carolina Wrestling Radio 8/20". Carolina Wrestling Radio. BlogTalkRadio.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  3. "C.W. Anderson". Wrestler Profiles. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  4. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "SCW (22.03.1997)". Event. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  5. "The Ace Crusader". Wrestler Profiles. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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