NWA Shockwave Internet Championship explained

Championshipname:NWA Shockwave Internet Championship
Promotion:NWA Shockwave
Created:October 19, 2002
Mostreigns:N/A
Firstchamp:Billy Firehawk
Finalchamp:Papadon
(won June 2, 2007)
Longestreign:Josh Daniels (357 days)
Shortestreign:Bobby Roode (64 days)
Pastnames:CSWF Internet Championship
NWA: Cyberspace Internet Championship
Titleretired:2007

The NWA Shockwave Internet Championship was a professional wrestling Internet/television 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 Internet 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.

The inaugural champion was Billy Firehawk, who won a 15-man Rumble Royale on October 19, 2002 to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. There were 8 officially recognized champions, however only two men, Josh Daniels and Papadon, held the belt more than once. Daniels also held the record as the longest reigning champion at 357 days. Many then current wrestlers from Total Non-Stop Action challenged for the title while competing in the promotion; Bobby Roode held the championship in for several months in 2006. Its last champion, Papadon, held both the Internet and Heavyweight titles during the final months of its existence.[1] [2] [3]

Title history

Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
- Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
CSWF Heavyweight Championship2002 - 2005
NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship2005 - 2006
NWA Shockwave Championship2006 - 2007

Reigns

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Won 15-man Rumble Royale to become the first CSWF Internet Champion.
[4]
2003N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Powers in unable to compete for personal reasons.
Defeated Josh Daniels 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.[5]
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.[6] [7]
This was a flag match.[8]
N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Roode wins the promotion's heavyweight title in Dover, New Jersey on March 26, 2007. The title becomes the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship when the promotion changes its name in June 2006.
This match was a four way match also involving Grim Reefer, Josh Daniels and Mike Tobin.
N/APapadon faced off against Daniels and Shockwave Heavyweight Champion Havok in a best of three falls three way dance for both belts.[9]
2007NWA Shockwave ceases promoting events and closes in late 2007.

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: N.W.A. Cyberspace Internet Title . 2003 . The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo . Wrestling-Titles.com . 2010-05-30.
  2. Web site: CSWF Internet Title History . Westcott, Brian . 2004 . Solie's Title Histories . Solie.org . 2010-05-30.
  3. Web site: NWA Shockwave Internet Championship . Kreikenbohm, Philip . 2007 . Cagematch.de .
  4. McCaffrey, Sean. "McReview: CSWF 7/12 Rahway, NJ." DeclarationofIndependents.net. N.p., 12 July 2003. Web. 30 May 2010.
  5. McCaffrey, Sean. "The Third Annual DOI 250." DeclarationofIndependents.net. N.p., 2005. Web. 30 May 2010.
  6. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling: A Slyck upcoming star, Wagner Brown key figure in NWA Cyberspace . https://archive.today/20120714121448/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/10/22/1274137.html . usurped . July 14, 2012 . Sokol, Chris . 2005-11-03 . SLAM! Sports . 2010-05-30.
  7. Web site: This Day In History: Fred Blassie VS. Rocky Johnson, Public Enemy Win Their First ECW Tag Team Championship And More . 2010-03-06 . PWInsider.com . 2010-05-30.
  8. Web site: SLAM! Wrestling: Bobby's smart, not just Roode . https://archive.today/20120715025837/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/03/23/1501797.html . usurped . July 15, 2012 . Elliott, Brian . 2006-03-23 . SLAM! Sports . 2010-05-30.
  9. Web site: NWA Pro Official Results YTD Through 11/11/07 . NWA Pro . 2007-11-13 . Results . ProWrestlingDigest.com . 2010-05-30.
  10. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.