The inaugural champion was "The Iceman" Chris Cannon, who defeated Preston Quinn in a tournament final on February 22, 1997 to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Joey Matthews holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 268 days, Chris Cannon's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Krazy K's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotion's final show. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 8 wrestlers, with three vacancies, and 2 deactivations.
Title history
Key
Names
Reigns
List of combined reigns
Footnotes
^Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
General
"SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship". Southern Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 9, 2001. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Benaka, Matt; Westcott, Brian. "SCW Junior Heavyweight Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Carolinas) SCW Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
^ a b c"Joey Matthews Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
^Gjoni, John. "Spotlight on The King of Old School - Steve Corino." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., 2004. Web. Oct. 5, 2011. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/spotlight/stevecorino.html>.
^Milner, John M. (December 18, 2005). "SLAM! Wrestling: Joey Mercury". SLAM! Wrestling Bios. SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)