CWA Heavyweight Championship
Encyclopedia
The CWA Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling
title
defended in the Championship Wrestling Association
. It was created through the unification of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight
, AWA Southern Heavyweight
and CWA/AWA International Heavyweight championships.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
title
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
defended in the Championship Wrestling Association
Continental Wrestling Association
The Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
. It was created through the unification of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama.The title began in 1957 and lasted first 1980 when it was first abandoned when Jerry Jarrett took over the Mid-American titles from Nick Gulas...
, AWA Southern Heavyweight
AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship
The Memphis Wrestling Southern Heavyweight Championship is a major professional wrestling title in the Memphis Wrestling promotion. The title is part of a long lineage that is best known while the title was named the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship for Continental Wrestling Association during...
and CWA/AWA International Heavyweight championships.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lawler Jerry Lawler Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional... |
1 | December 7, 1987 | Memphis, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
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| Max Pain Maxx Payne Darryl Peterson is an American musician, actor and professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling as Maxx Payne and in the World Wrestling Federation as Man Mountain Rock.-Career:... |
1 | February 8, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Brickhouse Brown | 1 | May 23, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Max Pain | 2 | June 27, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Phil Hickerson | 1 | July 3, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | November 14, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | ||
| Brian Lee Brian Lee Brian Lee Harris is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Prime Time" Brian Lee... |
1 | November 18, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Sid Vicious Sid Eudy Sidney Raymond "Sid" Eudy is an American professional wrestler, best known as Sid Vicious in World Championship Wrestling, and as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid in the World Wrestling Federation... |
1 | December 10, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Wendell Cooley | 1 | January 9, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dutch Mantel Wayne Cowan Wayne Keown is an American professional wrestler, and author better known by his ring name, Dutch Mantel or Dutch Mantell. He currently is semi-retired but still makes occasional wrestling appearances. He was previously with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a writer behind the scenes... |
1 | January 1989 | ||
| Jeff Jarrett Jeff Jarrett Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett is an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , an organization he co-founded along with his father and in which he holds some stock but not total control... |
1 | March 20, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Black Bart Rick Harris Rick Harris is a former professional wrestler better known by his ring name , Black Bart. He is the son of the late George "Two Ton" Harris.-Career:Rick Harris started wrestling in 1975... |
1 | June 26, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Texas Dirt | 2 | September 4, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Black Bart | 2 | September 11, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Texas Dirt | 3 | September 18, 1989 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title vacated | September 1989 | |||
| Title abandoned | October 1989 | |||