Title history
Key
No. |
Overall reign number |
Reign |
Reign number for the specific champion |
Days |
Number of days held |
No. |
Champion |
Championship change |
Reign statistics |
Notes |
Ref. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Reign |
Days
|
1 |
Austin Idol |
February 1983 |
|
N/A |
1 |
125 |
Idol was awarded the title as the first champion. |
|
2 |
Jerry Lawler |
March 7, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
70 |
|
|
3 |
Ken Patera |
May 16, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
70 |
|
|
4 |
Jerry Lawler |
July 25, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
21 |
|
[1]
|
5 |
Ken Patera |
August 15, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
26 |
|
|
6 |
Austin Idol |
September 10, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
2 |
|
|
7 |
Stan Hansen |
September 12, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
21 |
|
|
8 |
Austin Idol |
October 3, 1983 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
203 |
This was a bullrope match. |
|
9 |
Randy Savage |
April 23, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
21 |
|
|
10 |
Austin Idol |
May 14, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
4 |
33 |
|
|
11 |
Masao Ito |
June 16, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
23 |
|
|
12 |
Tommy Rich |
July 9, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
48 |
|
|
13 |
Eddie Gilbert |
August 26, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
22 |
|
|
14 |
Dutch Mantel |
September 17, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7 |
|
|
15 |
Eddie Gilbert |
September 24, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
95 |
|
|
16 |
Terry Taylor |
December 28, 1984 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
191 |
|
|
17 |
Phil Hickerson |
July 7, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
8 |
|
|
18 |
Terry Taylor |
July 15, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
7 |
|
|
19 |
Phil Hickerson |
July 22, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
70 |
|
|
20 |
Mongolian Stomper |
September 30, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
21 |
Won the title by countout. |
|
21 |
Phil Hickerson |
October 21, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
19 |
|
|
22 |
Dutch Mantel |
November 9, 1985 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
86 |
|
|
23 |
Rick Casey |
February 3, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
28 |
|
|
24 |
Abdul Gaddafi |
March 3, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
21 |
|
|
25 |
Billy Travis |
March 24, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
42 |
|
|
26 |
Bill Dundee |
May 5, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
70 |
|
|
27 |
Jerry Lawler |
July 14, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
56 |
This was a "loser leaves town" match. |
|
— |
Vacated |
September 8, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
— |
— |
Vacated for undocumented reasons |
|
28 |
Big Bubba |
October 6, 1986 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
90 |
|
|
29 |
Soul Train Jones |
January 4, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
106 |
|
|
30 |
Chick Donovan |
April 20, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
54 |
|
|
31 |
Bill Dundee |
June 13, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
65 |
|
|
32 |
George Barnes |
August 17, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
14 |
|
|
33 |
Bill Dundee |
August 31, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
41 |
|
|
— |
Vacated |
October 11, 1987 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Dundee and Lawler wins AWA World Tag Team Titles |
|
34 |
Bill Dundee |
October 27, 1987 |
House show |
Nashville, Tennessee |
4 |
6 |
Won a tournament to win the vacant title. |
|
35 |
Manny Fernandez |
November 2, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
35 |
|
|
36 |
Jerry Lawler |
December 7, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
4 |
0 |
|
|
— |
Unified |
December 7, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
— |
— |
Unified with the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to create the CWA Heavyweight Championship |
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