SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

Al Snow, the 7th over all champion (pictured in March 2013)

Details

Promotion

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

Date established

September 13, 1993

Date retired

July 30, 1994

Statistics
First champion(s)	Bobby Blaze
Most reigns	Bobby Blaze (4 reigns)
Longest reign	Chris Candido (111 days at least)
Shortest reign	Bobby Blaze (0 days)
Oldest champion	Al Snow (31 years, 10 days)
Youngest champion	Chris Candido (22 years, 197 days)
Heaviest champion	Al Snow (238 lb (108 kg))
Lightest champion	Chris Candido (225 lb (102 kg))

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 won and lost competitively. The championship is awarded after the Wrestler who is more “over” wins the match.

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.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
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.

Explanatory footnotes

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

References

^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
^ "SMW Title Histories". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2007-07-14.