CWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship_(Memphis)
The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the American promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association. It existed from 1979 to 1981.[1][2]
Quick Facts Details, Promotion ...
| CWA World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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CWA World Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Continental Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 28, 1979[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | June 1981 | ||||||||||||
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More information No., Reign ...
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
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More information No., Champion ...
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| 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] | |
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- The exact date Patterson won the championship and left the CWA are uncertain, which means the length 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.
- Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "(Memphis) Tennessee: CWA World Heavyweight Title [Lawler & 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.
- "CWA Singles Title Histories". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.