CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship

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.

CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship
Details
Promotion	CWF Mid-Atlantic
Date established	2000
Date retired	December 31, 2019
Other name(s)
CWF Cruiserweight Championship FWA-Carolinas Cruiserweight Championship AWA/CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship
Statistics 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 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.

Title history

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
4	Ric Converse	July 20, 2002	Payback	Graham, NC	1	231
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
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

Combined reigns

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

References

General

• "Champions". CWF Mid-Atlantic. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
• Sawyer, Grant (2004). "CWF Mid-Atlantic Cruiserweight / Television Title". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
• Tanabe, Hisaharu (2011). "CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Title". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
• "CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

Specific

External links

• Official website
• CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title at Genickbruch.com
• CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title at Cagematch.de