SCW Tag Team Championship (Steel City Wrestling)

SCW Tag Team Championship
Details
PromotionSteel City Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 24, 1994
Date retired2000
Statistics
First champion(s)Lou Marconi and Derek Stone
Final champion(s)The Dope Show (Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe)
Longest reignThe Dope Show (218)
Shortest reignFrank Stalletto and Stevie Richards (<1)

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
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/A The specific information has not been found
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
No. Champions Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s)
1 Lou Marconi and Derek Stone 1 September 24, 1994 [[79]] Munhall, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Frank Stalletto and Futureshock in a tournament final to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.
2 Beauty & The Beast
(Frank Stalletto and Futureshock) 		1 December 12, 1994 95 Parkersburg, West Virginia Live event [1][2]
3 Black & Blue
(Lou Marconi (2) and Black Cat) 		1 March 17, 1995 218 Plum, Pennsylvania Live event  
4 Frank Stalletto (2) and Stevie Richards 1 October 21, 1995 <1 Connellsville, Pennsylvania Live event   [1][2][3]
— Vacated 1 October 21, 1995 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated when Richards and Raven attacked Stalletto immediately after winning the title. [3]
5 Frank Stalletto (3) and Lou Marconi (3) 1 November 11, 1995 162 St. Mary's, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Stevie Richards and Brian Rollins to win the vacant championship. [1][2][4][5]
6 Stevie Richards (2) and The Blue Meanie 1 April 21, 1996 N/A Edgewood, Pennsylvania Deaf Wrestlefest (1996)   [6][7][8][9]
— Vacated 1 May 1997 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated when Stevie Richards was injured.
7 Cactus Jack and The Blue Meanie (2) 1 February 8, 1998 N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Frank Stalletto and Lou Marconi to win the vacant championship. [8][9][10]
— Vacated 1 November 1998 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Cactus Jack left SCW
8 Super Nova and The Blue Meanie (3) 1 November 22, 1998 28 Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated High Society (Cueball Carmichael and Jimmy Cicero) to win the vacant championship. [8][9][11]
9 The Bad Street Boys
(Joey Matthews and Christian York) 		1 December 20, 1998 [[102]] Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated The Blue Meanie and Julio Sanchez (substituting for an injured Super Nova). [12][13]
10 Lou Marconi (4) and Dennis Gregory 1 April 1, 1999 N/A Irwin, Pennsylvania Live event   [14]
— Vacated 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Lou Marconi left SCW
11 The Dope Show
(Lord Zoltan and Shirley Doe) 		1 November 21, 1999 N/A White Oak, Pennsylvania Live event Defeated Powerhouse Hughes and Seth James to win the vacant championship.
— Deactivated — 2000 — N/A N/A SCW closed during the summer of 2000, and the championship was retired.

References

General
  • "SCW Tag Team Championship History". Steel City Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 4, 1999. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • Westcott, Brian. "SCW Junior Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org.
  • Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(United States: Western Pennsylvania". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1998): pg. 60.
  2. ^ a b c "The PWI 500." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Company. (Holiday 1999): pg. 59.
  3. ^ a b Gorman, Jeff. "Arena Reports: Pennsylvania - Steel City Wrestling at the High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. March 1996: 70+.
  4. ^ Bobenrieth, Todd A. (June 9, 1999). "Steel City Card/Cactus Jack Interview". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. Retrieved 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. ^ Johnson, Mike (October 8, 2008). "STEVIE RICHARDS VS. LARRY SWEENEY HEADINES IWC RETURN TO ELIZABETH, PA THIS SATURDAY". PWInsiderXTRA.com.
  8. ^ a b c Magee, Bob (June 16, 2014). "AS I SEE IT 6/16". PWBTS.com. Pro Wrestling's Between The Sheets.
  9. ^ a b c "The Blue Meanie". Online World of Wrestling.
  10. ^ "Mick Foley's Biography Part 1". The Unofficial Mick Foley Page. 1999.
  11. ^ "Steel City results". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. November 24, 1998. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  12. ^ Milner, John M. (December 18, 2005). "Joey Mercury". Canadian Online Explorer. SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Cruickshank, Jamie (October 22, 2009). "Christian York". Gerweck.net.
  14. ^ "Steel City results (April 1)". rec.sport.pro-wrestling. April 3, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2016.