NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship

Scottish Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Scottish Wrestling Alliance
Current champion(s) Mark Coffey
Other name(s)
NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship is the primary singles title in the Scottish NWA-affiliated wrestling promotion NWA Scotland. It was first won by Conscience who defeated Eric Canyon, Adam Shane, and Hatred in Scotland on July 17, 2004. The title has generally been defended in Scotland, particularly in Bellshill, Bellahouston, Clydebank and Glasgow.[1][2] It has been also defended at several interpromotional events with NWA UK Hammerlock and at the NWA 56th Anniversary Show in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 2004.[3][4][5] Following the closure NWA UK Hammerlock and the death of Andre Baker, the title was taken on by the Scottish Wrestling Alliance and renamed the SWA Scottish Heavyweight Championship. The current champion is Mark Coffey in his first reign after defeating Drew Galloway on November 27, 2015.[6]

Title history

Reigns

Wrestler: Times: Date: Place: Notes:
Conscience 1 July 17, 2004 Scotland Defeats Eric Canyon, Adam Shane, and Hatred to become first champion.
Title vacant.
Eric Canyon 1 April 22, 2005 Defeats Majik to win the vacant title.[7]
Majik 1 August 20, 2005 Bellshill, Scotland
Eric Canyon 2 August 20, 2005 Bellshill, Scotland [8]
Adam Shame 1 November 25, 2006 Bellshill, Scotland
Title vacant after Shame is stripped due to an ankle injury. He had become injured earlier in the card in a match against NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Champion Conscience.
Falcon 1 May 19, 2007 Bellshill, Scotland Won the title in a Battlezone "Beat the Clock" match.
Johnny Moss 1 August 11, 2007 Clydebank, Scotland
Jack Jester 1 September 29, 2007 Glasgow, Scotland
Adam Shame 2 January 19, 2008 Bellshill, Scotland
Title vacant on May 17, 2008, so it can be decided in the Battlezone Brawl.
Wolfgang 1 May 17, 2008 Bellshill, Scotland Won title in Battlezone Brawl.
Raging Bull 1 September 13, 2008 Bellshill, Scotland
Wolfgang 2 September 13, 2008 Bellshill, Scotland [9]
Lionheart 1 September 20, 2008 Glasgow, Scotland [10]
Adam Shame 3 January 25, 2009 Glasgow, Scotland This was a last man standing match.[11]
B.T. Gunn 1 March 7, 2009 Bellahouston, Scotland Defeated Shame and Lionheart in 3-way match to win the title.[12][13]
Lionheart 2 May 30, 2009 Glasgow, Scotland
Scott Renwick 1 September 19, 2009 Glasgow, Scotland
Eric Canyon 3 February 26, 2011 Bellahouston, Scotland
Andy Anderson 1 August 26, 2011 Motherwell, Scotland
Mikey Whiplash 1 June 1, 2012 Govan, Scotland Title withdraws from the NWA and is renamed the Scottish Wrestling Alliance (SWA) Scottish Heavyweight Championship as January 12, 2013.[14]
Joe Coffey 1 April 5, 2014 Motherwell, Scotland
Doug Williams 1 October 18, 2014 Motherwell, Scotland
Drew Galloway 1 April 24, 2015 Paisley, Scotland [15]
Mark Coffey 1 November 27, 2015 Paisley, Scotland [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Puroresu Dojo (2003). "Scottish Heavyweight Title". Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: United Kingdom. Wrestling-Titles.com.
  2. ↑ GB Team (2001). "New Zealand Heavyweight Title" (in German). GenickBruch.com.
  3. ↑ "NWA 56th Anniversary Show (night one) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  4. ↑ "NWA 56th Anniversary Show (night two) results" (in German). Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  5. ↑ Waldman, Jon. "NWA heading to Winnipeg for convention". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  6. 1 2 Philip Kreikenbohm. "SWA Autumn Tour - Tag 1".
  7. ↑ "This Day In History: ECW Cyberslam, Bagwell Injured and More". PWInsider.com. 2009-04-22.
  8. ↑ McAlinden, Mona (2006-01-21). "Wrestlers grapple for limelight". BBC Scotland.
  9. ↑ Ashfield, Stephen (2008-09-18). "The Gathering Approaches". Piledriver-Online.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Jones, Phil (September 2008). "Weekend Results: C/W, ASW, SWA, SAS, IPW:UK + More!". Newsboard. BritWres.com.
  11. ↑ Behrens, Bill (2009-02-09). "Bill Behrens' NWA Notes for 2-9-2009". IndyWrestlingNews.com.
  12. ↑ "Battlezone 2009: Scottish Wrestling Alliance". Bellahouston Leisure Centre Event details. Ents24.com. May 2009.
  13. ↑ Behrens, Bill (2009-03-30). "Bill Behrens' NWA News & Notes for 3-30-09". WrestleZone.com.
  14. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "SWA".
  15. ↑ Philip Kreikenbohm. "Title Reigns « Scottish Heavyweight Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
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