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Professional wrestling championship
CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship Promotion CWF Mid-Atlantic Date established 2000 Date retired December 31, 2019
CWF Cruiserweight Championship
FWA-Carolinas Cruiserweight Championship
AWA/CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship
CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship
First champion(s) Gemini Kid Final champion(s) Kool Jay Most reigns Lee Valiant (3) Longest reign Aric Andrews (483 days) Shortest reign Kool Jay (3 days)
The CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship was a professional wrestling main championship in Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic (CWF Mid-Atlantic). It was the original cruiserweight title of the Carolina Wrestling Federation promotion, later used in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (2001–2004) and AWA Superstars (2005–2007) as a regional title, officially representing the Mid-Atlantic United States , while it was a member of the respective governing bodies. It remained active until November 2003 when the CWF reclassified the title as a television championship.
The inaugural champion was The Gemini Kid, who was awarded the title in 2000 to become the first CWF Cruiserweight Champion. Lee Valiant holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 393 days, Mikael Yamaha's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Valiant's first reign was the shortest in the history of the title, lasting only seven days. Overall, there have been 47 reigns shared between 37 wrestlers, with one vacancy.
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Gemini Kid
2000
CWF Mid-Atlantic
N/A
1
N/A
Gemini Kid is awarded the title to become the first CWF Heavyweight Champion.
2
Mikael Yamaha
January 26, 2001
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Wilson, NC
1
393
In February 2001, the title is renamed the FWA-Carolinas Cruiserweight Championship when CWF Mid-Atlantic became an official affiliate promotion for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance .
3
Sexton Tyler
February 23, 2002
Heartbreak
Graham, NC
1
147
[ 1]
4
Ric Converse
July 20, 2002
Payback
Graham, NC
1
231
[ 2] [ 3]
5
J-Money
March 8, 2003
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
245
This was the first-ever television episode of CWF Championship Wrestling .
6
Xsiris
November 8, 2003
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
161
In November 2003, the title was renamed the FWA-Carolinas Television Championship.
7
GeeStar
April 17, 2004
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
70
8
Mikael Yamaha
June 26, 2004
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
2
196
9
Jesse Ortega
January 8, 2005
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
188
10
Connor Mitch Connor
September 17, 2005
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
112
[ 4]
11
Rob McBride
January 7, 2006
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
133
12
Michael McAllister
May 20, 2006
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
70
13
Brass Munkey
July 29, 2006
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Burlington, NC
1
154
14
Steve Greene
December 30, 2006
Battlecade VII
Burlington, NC
1
168
15
Lee Valiant
June 16, 2007
Absolute Justice
Burlington, NC
1
7
Valiant pinned Steve Greene in a 4-corner tag team match in which the title was on the line.
16
Steve Greene
June 23, 2007
Street Fight Challenge
Greensboro, NC
2
329
Steve Greene and AWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Joey Silvia defeated the Neon Lions (Lee Valiant and Chris Collins) in a 3-way "Everything To Lose" tag team match also involving Fatback Enterprises (Donnie Dollar$ and Mitch Connor). Greene gained the pinfall over Valiant to win the championship.
17
Tank Lawson
May 17, 2008
Revelation
Burlington, NC
1
112
18
Marcellus King
September 6, 2008
Sumner Civitans SuperBrawl III
Burlington, NC
1
133
19
Lee Valiant
January 17, 2009
Night of Challenges
Burlington, NC
2
273
20
Joey Silva
October 17, 2009
CWF Rumble
Burlington, NC
1
77
21
Lee Valiant
January 2, 2010
Battlecade X
Burlington, NC
3
14
This was a No Disqualification match .
Vacated
January 16, 2010
New Years Knockout!
Burlington, NC
—
—
The championship is vacated Lee Valiant is no longer able to defend the title due to a head injury.
22
Roy Wilkins
February 6, 2010
Title Turmoil
Burlington, NC
1
133
Wilkins defeated Arik Royal to win the vacant title after both were the last two remaining in a contender's battle royal.
23
Arik Royal
June 19, 2010
Absolute Justice IV
Burlington, NC
1
182
24
Ray Kandrack
December 18, 2010
Battlecade XI
Burlington, NC
1
362
25
Steve Greene
June 4, 2011
CWF Mid-Atlantic Title Turmoil
Burlington, NC
2
14
26
Ray Kandrack
June 18, 2011
Absolute Justice 5
Burlington, NC
2
182
27
Donnie Dollar$
December 15, 2011
Battlecade 12!
Burlington, NC
1
282
28
Trevor Lee
September 22, 2012
Converse vs. King
Gibsonville, NC
1
252
29
Matty de Nero
January 6, 2013
Can't Hardly Wait
Gibsonville, NC
1
140
30
Chase Dakota
October 19, 2013
Fallout
Gibsonville, NC
1
145
31
Mark James
March 13, 2014
CWF Mid-Atlantic
Gibsonville, NC
1
51
32
Manny Garcia
May 3, 2014
Explosive Elements
Gibsonville, NC
1
217
33
Chris Lea
December 6, 2014
Road To Battlecade XV
Gibsonville, NC
1
21
34
Manny Garcia
December 27, 2014
Battlecade XV
Gibsonville, NC
2
84
35
Chet Sterling
March 21, 2015
Madness In Any Direction
Gibsonville, NC
1
231
Sterling and Trevor Lee defeated Manny Garcia and Ethan Sharpe. Sterling and Lee's CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship was also on the line.
36
Cedric Alexander
November 7, 2015
Fallout
Gibsonville, NC
1
49
37
Smith Garrett
December 26, 2015
Battlecade XVI
Gibsonville, NC
1
175
38
Aric Andrews
June 18, 2016
Absolute Justice
Gibsonville, NC
1
483
This was a three-way dance , which also involving Chet Sterling.
39
Jesse Adler
October 14, 2017
17th Anual Rumble
Gibsonville, NC
1
77
40
Arik Royal
December 30, 2017
Battlecade X8
Gibsonville, NC
2
14
41
Shane Helms
January 13, 2018
New Year's Knockout
Gibsonville, NC
1
119
42
Aric Andrews
May 12, 2018
Our House
Gibsonville, NC
2
175
43
Trevor Lee
June 30, 2018
Freedom of Expression
Gibsonville, NC
2
126
44
Otto Schwanz
November 3, 2018
Invincible
Gibsonville, NC
1
56
45
Aaron Biggs
December 29, 2018
Battlecade XIX
Gibsonville, NC
1
266
46
Ethan Alexander Sharpe
September 21, 2019
Gold Rush
Gibsonville, NC
1
98
47
Kool Jay
December 28, 2019
Invincible
Burlington, NC
1
3
Retired
December 31, 2019
N/A
N/A
Rank
Wrestler
Reigns
Combined days
1
Mikael Yamaha
2
589
2
Ray Kandrack
2
544
3
Aric Andrews
2
532
4
Steve Greene
3
511
5
Trevor Lee
2
378
6
Manny Garcia
2
301
7
Lee Valiant
3
293
8
Donnie Dollars
1
280
9
Aaron Biggs
1
266
10
Jesse Ortega
1
252
11
J-Money
1
245
12
Chet Sterling
1
231
Ric Converse
1
231
14
Arik Royal
1
196
15
Smith Garrett
1
175
16
Xsiris
1
161
17
Brass Munkey
1
154
18
Sexton Tyler
1
147
Chase Dakota
1
147
20
Matty de Nero
1
140
21
Rob McBride
1
133
Marcellus King
1
133
23
Roy Wilkins
1
132
24
Shane Helms
1
119
25
Mitch Connor
1
112
Tank Lawson
1
112
27
Ethan Alexander Sharpe
1
98
28
Joey Silvia
1
78
29
Jesse Adler
1
77
30
GeeStar
1
70
Michael McAllister
1
70
32
Otto Schwanz
1
56
33
Cedric Alexander
1
49
Mark James
1
49
35
Gemini Kid
1
1 - 26
36
Chris Lea
1
21
37
Kool Jay
1
3
General
Specific
^ Stutts, Brad (2002). "CWF 02.23.02 Graham, NC" . Brad's Rants . Hardcore Fan Club. Retrieved November 22, 2011 .
^ Converse, Ric (2010). "The Championship Runs" . All About "The 1st" . RicConverse.com. Retrieved December 11, 2011 .
^ "Ric Converse" . Wrestler Profiles . OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2011 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 17, 2005). "CWF Mid-Atlantic - Event @ Carolina Sports Arena in Burlington, North Carolina, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 7, 2022 .