# MEWF Heavyweight Championship

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{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| championshipname = MEWF Unified Heavyweight Championship
| image = 
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| promotion = [Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation](/source/Mid-Eastern_Wrestling_Federation)
| brand = 
| created = January 18, 1992
| mostreigns = [Lucifer](/source/Tim_Burke_(wrestler)) (3)<br>[Morgus the Maniac](/source/Morgus_the_Maniac) (3)<br>[Max Thrasher](/source/Max_Thrasher) (3)<br>[Corporal Punishment](/source/Corporal_Punishment_(wrestler)) (3)
| firstchamp = [Ricky Blues](/source/Ricky_Blues)
| finalchamp = The Bruiser<br />(won March 28, 2004)
| longestreign = [Lucifer](/source/Tim_Burke_(wrestler)) (241 days)
| shortestreign = [Corporal Punishment](/source/Corporal_Punishment_(wrestler)) (1 day)
| oldest = 
| youngest = 
| heaviest = 
| lightest = 
| pastnames = MEWF Heavyweight Championship
| titleretired = 2004
| pastlookimages = 
}}

The '''Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF) Heavyweight Championship''' is the highest ranking singles title in the [Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation](/source/Mid-Eastern_Wrestling_Federation), one of three in the promotion.

The title was created when [Ricky Blues](/source/Ricky_Blues) defeated [Agent Orange](/source/Agent_Orange) at an event held in [Odenton, Maryland](/source/Odenton%2C_Maryland) on January 18, 1992.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> In 2003, the title was merged with the [MCW Heavyweight Championship](/source/MCW_Heavyweight_Championship) when [Maryland Championship Wrestling](/source/Maryland_Championship_Wrestling) held its final show as an interpromtional event with the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation creating the '''Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Unified Heavyweight Championship''' on July 16, 2003.<ref name="Westcott">{{cite web |url=http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/whtmewf.html |title=MEWF Heavyweight Title History |accessdate= |author=Westcott, Brian |authorlink= |author2=Eric Roelfsema |year=2004 |work= |publisher=Solie's Title Histories |pages= |language= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="MEWF">{{cite web|url=http://www.mewf.com/titles/heavyweighttitle.html |title=MEWF Unified Heavyweight Champion |year=2004 |publisher=MEWF.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040623082319/http://www.mewf.com/titles/heavyweighttitle.html |archivedate=2004-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The championship has been known as:
*MEWF Heavyweight Championship (1991–2003)
*MEWF Unified Heavyweight Championship (2003–2004)

The heavyweight title was later revived after [Maryland Championship Wrestling](/source/Maryland_Championship_Wrestling) began promoting events in the Maryland-area in 2007.

There have been a total of 30 recognized champions who have had a combined 45 official reigns.
{{clear right}}
==Title history==<!-- This section is linked from [Bob Sapp](/source/Bob_Sapp) -->
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
!width=16%|Wrestler:
!width=1% |Times:
!width=16%|Date:
!width=15%|Location:
!width=51%|Notes:
|-
|[Ricky Blues](/source/Ricky_Blues) || 1 || January 18, 1992 || [Odenton, MD](/source/Odenton%2C_Maryland) || {{small|Defeated [Agent Orange](/source/Agent_Orange) in a tournament final.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || 1992 || || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Max Thrasher](/source/Max_Thrasher) || 1 || July 11, 1992 || Pasadena, MD || {{small|Defeated [A.C. Golden](/source/Mark_Freer_(wrestler)) in 8-man tournament final.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Lucifer](/source/Tim_Burke_(wrestler)) || 1 || February 5, 1993 || [Gaithersburg, Maryland](/source/Gaithersburg%2C_Maryland) || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Morgus the Maniac](/source/Morgus_the_Maniac) || 1 || November 13, 1993 || [Hampstead, MD](/source/Hampstead%2C_MD) || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Lucifer || 2 || November 14, 1993 || Essex, MD || {{small|Title history is unrecorded between November 1994-March 1995.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Morgus the Maniac || 2 || November 1994 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Mad Dog O'Malley](/source/Mad_Dog_O'Malley) || 1 || February 5, 1993 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Corporal Punishment](/source/Corporal_Punishment_(wrestler)) || 1 || March 26, 1995 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart](/source/Jim_Neidhart) || 1 || October 1, 1995 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Corporal Punishment || 2 || October 1995 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|Defeated A.C. Golden in 8-man tournament final.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Joe Thunder](/source/Joe_Thunder) || 1 || December 3, 1995 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Johnny Gunn](/source/Salvatore_Sincere) || 1 || March 26, 1996 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Corporal Punishment || 3 || June 30, 1996 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Axl Rotten](/source/Axl_Rotten) || 1 || June 30, 1996 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Mark "The Shark" Shrader](/source/Mark_Shrader) || 1 || September 13, 1996 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Axl Rotten || 2 || November 23, 1996 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Stevie Richards](/source/Stevie_Richards) || 1 || February 2, 1997 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Disco Inferno](/source/Disco_Inferno_(wrestler)) || 1 || April 3, 1997 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || August 9, 1997 || || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Pit Bull #2](/source/Anthony_Durante) || 1 || August 10, 1997 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|Defeated [Knuckles Zanwich](/source/Knuckles_Zanwich) to win the vacant title.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || November 7, 1997 || || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/>}}
|-
|[Salvatore Sincere](/source/Salvatore_Sincere) || 2 || November 8, 1997 || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|Defeated Corporal Punishment to win the vacant title.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || December 22, 1997 || || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Glenn Osbourne](/source/Glenn_Osbourne) || 1 || February 1, 1998 || [Baltimore, MD](/source/Baltimore%2C_MD) || {{small|Defeated A.C. Golden a tournament final.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Danny Rose || 1 || April 4, 1998 || [Essex, MD](/source/Essex%2C_MD) || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Morgus the Maniac || 3 || November 14, 1998 || Hampstead, MD || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Bob Starr](/source/Bob_Starr_(wrestler)) || 1 || - || Gaithersburg, Maryland || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Honky Tonk Man](/source/The_Honky_Tonk_Man) || 1 || October 2, 1999 || [Dundalk, MD](/source/Dundalk%2C_MD) || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|Bob Starr || 2 || November 13, 1999 || Hampstead, MD || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/>}}
|-
|[Patch](/source/Patch_(wrestler)) || 1 || March 31, 2000 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || April 29, 2000 || || {{small|Vacated after Patch was stripped of the title for failing to make scheduled title defences.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Lucifer || 3 || April 29, 2000 || [Middle River, MD](/source/Middle_River%2C_MD) || {{small|Defeated Max Thrasher for the vacant title in a match with special referee ["Hacksaw" Jim Duggan](/source/Jim_Duggan).<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|[DOA](/source/DOA_(wrestler)) || 1 || August 9, 2000 || [Martinsburg, WV](/source/Martinsburg%2C_WV) || {{small|Following the death of longtime MEWF mainstay DOA on June 24, a tribute show "DOA: A Night to Remember" was held in his honor. Lucifer voluntarily vacated the title for DOA being awarded the title for one night only.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Buzz Stryker || 1 || August 12, 2000 || Middle River, MD || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Max Thrasher || 2 || September 22, 2000 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|Defeated Morgus the Maniac, Buzz Stryker and Dino Casanova in a four-Way match.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Dino Casanova || 3 || 2000 ||  || {{small|<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Max Thrasher || 3 || November 11, 2000 || Hampstead, MD || {{small|Following the death of longtime MEWF mainstay DOA on June 24, a tribute show "DOA: A Night to Remember" was held in his honor being awarded the title for one night only.<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Ruckus || March 17, 2001 || Essex, MD|| {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Rayne || 1 || April 12, 2001 || Baltimore, MD || {{small|Defeated Dino Casanova for the vacant title.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Dino Casanova || 2 || August 2, 2001 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || 2001 || || {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Cat Burglar || 1 || November 25, 2001 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|Held in the Teamsters Union Hall, Cat Burglar won a 17-man battle royal to become the new MEWF Heavyweight Champion.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Held Up || February 9, 2002 || Baltimore, MD || {{small|The title is held up following a three-way match between Cat Burglar, Nick Berk and Ruckus in which all three men scored a simultaneous pinfall during the match.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Cat Burglar || 2 || March 3, 2002 || Baltimore, MD || {{small|Defeated Nick Berk and Ryker in a three-Way ladder match.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Drew Pain || 1 || October 26, 2002 || || {{small| <ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Buzz Stryker || 2 || October 27, 2002 || || {{small|Defeated Drew Pain and Salvatore Sincere in a three-Way match.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|[Chad Bowman](/source/Chad_Bowman) || 1 || March 9, 2003 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|[Romeo Valentino](/source/Romeo_Valentino) || 2 || May 3, 2003 || || {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|[Danny Doring](/source/Danny_Doring) || 1 || July 16, 2003 || [Glen Burnie, MD](/source/Glen_Burnie%2C_MD) || {{small|Defeated Romeo Valentino and [Chris Chetti](/source/Chris_Chetti) in a three-Way match to unify the MEWF and [MCW Heavyweight Championship](/source/MCW_Heavyweight_Championship).<ref name="Titles"/><ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|Danny Doring || 2 || March 28, 2004 || || {{small|<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|colspan=2|Vacated || March 28, 2004 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|Vacated after Danny Doring is stripped of the title for failing to  make scheduled title defences.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|-
|The Bruiser || 1 || March 28, 2004 || Dundalk, MD || {{small|Defeated Romeo Valentino in match for the vacant title.<ref name="Westcott"/><ref name="MEWF"/>}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040624122916/http://www.mewf.com/titles/heavyweight.html Official Heavyweight Championship Title History]
*[http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/whtmewf.html MEWF Heavyweight Championship history at Solie.org]

Category:Heavyweight wrestling championships

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