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CWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionContinental Wrestling Association
Date established1979-04-28
Date retiredJune 1981
Statistics
First champion(s)Thunderbolt Patterson
Final champion(s)Dory Funk, Jr.
Most reignsBilly Robinson (3 times)
Longest reignBilly Robinson (165 days)
Shortest reignBilly 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.[1][2]

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.
Title held up on June 1980 after Patterson quits promotion.
Pat McGinnis 1 1979-10-02 Louisville, Kentucky Defeated Hector Guerrero.
Superstar Billy Graham 1 1979-10-08 Memphis, Tennessee
Jerry Lawler 1 1979-11-08 Lexington, Kentucky
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

References

  1. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ "CWA Singles Title Histories". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
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