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 |
Jerry Lawler |
December 7, 1987 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7001630000000000000♠63 |
Lawler, the reigning AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and Manny Fernandez to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship. The titles are all unified, creating the new title. |
[1][2]
|
2 |
Max Pain |
February 8, 1988 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7002105000000000000♠105 |
|
[1][2]
|
3 |
Brickhouse Brown |
May 23, 1988 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7001350000000000000♠35 |
Won by forfeit. |
[1][2] [3]
|
4 |
Max Pain |
June 27, 1988 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
7001130000000000000♠13 |
|
[1][2]
|
5 |
Phil Hickerson |
July 10, 1988 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7002127000000000000♠127 |
|
[1][2]
|
— |
Vacated |
November 14, 1988 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Vacated after a match with Brian Lee. |
[1][2]
|
6 |
Brian Lee |
November 19, 1988 |
TV Studio show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7001210000000000000♠21 |
Defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final. |
[1][2]
|
7 |
Sid Vicious |
December 10, 1988 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7001300000000000000♠30 |
|
[1][2]
|
8 |
Wendell Cooley |
January 9, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
[Note 1] |
|
[1][2]
|
9 |
Dutch Mantell |
January 1989 |
|
N/A |
1 |
[Note 2] |
Awarded the title after Cooley left the company. |
[1][2]
|
10 |
Jeff Jarrett |
March 11, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7002107000000000000♠107 |
|
[1][2]
|
11 |
Black Bart |
June 26, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7001700000000000000♠70 |
|
[1][2]
|
12 |
Texas Dirt |
September 4, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
|
[1][2]
|
13 |
Black Bart |
September 11, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
|
[1][2]
|
14 |
|
September 18, 1989 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
7000500000000000000♠5 |
|
[1][2]
|
— |
Vacated |
September 23, 1989 |
Championship Wrestling TV Show |
— |
— |
— |
Championship vacated by the promotion after Texas Dirt gave the championship to Dutch Mantell [4] |
[1][2]
|
— |
Deactivated |
October 1989 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Retired in favor of the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. |
[1][2]
|
- ↑ The exact date were Cooley left CWA is uncertain which means that his championship reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
- ↑ The date that Mantel was awarded the championship is uncertain which means that the championship reign lasted between 39 and 60 days.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Tennessee (Memphis): CWA Heavyweight Title [Lawler and Jarrett]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 195. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "CWA Heavyweight Championship history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (May 23, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 23): Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan, Andre Vs. Sakaguchi, Frank Gotch in a 57-minute match". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Memphis Wrestling September 23, 1989 (WMC Edition)". September 23, 1989. Retrieved September 28, 2017.