SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship (Steel City Wrestling)

SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship

Mike Quackenbush was the final SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
Details
Promotion Steel City Wrestling
Date established October 8, 1994
Date retired 2000
Other name(s)
SCW Light Heavyweight Championship

The SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in Steel City Wrestling (SCW). The title was the top junior heavyweight championship of the SCW promotion. It was the second singles championship established in SCW, having been introduced in 1994, in the finals of a four-man tournament.

The inaugural champion was Lord Zoltan, who defeated Scotty McKeever in a tournament final on October 8, 1994 to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion. No wrestler held the title more than once. At 1,219 days, Zoltan's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history.[1] Reckless Youth's reign was the shortest in the history of the title at 56 days. Overall, there have been 4 reigns shared between 4 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Location The city in which the title was won
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
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s).
1 Lord Zoltan 1 October 8, 1994 1,219 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event Zoltan defeated Scotty McKeever in a tournament final to become the first SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion. [1][2]
2 Youth, RecklessReckless Youth 1 February 8, 1998 56 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [1][3]
— Vacated — April 19, 1998 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Reckless Youth was unable to defend the title due to injury.
3 York, ChristianChristian York 1 April 19, 1998 103 Latrobe, Pennsylvania Live event This was a four way dance also involving Lou Marconi, Joey Matthews and Mike Quackenbush. [4]
4 Quackenbush, MikeMike Quackenbush 1 July 31, 1998 N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event This was a three way dance also involving Reckless Youth. [5][6][7]
— Deactivated — 2000 — N/A N/A SCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

List of combined reigns

A picture of wrestler Lord Zoltan in the ring.
Lord Zoltan, who was the first and longest-reigning SCW Junior Heavyweight Champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
days		 Ref(s).
1 Lord Zoltan 1 1,219
2 Quackenbush, MikeMike Quackenbush 1 159+
3 York, ChristianChristian York 1 103
4 Youth, RecklessReckless Youth 1 56

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 Frazier, Carol Waterloo (April 16, 2013). "Glassport native receives humanitarian award". McKeesport Daily News.
  2. ↑ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 62.
  3. ↑ Schwan, Brett (2006). "2006 Hall Of Fame Inductees: Reckless Youth". WrestlingClothesline.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Christian York Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
  5. ↑ "Mike Quackenbush". Online World of Wrestling.
  6. ↑ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 61.
  7. ↑ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 52.
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