CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

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CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Catch Wrestling Association
(1993–1999)
Athletik Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)
Date establishedJuly 3, 1993
Date retiredSeptember 1, 2000

CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight world championship in Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was established in 1993 as a weight-class title along with the CWA World Middleweight Championship. Bonecrusher Sileo was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Lance Storm at Clash of the Champions event on July 3, 1993. [1] The title was defended in CWA until the promotion closed after holding its final event Euro Catch Festival on December 4, 1999. The champion Karsten Kretschmer then began defending the title in the German independent promotion Athletik Championship Wrestling (ACW), where he would lose the title to Eric Schwarz, who would retire the title in September 2000. [2] The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds.

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Title history

SymbolMeaning
No.The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
EventThe event in which the championship changed hands
N/AThe specific information is not known
—Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #]Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
#WrestlerReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes
1 Bonecrusher Sileo 1July 3, 199310 Graz, Austria Clash of the ChampionsDefeated Lance Storm to become the inaugural champion [1] [3]
2 Lance Storm 1July 24, 199369 Vienna, Austria Catch Cup [4]
3 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 2October 1, 199323 [Note 1] [Note 2] [2] [5]
4 Lance Storm 2October 24, 19937 Hanover, Germany World Cup [2] [6]
— Vacated —October 31, 1993— Hanover, Germany World CupThe title was vacated as Lance Storm left the promotion after the event. [2]
5Michael Kovac1June 1, 1996112——Kovac was awarded the title. [2] [7]
6 Kendo Kashin 1September 21, 199691 Hanover, Germany Catch World Cup [8]
7Michael Kovac2December 21, 1996196 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival [9] [10]
— Vacated —July 5, 1997— Graz, Austria Euro Catch Festival The title was vacated for unknown reasons. [2]
8Michael Kovac3July 5, 1997453 Graz, Austria Euro Catch Festival Defeated Christian Eckstein to win the vacant title. [2] [11] [12]
— Vacated —October 1, 1998———The title was vacated as Michael Kovac left the promotion. [2]
9Karsten Kretschmer1October 10, 199863 Hanover, Germany Catch World CupDefeated Eric Schwarz to win the vacant title. [13] [14]
10 El Locco 1December 12, 19987 Bremen, Germany International Catch Cup [15]
11Karsten Kretschmer2December 19, 1998567 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival CWA closed in 1999 and Krestchmer began defending the title in Atlantik Championship Wrestling. [16]
12Eric Schwarz1July 8, 200055 Weinheim, Germany Doomsday II [17] [18]
—Retired—September 1, 2000———Eric Schwarz retired the title. [2]

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1Michael Kovac3761
2Karsten Kretschmer2630
3 Kendo Kashin 191
4 Lance Storm 376
5Eric Schwarz155
6 Hiroyoshi Yamamoto 244
7 Bonecrusher Sileo 110
10 El Locco 17


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yamamoto has been recorded as having won the title twice but details are unknown when he defeated Storm for the title.
  2. ↑ Yamamoto has been recorded as having won the title twice but details are unknown when he defeated Storm for the title.

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References

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  4. ↑ "Lance Storm's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  5. ↑ "Hiroyoshi Yamamoto's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ↑ "CWA World Cup 1993 - Tag 53" (in German). Cagematch. October 24, 1993. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  7. ↑ "Michael Kovac's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Kendo Kashin's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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  10. ↑ "Michael Kovac's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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  13. ↑ "CWA Catch World Cup 1998 - Tag 31 Champions Night" (in German). Cagematch. October 10, 1998. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  14. ↑ "Karsten Kretschmer's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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  17. ↑ "ACW Doomsday II - Tag 1" (in German). Cagematch. July 8, 2000. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  18. ↑ "Eric Schwarz' first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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