MCW Cruiserweight Championship

The MCW Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on November 8, 1998 at a MCW live event. The title is currently inactive.

MCW Cruiserweight Championship
Details
PromotionMaryland Championship Wrestling (MCW)
Date establishedNovember 8, 1998
Statistics
First champion(s)Adam Flash
Final champion(s)Ryan McBride
Most reignsAdam Flash (4 reigns)
Longest reignRyan McBride
(487 days)
Shortest reignChristian York
(<1 day)

The inaugural champion was Gregory Martin, who defeated Ronnie Zukko in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on February 12, 2001 at an MCW live event.

Title history

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# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes
1 Adam Flash 1 November 8, 1998 24 Glen Burnie, MD Live event Flash defeated Rearl the Pearl to become the first champion.
Vacated December 2, 1998
Glen Burnie, MD
N/A Flash vacated the title due to injury.
2 Christian York 1 December 2, 1998 170
Glen Burnie, MD
Live event York defeated Tom Brandi to win the vacant title.
3 Joey Matthews 1 May 21, 1999 27 Wheaton, MD
4 Platinum Nat 1 June 17, 1999 108 Dundalk, MD
5 Quinn Nash 1 October 3, 1999 20 Dundalk, MD
6 Adam Flash 2 October 23, 1999 4 Colonial Beach, VA
7 Quinn Nash 2 October 27, 1999 38 Glen Burnie, MD
8 Mikey Whipwreck 1 December 4, 1999 1
9
Adam Flash
3
December 5, 1999 131
Dundalk, MD
10
Chad Bowman
1
April 14, 2000 219
Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match.
11
Qeenan Creed
1
November 19, 2000 55
12
Gregory Martin
1
January 13, 2001 56
13
Qeenan Creed
2
March 10, 2001 382
14
Amazing Red
1
March 27, 2002 253
Glen Burnie, MD
15
2-Dope
1
December 5, 2002 97
Glen Burnie, MD
16
Adam Flash
4
March 12, 2003 64
Glen Burnie, MD
17
Reckless Youth
1
May 15, 2003 62
Glen Burnie, MD
18
Christian York
2
July 16, 2003 0
Glen Burnie, MD
19
Retired July 16, 2003
Glen Burnie, MD
MCW closed.
20
Derek Frazier
1
February 26, 2006 70
Dundalk, MD
Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month.
21
Chris Sabin
1
May 7, 2006 63
Dundalk, MD
22
Ruckus
1
July 9, 2006 112
Dundalk, MD
Defeated Derek Frazier, Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin, Steve Anthony and Petey Williams
in the 6-way Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup final to win the title.
23
Chris Sabin
2
October 29, 2006 13
Dundalk, MD
24
Alex Shelley
1
November 11, 2006 134
25
Derek Frazier
2
March 25, 2007 276
Dundalk, MD
26
Josh Daniels
1
December 26, 2007 311
Glen Burnie, MD
Vacated November 2, 2008 N/A
27
Sabian
1
November 2, 2008 161
Dundalk, MD
Vacated April 11, 2009 N/A
28
Ryan McBride
1
July 11, 2009 487
Dundalk, MD
Inactive November 10, 2010

Combined reigns

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As of November 16, 2024.

Rank [1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Ryan McBride 1 487
2 Qeenan Creed 2 437
3 Derek Frazier 2 346
4 Josh Daniels 1 311
5 Ruckus 1 258
6 Adam Flash 4 223
7 Chad Bowman 1 219
8 Christian York 2 170
9 Sabian 1 161
10 Ruckus 1 112
11 Platinum Nat 1 108
12 2-Dope 1 97
13 Chris Sabin 2 73
14 Quinn Nash 2 58
15 Gregory Martin 1 56
16 Joey Matthews 1 27
17 Mikey Whipwreck 1 1

Notes

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

References

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General
  • Eric Roelfsema and Brian Westcott. "MCW Cruiserweight Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  • "MCW Cruiserweight Championship". Maryland Championship Wrestling. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  • "Maryland Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Title". Wrestling Title.com. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
Specific
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