The MCW Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 cruiserweight

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

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 championship

Championship (professional wrestling)

A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...

 owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling

Maryland Championship Wrestling

Maryland Championship Wrestling is a regional independent wrestling promotion based in Dundalk, Maryland, and has regularly run events in the Mid-Atlantic region since the late 1990s as well as participating in numerous fundraising events throughout the state.Rivaling other east coast independent...

 (MCW) promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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. The title was created and debuted on November 8, 1998 at a MCW live event

House show

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Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches

Mock combat

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 between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines

Narrative thread

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, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains

Heel (professional wrestling)

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 or heroes

Face (professional wrestling)

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 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 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.

Title history

#	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
							Flash defeated Rearl the Pearl to become the first champion.
							Flash vacated the title due to injury.
							York defeated Tom Brandi Tom Brandi Tom Brandi is a professional wrestler known for his work in World Wrestling Federation as Salvatore Sincere. He is also known for his current work as The Patriot, working for such companies as Pro-Wrestling WORLD-1, National Wrestling Superstars, and other independent promotions on the East...  to win the vacant title.
	Joey Matthews Adam Birch Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...		May 21, 1999
	Platinum Nat		June 17, 1999
	Quinn Nash		October 3, 1999
	Adam Flash		October 23, 1999
	Quinn Nash		October 27, 1999
	Mikey Whipwreck Mikey Whipwreck John Watson , better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling where he became the third ECW Triple Crown Champion....		December 4, 1999
	Adam Flash		December 5, 1999
	Chad Bowman		April 14, 2000				Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match.
	Qeenan Creed		November 19, 2000
	Gregory Martin		January 13, 2001
	Qeenan Creed		March 10, 2001
	Amazing Red		March 27, 2002
	2-Dope		December 5, 2002
	Adam Flash		March 12, 2003
	Reckless Youth Reckless Youth Thomas Carter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Reckless Youth. He has competed in numerous North American independent promotions including the East Coast Wrestling Association, Combat Zone Wrestling and Chikara, where he was one of the original founders alongside...		May 15, 2003
	Christian York		July 16, 2003
	Title retired		July 16 2003				MCW closed.
	Derek Frazier		February 26, 2006				Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month.
	Chris Sabin Chris Sabin Joshua Harter is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Sabin. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he currently teams with Alex Shelley as The Motor City Machine Guns.After being trained by Scott D'Amore, Sabin debuted in 2000 for...		May 7, 2006
	Ruckus Claude Marrow Claude Marrow is an American independent professional wrestler better known by his ring name Ruckus. Marrow current performs in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling...		July 9, 2006				Defeated Derek Frazier, Jerry Lynn Jerry Lynn Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .... , Chris Sabin, Steve Anthony Steve Anthony Steve Anthony is a Canadian television host. He gained attention throughout Canada as a MuchMusic host, or "VJ" from May 1987 to November 1995....  and Petey Williams Petey Williams Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA... in the 6-way Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup final to win the title.
	Chris Sabin		October 29, 2006
	Alex Shelley Alex Shelley Patrick Martin , is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Alex Shelley. He wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he currently teams with Chris Sabin as The Motor City Machine Guns. He previously gained fame on the independent circuit, working most notably for...		November 11, 2006
	Derek Frazier		March 25, 2007
	Josh Daniels		December 26, 2007
	Sabian		November 1, 2008
	Ryan McBride		July 11, 2009

List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days

External links

• MarylandWrestling.com