Steel City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship

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

SCW Heavyweight Championship
Cactus Jack is a former SCW Heavyweight Champion.
Details
PromotionSteel City Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 8, 1994
Date retired2000
Statistics
First champion(s)T. Rantula
Final champion(s)T. Rantula
Most reignsT. Rantula (4 reigns)
Longest reignJohnny Gunn (892)
Shortest reignT. Rantula (1)
Oldest championCueball Carmichael (38 years, 360 days)
Youngest championJohnny Gunn (29 years, 135 days)
Heaviest championT. Rantula (325 lb (147 kg))
Lightest championCody Michaels (220 lb (100 kg))

The inaugural champion was T. Rantula, who defeated Shane Douglas in a tournament final on October 8, 1994 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. T. Rantula holds the record for most reigns, with four. At 892 days, Johnny Gunn first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. T. Rantula's third reign was the shortest in the history of the title having been stripped of the championship the day after he won it. The previous champion, Cueball Carmichael, had won control of SCW for 30 days prior to their match. He justified the decision as T. Rantula had been a substitute for his originally scheduled opponent Dennis Gregory. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 7 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 T. Rantula 1 October 8, 1994 162 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event T. Rantula defeated Shane Douglas in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.
2 Cactus Jack 1 March 19, 1995 21 New Castle, Pennsylvania Live event   [1][2]
3 T. Rantula 2 April 9, 1995 226 Edgewood, Pennsylvania Deaf Wrestlefest (1995)   [3][4]
4 Johnny Gunn 1 November 21, 1995 892 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event   [5]
5 Lou Marconi 1 May 1, 1998 119 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [6]
6 Dennis Gregory 1 August 28, 1998 379 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [7]
7 Lou Marconi 2 September 11, 1998 72 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Marconi was awarded the championship when the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission stripped Dennis Gregory of the title.
8 Dennis Gregory 2 November 22, 1998 91 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event This was a lumberjack match. [8][9]
9 Cody Michaels 1 February 21, 1999 104 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [9]
10 Cueball Carmichael 1 June 5, 1999 106 Jeannette, Pennsylvania Live event   [10][11]
11 T. Rantula 3 September 19, 1999 1 White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event   [12]
— Vacated — September 20, 1999 — N/A N/A Carmichael, having won control of SCW for 30 days, stripped T. Rantula of the title due to Dennis Gregory being his original opponent. He subsequently orders a tournament to decide a new champion.
12 T. Rantula 4 November 21, 1999 N/A White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event T. Rantula defeated Dennis Gregory in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
— 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 Johnny Gunn in the ring.
Johnny Gunn, who was the longest-reigning SCW Heavyweight Champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
days		 Ref(s).
1 Johnny Gunn 1 892
2 T. Rantula 4 389+
3 Dennis Gregory 2 230
4 Lou Marconi 2 191
5 Cueball Carmichael 1 106
6 Cody Michaels 1 104
7 Cactus Jack 1 21

References
General
  • "SCW Heavyweight Championship History". Steel City Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 4, 1999. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • Westcott, Brian; Roelfsema, Eric. "SCW Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(United States: Western Pennsylvania". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. Woodward, Buck (March 19, 2010). "THIS DAY IN HISTORY: WCW'S LAST NITRO BEFORE THE BUYOUT, THE FIRST AND LAST WCW UNCENSORED EVENTS AND MORE". PWInsider.com.
  2. Hoops, Brian (March 19, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history: Edwards over Strong for ROH belt, Edge & Christian beat Hardys". F4Wonline.com. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly.
  3. Martinez, Ryan (March 19, 2008). "THIS DAY IN HISTORY: FLAIR WINS THE U.S. TITLE, CROCKETT BUYS THE UWF, PETEY WILLIAMS WINS SUPER 8 AND MORE". PWInsider.com.
  4. Hoops, Brian (April 9, 2015). "On This Day In Pro Wrestling History: Jerry Lawler vs. Randy Savage, Crockett buys UWF, Buddy Rogers vs. Antonino Rocca". F4Wonline.com. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly.
  5. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at the High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. March 1996: 70+.
  6. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 58.
  7. "Steel City results". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. August 30, 1998. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  8. "Steel City results". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. November 24, 1998. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  9. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 64.
  10. "Steel City results (Jeannette, Pa.)". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. June 9, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  11. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at Pitzer's Town House." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1999: 52+.
  12. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at the Athletic Association." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. February 2000: 52+.
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