title: SCW Heavyweight Championship
text: # SCW Heavyweight Championship
  
  The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004, when SCW was closed.
  
  The inaugural champion was Boris Dragoff, who defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final on January 7, 1995, to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Otto Schwanz holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 497 days, C. W. Anderson's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Schwanz's fifth reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotions final show. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers, with nine 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 Heavyweight Championship | 1995 — 2004 |
  
  ### Reigns
  
  | # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Boris Dragoff | 1 | January 7, 1995 | 300 | Creedmoor, North Carolina | Live event | Dragoff defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. |
  | 2 | Chris Stephenson | 1 | November 3, 1995 | 386 | Durham, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | 3 | Gorgeous George III | 1 | November 23, 1996 | N/A | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Vacated | — | March 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | |
  | 4 | Chris Stephenson | 2 | March 22, 1997 | 301 | Creedmoor, North Carolina | Live event | Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. |
  | 5 | Jimmy Cicero | 1 | January 17, 1998 | 161 | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Vacated | — | June 27, 1998 | — | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Jimmy Cicero is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defence. |
  | 6 | Boris Dragoff | 2 | June 27, 1998 | 84 | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | Dragoff defeated Chris Stephenson and Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title. |
  | 7 | James "Poison" Ivey | 1 | September 19, 1998 | N/A | Henderson, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Vacated | — | November 21, 1998 | — | Louisburg, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when James Ivey surrenders the title due to a back injury. |
  | 8 | Cueball Carmichael | 1 | November 21, 1998 | 96 | Louisburg, North Carolina | Live event | Carmichael defeated Big Slam to win the vacant title. |
  | — | Vacated | — | February 25, 1999 | — | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. |
  | 9 | Otto Schwanz | 1 | February 25, 1999 | 63 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Schwanz defeated Venom to win the vacant title. |
  | 10 | Shane Helms | 1 | April 29, 1999 | 44 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Vacated | — | June 12, 1999 | — | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | The championship is vacated when Shane Helms is stripped as champion. |
  | 11 | Otto Schwanz | 2 | June 24, 1999 | 0 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title. |
  | 12 | Toad | 1 | June 24, 1999 | 63 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | 13 | Otto Schwanz | 3 | August 26, 1999 | N/A | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Vacated | — | 1999 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz leaves the promotion. |
  | 14 | Toad | 2 | October 28, 1999 | 79 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Toad won tournament to fill the vacant title |
  | 15 | Chilly Willy | 1 | January 15, 2000 | 40 | Butner, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | 16 | Scab | 1 | February 24, 2000 | 85 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | This was a three-way match involving Toad. |
  | 17 | Cham Pain | 1 | May 19, 2000 | 36 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Royal Pain (2000) | |
  | 18 | Scab | 2 | June 24, 2000 | 83 | Morehead City, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | 19 | Cham Pain | 2 | September 15, 2000 | 76 | Sanford, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | — | Held up | — | October 30, 2000 | — | Raleigh, North Carolina | Maul-O-Ween (2000) | The championship is held up following a match between Cham Pain and William Wealth in which both men scored a double pin. SCW Commissioner James Thurston initially ruled that the title would be decided in a best 2-out-of-3 falls match between the two, however, the title remained inactive for several weeks until newly appointed commissioner BC announced a winner |
  | 20 | William Wealth | 1 | November 30, 2000 | 0 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Wealth was awarded the held up title. |
  | 21 | Scab | 3 | November 30, 2000 | 51 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | |
  | 22 | Cham Pain | 3 | January 20, 2001 | 68 | Butner, North Carolina | Over the Top (2001) | This was a three-way match involving Frank Parker. |
  | 23 | Frank Parker | 1 | March 29, 2001 | 154 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Downtown Destruction (2001) | This was a tag team match in which Kross pinned Frank Parker |
  | 24 | Kross | 1 | August 30, 2001 | 80 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Cruel Intentions (2001) | |
  | 25 | Major DeBeers | 1 | November 18, 2001 | 0 | Carrboro, North Carolina | SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001) | This was DeBeers' retirement match. |
  | — | Vacated | — | November 18, 2001 | — | Carrboro, North Carolina | SCW 7th Anniversary Show (2001) | The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers retires. |
  | 26 | Otto Schwanz | 4 | January 31, 2002 | N/A | Raleigh, North Carolina | Live event | Schwanz defeated Kross a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
  | — | Vacated | — | June 2002 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz surrenders the title. |
  | 27 | Jimmy Cicero | 2 | June 27, 2002 | 149 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Fan Inferno (2002) | Cicero defeated Cham Pain in a tournament final to win vacant title. |
  | 28 | Dewey Cheatum | 1 | November 23, 2002 | N/A | Louisburg, North Carolina | SCW 8th Anniversary Show (2002) | This was an elimination tag team match. Cheatum pinned Brian Perry, who was substituting for Jimmy Cicero, to win the title. |
  | — | Vacated | — | 2003 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Dewey Cheatum is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. |
  | 29 | C. W. Anderson | 1 | July 12, 2003 | 497 | Burlington, North Carolina | Heatwave (2003) | Anderson defeated Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title. |
  | 30 | Otto Schwanz | 5 | November 20, 2004 | 0 | Durham, North Carolina | Blowout Bash (2004) | |
  | — | Deactivated | — | November 20, 2004 | — | N/A | N/A | SCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Schwanz was the final champion in SCW as a company. |
  
  ## List of combined reigns
  
  | <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
  | - | - |
  | Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
  | 1 | Chris Stephenson | 2 | 687 |
  | 2 | C. W. Anderson | 1 | 497 |
  | 3 | Boris Dragoff | 2 | 384 |
  | 4 | Jimmy Cicero | 2 | 310 |
  | 5 | Scab | 3 | 219 |
  | 6 | Cham Pain | 3 | 180 |
  | 7 | Frank Parker | 1 | 154 |
  | 8 | Toad | 2 | 142 |
  | 9 | Cueball Carmichael | 1 | 96 |
  | 10 | Kross | 1 | 80 |
  | 11 | Otto Schwanz | 5 | 63+ |
  | 12 | Shane Helms | 1 | 44 |
  | 13 | Chilly Willy | 1 | 40 |
  | 14 | Major DeBeers | 1 | <1 |
  | 15 | William Wealth | 1 | <1 |
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
  