CWA World Heavyweight Championship

CWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Catch Wrestling Association
Date established August 2, 1973
Date retired December 4, 1999

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title of the German professional wrestling promotion Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was created on August 2, 1973 and deactivated on December 4, 1999.

The title 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 1,491 Cape Town, South Africa House show Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first champion. [1]
2 Don Leo Jonathan 1 September 1, 1977 317 Johannesburg, South Africa House show    
3 Otto Wanz 2 July 15, 1978 3,172 Graz, Austria House show    
4 Bull Power 1 March 22, 1987 111 Denver, Colorado, United States House show   [1]
5 Otto Wanz 3 July 11, 1987 772 Graz, Austria House show   [1]
6 Bull Power 2 August 21, 1989 113 Vienna, Austria House show    
7 Otto Wanz 4 December 12, 1989 200 Graz, Austria Catch Cup    
— Vacated — June 30, 1990 — Graz, Austria — Title vacated when Wanz retired.  
8 Bull Power 3 December 22, 1990 196 Bremen, Germany House show Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title.  
9 Rambo 1 July 6, 1991 532 Graz, Austria Catch Cup    
10 Road Warrior Hawk 1 December 19, 1992 196 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival    
11 Rambo 2 July 3, 1993 896 Graz, Austria Clash of the Champions    
12 Ludvig Borga 1 December 16, 1995 371 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival    
13 Rambo 3 December 21, 1996 196 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival    
— Vacated — July 5, 1997 — — — Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the World Wrestling Federation
14 Marshall Duke 1 August 16, 1997 442 Vienna, Austria Catch Cup Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title.  
— Vacated — November 1, 1998 — — —
15 Rambo 4 December 19, 1998 350 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival Defeated Big Titan to win the vacant title.  
— Retired — December 4, 1999 — Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival The event marked the last time that the title was defended. CWA closed after the event.  

Combined reigns

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Otto Wanz 4 5,635
2 Rambo 4 1,981
3 Marshall Duke 1 442
4 Leon White / Bull Power 3 420
5 Ludvig Borga 1 371
6 Don Leo Jonathan 1 317
7 Road Warrior Hawk 1 196

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oliver, Greg (September 14, 2017). "Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies". SLAM Wrestling. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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