| MCW Cruiserweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | ||||||||||||
| Date established | November 8, 1998 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
| # | 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
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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 | Dandy Spring, MD
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9
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Adam Flash | 3
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December 5, 1999 | 131 | Dundalk, MD
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10
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Chad Bowman | 1
|
April 14, 2000 | 219 | —
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Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match. | |
11
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Qeenan Creed | 1
|
November 19, 2000 | 55 | |||
12
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Gregory Martin | 1
|
January 13, 2001 | 56 | |||
13
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Qeenan Creed | 2
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March 10, 2001 | 382 | |||
14
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Amazing Red | 1
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March 27, 2002 | 253 | Glen Burnie, MD
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15
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2-Dope | 1
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December 5, 2002 | 97 | Glen Burnie, MD
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16
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Adam Flash | 4
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March 12, 2003 | 64 | Glen Burnie, MD
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17
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Reckless Youth | 1
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May 15, 2003 | 62 | Glen Burnie, MD
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18
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Christian York | 2
|
July 16, 2003 | 0 | Glen Burnie, MD
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19
|
Retired | July 16, 2003 | —
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Glen Burnie, MD
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—
|
MCW closed. | |
20
|
Derek Frazier | 1
|
February 26, 2006 | 70 | Dundalk, MD
|
—
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Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month. |
21
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Chris Sabin | 1
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May 7, 2006 | 63 | Dundalk, MD
|
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22
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Ruckus | 1
|
July 9, 2006 | 112 | Dundalk, MD
|
—
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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
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Chris Sabin | 2
|
October 29, 2006 | 13 | Dundalk, MD
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24
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Alex Shelley | 1
|
November 11, 2006 | 134 | |||
25
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Derek Frazier | 2
|
March 25, 2007 | 276 | Dundalk, MD
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26
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Josh Daniels | 1
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December 26, 2007 | 311 | Glen Burnie, MD
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| 27 | Josh Hardy | 1 | April 12, 2008 | 204 | Glen Burnie, MD
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Live event | Hardy defeated Josh Daniels to win the title. |
28
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Sabian | 1
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November 2, 2008 | 161 | Dundalk, MD
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| 29 | Josh Hardy | 2 | April 11, 2009 | 92 | Glen Burnie, MD
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Live event | York defeated Sabian to win the title. |
30
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Ryan McBride | 1
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July 11, 2009 | 303 | Dundalk, MD
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| 31 | Josh Hardy | 3 | May 10, 2010 | 103 | Glen Burnie, MD
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Live event | York defeated Ryan McBride to win the title. |
32
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Ryan McBride | 2
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August 21, 2010 | 81 | Dundalk, MD
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| — | Inactive | — | November 10, 2010 | — | |||
As of May 4, 2024.
| Rank [1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qeenan Creed | 2 | 437 |
| 2 | Josh Hardy | 3 | 399 |
| 3 | Ryan McBride | 2 | 384 |
| 4 | Derek Frazier | 2 | 346 |
| 5 | Josh Daniels | 1 | 311 |
| 6 | Ruckus | 1 | 258 |
| 7 | Adam Flash | 4 | 223 |
| 8 | Chad Bowman | 1 | 219 |
| 9 | Christian York | 2 | 170 |
| 10 | Sabian | 1 | 161 |
| 11 | Ruckus | 1 | 112 |
| 12 | Platinum Nat | 1 | 108 |
| 13 | 2-Dope | 1 | 97 |
| 14 | Chris Sabin | 2 | 73 |
| 15 | Quinn Nash | 2 | 58 |
| 16 | Gregory Martin | 1 | 56 |
| 17 | Joey Matthews | 1 | 27 |
| 18 | Mikey Whipwreck | 1 | 1 |