MCW Cruiserweight Championship

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

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.

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		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		Glen Burnie, MD	Live event	York defeated Tom Brandi to win the vacant title.
3	Joey Matthews	1	May 21, 1999		Wheaton, MD
4	Platinum Nat	1	June 17, 1999		Dundalk, MD
5	Quinn Nash	1	October 3, 1999		Dundalk, MD
6	Adam Flash	2	October 23, 1999		Colonial Beach, VA
7	Quinn Nash	2	October 27, 1999		Glen Burnie, MD
8	Mikey Whipwreck	1	December 4, 1999		Dandy Spring, MD
9	Adam Flash	3	December 5, 1998		Dundalk, MD
10	Chad Bowman	1	April 14, 2000		Annapolis, MD	—	Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match.
11	Qeenan Creed	1	November 19, 2000		Odenton, MD
12	Gregory Martin	1	January 13, 2001		Laurel, DE
13	Qeenan Creed	2	March 10, 2001		Paw Paw, WV
14	Amazing Red	1	March 27, 2002		Glen Burnie, MD
15	2-Dope	1	December 5, 2002		Glen Burnie, MD
16	Adam Flash	4	March 12, 2003		Glen Burnie, MD
17	Reckless Youth	1	May 15, 2003		Glen Burnie, MD
18	Christian York	2	July 16, 2003		Glen Burnie, MD
19	Retired		July 16, 2003	—	Glen Burnie, MD	—	MCW closed.
20	Derek Frazier	1	February 26, 2006		Dundalk, MD	—	Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month.
21	Chris Sabin	1	May 7, 2006		Dundalk, MD
22	Ruckus	1	July 9, 2006		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		Dundalk, MD
24	Alex Shelley	1	November 11, 2006		Hampstead, MD
25	Derek Frazier	2	March 25, 2007		Dundalk, MD
26	Josh Daniels	1	December 26, 2007		Glen Burnie, MD
—	Vacated	—	November 2, 2008	—		N/A
27	Sabian	1	November 2, 2008		Dundalk, MD
—	Vacated	—	April 11, 2009	—		N/A
28	Ryan McBride	1	July 11, 2009		Dundalk, MD
—	Inactive	—	November 10, 2010	—

List of combined reigns

†	Indicates the current champion

As of January 14, 2025.

Rank	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

Specific

External links

• MarylandWrestling.com