CWA World Middleweight Championship
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. Tony St. Clair won the tournament to become the inaugural World Middleweight Champion on December 22, 1984.[1] The title was deactivated when the company closed on December 4, 1999. The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds.
CWA World Middleweight Championship | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Details | |||||||||||||
Promotion | Catch Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||
Date established | December 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | December 4, 1999 | ||||||||||||
|
Title history
Symbol | Meaning |
No. | The overall championship reign |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. |
Event | The event in which the championship changed hands |
N/A | The 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. |
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tony St. Clair | 1 | December 22, 1984 | 344 | Bremen, Germany | House show | Clair won a tournament to become the inaugural champion.[1][2] |
— | Vacated | — | December 1, 1985 | — | — | — | The title was vacated for unknown reasons.[1] |
2 | Steve Wright | 1 | December 20, 1985 | 574 | Bremen, Germany | House show | Wright won a tournament.[1][3] |
3 | Mile Zrno | 1 | July 17, 1987 | 137 | Vienna, Austria | House show | [4][5] |
4 | Steve Wright | 2 | December 1, 1987 | 1,005 | Bremen, Germany | House show | [6] |
5 | Dave Finlay | 1 | September 1, 1990 | 27 | Vienna, Austria | House show | [7][8] |
6 | Steve Wright | 3 | September 28, 1990 | 449 | Hanover, Germany | House show | [9][10] |
7 | Fit Finlay | 2 | December 21, 1991 | 203 | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | [11][12] |
8 | Franz Schumann | 1 | July 11, 1992 | 161 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | [13][14] |
— | Vacated | — | December 19, 1992 | — | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | The title was vacated due to unknown reasons.[1] |
9 | Fit Finlay | 3 | December 19, 1992 | 194 | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | Defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title.[15][16] |
— | Vacated | — | July 1, 1993 | — | — | — | Title was held up after a match against Eddie Gilbert ended in a double disqualification. |
10 | Franz Schumann | 2 | July 3, 1993 | 358 | Graz, Austria | Clash of the Champions | Defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title.[17][18] |
11 | Barry Horowitz | 1 | June 26, 1994 | 13 | Graz, Austria | International Catch Cup | [19][20] |
12 | Franz Schumann | 3 | July 9, 1994 | 455 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | [21][22] |
13 | Paul Roma | 1 | October 7, 1995 | 49 | Hanover, Germany | Catch World Cup | [23][24] |
14 | Fit Finlay | 4 | November 25, 1995 | 224 | Bremen, Germany | International Catch Cup | This was a title vs. title match, in which Finlay's Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was also defended.[25][26] |
15 | Franz Schumann | 4 | July 6, 1996 | 1,246 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | [27][28] |
— | Retired | — | December 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
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Franz Schumann | 4 | 2,220 |
2 | Steve Wright | 3 | 2,028 |
3 | Fit Finlay | 4 | 648 |
4 | Tony St. Clair | 1 | 344 |
5 | Mile Zrno | 1 | 137 |
6 | Paul Roma | 1 | 49 |
7 | Barry Horowitz | 1 | 13 |
References
- "CWA World Middleweight Title (Austria / Germany)". Wrestling-titles. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Tony St. Clair's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Steve Wright's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA". Cagematch. July 17, 1987. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Mile Zrno's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Steve Wright's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA". Cagematch. September 1, 1990. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Dave Finlay's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA". Cagematch. September 28, 1990. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Steve Wright's third reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Euro Catch Festival". Cagematch. December 21, 1991. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Fit Finlay's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Euro Catch Festival". Cagematch. July 11, 1992. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Franz Schumann's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Euro Catch Festival". Cagematch. December 19, 1992. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Fit Finlay's third reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Clash Of The Champions 1993". Cagematch. July 3, 1993. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Franz Schumann's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Internationaler Catch Cup 1994 - Tag 11". Cagematch. June 26, 1994. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Barry Horowitz's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Euro Catch Festival". Cagematch. July 9, 1994. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Franz Schumann's second reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Catch World Cup 1995 - Tag 27". Cagematch. October 7, 1995. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Paul Roma's first reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Internationaler Catch Cup 1995 - Day 17". Wrestlingdata. November 25, 1995. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Fit Finlay's fourth reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "CWA Euro Catch Festival". Cagematch. July 6, 1996. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- "Franz Schumann's fourth reign". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.