Title history
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Key
No.
|
Overall reign number
|
Reign
|
Reign number for the specific champion
|
Days
|
Number of days held
|
No.
|
Champion
|
Championship change
|
Reign statistics
|
Notes
|
Ref.
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Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
Reign
|
Days
|
1
|
Austin Idol
|
February 1983
|
|
N/A
|
1
|
125
|
Idol was awarded the title as the first champion.
|
|
2
|
Jerry Lawler
|
March 7, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
70
|
|
[1]
|
3
|
Ken Patera
|
May 16, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
70
|
|
|
4
|
Jerry Lawler
|
July 25, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
2
|
21
|
|
[2]
|
5
|
Ken Patera
|
August 15, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
2
|
26
|
|
|
6
|
Austin Idol
|
September 10, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
Stan Hansen
|
September 12, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
21
|
|
|
8
|
Austin Idol
|
October 3, 1983
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
3
|
203
|
This was a bullrope match.
|
|
9
|
Randy Savage
|
April 23, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
21
|
|
|
10
|
Austin Idol
|
May 14, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
4
|
33
|
|
|
11
|
Masao Ito
|
June 16, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
23
|
|
|
12
|
Tommy Rich
|
July 9, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
48
|
|
|
13
|
Eddie Gilbert
|
August 26, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
22
|
|
|
14
|
Dutch Mantel
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September 17, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
7
|
|
|
15
|
Eddie Gilbert
|
September 24, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
2
|
95
|
|
|
16
|
Terry Taylor
|
December 28, 1984
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
191
|
|
|
17
|
Phil Hickerson
|
July 7, 1985
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
8
|
|
|
18
|
Terry Taylor
|
July 15, 1985
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
2
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7
|
|
|
19
|
Phil Hickerson
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July 22, 1985
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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2
|
70
|
|
|
20
|
Mongolian Stomper
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September 30, 1985
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
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21
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Won the title by countout.
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|
21
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Phil Hickerson
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October 21, 1985
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
3
|
19
|
|
|
22
|
Dutch Mantel
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November 9, 1985
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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2
|
86
|
|
|
23
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Rick Casey
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February 3, 1986
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
28
|
|
|
24
|
Abdul Gaddafi
|
March 3, 1986
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
21
|
|
|
25
|
Billy Travis
|
March 24, 1986
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
42
|
|
|
26
|
Bill Dundee
|
May 5, 1986
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
|
70
|
|
|
27
|
Jerry Lawler
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July 14, 1986
|
House show
|
Memphis, Tennessee
|
3
|
56
|
This was a "loser leaves town" match.
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|
—
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Vacated
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September 8, 1986
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
—
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—
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Vacated for undocumented reasons
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|
28
|
Big Bubba
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October 6, 1986
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
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90
|
|
|
29
|
Soul Train Jones
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January 4, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
1
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106
|
|
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30
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Chick Donovan
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April 20, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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1
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54
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|
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31
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Bill Dundee
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June 13, 1987
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House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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2
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65
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|
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32
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George Barnes
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August 17, 1987
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House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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1
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14
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|
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33
|
Bill Dundee
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August 31, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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3
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41
|
|
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—
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Vacated
|
October 11, 1987
|
—
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—
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—
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—
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Dundee and Lawler wins AWA World Tag Team Titles
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|
34
|
Bill Dundee
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October 27, 1987
|
House show
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Nashville, Tennessee
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4
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6
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Won a tournament to win the vacant title.
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35
|
Manny Fernandez
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November 2, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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1
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35
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|
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36
|
Jerry Lawler
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December 7, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
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4
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0
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|
|
—
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Unified
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December 7, 1987
|
House show
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Memphis, Tennessee
|
—
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—
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Unified with the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to create the CWA Heavyweight Championship
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