Catch Wrestling Association championships
| CWA World Heavyweight Championship |
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| Promotion | Catch Wrestling Association |
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| Date established | August 2, 1973 |
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| Date retired | December 4, 1999 |
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| First champion(s) | Otto Wanz |
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| Most reigns | Otto Wanz and Rambo
(4 reigns) |
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| Longest reign | Otto Wanz
(3,172 days) |
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| Shortest reign | Bull Power
(111 days) |
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The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title of the German professional wrestling promotion Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was created on August 2, 1973 and deactivated on December 4, 1999. The championship was contested under 15 three-minute rounds.
The title changed hands in four countries South Africa, Austria, the United States, and Germany and three continents - Africa, Europe, and North America.
Key
| No.
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Overall reign number
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| Reign
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Reign number for the specific champion
|
| Days
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Number of days held
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| No.
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Champion
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Championship change
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Reign statistics
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Notes
|
Ref.
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| Date
|
Event
|
Location
|
Reign
|
Days
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| 1
|
Otto Wanz
|
August 2, 1973
|
House show
|
Cape Town, South Africa
|
1
|
1,491
|
Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first champion.
|
[1]
|
| 2
|
Don Leo Jonathan
|
September 1, 1977
|
House show
|
Johannesburg, South Africa
|
1
|
317
|
|
|
| 3
|
Otto Wanz
|
July 15, 1978
|
House show
|
Graz, Austria
|
2
|
3,172
|
|
|
| 4
|
Bull Power
|
March 22, 1987
|
House show
|
Denver, Colorado, United States
|
1
|
111
|
|
[1]
|
| 5
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Otto Wanz
|
July 11, 1987
|
House show
|
Graz, Austria
|
3
|
772
|
|
[1]
|
| 6
|
Bull Power
|
August 21, 1989
|
House show
|
Vienna, Austria
|
2
|
123
|
|
|
| 7
|
Otto Wanz
|
December 22, 1989
|
Catch Cup
|
Bremen, Germany
|
4
|
190
|
|
|
| —
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Vacated
|
June 30, 1990
|
—
|
Graz, Austria
|
—
|
—
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Championship vacated when Wanz retired.
|
|
| 8
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Bull Power
|
December 22, 1990
|
House show
|
Bremen, Germany
|
3
|
196
|
Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title.
|
|
| 9
|
Rambo
|
July 6, 1991
|
Catch Cup
|
Graz, Austria
|
1
|
532
|
|
|
| 10
|
Road Warrior Hawk
|
December 19, 1992
|
Euro Catch Festival
|
Bremen, Germany
|
1
|
196
|
|
|
| 11
|
Rambo
|
July 3, 1993
|
Clash of the Champions
|
Graz, Austria
|
2
|
896
|
|
|
| 12
|
Ludvig Borga
|
December 16, 1995
|
Euro Catch Festival
|
Bremen, Germany
|
1
|
371
|
|
|
| 13
|
Rambo
|
December 21, 1996
|
Euro Catch Festival
|
Bremen, Germany
|
3
|
196
|
|
|
| —
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Vacated
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July 5, 1997
|
—
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N/A
|
—
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—
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Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the World Wrestling Federation
|
|
| 14
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Marshall Duke
|
August 16, 1997
|
Catch Cup
|
Vienna, Austria
|
1
|
442
|
Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title.
|
|
| —
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Vacated
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November 1, 1998
|
—
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N/A
|
—
|
—
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Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
|
|
| 15
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Rambo
|
December 19, 1998
|
Euro Catch Festival
|
Bremen, Germany
|
4
|
350
|
Defeated Big Titan to win the vacant title.
|
|
| —
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Deactivated
|
December 4, 1999
|
Euro Catch Festival
|
Bremen, Germany
|
—
|
—
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The event marked the last time that the title was defended. CWA closed after the event.
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