| Championshipname: | SCW Heavyweight Championship |
| Promotion: | Southern Championship Wrestling |
| Created: | January 7, 1995 |
| Mostreigns: | Otto Schwanz (5) |
| Firstchamp: | Boris Dragoff |
| Finalchamp: | Otto Schwanz (won November 20, 2004) |
| Longestreign: | C. W. Anderson (497 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Otto Schwanz (<1 day) |
| Titleretired: | November 20, 2004 |
The SCW Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004, when SCW was closed.
The inaugural champion was Boris Dragoff, who defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final on January 7, 1995, to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. Otto Schwanz holds the record for most reigns, with five. At 497 days, C. W. Anderson's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Schwanz's fifth reign was the shortest in the history of the title as it was won on the promotions final show. Overall, there have been 30 reigns shared between 19 wrestlers, with nine vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
| 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 | |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| width=0% | width=20% | Wrestlers | width=0% | Reign | width=10% | Date | width=0% | Days held | width=16% | Location | width=18% | Event | width=60% class="unsortable" | Notes | width=0% class="unsortable" | Ref. | |
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| Dragoff defeated Ricky Lee in a tournament final to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. | [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Jimmy Cicero is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defence. | |||||||||||||||||
| Dragoff defeated Chris Stephenson and Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when James Ivey surrenders the title due to a back injury. | |||||||||||||||||
| Carmichael defeated Big Slam to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Cueball Carmichael is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. | |||||||||||||||||
| Schwanz defeated Venom to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| [2] | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Shane Helms is stripped as champion. | |||||||||||||||||
| Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz leaves the promotion. | |||||||||||||||||
| Toad won tournament to fill the vacant title | |||||||||||||||||
| [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| This was a three-way match involving Toad. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is held up following a match between Cham Pain and William Wealth in which both men scored a double pin. SCW Commissioner James Thurston initially ruled that the title would be decided in a best 2-out-of-3 falls match between the two, however, the title remained inactive for several weeks until newly appointed commissioner BC announced a winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Wealth was awarded the held up title. | |||||||||||||||||
| [4] | |||||||||||||||||
| This was a three-way match involving Frank Parker. | [5] | ||||||||||||||||
| This was a tag team match in which Kross pinned Frank Parker | [6] | ||||||||||||||||
| This was DeBeers' retirement match. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers retires. | |||||||||||||||||
| Schwanz defeated Kross a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Otto Schwanz surrenders the title. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cicero defeated Cham Pain in a tournament final to win vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| This was an elimination tag team match. Cheatum pinned Brian Perry, who was substituting for Jimmy Cicero, to win the title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Dewey Cheatum is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. | |||||||||||||||||
| Anderson defeated Otto Schwanz to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| SCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Schwanz was the final champion in SCW as a company. |
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |