CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis)

CWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	Continental Wrestling Association
Date established	1979-04-28
Date retired	June 1981
Other name(s)
Statistics Most reigns Billy Robinson (3 times) First champion(s) Thunderbolt Patterson Longest reign Billy Robinson (165 days) Shortest reign Billy Robinson (2 Days)

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the American promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association. It existed from 1979 to 1981..

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. An (n) indicates that a title changes occurred no later than the listed date.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Thunderbolt Patterson	1	1979-04-28	Memphis, Tennessee	This was the first date that Patterson was acknowledged as champion. He was said to have defeated Mark Lewin in January 1979 in Melbourne, Australia to become the first champion.
Pat McGinnis	1	1979-10-02	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated Hector Guerrero.
"Superstar" Billy Graham	1	1979-10-08	Memphis, Tennessee
Jerry Lawler	1	1979-11-12	Memphis, Tennessee
Title held up after a match against Bill Dundee on 1980-01-21 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawler then broke his leg on 1980-02-03 during a touch football game.
Billy Robinson	1	1980-04-28	Memphis, Tennessee	Defeated The Masked Superstar.
Bill Dundee	1	1980-08-04	Memphis, Tennessee
Billy Robinson	2	1980-08-11	Memphis, Tennessee
Austin Idol	1	1980-10-06	Memphis, Tennessee
Bobby Eaton	1	1980-10-20	Memphis, Tennessee	Won the title by forfeit.
Billy Robinson	3	1980-10-27	Memphis, Tennessee
Dory Funk, Jr.	1	April 1981 (n)
Title retired later in 1981.

See also

• Continental Wrestling Association
• CWA World Tag Team Championship