The NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Heavyweight Championship on October 19, 2002. It was established as an NWA heavyweight championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until the promotion's close in 2007.
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| Promotion | NWA Shockwave | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 29, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 2007 | ||||||||||
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The inaugural champion was Smokey M, who defeated Danny Doring, Kid USA and Sinister X in a four way match on October 19, 2002 to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. There were 10 officially recognized champions, however none held the belt more than once. At 309 days, Slyk Wagner Brown was the longest reigning champion in the title's history. Many then current wrestlers from Total Non-Stop Action held the title during its 5-year history including Ron Killings, Chris Harris, Abyss, Bobby Roode and NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett.[1][2][3][4]
Reigns
edit| No. | Order in reign history |
|---|---|
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| No. | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey M | 1 | October 19, 2002 | 175 | Flemington, New Jersey | Halloween Horror (2002) | Smokey M defeated Danny Doring, Kid USA and Sinister X in a four way match to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. | [1][2][5] |
| 2 | Sinister X | 1 | April 12, 2003 | 154 | Rahway, New Jersey | Live event | Title is unified with the USWF Heavyweight Championship at "Legendary Breakout" in Flemington on January 23, 2003. | [1][2][6] |
| 3 | Ron Killings | 1 | September 13, 2003 | 287 | Rahway, New Jersey | T-NvAsion (2003) | [1][2][7][4] | |
| — | Vacated | — | June 11, 2004 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Killings refuses to defend his title against Darkbird and is stripped. | [1][2][3] |
| 4 | Slyk Wagner Brown | 1 | June 26, 2004 | 308 | Wayne, New Jersey | Independent's Day (2004) | Defeated Darkbird to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. | [1][2][8][4][9] |
| 5 | Jeff Jarrett | 1 | April 30, 2005 | 203 | Wayne | CyberSpace Retribution (2005) | From September 15 through October 23, 2005, Jarrett held both the NWA CyberSpace Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship thus making him the only wrestler to hold both of those titles simultaneously. | [1][2][10][4][11] |
| 6 | Chris Harris | 1 | November 19, 2005 | 0 | Wayne | Above The Law (2005) | [1][2][12][13] | |
| 7 | Abyss | 1 | November 19, 2005 | 102 | Wayne | Above The Law (2005) | This was a three way dance also involving Jeff Jarrett. | [1][2][14][13] |
| — | Vacated | — | March 1, 2006 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Abyss is stripped of the title. | [1][2][3] |
| 8 | Bobby Roode | 1 | March 26, 2006 | 250 | Dover, New Jersey | Disturbing the Peace (2006) | This was a four way match also involving Matt Bentley, Rodney Mack and Mana the Polynesian Warrior. The title becomes known as the NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship when the promotion changes its name in June 2006. | [1][2][15][16] |
| — | Vacated | — | December 1, 2006 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when the promotion returns from a six-month hiatus following the death of promoter Billy Firehawk. | [1][3] |
| 9 | Havok | 1 | January 13, 2007 | 140 | Boonton, New Jersey | A New Beginning (2007) | This was a gauntlet match also involving Crowbar, Slyk Wagner Brown, Sinister X, Cindy Rogers, Boogalou and Paul E. Normus. | [1][17] |
| 10 | Papadon | 1 | June 2, 2007 | 0 | Clifton, New Jersey | Live event | This was a best of three falls winner-take-all three way dance for both the NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship involving Internet Champion Josh Daniels. | [1] |
| — | Deactivated | — | 2007 | — | N/A | N/A | NWA Shockwave ceases promoting events and closes in late-2007. | [1][3] |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Westcott, Brian (2006). "CSWF Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ a b c d e Kreikenbohm, Philip (2007). "NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship". Cagematch.de. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ a b c d McCaffrey, Sean. "The Third Annual DOI 250." DeclarationofIndependents.net. N.p., 2005. Web. 30 May 2010. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/doi250/doi250profiles.html>
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 19, 2002). "CSWF". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 12, 2003). "CSWF Heavyweight Title / USWF Heavyweight Title Unification: Sinister X as [CSWF Champion] defeated The Smoke as (USWF Champion)". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 13, 2003). "Ron Killings defeated Sinister X". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 26, 2004). "Slyk Wagner Brown defeated Darkbird to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Sokol, Chris (2005-11-03). "SLAM! Wrestling: A Slyck upcoming star, Wagner Brown key figure in NWA Cyberspace". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 30, 2005). "NWA World Heavyweight Title / NWA Cyberspace Heavyweight Title: Jeff Jarrett as [World Champion] defeated Slyck Wagner Brown as [Cyberspace Champion]". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ NWA Cyberspace (Producer) (2005). NWA Cyberspace Retribution 4/30/05 (DVD). Wayne, New Jersey: RF Video. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 19, 2005). "NWA Cyberspace Above The Law". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b NWA Cyberspace (Producer) (2005). NWA Cyberspace Above The Law (DVD). Wayne, New Jersey: RF Video. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 19, 2005). "NWA Cyberspace Above The Law". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 26, 2006). "Bobby Roode defeated Mana, Matt Bentley and Rodney Mack in a Fatal Four-way match to become the champion". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ NWA Cyberspace (Producer) (2006). NWA-Cyberspace Disturbing the Peace 3/26/06 (DVD). Kearny, New Jersey: RF Video. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 13, 2007). "NWA Shockwave A New Beginning". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2020.