MCW Cruiserweight Championship

The MCW Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on November 8, 1998 at a MCW live event. The title is currently inactive.

MCW Cruiserweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW)
Date established	November 8, 1998
Statistics First champion(s) Adam Flash Final champion(s) Ryan McBride Most reigns Adam Flash (4 reigns) Longest reign Ryan McBride (487 days) Shortest reign Christian York (<1 day)

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
1	Adam Flash	1	November 8, 1998	24	Glen Burnie, MD	Live event	Flash defeated Rearl the Pearl to become the first champion.
—	Vacated	—	December 2, 1998	—	Glen Burnie, MD	N/A	Flash vacated the title due to injury.
2	Christian York	1	December 2, 1998	170	Glen Burnie, MD	Live event	York defeated Tom Brandi to win the vacant title.
3	Joey Matthews	1	May 21, 1999	27	Wheaton, MD
4	Platinum Nat	1	June 17, 1999	108	Dundalk, MD
5	Quinn Nash	1	October 3, 1999	20	Dundalk, MD
6	Adam Flash	2	October 23, 1999	4	Colonial Beach, VA
7	Quinn Nash	2	October 27, 1999	38	Glen Burnie, MD
8	Mikey Whipwreck	1	December 4, 1999	1	Dandy Spring, MD
9	Adam Flash	3	December 5, 1999	131	Dundalk, MD
10	Chad Bowman	1	April 14, 2000	219	Annapolis, MD	—	Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match.
11	Qeenan Creed	1	November 19, 2000	55	Odenton, MD
12	Gregory Martin	1	January 13, 2001	56	Laurel, DE
13	Qeenan Creed	2	March 10, 2001	382	Paw Paw, WV
14	Amazing Red	1	March 27, 2002	253	Glen Burnie, MD
15	2-Dope	1	December 5, 2002	97	Glen Burnie, MD
16	Adam Flash	4	March 12, 2003	64	Glen Burnie, MD
17	Reckless Youth	1	May 15, 2003	62	Glen Burnie, MD
18	Christian York	2	July 16, 2003	0	Glen Burnie, MD
19	Retired		July 16, 2003	—	Glen Burnie, MD	—	MCW closed.
20	Derek Frazier	1	February 26, 2006	70	Dundalk, MD	—	Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month.
21	Chris Sabin	1	May 7, 2006	63	Dundalk, MD
22	Ruckus	1	July 9, 2006	112	Dundalk, MD	—	Defeated Derek Frazier, Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin, Steve Anthony and Petey Williams in the 6-way Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup final to win the title.
23	Chris Sabin	2	October 29, 2006	13	Dundalk, MD
24	Alex Shelley	1	November 11, 2006	134	Hampstead, MD
25	Derek Frazier	2	March 25, 2007	276	Dundalk, MD
26	Josh Daniels	1	December 26, 2007	311	Glen Burnie, MD
—	Vacated	—	November 2, 2008	—		N/A
27	Sabian	1	November 2, 2008	161	Dundalk, MD
—	Vacated	—	April 11, 2009	—		N/A
28	Ryan McBride	1	July 11, 2009	487	Dundalk, MD
—	Inactive	—	November 10, 2010	—

Combined reigns

As of November 25, 2024.

Rank [1]	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days
1	Ryan McBride	1	487
2	Qeenan Creed	2	437
3	Derek Frazier	2	346
4	Josh Daniels	1	311
5	Ruckus	1	258
6	Adam Flash	4	223
7	Chad Bowman	1	219
8	Christian York	2	170
9	Sabian	1	161
10	Ruckus	1	112
11	Platinum Nat	1	108
12	2-Dope	1	97
13	Chris Sabin	2	73
14	Quinn Nash	2	58
15	Gregory Martin	1	56
16	Joey Matthews	1	27
17	Mikey Whipwreck	1	1

Notes

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

References

General

• Eric Roelfsema and Brian Westcott. "MCW Cruiserweight Championship reign history". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
• "MCW Cruiserweight Championship". Maryland Championship Wrestling. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
• "Maryland Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Title". Wrestling Title.com. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

Specific

External links

• MarylandWrestling.com