CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis)


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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.[1][2]

CWA World Heavyweight Championship

CWA World Heavyweight Championship belt

Details
PromotionContinental Wrestling Association
Date establishedApril 28, 1979[1][2]
Date retiredJune 1981
Statistics
First champion(s)Thunderbolt Patterson[1][2]
Final champion(s)Dory Funk, Jr.[1][2]
Most reignsBilly Robinson (3 times)[1][2]
Longest reignBilly Robinson (165 days)[1][2]
Shortest reignBilly Robinson (2 days)[1][2]
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The exact date that Robinson lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 185 days.
  3. ^ The location of the championship change has not been documented.
  4. ^ 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.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "CWA Singles Title Histories". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.