| Championshipname: | SCW North Carolina Championship |
| Finalchamp: | Otto Schwanz |
| Promotion: | Southern Championship Wrestling |
| Created: | February 22, 1997 |
| Mostreigns: | C. W. Anderson (2) Otto Schwanz (2) Juice (2) |
| Firstchamp: | K. C. Thunder |
| Longestreign: | Seymour Snott (995 days) |
| Shortestreign: | Rick Link (14 days) |
| Titleretired: | November 20, 2004 |
The SCW North Carolina Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until November 20, 2004, when SCW was closed.
The title was briefly revived in G.O.U.G.E. Wrestling, the successor of SCW, when Nicky Richards was presented the title by his manager Brad Stutts following his victory over The Goat at the GOUGE supercard "Fallout" on October 17, 2008.[1] Count Grog, founder of both SCW and GOUGE, expressed the hope that the old North Carolina title would become a true regional title by being defended in the major "indy" promotions in North Carolina.[2]
The inaugural champion was K. C. Thunder, who defeated Big Slam in a tournament final on February 22, 1997, to become the first SCW Heavyweight Champion. C. W. Anderson, Otto Schwanz, and Juice Otto are tied with the record for most reigns, with two each. At 995 days, Seymour Snott's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history; he won the title in a championship tournament in March 2002 and held the belt up until the promotion's close in 2004. "Beastmaster" Rick Link's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting 14 days. Overall, there have been 15 reigns shared between 12 wrestlers, with five 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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| Thunder defeated Big Slam in a tournament final to become the first SCW North Carolina Champion. | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephenson defeated Boris Dragoff to win the vacant championship. | [3] [4] | ||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when C. W. Anderson leaves the promotion to join Extreme Championship Wrestling. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Rick Link is stripped as champion after failing to appear for a scheduled title defense. | |||||||||||||||||
| DeBeers defeated Natrone Steele and Uncle Tom Kettle in a three-way tournament final to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Major DeBeers is stripped as champion due to injury. | |||||||||||||||||
| Steele defeated Juice in a tournament final to win vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Steele is forced to retire. | |||||||||||||||||
| Schwanz defeated Juice to win the vacant title. | |||||||||||||||||
| The championship is vacated when Schwanz wins the SCW Heavyweight Championship. | |||||||||||||||||
| Snott defeated Caesar Augustus in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [5] | ||||||||||||||||
| SCW closed on November 20, 2004, and Snott was the final champion in SCW as a company. | |||||||||||||||||
| Richards is awarded the championship by manager Brad Stutts. |
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |