Deep South Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Deep South Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | February 12, 1986 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | October 11, 2007 | ||||||||||||
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First champion(s) | Tommy Rich |
Final champion(s) | Austin Creed |
Most reigns | Bradley Jay and Assassin #1 (3 reigns) |
Longest reign | Randy Rose ( 341 days) |
Shortest reign | Roughhouse O'Reilly (7 days) |
The Deep South Heavyweight Championship was the primary championship in Deep South Wrestling, a former developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). When the title was first introduced, it was awarded to Mike Mizanin, who won a tournament to become the initial champion. The title was vacated on April 18, 2007 when WWE ceased using DSW as a developmental territory. On July 12, 2007, a tournament was held to crown a new champion, which was won by Austin Creed.
The title was first awarded to the winner of an 8-Man Single Elimination Tournament, held over a 2 week period with the first round matches being held November 23, 2005, and the semi-final and final matches on December 1.
The title was "held-up" after the agreement between WWE and DSW ended in March 2007, and another tournament was held in on July 12 to crown the new champion.
↑Alexander the Great defeated Salvatore Rinauro by Coin Toss