CWA World Middleweight Championship

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CWA World Middleweight Championship
Details
Promotion Catch Wrestling Association
Date establishedDecember 22, 1984
Date retiredDecember 4, 1999
Statistics
First champion Tony St. Clair
Final champion Franz Schumann
Most reigns David Finlay and Franz Schumann
(4 reigns)
Longest reignFranz Schumann (1,246 days)
Shortest reign Barry Horowitz (13 days)

The CWA World Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was one of the two weight-based titles in CWA, along with the CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which was introduced in 1993. The title was created in December 1984 and a tournament was set up to determine the inaugural champion. The last previous holder of the European version of the World Middlweight Championship, Adrian Street, had moved to the United States in 1981. Tony St. Clair won the tournament to become the inaugural holder of the new CWA version on December 22, 1984. [1] The title was deactivated when the company closed on December 4, 1999. [2] The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds. A rival European version of the World Middleweight championship was promoted in the UK by All Star Wrestling and Rumble Promotions 1991-1996. [3]

Contents

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 Tony St. Clair 1December 22, 1984344 Bremen, Germany House show Clair won a tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1] [4]
Vacated December 1, 1985The title was vacated for unknown reasons. [1]
2 Steve Wright 1December 20, 1985574 Bremen, Germany House show Wright won a tournament. [1] [5]
3 Mile Zrno 1July 17, 1987137 Vienna, Austria House show [6] [7]
4Steve Wright2December 1, 19871,005 Bremen, Germany House show [8]
5 Dave Finlay 1September 1, 199027 Vienna, Austria House show [9] [10]
6Steve Wright3September 28, 1990449 Hanover, Germany House show [11] [12]
7 Fit Finlay 2December 21, 1991203 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival [13] [14]
8 Franz Schumann 1July 11, 1992161 Graz, Austria Euro Catch Festival [15] [16]
Vacated December 19, 1992 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival The title was vacated for unknown reasons. [1]
9 Fit Finlay 3December 19, 1992194 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival Defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title. [17] [18]
Vacated July 1, 1993Title was held up after a match against Eddie Gilbert ended in a double disqualification.
10 Franz Schumann 2July 3, 1993358 Graz, Austria Clash of the ChampionsDefeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title. [19] [20]
11 Barry Horowitz 1June 26, 199413 Graz, Austria International Catch Cup [21] [22]
12 Franz Schumann 3July 9, 1994455 Graz, Austria Euro Catch Festival [23] [24]
13 Paul Roma 1October 7, 199549 Hanover, Germany Catch World Cup [25] [26]
14 Fit Finlay 4November 25, 1995224 Bremen, Germany International Catch CupThis was a title vs. title match, in which Finlay's Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was also defended. [27] [28]
15 Franz Schumann 4July 6, 19961,246 Graz, Austria Euro Catch Festival [29] [30]
RetiredDecember 4, 1999 Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival The title was defended for the last time at the event as it was CWA's final event and the promotion closed after the event.

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined days
1 Franz Schumann 42,220
2Steve Wright32,028
3 Fit Finlay 4648
4 Tony St. Clair 1344
5 Mile Zrno 1137
6 Paul Roma 149
7 Barry Horowitz 113

References

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  3. https://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/uk-world-m.html [ bare URL ]
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