MCW Heavyweight Championship

MCW Heavyweight Championship
A caucasian male standing still for a photograph Jerry Lawler is a former MCW Heavyweight Champion.
Details
Current champion(s)	Ryan McBride
Date won	October 24, 2015
Date established	October 11, 1998
Promotion	Maryland Championship Wrestling
Statistics First champion(s) Romeo Valentino Most reigns The Bruiser (6 reigns) Longest reign Christian York (435 days) Shortest reign The Bruiser and Drolix (<1 day)

The MCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on October 11, 1998 at a MCW live event. In 2003, MCW ceased operations; at its last show MCW Last Dance on July 16, the MCW Heavyweight Championship was unified with the FTW Heavyweight and the MEWF Heavyweight Championships, when then–MCW Heavyweight Champion Danny Doring defeated MEWF Heavyweight Champion Romeo Valentino and FTW Heavyweight Champion Chris Chetti. MCW reopened in 2005 and held its first show on October 1, 2005, titled Fort Meade Wrestling. The MCW Heavyweight Championship was reinstated on March 26, 2006 at MCW's The Phenomenal Final Four event, where Julio Dinero won a tournament to become the champion.

Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Title changes happen at live events, which are usually released on DVD. The inaugural champion was Romeo Valentino, who defeated Corporal Punishment in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on October 11, 1998 at an MCW live event. As of February 2015, The Bruiser holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 435 days, Christian York's second reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Ryan McBride, who is in his third reign. Overall, there have been 37 reigns shared between 22 wrestlers.

Title history

No.	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
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

No.	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Romeo Valentino	1	October 11, 1998		Baltimore, Maryland	Live event	Valentino defeated Corporal Punishment in a tournament final to become the first champion.
2	King Kong Bundy	1	December 3, 1998		Denton, Maryland	Live event
3	Romeo Valentino	2	January 7, 1999		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Live event
4	Headbanger Mosh	1	April 8, 1999		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
5	Tom Brandi	1	June 17, 1999		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
6	The Bruiser	1	September 5, 1999		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
7	Romeo Valentino	3	October 27, 1999		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Live event
8	The Bruiser	2	December 4, 1999		Sandy Spring, Maryland	Live event
9	Jimmy Cicero	1	July 19, 2000		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Live event
10	Adam Flash	1	November 19, 2000		Odenton, Maryland	Live event
11	Jimmy Cicero	2	December 6, 2000		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Live event
12	Adam Flash	2	May 18, 2001		Wye Mills, Maryland	Live event
13	The Bruiser	3	November 2, 2001		Chestertown, Maryland	Live event
14	Jerry Lawler	1	November 2, 2001		Chestertown, Maryland	Live event
15	The Bruiser	4	November 10, 2001		Hampstead, Maryland	Live event
16	Orlando Jordan	1	February 9, 2002		Lexington, Kentucky	Live event
17	The Bruiser	5	February 16, 2002		Harrington, Delaware	Live event
18	Danny Doring	1	January 29, 2003		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Live event
—	Retired	—	July 16, 2003	—	Glen Burnie, Maryland	MCW Last Dance	Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) ceases operations, and the championship is unified with the FTW Heavyweight and the MEWF Heavyweight Championships after Doring defeated Valentino and Chetti.
19	Julio Dinero	1	March 26, 2006		Dundalk, Maryland	The Phenomenal Final Four	MCW officially reopened in February 2006. Dinero defeated Genesis in a tournament final to win the newly revived title.
20	Adam Flash	3	July 9, 2006		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
21	Joey Matthews	1	July 8, 2007		Dundalk, Maryland	Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup VII
22	Christian York	1	December 26, 2007		Glen Burnie, Maryland	Holiday Homecoming 2007
23	Ruckus	1	February 21, 2009		Dundalk, Maryland	Anniversary 2009
24	Kent Brink	1	November 6, 2009		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
25	Ryan McBride	1	July 31, 2010		Dundalk, Maryland	Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2010
26	Tyler Hilton	1	February 26, 2011		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
27	Cobian	1	May 19, 2011		Baltimore, Maryland	Live event
28	Ronnie Zukko	1	September 30, 2011		Severn, Maryland	Live event
29	Tyler Hilton	2	December 30, 2011		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
30	Nui Tofiga	1	April 6, 2012		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
-	Vacant	-	October 27, 2012		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
31	Ryan McBride	2	October 27, 2012		Dundalk, Maryland	Live event
32	Christian York	2	February 22, 2013		Dundalk, Maryland	Anniversary
33	Drolix	1	May 3, 2014		Waldorf, Maryland	Xtreme Measures
34	Matt Hardy	1	May 3, 2014		Waldorf, Maryland	Xtreme Measures
35	Drolix	2	October 4, 2014		Waldorf, Maryland	Tribute to Legends
36	The Bruiser	6	February 7, 2015		Joppa, Maryland	MCW Anniversary MMXV
37	Ryan McBride	3	October 24, 2015	+	Windber, Pennsylvania	MCW Autumn Armageddon Tour

List of combined reigns

As of December 23, 2024

†	Indicates the current champion
Rank	Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
1	The Bruiser	6	977
2	Christian York	2	858
3	Adam Flash	3	549
4	Ryan McBride†	3	+
5	Jimmy Cicero	2	286
6	Kent Brink	1	267
7	Ruckus	1	258
8	Nui Tofiga	1	204
9	Romeo Valentino	3	182
10	Tyler Hilton	2	180
11	Joey Matthews	1	171
12	Danny Doring	1	168
13	Matt Hardy	1	154
14	Cobian	1	134
15	Drolix	2	126
16	Julio Dinero	1	105
17	Ronnie Zukko	1	91
18	Tom Brandi	1	80
19	Headbanger Mosh	1	70
20	King Kong Bundy	1	35
21	Jerry Lawler	1	8
22	Orlando Jordan	1	7

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