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.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Jerry Lawler
December 7, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
63
Lawler, the reigning AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion , defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and Manny Fernandez to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship . The titles are all unified, creating the new title.
[1] [2]
2
Max Pain
February 8, 1988
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
105
[1] [2]
3
Brickhouse Brown
May 23, 1988
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
35
Won by forfeit.
[1] [2] [3]
4
Max Pain
June 27, 1988
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
13
[1] [2]
5
Phil Hickerson
July 10, 1988
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
127
[1] [2]
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Vacated
November 14, 1988
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—
—
—
Vacated after a match with Brian Lee .
[1] [2]
6
Brian Lee
November 19, 1988
TV Studio show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
21
Defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final.
[1] [2]
7
Sid Vicious
December 10, 1988
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
30
[1] [2]
8
Wendell Cooley
January 9, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
[Note 1]
[1] [2]
9
Dutch Mantell
January 1989
N/A
N/A
1
[Note 2]
Awarded the title after Cooley left the company.
[1] [2]
10
Jeff Jarrett
March 11, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
107
[1] [2]
11
Black Bart
June 26, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
70
[1] [2]
12
Texas Dirt
September 4, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
7
[1] [2]
13
Black Bart
September 11, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
7
[1] [2]
14
Texas Dirt
September 18, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
3
5
[1] [2]
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Vacated
September 23, 1989
Championship Wrestling TV Show
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—
Championship vacated by the promotion after Texas Dirt gave the championship to Dutch Mantell [4]
[1] [2]
15
Tony Anthony
October 9, 1989
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
47
Defeated Dustin Rhodes in a one night tournament final.
[1] [2]
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Deactivated
November 1989
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—
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—
On the December 16, 1989 episode of Championship Wrestling, Bill Dundee is named as both “CWA Champion” and “Southern Champion” interchangeably. Dundee in a promo mentioned he won the title in Texas. Retired in favor of the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship .
[1] [2]
^ The exact date were Cooley left CWA is uncertain which means that his championship reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
^ The date that Mantel was awarded the championship is uncertain which means that the championship reign lasted between 39 and 60 days.
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Tennessee (Memphis): CWA Heavyweight Title [Lawler and 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 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "CWA Heavyweight Championship history" . Wrestling-Titles . Retrieved March 30, 2017 .
^ Hoops, Brian (May 23, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 23): Antonio Inoki Vs. Hulk Hogan, Andre Vs. Sakaguchi, Frank Gotch in a 57-minute match" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
^ "Memphis Wrestling September 23, 1989 (WMC Edition)" . September 23, 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved September 28, 2017 .
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