The MCW Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 heavyweight championship 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

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

. The title was created and debuted on October 11, 1998 at a MCW live event

House show

A house show is a professional wrestling show run by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and...

. 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

ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship

The Extreme Championship Wrestling FTW Heavyweight Championship was an alternate World Heavyweight Championship in the professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling...

 and the MEWF Heavyweight Championship

MEWF Heavyweight Championship

The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship is the highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, one of three in the promotion....

s, when then–MCW Heavyweight Champion Danny Doring

Danny Doring

Dan Morrison is an American wrestler better known as Danny Doring, most known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling, as the tag team partner of Roadkill...

 defeated MEWF Heavyweight Champion Romeo Valentino and FTW Heavyweight Champion Chris Chetti

Chris Chetti

Christopher "Chris" Chetti is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1996 and 2000.-Extreme Championship Wrestling :...

. 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

Brian Wohl

Brian Wohl is an American professional wrestler better known under his ring name Julio Dinero.-Career:Wohl debuted in 1994 after training at the Baltimore Wrestling Factory under Axl Rotten and Hack Myers...

 won a tournament to become the champion.

Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches

Mock combat

Mock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, recreational or performance reasons...

 between wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines

Narrative thread

A narrative thread, or plot thread , refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry 'All knowing' sort of narration...

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

Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...

 or heroes

Face (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...

 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

Corporal Punishment (wrestler)

Daniel "Dan" McDevitt , best known by his ring name Corporal Punishment, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter...

 in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on October 11, 1998 at an MCW live event. As of , The Bruiser holds the record for most reigns, with five. At days, Christian York

Christian York

Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...

's only reign is the longest in the title's history. The current champion is Ronnie Zukko, who is in his first reign. Overall, there have been 28 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers.

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
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily.

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes

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Corporal Punishment (wrestler)

Daniel "Dan" McDevitt , best known by his ring name Corporal Punishment, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter...

 in a tournament final to become the first champion.
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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) ceases operations, and the championship is unified with the FTW Heavyweight

ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship

The Extreme Championship Wrestling FTW Heavyweight Championship was an alternate World Heavyweight Championship in the professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling...

 and the MEWF Heavyweight Championship

MEWF Heavyweight Championship

The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship is the highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, one of three in the promotion....

s after Doring defeated Valentino and Chetti.
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List of combined reigns

†	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
	†		+

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