THE HISTORY OF THE

SGW HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP

9/14/1999 - 7/30/2006

 

1st CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
11 / 14 / 1999

REIGN
17 days

Justin Credible defeated 5 other men in a Hardcore Six Pack Challenge to come the first SGW Hardcore Champion.

2nd CHAMPION

HANDLER
ET Allen

DATE
12 / 01 / 1999

REIGN
4 days

Atsushi Onita defeated Justin Credible to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

3rd CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
12 / 05 / 1999

REIGN
42 days

Triple H defeated Atsushi Onita to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion after interference from Justin Credible.

 

4th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
01 / 16 / 2000

REIGN
3 days

Justin Credible defeated Triple H to become the first two-time SGW Hardcore Champion.

5th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
01 / 19 / 2000

REIGN
21 days

Rick Steiner defeated Justin Credible and The Road Dogg (Unknown) in a Triple Threat match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

6th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Mike Mogard

DATE
02 / 09 / 2000

REIGN
103 days

Al Snow defeated Rick Steiner to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

 

7th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
05 / 21 / 2000

REIGN
71 days

Raven defeated Al Snow and The Road Dogg (Unknown) in a Triple Threat match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

8th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Matt Gorsuch

DATE
07 / 30 / 2000

REIGN
7 days

Stevie Ray outlasted Raven and 6 other competitors in the first-ever Hardcore Thunderdome match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

9th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Unknown

DATE
08 / 06 / 2000

REIGN
1 minute

The Brooklyn Brawler defeated Stevie Ray to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

 

10th CHAMPION

HANDLER
William Moor

DATE
08 / 06 / 2000

REIGN
7 days

Fit Finlay defeated The Brooklyn Brawler in an impromptu match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

11th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Kfir Hezroni

DATE
08 / 13 / 2000

REIGN
88 days

Steve Corino defeated Fit Finlay to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

12th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Matt Gorsuch

DATE
11 / 08 / 2000

REIGN
22 days

Stevie Ray defeated Steve Corino and Raven (Unknown) in a Triple Threat match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

 

13th CHAMPION

HANDLER
William Moor

DATE
11 / 30 / 2000

REIGN
1 day

Barry Windham defeated Stevie Ray to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion

VACATED
12 / 01 / 2000

Due to the company going in a different direction, the SGW Hardcore Championship was temporarily retired.

14th CHAMPION

Handler - Josh Smith

Date - 03 / 31 / 2001

Reign - 4 days

The Repo Man broke into the SGW Vault and stole the SGW Hardcore Championship, declaring himself the champion.

 

VACATED
04 / 04 / 2001

Rather than humor the insane Repo Man, SGW owner Arn Anderson had the Repo Man arrested and reclaimed the stolen property, declaring it vacant and the division dormant once again.

15th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Dave Edwards

DATE
02 / 18 / 2006

REIGN
22 days

Interim owner of SGW Maria Kanellis awarded Cactus Jack with the long dormant SGW Hardcore Championship when she noticed that he looked sad backstage.

16th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Justin Hall

DATE
03 / 12 / 2006

REIGN
28 days

Chris Benoit defeated Cactus Jack and John Bradshaw Layfield (Dan Shepard) in a Triple Threat match to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

 

17th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Devon Rightsell

DATE
04 / 08 / 2006

REIGN
14 days

Raven defeated Chris Benoit and Rob Van Dam (Brad) in a Triple Threat match to become the new champion after interference from John Bradshaw Layfield took Benoit out of the match.

18th CHAMPION

REIGN #2

HANDLER
Justin Hall

DATE
04 / 22 / 2006

REIGN
14 days

After winning the SGW Intercontinental Championship, Raven was forced to relinquish the SGW Hardcore Championship. Rather than vacate it, he gave it to his friend Chris Benoit.

19th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Andy Barnett

DATE
05 / 06 / 2006

REIGN
7 days

Simon Dean defeated Chris Benoit to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion with John Bradshaw Layfield as the special guest referee.

 

20th CHAMPION

HANDLER
Brett McClendon

DATE
05 / 13 / 2006

REIGN
43 days

The Sandman defeated Simon Dean, Jerry Lynn (Tom Lister), Rob Van Dam (Brad), and Tommy Dreamer (Brian Mills) to become the new SGW Hardcore Champion.

21st CHAMPION

REIGN #3

HANDLER
Justin Hall

DATE
06 / 25 / 2006

REIGN
36 days

Chris Benoit defeated The Sandman and Johnny Nitro (Eric) in a Triple Threat match to become the first three-time SGW Hardcore Champion.


 


Reigning SGW Hardcore Champion Chris Benoit defeated SGW Gimmick Champion Alex Shelley in a unification match. The championships were combined to form the SGW Pure Wrestling Championship. As a result, the SGW Hardcore Championship ceases to exist.


Unified: 07/30/2006
 



Created: 07/30/2006

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