CWA World Heavyweight Championship

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CWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Catch Wrestling Association
Date establishedAugust 2, 1977
Date retiredDecember 4, 1999
Statistics
First champion Otto Wanz
Most reignsOtto Wanz and Rambo
(4 reigns)
Longest reignOtto Wanz
(3,172 days)
Shortest reign Bull Power
(111 days)

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title of the German professional wrestling promotion Internationalen Berufsringer Verbandes (IBV), later renamed the Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) in the title's honour. The title was created on August 2, 1977 and deactivated on December 4, 1999. The championship was contested under 15 three-minute rounds. It was replaced by the European Wrestling Promotion (EWP) World Heavyweight Championship when that organisation was founded in 2000 to replace the CWA.

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It was originally claimed that the championship was sanctioned by a fictitious Canadian Wrestling Association and that it had previous lineage in North America. To this end, Jan Wilkins, a participant in the inaugural August 2, 1977 match, was presented as the defending champion and his opponent Otto Wanz as challenger. The title changed hands in four countries South Africa, Austria, the United States, and Germany and three continents - Africa, Europe, and North America.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Otto Wanz August 2, 1977 House show Cape Town, South Africa 130Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first recognised champion (Wilkens came into the match already claiming to be "Canadian Wrestling Association" champion.) [1]
2 Don Leo Jonathan September 1, 1977 House show Johannesburg, South Africa 1317  
3 Otto Wanz July 15, 1978 House show Graz, Austria 23,172  
4 Bull Power March 22, 1987 House show Denver, Colorado, United States 1111  [1]
5 Otto Wanz July 11, 1987 House show Graz, Austria 3772  [1]
6 Bull Power August 21, 1989 House show Vienna, Austria 2123  
7 Otto Wanz December 22, 1989Catch Cup Bremen, Germany 4190  
— Vacated June 30, 1990— Graz, Austria ——Championship vacated when Wanz retired. 
8 Bull Power December 22, 1990 House show Bremen, Germany 3196Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title. Bull Power (Big Ban Vader) also held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in Japan and the UWA World Heavyweight Championship in Mexico in the same time. 
9 Rambo July 6, 1991Catch Cup Graz, Austria 1532  
10 Road Warrior Hawk December 19, 1992 Euro Catch Festival Bremen, Germany 1196  
11 Rambo July 3, 1993Clash of the Champions Graz, Austria 2896  
12 Ludvig Borga December 16, 1995 Euro Catch Festival Bremen, Germany 1371  
13 Rambo December 21, 1996 Euro Catch Festival Bremen, Germany 3196  
— Vacated July 5, 1997—N/A——Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the World Wrestling Federation  
14 Marshall Duke August 16, 1997Catch Cup Vienna, Austria 1442Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title. 
— Vacated November 1, 1998—N/A——Championship vacated for undocumented reasons 
15 Rambo December 19, 1998 Euro Catch Festival Bremen, Germany 4350Defeated Big Titan to win the vacant title. 
—DeactivatedDecember 4, 1999 Euro Catch Festival Bremen, Germany ——The event marked the last time that the title was defended. CWA closed after the event. 

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1 Otto Wanz 44,184
2 Rambo 41,981
3 Marshall Duke 1442
4 Leon White / Bull Power 3420
5 Ludvig Borga 1371
6 Don Leo Jonathan 1317
7 Road Warrior Hawk 1196

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oliver, Greg (September 14, 2017). "Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies". SLAM Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
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