SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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Promotion | Southwest Championship Wrestling | ||||||||
Date established | April 1981 | ||||||||
Date retired | April 1985 | ||||||||
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The SWCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship was a secondary title in Southwest Championship Wrestling, challenged for by lighter weight wrestlers. It lasted from 1981 until 1985, when it was abandoned after SWCW was sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling.
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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Chavo Guerrero | 1 | circa April 1981 | Awarded title | |
Vacant | Title inactive | |||
Eric Embry | 1 | July 25, 1983 | San Antonio, TX | Defeats Mando Guerrero in tournament final |
Relampago Leon | 1 | October 1, 1983 | San Antonio, TX | |
Adrian Street | 1 | January 5, 1984 | Beaumont, TX | |
Bobby Fulton | 1 | March 19, 1984 | San Antonio, TX | |
Eric Embry | 2 | May 27, 1984 | Austin, TX | |
Bobby Fulton | 2 | June 13, 1984 | San Antonio, TX | |
Eric Embry | 3 | July 1, 1984 | San Antonio, TX | |
Chicky Starr | 1 | August 24, 1984 | San Antonio, TX | |
Ron Sexton | 1 | February 1985 | ? | |
Chicky Starr | 2 | March 30, 1985 | Girard, OH | |
Title retired | April 1985 | SWCW is sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling |
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