SCW Heavyweight Championship (Georgia)

SCW Heavyweight Championship
Details
Date established	June 25, 1988
Date retired	1990
Promotion	Southern Championship Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Chris Adams Final champion(s) Joel Deaton Most reigns Joel Deaton (2) Longest reign Joel Deaton (199 days) Shortest reign The Bullet (14 days)

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.

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

#	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 Heavyweight Championship	1988 — 1990

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Chris Adams	1	June 25, 1988	N/A	Columbus, Georgia	Live event	Adams defeated Buck Robley in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion.	[1]
2	Moondog Spot	1	1988	N/A	N/A	Live event
3	The Bullet	1	September 4, 1988	14	Atlanta, Georgia	Live event
4	Tommy Rich	1	September 18, 1988	N/A	Marietta, Georgia	Live event
5	Jon Michaels	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	Live event
—	Vacated	—	1989	—	N/A	Live event
6	Joel Deaton	1	May 21, 1989	119	Griffin, Georgia	Live event
7	David Sammartino	1	October 30, 1999	N/A	Alpharetta, Georgia	Live event
8	Joel Deaton	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	Live event	Deaton is awarded the title.
—	Deactivated	—	1990	—	N/A	N/A	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.