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 |
Thunderbolt Patterson |
April 28, 1979 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
[Note 1] |
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. |
[1][2]
|
— |
Vacated |
June 1979 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Thunderbolt Patterson left the CWA |
[1][2]
|
2 |
Pat McGinnis |
October 2, 1979 |
House show |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1 |
8 |
Defeated Hector Guerrero. |
[1][2]
|
3 |
Superstar Billy Graham |
October 8, 1979 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
31 |
|
[1][2]
|
4 |
Jerry Lawler |
November 8, 1979 |
House show |
Lexington, Kentucky |
1 |
74 |
|
[1][2]
|
— |
Vacated |
January 21, 1980 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Vacated after a match against Bill Dundee |
[1][2]
|
5 |
Billy Robinson |
April 28, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
98 |
Defeated The Masked Superstar. |
[1][2]
|
6 |
Bill Dundee |
August 4, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7 |
|
[1][2]
|
7 |
Billy Robinson |
August 11, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
2 |
56 |
|
[1][2]
|
8 |
Austin Idol |
October 6, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
14 |
|
[1][2]
|
9 |
Bobby Eaton |
October 20, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1 |
7 |
Won the title by forfeit. |
[1][2]
|
10 |
Billy Robinson |
October 27, 1980 |
House show |
Memphis, Tennessee |
3 |
[Note 2] |
|
[1][2]
|
11 |
Dory Funk Jr. |
April 1981 (NLT) |
House show |
[Note 3] |
1 |
[Note 4] |
|
[1][2]
|
— |
Deactivated |
1981 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
[1][2]
|
- ↑ The exact date Patterson won the championship and left the CWA are uncertain, which means the legth of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ↑ The exact date that Robinson lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 185 days.
- ↑ The location of the championship change has not been documented.
- ↑ The exact date that Dory Funk Jr. won the championship and the championship was abandoned are unknown, which means the reign is too uncertain to calculate..