SCW Television Championship (Steel City Wrestling)

Professional wrestling championship

SCW Television Championship

Julio Sanchez was the final SCW Television Champion

Details
Promotion| Steel City Wrestling
Date established| October 18, 1998
Date retired| 2000
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Don Montoya
Final champion(s)| Julio Sanchez
Most reigns| Don Montoya (2 reigns); Lou Marconi (2 reigns)
Longest reign| Don Montoya (140)
Shortest reign| Joey Mercury (<1)
Oldest champion| Tom Brandi (32 years, 315 days)
Youngest champion| Joey Matthews (19 years, 306 days)
Heaviest champion| The Blue Meanie (310 lb (140 kg))
Lightest champion| Joey Matthews (185 lb (84 kg))

The SCW Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship in Steel City Wrestling (SCW). The title was a secondary championship of the SCW promotion. It was the third singles championship established in SCW, having been introduced in 1998, in the finals of an eight-man tournament.

The inaugural champion was Don Montoya, who defeated Joey Centerfold in a tournament final on October 18, 1998 to become the first SCW Television Champion. Montoya and Lou Marconi are tied for the record of most reigns, with two each. At 140 days, Montoya's second reign is the longest in the title's history. Joey Matthews' third reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting less than a day. He had previously been awarded the champion via forfeit when then champion, The Blue Meanie, failed to appear for a scheduled title defense. Matthews was attacked by Lou Marconi during his acceptance speech and lost the title in the impromptu match; Marconi was pinned for the belt by Tom Brandi that same night. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 6 wrestlers with 1 deactivation.

## Title history[edit]

Key
# | Order in reign history

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Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Location | The city in which the title was won
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.  | Champion  | Reign  | Date  | Days held  | Location  | Event  | Notes  | Ref(s).

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1  | Don Montoya  | 1  | October 18, 1998 | 63  | Irwin, Pennsylvania | Live event | Montoya defeated Joey Centerfold in a tournament final to become the first SCW Television Champion. Aired October 23, 1998 on tape delay.  | [1][2]
2  | Lou Marconi | 1  | December 20, 1998 | 28  | Irwin, Pennsylvania | Live event |  | [3][4]
3  | The Blue Meanie | 1  | January 17, 1999 | 123  | Weirton, West Virginia | Live event |  | [5][6]
4  | Joey Matthews | 1  | May 20, 1999 | <1 | Irwin, Pennsylvania | Live event | Matthews won the championship due to forfeit.  | [7]
5  | Lou Marconi | 2  | May 20, 1999 | <1 | Irwin, Pennsylvania | Live event |  | [4]
6  | Tom Brandi | 1  | May 20, 1999 | 16  | Irwin, Pennsylvania | Live event |  |
7  | Don Montoya  | 2  | June 5, 1999 | 140  | Jeannette, Pennsylvania | Live event |  | [8][9]
8  | Julio Sanchez | 1  | October 23, 1999 | N/A | Elizabeth, Pennsylvania | Uncivil War Tour '99 |  | [10][11]
— | Deactivated | — | 2000 | — | N/A | N/A | SCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.  |

## List of combined reigns[edit]

The Blue Meanie, in addition to being a 3-time SCW Tag Team Champion, was a former SCW Television Champion Rank  | Wrestler  | No. of reigns  | Combined
days  | Ref(s).

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1  | Don Montoya  | 2  | 203  |
2  | The Blue Meanie | 1  | 123  |
3  | Lou Marconi | 2  | 28  |
4  | Tom Brandi | 1  | 16  |
5  | Joey Matthews | 1  | <1  |
6  | Julio Sanchez | 1  | N/A |

## References[edit]

General

* "SCW Junior Heavyweight Championship History". Steel City Wrestling. Archived from the original on October 9, 1999. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
* Westcott, Brian; Roelfsema, Eric. "SCW Television Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org.
* Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(United States: Western Pennsylvania)". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

Specific

1. ^ "Steel City TV taping results". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. October 20, 1998. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
2. ^ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 59.
3. ^ "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 58.
4. ^ a b "Lou Marconi Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
5. ^ Magee, Bob (June 16, 2014). "AS I SEE IT 6/16". PWBTS.com. Pro Wrestling's Between The Sheets.
6. ^ "The Blue Meanie". Online World of Wrestling.
7. ^ Milner, John M. (December 18, 2005). "Joey Mercury". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Sports.
8. ^ "Steel City results (Jeannette, Pa.)". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. June 9, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
9. ^ Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at Pitzer's Town House." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1999: 52+.
10. ^ "Steel City results (10-23)". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. October 27, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
11. ^ "Julio Dinero Profile". Online World of Wrestling.

## External links[edit]

* SCW Television Championship at Cagematch.net
* SCW Television Championship at Wrestlingdata.com