SCW Tag Team Championship (Steel City Wrestling) explained

SCW Tag Team Championship
Created:September 24, 1994
Retired:2000
Promotion:Steel City Wrestling
Firstchamp:Lou Marconi and Derek Stone
Finalchamp:The Dope Show (Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe)
Longestreign:The Dope Show

The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship promoted by Steel City Wrestling (SCW). The title was the main tag team championship of the SCW promotion. It was the first-ever championship established in SCW, having been introduced in 1994, in the finals of a tournament.

The inaugural champions were Lou Marconi and Derek Stone, who defeated Beauty & The Beast (Frank Stalletto and Futureshock) in a tournament final on September 24, 1994, to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. No team won the title more than once. At 406 days, reign is the longest in the title's history, while the team of Frank Stalletto and Stevie Richards' first reign was the shortest, at less than one day. Overall, there were 11 reigns among 11 teams, with three vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
SymbolMeaning
No.The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information has not been found
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
width=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col"No.width=14% scope="col"Championswidth=0 scope="col"Reignwidth=16% scope="col"Datewidth=0 data-sort-type="number" scope="col"Days heldwidth=14% scope="col"Locationwidth=17% scope="col"Eventwidth=51% class="unsortable" scope="col"Noteswidth=0 class="unsortable" scope="col"
1Lou Marconi and Derek Stone1Munhall, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated Frank Stalletto and Futureshock in a tournament final to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.
2
(Frank Stalletto and Futureshock)
1Parkersburg, West VirginiaLive event[1] [2]
3
(Lou Marconi (2) and Black Cat)
1Plum, PennsylvaniaLive event 
4Frank Stalletto (2) and Stevie Richards1Connellsville, PennsylvaniaLive event [3]
Vacated1N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated when Richards and Raven attacked Stalletto immediately after winning the title.
5Frank Stalletto (3) and Lou Marconi (3)1St. Mary's, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated Stevie Richards and Brian Rollins to win the vacant championship.[4] [5]
6Stevie Richards (2) and The Blue Meanie1Edgewood, PennsylvaniaDeaf Wrestlefest (1996) [6] [7] [8] [9]
Vacated1N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated when Stevie Richards was injured.
7Cactus Jack and The Blue Meanie (2)1Irwin, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated Frank Stalletto and Lou Marconi to win the vacant championship.[10]
Vacated1N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated after Cactus Jack left SCW
8Super Nova and The Blue Meanie (3)1Irwin, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated High Society (Cueball Carmichael and Jimmy Cicero) to win the vacant championship.[11]
9
(Joey Matthews and Christian York)
1Irwin, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated The Blue Meanie and Julio Sanchez (substituting for an injured Super Nova).[12] [13]
10Lou Marconi (4) and Dennis Gregory1Irwin, PennsylvaniaLive event [14]
Vacated1N/AN/AN/AChampionship vacated after Lou Marconi left SCW
11
(Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe)
1White Oak, PennsylvaniaLive eventDefeated Powerhouse Hughes and Seth James to win the vacant championship.
SCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

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Notes and References

  1. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 60.
  2. "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 59.
  3. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at the High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. March 1996: 70+.
  4. Web site: Steel City Card/Cactus Jack Interview. Bobenrieth, Todd A.. rec.sport.pro-wrestling. June 9, 1999. April 29, 2016.
  5. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at the High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. April 1996: 46+.
  6. Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City's "Deaf Wrestlefest '96" at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. October 1996: 50+.
  7. Web site: STEVIE RICHARDS VS. LARRY SWEENEY HEADINES IWC RETURN TO ELIZABETH, PA THIS SATURDAY . Johnson, Mike . October 8, 2008 . PWInsiderXTRA.com .
  8. Web site: AS I SEE IT 6/16 . Magee, Bob . June 16, 2014 . PWBTS.com . Pro Wrestling's Between The Sheets .
  9. Web site: The Blue Meanie. Online World of Wrestling.
  10. Web site: Mick Foley's Biography Part 1 . 1999 . The Unofficial Mick Foley Page .
  11. Web site: Steel City results. rec.sport.pro-wrestling. November 24, 1998. April 29, 2016.
  12. Web site: Joey Mercury . Milner, John M. . December 18, 2005 . . SLAM! Sports . https://archive.today/20120715192845/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/mercury-joey.html . usurped . July 15, 2012.
  13. Web site: Christian York . Cruickshank, Jamie . October 22, 2009 . Gerweck.net .
  14. Web site: Steel City results (April 1). rec.sport.pro-wrestling. April 3, 1999. April 29, 2016.