GWF Television Championship

GWF Television Championship
Details
Promotion Global Wrestling Federation
Date established June 29, 1991
Date retired September 21, 1994

The GWF Television Championship was a secondary title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1993, when it was abandoned. The title was defended on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  The Patriot  June 29, 1991  House show Dallas, Texas  1  55 Defeated Buddy Landel in tournament final. [1][2]
— Vacated  August 23, 1991 — — — — The Patriot vacates the championship when he won the GWF North American Heavyweight Championship. [1]
 2  Eddie Gilbert  October 4, 1991  House show Dallas, Texas  1  105 Defeated The Handsome Stranger in tournament final. [1][3]
— Vacated  January 17, 1992 — — — — Held up after match against Terry Simms [1]
 3  Eddie Gilbert   January 24, 1992  House show Dallas, Texas  2  56 Won the rematch. [1]
— Vacated  March 20, 1992 — — — — Title vacated after Eddie Gilbert hit referee Sam Esposito. [1]
 4  Sam Houston  April 3, 1992  House show Dallas, Texas  1  [Note 1] Won a battle royal. [1][4]
— Vacated  August 1992 — — — — Title vacated for undocumented reasons [1]
 5  Michael Worthington Davis III  August 28, 1992  House show Dallas, Texas  1  91 Defeated Midnight Rider. [1]
 6  Manny Villalobos  November 27, 1992  House show Dallas, Texas  1  [Note 2] [1]
— Deactivated  September 21, 1994 — — — — Title abandoned [1]

Tournaments

June 1991

The GWF Television Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF Television Championship held on June 29 and June 30, 1991. The Patriot defeated Buddy Landel in the final to win the tournament.[5]

  First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                               
  The Patriot    
  Stan Lane    
    The Patriot    
      Bill Irwin    
  Bill Irwin  
  El Fantasma    
    The Patriot    
    Billy Black    
  Randy Rhodes    
  Sweet Daddy Falcone    
    Randy Rhodes  
      Billy Black    
  Billy Black  
  Brian Adias    
    The Patriot    
    Chris Walker    
  Doug Somers    
  Chris Walker    
    Chris Walker  
      Rip Rogers    
  The Hitman  
  Rip Rogers    
    Chris Walker  
    Makhan Singh    
  Makhan Singh    
  Terry Daniels    
    Makhan Singh  
      Terry Garvin    
  The Zebra Kid  
  Terry Garvin    
    The Patriot  
    Buddy Landell  
  Adrian Street    
  Axl Rotten    
    Adrian Street    
      Rasta the Voodoo Man    
  Rasta the Voodoo Man  
  Jeff Gaylord    
    Adrian Street    
    Buddy Landell    
  Buddy Landell    
  Gary Young    
    Buddy Landell  
      Nick Busick    
  Nick Busick  
  Jimmy James    
    Buddy Landell  
    BYE    
  BYE    
  BYE    
    BYE  
      BYE    
  BYE  
  BYE    
    BYE  
    BYE    
  BYE    
  BYE    
    BYE  
      BYE    
     

October 1991

The GWF Television Championship Tournament was a six-man tournament held for the vacated GWF Television Championship on October 4, 1991 after previous champion The Patriot vacated the title upon winning the GWF North American Heavyweight Championship on August 23. Eddie Gilbert won the tournament by defeating Handsome Stranger in the final.[6]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Handsome Stranger
Mike Davis
Handsome Stranger
BYE
Brian Lee Draw
The Soultaker
Handsome Stranger
Eddie Gilbert
John Tatum
Eddie Gilbert
Eddie Gilbert
BYE
BYE
BYE

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date the championship was vacated is unclear, putting the championship reign at between 120 and 147 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date the GWF stopped promotion the Television Championship is unclear which means that this title reign lasted somewhere between 35 and 399 days.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Texas: Global Wrestling Federation Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (June 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING TITLE CHANGE HISTORY: GOTCH VS. HACKENSCHMIDT, INOKI VS. HANSEN, GUERRERO VS. JERICHO". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (June 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  6. ↑ "GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

See also

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