SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship

The SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship was a singles title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. It existed from 1992 until the promotion's close in 1995. There were three officially recognized champions and eight title reigns, with Bobby Blaze holding the title a record four times.[1][2] Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen team "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.[3]

SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship
Al Snow, the 7th over all champion (pictured in March 2013)
Details
PromotionSmoky Mountain Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 13, 1993
Date retiredJuly 30, 1994

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Bobby Blaze September 13, 1993 SMW Live event Columbus, Ohio 1 21 Won a tournament.  
2 Chris Candido October 4, 1993 SMW Live event Jellico, Tennessee 1 4 Aired October 23, 1993 on SMW TV  
3 Bobby Blaze October 8, 1993 SMW Live event Knoxville, Tennessee 2 1    
4 Chris Candido October 9, 1993 SMW Live event Barbourville, Kentucky 2 1    
5 Bobby Blaze October 10, 1993 SMW Live event Johnson City, Tennessee 3 34    
6 Chris Candido November 13, 1993 SMW Live event Morristown, Tennessee 3 [Note 1]    
— Vacated March 26, 1994 (NLT) — — — — Championship vacated when Candido leaves SMW.  
7 Al Snow July 28, 1994 SMW Live event Lima, Ohio 1 2 This may have been a fictitious title change. Snow defeated Bobby Blaze.  
8 Bobby Blaze July 30, 1994 SMW Live event Ashland, Kentucky 4 <1    
— Deactivated July 30, 1994 — — — — The title was abandoned after the July 30, 1994, event.  

Footnotes
  1. The exact date Chris Candido was stripped of the title is not known, placing his reign between 111 and 133 days.

References
  1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. "SMW Title Histories". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
  3. Ed Grabianowski. "How Pro Wrestling Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved April 5, 2009.

See also
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