CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version)
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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..
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...
world heavyweight championship
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...
in the American promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
, the Continental 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 existed from 1979 to 1981..
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. An indicates that a title changes occurred no later than the listed date.| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Thunderbolt Patterson Claude Patterson Claude Patterson, better known professionally as Thunderbolt Patterson, was an American professional wrestler best known for his efforts at starting a union for wrestlers... |
1 | 1979-04-28 | 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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| Pat McGinnis | 1 | 1979-10-02 | Louisville, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... |
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| "Superstar" Billy Graham | 1 | 1979-10-08 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| 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 | 1979-11-12 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Title held up after a match against Bill Dundee on 1980-01-21 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lawler then broke his leg on 1980-02-03 during a touch football Touch football (American) Touch football is a variant of American football in which the basic rules are similar to those of the mainstream game , but instead of tackling players to the ground, the person carrying the ball need only be touched by a member of the opposite team to end a down... game. |
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| Billy Robinson Billy Robinson Billy Robinson is a British professional wrestler and catch wrestling instructor. Robinson was well known in Japan where he has trained mixed martial arts fighters in catch wrestling... |
1 | 1980-04-28 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bill Dundee Bill Dundee William "Bill" Cruickshanks is a Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler better known by his stage name Bill Dundee. Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.... |
1 | 1980-08-04 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Billy Robinson | 2 | 1980-08-11 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Austin Idol Austin Idol Mike McCord is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name the "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol.-Professional wrestling career:McCord graduated from Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida... |
1 | 1980-10-06 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Bobby Eaton Bobby Eaton Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, Eaton originally teamed with Dennis... |
1 | 1980-10-20 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Billy Robinson | 3 | 1980-10-27 | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. Dory Funk, Jr. Dory Ernest Funk Jr. known professionally as Dory Funk, Jr. is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of Terry Funk. He is credited with the invention of the Texas cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional... |
1 | April 1981 | ||
| Title retired later in 1981. | ||||