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Professional wrestling championship
PLW New England Championship Promotion Power League Wrestling Date established December 16, 1991 First champion(s) Scott Z. Most reigns Maniacal Mark (3) Longest reign Nicholas Night (966 days) Shortest reign Shane Simons (35 days)
The PLW New England Championship is a professional wrestling championship in Power League Wrestling (PLW). It is the second most important championship in the promotion, after the PLW Heavyweight Championship .
Overall, there have been 34 reigns shared between 29 wrestlers with eleven vacancies. The inaugural champion was Scott Z., who defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final on December 16, 1991 to become the first PLW New England Champion. Maniacal Mark holds the record for most reigns, with three. At 966 days, Nicholas Night's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Shane Simons's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title holding it for only 35 days. Only four men in history have held the championship for a continuous reign of one year (365 days) or more. They are Scott Thomas, Nicholas Night, Eric Dylan, and Keanu.
Key
#
Order in reign history
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event
The event in which the title was won
—
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
As of January 1, 2016
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days held
Location
Event
Notes
Ref
1
Scott Z.
1
December 16, 1991
98
Swansea, Massachusetts
Power League Wrestling
Scott Z. defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Amaral in a tournament final to become the first PLW New England Champion. Aired in December 1991 on tape delay .
[ 1]
2
Joe O.
1
March 9, 1992
168
Swansea, Massachusetts
Power League Wrestling
The Shadow Warrior substituted for Scott Z.
[ 2]
3
The Agent
1
August 24, 1992
N/A
Swansea, Massachusetts
Power League Wrestling
[ 3]
—
Vacated
—
1992
—
—
Power League Wrestling
The Agent was stripped of the championship after a series of attacks on "Brutal" Bob Evans .
[ 4]
4
Maniacal Mark
1
September 27, 1992
129
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Power League Wrestling
5
Shane Simons
1
February 3, 1993
35
Swansea, Massachusetts
Power League Wrestling
6
Dutch Davidson
1
March 10, 1993
46
Swansea, Massachusetts
Power League Wrestling
7
Shane Simons
2
April 25, 1993
105
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Power League Wrestling
8
Jay A.
1
August 8, 1993
N/A
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Power League Wrestling
—
Vacated
—
April 1994
—
—
Power League Wrestling
Jay A. was stripped of the title for excessive foul language and obscene gestures towards PLW fans, officials and wrestlers.
[ 5]
9
Dutch Davidson
1
May 22, 1994
N/A
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
PowerFest (1994)
Dutch Davidson defeated The Macho Kid in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
[ 6]
—
Vacated
—
October 1994
—
—
Power League Wrestling
Dutch Davidson surrendered the title upon enlisting in the United States Army .
[ 7]
10
Maniacal Mark
2
October 9, 1994
N/A
Cranston, Rhode Island
Midnight Madness (1994)
Maniacal Mark defeated The Punisher in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
[ 8]
11
The Macho Kid
1
July 1995
N/A
Cranston, Rhode Island
Power League Wrestling
—
Vacated
—
November 1995
—
—
Power League Wrestling
The Macho Kid surrendered the title due to injury.
12
Max Knight
1
December 10, 1995
182
Providence, Rhode Island
Power-House Brawl (1995)
Max Knight was awarded the vacant title after winning the 1995 Power-House Brawl.
[ 9]
13
The Macho Kid
2
June 9, 1996
112
North Providence, Rhode Island
Live event
[ 10]
14
Scott Thomas
1
September 29, 1996
70
Manville, Rhode Island
A Lift For Nicky
[ 11]
15
The Mighty Bosch
1
December 8, 1996
42
Central Falls, Rhode Island
Power-House Brawl (1996)
[ 12]
16
Scott Thomas
2
January 19, 1997
482
Warren, Rhode Island
The War In Warren
[ 13] [ 14]
17
Amazin' Jay
1
May 16, 1998
211
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
PowerFest (1998)
[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
18
Troy Young
1
December 13, 1998
N/A
Providence, Rhode Island
Power-House Brawl (1998)
[ 19]
—
Vacated
—
May 1999
—
—
N/A
Troy Young surrendered the title due to injury.
19
Dr. Heresy
1
May 16, 1999
146
Warwick, Rhode Island
PowerFest (1999)
Dr. Heresy defeated T.J. Richter in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
[ 20]
20
Draven
1
October 9, 1999
N/A
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Live event
[ 21]
21
Maniacal Mark
3
March 2000
N/A
N/A
N/A
Maniacal Mark received the PLW New England Championship from Draven for his half of the PLW Tag Team Championship .
22
Derik Destiny
1
October 29, 2000
N/A
Scituate, Rhode Island
Live event
[ 22]
—
Vacated
—
April 2001
—
—
N/A
Derik Destiny surrendered the championship due to injury.
23
Chris Blackheart
1
May 20, 2001
364
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2001)
Chris Blackheart defeated Johnny Angel in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
[ 23]
24
Johnny Curtis
1
May 19, 2002
N/A
Central Falls, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2002)
[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
—
Vacated
—
May 2003
—
—
N/A
25
Johnny Angel
1
May 18, 2003
N/A
West Warwick, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2003)
Johnny Angel defeated Kenn Phoenix, Kid Krazy, and Revelation in a Fatal Fourway match to win vacant title.
[ 27] [ 28]
—
Vacated
—
2003
—
—
N/A
Angel was stripped of the championship upon leaving the promotion.
26
Kid Krazy
1
August 8, 2004
N/A
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Cumberlandfest (2004)
Kid Krazy defeated Jose Perez in a singles match to win the vacant title; both men had won separate Fatal Four-Way matches to determine the number one contenders earlier that day.
[ 29]
—
Vacated
—
June 2006
—
—
N/A
The championship is vacated due to inactivity.
27
Duke Maximum
1
June 11, 2006
189
Warwick, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2006)
Duke Maximum defeated T.J. Richter in a singles match to win the vacant title.
[ 30]
28
T.J. Richter
1
December 17, 2006
271
West Warwick, Rhode Island
Power-House Brawl (2006)
[ 31] [ 32]
29
Triplelicious
1
September 14, 2007
N/A
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Great Outdoors Tour (2007)
[ 33]
—
Vacated
—
June 2008
—
—
N/A
The championship is vacated after Triplelicious leaves the promotion.
30
Derek Molhan
1
June 22, 2008
343
South Attleboro, Massachusetts
Great Outdoors Tour (2008)
Derek Molhan defeated Alex Payne, Chris Blackheart, Matt Storm, and Nicholas Knight in a Pier 5 Brawl match.
[ 34]
31
Alex Payne
1
May 31, 2009
N/A
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2010)
This was a ladder match .
[ 35]
—
Vacated
—
August 2010
—
—
N/A
Alex Payne surrendered the title due to injury.
32
Nicholas Night
1
September 26, 2010
966
Plainville, Massachusetts
Great Outdoors Tour (2010)
Nicholas Night defeated Scott Levesque in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
[ 36] [ 37]
33
Eric Dylan
1
May 19, 2013
448
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
PowerFest (2013)
[ 38]
34
Keanu
1
August 10, 2014
509
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Cumberlandfest (2014)
[ 39] [ 40]
List of combined reigns [ edit ]
As of April 22, 2016.
Symbol
Meaning
(-)
The reign is shorter than one day.
Rank [1]
Wrestler
No. of reigns
Combined days
1
Nicholas Night
1
966
2
Keanu
1
621 +
3
Scott Thomas
2
552
4
Eric Dylan
1
448
5
Chris Blackheart
1
364
6
Derek Molhan
1
343
7
T.J. Richter
1
271
8
Amazin' Jay
1
211
9
Duke Maximum
1
189
10
Max Knight
1
182
11
Joe O.
1
168
12
Dr. Heresy
1
146
13
Shane Simons
2
140
14
Maniacal Mark
3
>129
15
The Macho Kid
2
>112
16
Scott Z.
1
98
17
Dutch Davidson
2
46
18
The Mighty Bosch
1
42
General
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^ "Episode #23". Power League Wrestling . March 1992. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #38". Power League Wrestling . August 1992. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #44". Power League Wrestling . September 1992. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #121". Power League Wrestling . April 1994. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #130". Power League Wrestling . May 1994. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #140". Power League Wrestling . October 1994. Syndicated .
^ "Episode #145". Power League Wrestling . September 1994. Syndicated .
^ "Results from December 10, 1995 - "1995 Power House Brawl" " . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
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^ "Results from December 8, 1996 - "1996 Power-House Brawl" " . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from the "War In Warren" " . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Lord of the Rings Wrestlers go to the mat for school's athletic program". Providence Journal . January 21, 1997.
^ "Results from May 16, 1998" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
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^ "Results from May 16, 1999" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from October 9, 1999" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from October 29, 2000" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from May 20, 2001" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from May 19, 2002" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
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^ "Results from June 22, 2008" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
^ "Results from May 31, 2009" . PowerLeagueWrestling.com . Retrieved 2015-08-12 .
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