MDW_Heavyweight_Championship

MDW Heavyweight Championship

MDW Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

The MDW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Mason-Dixon Wrestling (MDW). It was the original heavyweight title of the Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling promotion during its first year of operation. In December 1998, the promotion became Mason-Dixon Wrestling and the title became the MDW Heavyweight Championship.

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The inaugural champion was "Freebird" Buddy Rose, who defeated Dark Overlord in Clarksburg, West Virginia on August 23, 1997 to become the first ACCW Heavyweight Champion. Brian Logan and Mason Hunter are tied for the record of most reigns, with two each. At 411 days, Jamie Harris' first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Brian Logan's second and final reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 1 day. Overall, there have been 11 reigns shared between 9 wrestlers, with four vacancies.

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

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Reigns

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List of combined reigns

<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
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Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

General
  • "Mason Dixon Wrestling Heavyweight Title History". Mason-Dixon Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  • Roelfsema, Eric; Brian Westcott (2011). "ACCW/MDW Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(West Virginia) MDW Mason-Dixon Wrestling / ACCW Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
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