CWA World Heavyweight Championship
The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the German professional wrestling promotion the Catch Wrestling Association.
It changed hands in four countries - South Africa, Austria, the United States and Germany - and three continents - Africa, Europe and North America.
Title history
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
| No. | The overall championship reign |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
| Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| [Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otto Wanz | 1 | August 2, 1973 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Cape Town, South Africa | House show | Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first champion. |  l; |
| 2 | Don Leo Jonathan | 1 | September 1, 1977 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Johannesburg, South Africa | House show | ||
| 3 | Otto Wanz | 2 | July 15, 1978 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Graz, Austria | House show | ||
| 4 | Bull Power | 1 | March 22, 1987 | [Note 1] | Denver, Colorado, United States | House show | ||
| 5 | Otto Wanz | 3 | July 1987 | [Note 2] | Graz, Austria | House show | ||
| 6 | Bull Power | 2 | August 21, 1989 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Vienna, Austria | House show | ||
| 7 | Otto Wanz | 4 | June 30, 1990 | 0 | Graz, Austria | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | June 30, 1990 | N/A | Graz, Austria | N/A | Title vacated when Wanz retired immediately after winning it. | |
| 8 | Bull Power | 3 | December 22, 1990 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Bremen, Germany | House show | Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title. | |
| 9 | Rambo | 1 | July 6, 1991 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Graz, Austria | House show | ||
| 10 | Road Warrior Hawk | 1 | December 19, 1992 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Bremen, Germany | House show | ||
| 11 | Rambo | 2 | July 3, 1993 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Graz, Austria | House show | ||
| 12 | Ludvig Borga | 1 | December 20, 1995 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Bremen, Germany | House show | ||
| 13 | Rambo | 3 | December 21, 1996 | Error: Need valid year, month, day | Bremen, Germany | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | July 5, 1997 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the World Wrestling Federation. | |
| 14 | Marshall Duke | 1 | August 16, 1997 | [Note 3] | Vienna, Austria | House show | Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title. | |
| 15 | Rambo | 4 | December 1999 | [Note 4] | N/A | House show | ||
| - | Retired | - | 2000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Title retired when the CWA closed. |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ The exact date Bull Power lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between Error: Need valid year, month, day and Error: Need valid year, month, day days.
- ^ The exact date Wanz won the championship is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between Error: Need valid year, month, day and Error: Need valid year, month, day days.
- ^ The exact date that Droese lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between Error: Need valid year, month, day and Error: Need valid year, month, daydays.
- ^ The exact date Rambo won the championship and the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that this title reign lasted between 1 day and Error: Need valid year, month, day days.