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MCW Rage Television Championship Promotion MCW Pro Wrestling (MCW)Date established February 21, 2001 Current champion(s) Myles Hawkins Date won December 30, 2023 First champion(s) Gregory Martin Most reigns Ryan McBride, Tyler Hilton, and Joe Keys (3 reigns ) Longest reign Shawn Patrick (329 days) Shortest reign Ryan McBride, Tyler Hilton, and Joe Keys(<1 day)
The MCW Rage Television Championship is a professional wrestling television championship owned by the MCW Pro Wrestling (MCW) promotion . The title was created and debuted on February 21, 2001 at a MCW live event . The current champion is James Ellsworth , who is in his first reign.
The inaugural champion was Gregory Martin, who defeated Ronnie Zukko in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on February 21, 2001 at an MCW live event.
Title history [ edit ]
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
+
Current reign is changing daily
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Gregory Martin
February 21, 2001
MCW
Glen Burnie, Maryland
1
75
Defeated Ronnie Zukko in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion.
[1]
—
Vacated
April 28, 2001
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated after Martin left the promotion.
2
Billy Redwood
April 28, 2001
Unknown
Aberdeen, MD
1
81
Defeated Ronnie Zukko in a tournament final to win the vacated championship.
3
Julio DiNero
July 18, 2001
Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup
Glen Burnie, MD
1
107
[2]
4
Marcus Jordan
November 2, 2001
MCW
Chestertown, MD
1
7
[3]
5
2-Dope
November 9, 2001
Live event
Mount Joy, PA
1
1
[4]
6
Marcus Jordan
November 10, 2001
Unknown
Hampstead, MD
2
193
7
Romeo Valentino
May 22, 2002
MCW Tribute To The Legends
Glen Burnie, MD
1
252
8
Joey Matthews
January 29, 2003
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
1
106
9
Doug Delicious
May 15, 2003
Live event
Glen Burnie, MD
1
62
—
Deactivated
July 16, 2003
—
—
—
—
The championship was deactivated as Maryland Championship Wrestling runs what would be, at the time, the promotion's last event.
10
Josh Daniels
July 22, 2006
MCW Red, White, Black & Bruised
Laurel, MD
1
50
Defeated Danny Jaxx, Eddie Edwards and Qenaan Creed in a four corners match to revive the championship.
11
Danny Jaxx
September 10, 2006
MCW Tribute To The Legends
Dundalk, MD
1
168
12
Tyler Hilton
February 25, 2007
MCW Anniversary 2007
Dundalk, MD
1
28
13
Chad Bowman
March 25, 2007
MCW March Madness - When Monsters Collide
Dundalk, MD
1
42
14
Tyler Hilton
May 6, 2007
MCW Xtreme Measures 2007
Dundalk, MD
2
126
15
Patrick Brink
September 9, 2007
MCW Kickoff Chaos
Dundalk, MD
1
108
16
Tyler Hilton
December 26, 2007
MCW Holiday Homecoming 2007
Dundalk, MD
3
<1
—
Deactivated
January 1, 2008
—
—
—
—
The championship was retired.
17
Qenaan Creed
April 11, 2009
MCW Xtreme Measures 2009
Dundalk, MD
1
118
Defeated Cobian in the finals of an twelve wrestlers tournament to revive the championship.
18
Adam Carelle
August 7, 2009
MCW Summer Heat 2009
Dundalk, MD
2
141
19
Ryan McBride
December 26, 2009
MCW Holiday Hell 2009
Dundalk, MD
1
63
This was a ladder title for title match , in which McBride defended the MCW Cruiserweight Championship .
20
Adam Cole
February 27, 2010
MCW Anniversary 2010
Dundalk, MD
3
154
This was a last man standing match .
21
Cobian
July 31, 2010
MCW Shamrock Cup X
Dundalk, MD
1
244
Cobian along with Tommy Dreamer defeated Adam Cole and Tyler Hilton in an extreme Rules match . Cobian was recognized as the champion.
22
Ronnie Zukko
April 1, 2011
Unknown
Severn, MD
1
211
23
Oliver Grimsly
October 29, 2011
Live event
Dundalk, MD
1
62
24
Chris Clow
December 30, 2011
MCW Holiday Hell
Dundalk, MD
1
98
25
Alexander James
April 6, 2012
Unknown
Dundalk, MD
1
267
26
Shawn Patrick
December 29, 2012
Unknown
Dundalk, MD
1
329
27
Ruckus
November 23, 2013
MCW Aggravated Assault 2013
Joppa, MD
1
153
28
Chuck Lennox
April 25, 2014
MCW Body Slam Autism 4
Dundalk, MD
1
161
29
The Bruiser
October 3, 2014
MCW Waldorf Warfare
Waldorf, MD
1
1
30
Chuck Lennox
October 4, 2014
MCW A Tribute To Legends
Dundalk, MD
2
147
31
Brandon Scott
February 28, 2015
MCW Winter Blast 2015
Hollywood, MD
1
279
32
Ken Dixon
December 4, 2015
MCW Holiday Havoc 2015
Felton, DE
1
22
33
Billy Gunn
December 26, 2015
MCW Seasons Beatings 2015
Joppa, MD
1
84
34
Ken Dixon
March 19, 2016
MCW Spring Fever Tour 2016 - Day 1
Frederick, MD
2
251
35
Drolix
November 25, 2016
2nd Annual Showcase Of Champions
Winston-Salem, NC
1
65
This was a title for title match , in which Drolix defended the MCW Heavyweight Championship .
—
Vacated
January 29, 2017
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated due to Drolix suffering a torn ACL.
36
Dante Caballero
March 3, 2017
MCW Mat Madness
Joppa, MD
1
134
Defeated Brandon Scott in the finals of an eight wrestlers tournament to vacated championship.
37
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
July 15, 2017
MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII - Day 2
Joppa, MD
1
77
This was a three–way match also involving Greg Excellent.
38
Greg Excellent
September 30, 2017
MCW Tribute To The Legends
Joppa, MD
1
286
This was a three–way match also involving Dante Caballero.
39
Ryan McBride
July 13, 2018
MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XVIII - Day 1
Joppa, MD
2
189
40
Scarlett Bordeaux
January 18, 2019
MCW Winter Blast 2019 - Day 1
Joppa, MD
1
1
41
Ryan McBride
January 19, 2019
MCW Winter Blast 2019 - Day 2
Hollywood, MD
3
<1
42
Elijah King
January 19, 2019
MCW Winter Blast 2019 - Day 2
Hollywood, MD
1
35
43
Joe Gacy
February 23, 2019
MCW Anniversary 2019
Joppa, MD
1
63
44
Joe Keys
April 27, 2019
MCW Shattered Dreams
Joppa, MD
1
161
45
Joe Gacy
October 5, 2019
MCW Tribute To The Legends 2019
Joppa, MD
2
140
46
Joe Keys
February 22, 2020
MCW Anniversary 2020
Joppa, MD
2
273
This was a best of five series tables match in which Keys won score 3-1.
47
Lio Rush
November 21, 2020
MCW Bruiser Strong
Joppa, MD
1
245
This was a three–way match also involving Ken Dixon.
—
Vacated
July 24, 2021
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated due to Lio Rush suffering an injury.
48
Kekoa
July 24, 2021
Resurrection 2021
Joppa, MD
1
133
49
Joe Keys
December 4, 2021
MCW Season’s Beatings 2021
Joppa, MD
3
<1
50
Kekoa
December 4, 2021
MCW Season’s Beatings 2021
Joppa, MD
2
64
51
Demarcus Kane
February 6, 2022
MCW Winter Blast 2022 - Night 2
Glen Burnie, MD
1
251
52
Moses
October 15, 2022
MCW Autumn Armageddon 2022 - Night 3
Joppa, MD
1
76
53
‘Miami’ Mike Walker
December 30, 2022
MCW Season’s Beatings 2022
Joppa, MD
1
190
This was a three–way match also involving Demarcus Kane.
54
Myles Hawkins
July 8, 2023
MCW Summer Slamboree 2023 - Night 1
Hollywood, MD
1
154
55
James Ellsworth
December 9, 2023
MCW Season’s Beatings 2023 - Night 1
Frederick, MD
1
21
56
Myles Hawkins
December 30, 2023
MCW Season’s Beatings 2023 - Night 2
Joppa, MD
2
116+
Combined reigns [ edit ]
As of April 24, 2024.
†
Indicates the current champion
Rank
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Joe Keys
3
434
2
Shawn Patrick
1
329
3
Adam Carelle/Cole
3
340
4
Chuck Lennox
2
308
5
Greg Excellent
1
286
6
Brandon Scott
1
279
7
Ken Dixon
2
273
8
Alexander James
1
267
9
Myles Hawkins †
2
270+
10
Ryan McBride
3
252
Romeo Valentino
1
252
12
Demarcus Kane
1
251
13
Lio Rush
1
248
14
Cobian
1
244
15
Ronnie Zukko
1
211
16
Joe Gacy
2
203
17
Marcus Jordan
2
200
18
Kekoa
2
197
19
’Miami’ Mike Walker
1
190
20
Danny Jaxx
1
168
21
Tyler Hilton
3
154
22
Ruckus
1
153
23
Dante Caballero
1
134
24
Qeenan Creed
1
118
25
Pat Brink
1
108
26
Julio Dinero
1
107
27
Joey Matthews
1
106
28
Chris Clow
1
98
29
Billy Gunn
1
84
30
Billy Redwood
1
81
31
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
1
77
32
Moses
1
76
33
Gregory Martin
1
66
34
Drolix
1
65
35
Doug Delicious
1
62
Oliver Grimsly
1
62
37
Josh Daniels
1
50
38
Chad Bowman
1
42
39
Elijah King
1
35
40
James Ellsworth
1
21
41
2-Dope
1
1
Scarlett Bordeaux
1
1
The Bruiser
1
1
References [ edit ]
General
Specific
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 21, 2001). "MCW - Event @ Michael's Eighth Ave in Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 26, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 18, 2001). "MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup 2001 - Event @ Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 26, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 2, 2001). "MCW - Event @ The Cain Athletic Center in Chestertown, Maryland, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 26, 2022 .
^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 9, 2001). "MCW - Event @ Donegal High School in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, USA" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 26, 2022 .
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