The RCW 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 Real Championship Wrestling

Real Championship Wrestling

Real Championship Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion based in Baltimore, Maryland, formed in June 2009 by talents, such as, Ruckus, Derek Frazier, Steve Diaz, and others from Maryland Championship Wrestling and Eastern Wrestling Alliance.-History:RCW hosted their first show on June...

 (RCW) promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

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. The title was created and debuted on August 2, 2009 at a RCW August Assault.

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

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, 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 B-Boy, who defeated Devon Moore in the finals of a tournament to win the championship. Overall there have been two reigns held by two different 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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|B-Boy defeated Devon Moore in a heavyweight title tournament to become the first Champion.
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|DJ Hyde won a CZW vs. RCW 5 man tag match, and named Christian York the champion after it was striped from B-Boy.
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|Azrieal cashed an contract he had for a title shot.
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Combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
	Christian York
	B-Boy
	Azrieal		+