# MCW Cruiserweight Championship

The MCW Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling cruiserweight championship owned by the Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) promotion. The title was created and debuted on November 8, 1998 at a MCW live event. The title is currently inactive.
The inaugural champion was Gregory Martin, who defeated Ronnie Zukko in the finals of a tournament to win the championship on February 12, 2001 at an MCW live event.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) | Maryland Championship Wrestling (MCW) |
| 1 | Adam Flash | November 8, 1998 | Live event | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 24 | Flash defeated Rearl the Pearl to become the first champion. | |
| — | Vacated | December 2, 1998 | N/A | Glen Burnie, MD | — | — | Flash vacated the title due to injury. | |
| 2 | Christian York | December 2, 1998 | Live event | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 170 | York defeated Tom Brandi to win the vacant title. | |
| 3 | Joey Matthews | May 21, 1999 | | Wheaton, MD | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | Platinum Nat | June 17, 1999 | | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 108 |
| 5 | Quinn Nash | October 3, 1999 | | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | Adam Flash | October 23, 1999 | | Colonial Beach, VA | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Quinn Nash | October 27, 1999 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Mikey Whipwreck | December 4, 1999 | | Dandy Spring, MD | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Adam Flash | December 5, 1999 | | Dundalk, MD | 3 | 131 |
| 10 | Chad Bowman | April 14, 2000 | — | Annapolis, MD | 1 | 219 | Defeated Adam Flash and Qeenan Creed in a three-way match. | |
| 11 | Qeenan Creed | November 19, 2000 | | Odenton, MD | 1 | 55 |
| 12 | Gregory Martin | January 13, 2001 | | Laurel, DE | 1 | 56 |
| 13 | Qeenan Creed | March 10, 2001 | | Paw Paw, WV | 2 | 382 |
| 14 | Amazing Red | March 27, 2002 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 253 |
| 15 | 2-Dope | December 5, 2002 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 97 |
| 16 | Adam Flash | March 12, 2003 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 4 | 64 |
| 17 | Reckless Youth | May 15, 2003 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 62 |
| 18 | Christian York | July 16, 2003 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 2 | 0 |
| — | Deactivated | July 16, 2003 | | Glen Burnie, MD | | | MCW closed | |
| 19 | Derek Frazier | February 26, 2006 | — | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 70 | Defeated Andrew Ryker after MCW reopened earlier in the month. | |
| 20 | Chris Sabin | May 7, 2006 | | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 63 |
| 21 | Ruckus | July 9, 2006 | — | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 112 | Defeated Derek Frazier, Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin, Steve Anthony and Petey Williams in the 6-way Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup final to win the title. | |
| 22 | Chris Sabin | October 29, 2006 | | Dundalk, MD | 2 | 13 |
| 23 | Alex Shelley | November 11, 2006 | | Hampstead, MD | 1 | 134 |
| 24 | Derek Frazier | March 25, 2007 | | Dundalk, MD | 2 | 276 |
| 25 | Josh Daniels | December 26, 2007 | | Glen Burnie, MD | 1 | 311 |
| — | Vacated | November 2, 2008 | N/A | | — | — | | |
| 26 | Sabian | November 2, 2008 | | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 161 |
| — | Vacated | April 11, 2009 | N/A | | — | — | | |
| 27 | Ryan McBride | July 11, 2009 | | Dundalk, MD | 1 | 487 |
| — | Deactivated | November 10, 2010 | | | — | — |

## Combined reigns

As of January 21, 2025.
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Ryan McBride | 1 | 487 |
| 2 | Qeenan Creed | 2 | 437 |
| 3 | Derek Frazier | 2 | 346 |
| 4 | Josh Daniels | 1 | 311 |
| 5 | Ruckus | 1 | 258 |
| 6 | Adam Flash | 4 | 223 |
| 7 | Chad Bowman | 1 | 219 |
| 8 | Christian York | 2 | 170 |
| 9 | Sabian | 1 | 161 |
| 10 | Ruckus | 1 | 112 |
| 11 | Platinum Nat | 1 | 108 |
| 12 | 2-Dope | 1 | 97 |
| 13 | Chris Sabin | 2 | 73 |
| 14 | Quinn Nash | 2 | 58 |
| 15 | Gregory Martin | 1 | 56 |
| 16 | Joey Matthews | 1 | 27 |
| 17 | Mikey Whipwreck | 1 | 1 |