WCWA Television Championship

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WCWA Television Championship
Details
Promotion
Date establishedJanuary 7, 1979
Date retiredApril 1987
Other name(s)
  • NWA Television Championship (Texas version)
  • WCCW Television Championship
Statistics
First champion(s) The Spoiler
Final champion(s) Tony Atlas
Most reigns Bill Irwin (7 times)

The WCWA Television Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship that was used and defended in the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA). Originally created in 1979 as the NWA Television Championship, one of many television championships across the NWA territories, it was primarily defended on their weekly television show. At the time of its creation the championship was promoted by NWA Big Time Wrestling (BTW). BTW changed its name to "World Class Championship Wrestling" (WCCW) in 1982 and the championship became known as the WCCW Television Championship. In 1986 WCCW withdrew from the NWA and became known as the World Class Wrestling Association. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match. [lower-alpha 1]

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The first NWA Television Champion was The Spoiler, who won a battle royal on January 7, 1979, to claim the championship. [2] [3] Bill Irwin won the championship a record-setting seven times between 1979 and 1982. Irwin's second reign lasted 181 days, the longest individual reign of any of the champions and his combined reigns total at least 464 days, possibly 467 days. [2] [3] Kevin Von Erich was awarded the championship due to a disqualification, but refused to win the championship in such manner and immediately vacated it, putting his reign at only a couple of minutes, the shortest of any champion. [2] [3] After the final champion, Tony Atlas, left the company, the Championship was abandoned in April 1987. [2] [3]


Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
†Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
NWA Television Championship (Texas version)
1 The Spoiler January 7, 1979 BTW show Houston, Texas1146Won the championship in a battle royal [2] [3]
2 Bill Irwin June 2, 1979 BTW show Houston, Texas1181 [2] [3]
3 José Lothario November 30, 1979 BTW show Texas143 [2] [3]
4 Bill Irwin January 12, 1980 BTW show Dallas, Texas262 [2] [3]
5 José Lothario March 14, 1980 BTW show Texas2140 [2] [3]
6 Bill Irwin August 1, 1980 BTW show Houston, Texas3163 [2] [3]
7 Brian Adias January 11, 1981 BTW show Dallas, Texas1120 [2] [3]
8 Bill Irwin May 11, 1981 BTW show Ft. Worth, Texas44 [2] [3]
— Vacated May 15, 1981————Championship vacated for undocumented reasons [2] [3]
WCCW Television Championship
9 The Spoiler May 17, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas21Won the vacant championship by winning a battle royal. [2] [3]
10 Frank Dusek May 18, 1982 WCCW show Texas125 [2] [3]
11 The Spoiler June 12, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas323 [2] [3]
12 Bill Irwin July 5, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas55 [2] [3]
13 Brian Adias July 10, 1982 WCCW show Texas29 [2] [3]
14 Bill Irwin July 19, 1982 WCCW show Texas648 [2] [3]
15 Bugsy McGraw September 5, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas1 [lower-alpha 2] [2] [3]
16 Bill Irwin October 1982 WCCW show Texas7 [lower-alpha 3] [2] [3]
17 Checkmate October 4, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas1 [lower-alpha 4] [2] [3]
Championship history is unrecorded from to October 1982.
18 Frank Dusek October 1982 WCCW show Texas2 [lower-alpha 5] [2] [3]
19 Al Madril November 1, 1982 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas163 [2] [3]
20 The Great Kabuki January 3, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas135 [2] [3]
21 N'Tola Yatsu February 7, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas149 [2] [3]
22 Iceman Parsons March 28, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas163 [2] [3]
23 The Mongol May 30, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas142 [2] [3]
24 Chris Adams July 11, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas1105 [2] [3]
25 Jimmy Garvin October 24, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas17 [2] [3]
26Johnny MantellOctober 31, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas128 [2] [3]
27 The Super Destroyer November 28, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas17 [2] [3]
28 Brian Adias December 5, 1983 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas335 [2] [3]
29 The Super Destroyer January 9, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas228 [2] [3]
30 Iceman Parsons February 6, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas214 [2] [3]
31 Kelly Kiniski February 20, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas177 [2] [3]
32 Killer Khan May 7, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas114Defended the championship on behalf of an injured Kiniski and was awarded the belt. [2] [3] [4]
33 Kevin Von Erich May 21, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas10Won the title by disqualification. [2] [3]
— Vacated May 21, 1984————Kevin Von Erich vacated championship as he did not want to win the title by disqualification. [2] [3]
34 Chris Adams June 11, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas263Defeated Kelly Kiniski. [2] [3]
35 Jake Roberts August 13, 1984 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas121 [2] [3]
36 Chris Adams September 3, 1984 Labor Day Star Wars Ft. Worth, Texas3126 [2] [3] [5] [6]
37 Billy Haynes January 7, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas128Defeated Gino Hernandez who substituted for an absent Adams. [2] [3]
— Vacated February 4, 1985————Haynes left WCCW and vacated the title after (in storyline) being attacked and injured by Oliver on February 4th in Ft. Worth. The footage and announcement of Haynes' injury aired on February 16, 1985. [2] [3]
38 Rip Oliver February 4, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas149Defeated Buck Zumhofe. [2] [3]
— Vacated March 25, 1985————Rip Oliver was suspended for attacking Mike Von Erich and he was stripped of the championship. [2] [3]
39 Scott Casey April 1, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas170Defeated Dennis Condrey. [2] [3]
40 Killer Tim Brooks June 10, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas135 [2] [3]
41 Iceman Parsons July 15, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas321 [2] [3]
— Vacated August 5, 1985————Parsons no-showed a title match against John Tatum. [2] [3]
42 John Tatum August 5, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas177Defeated Shawn Cody to win the vacant championship [2] [3]
43 Iceman Parsons October 21, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas4 [lower-alpha 6] [2] [3]
— Vacated November 1985————Parsons was injured by Rick Rude and could not compete. [2] [3]
44 Dave Peterson December 2, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas17Defeated The Grappler. [2] [3]
45 Jack Victory December 9, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas114 [2] [3]
46 Mark Youngblood December 23, 1985 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas114 [2] [3]
47 Buddy Roberts January 6, 1986 WCCW show Ft. Worth, Texas177 [2] [3]
WCWA Television Championship
48 Lance Von Erich March 24, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas152 [2] [3]
49 Rick Rude May 5, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas112 [2] [3] [7]
50 Bruiser Brody May 17, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas1 [lower-alpha 7] Won the championship by disqualification. [2] [3]
51 Chris Adams June 1986 WCWA show Texas4 [lower-alpha 8] Was given the title by an injured Bruiser Brody. [2] [3]
52 Buzz Sawyer June 16, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas156 [2] [3]
53 Steve Simpson August 11, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas170 [2] [3] [8]
54 Crusher Yurkof October 20, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas142 [2] [3]
55 Tony Atlas December 1, 1986 WCWA show Ft. Worth, Texas1 [lower-alpha 9] Won the match and the championship by disqualification. [2] [3]
—DeactivatedApril 1987————Tony Atlas left WCCW and the championship was abandoned. [2] [3]

Combined length

Key
¤The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days
1 Bill Irwin 7464¤
2 Chris Adams 4295¤
3 José Lothario 2183
4 The Spoiler 3170
5 Brian Adias 3164
6 Tony Atlas 1121¤
7 Iceman Parsons 4109¤
8 Bruiser Brody 292¤
9 Buddy Roberts 177
John Tatum 177
Kelly Kiniski 177
12 Scott Casey 170
13 Steve Simpson 170
Al Madril 163
15 Buzz Sawyer 156
16 Lance Von Erich 152
17 Rip Oliver 149
N'Tola Yatsu 149
19 The Mongol 142
20 Killer Tim Brooks 135
The Great Kabuki 135
The Super Destroyer 235
23 Billy Haynes 128
24Johnny Mantell128
25 Frank Dusek 227¤
26 Bugsy McGraw 126¤
27 Jake Roberts 121
28 Jack Victory 114
Killer Khan 114
Mark Youngblood 114
31 Rick Rude 112
32 Dave Peterson 17
Jimmy Garvin 17
34 Checkmate 11¤
35 Kevin Von Erich 10

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" [1]
  2. ↑ The exact date on which Bugsy McGraw lost the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 26 and 29 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which Bill Iwrin won the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 0 and 3 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Checkmate vacated the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 0 and 27 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which Frank Dusek won the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 2 and 28 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which Iceman Parsons vacated the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 11 and 40 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which Bruiser Brody gave up the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 15 and 30 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date on which Chris Adams was given the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 0 and 161 days.
  9. ↑ The exact date on which WCCW abandoned the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 121 and 150 days.

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