CWA Heavyweight Championship

The CWA Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Championship Wrestling Association. It was created through the unification of the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight, AWA Southern Heavyweight and CWA/AWA International Heavyweight championships.

Title history

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Jerry Lawler	1	December 7, 1987		Memphis, TN	House show	Lawler, the reigning AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and Manny Fernandez to win the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship. The titles are all unified, creating the new title.
2	Max Pain	1	February 8, 1988		Memphis, TN	House show
3	Brickhouse Brown	1	May 23, 1988		Memphis, TN	House show	Won by forfeit.
4	Max Pain	2	June 27, 1988		Memphis, TN	House show
5	Phil Hickerson	1	July 10, 1988		Memphis, TN	House show
—	Vacated	1	November 14, 1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated after a match with Brian Lee.
6	Brian Lee	1	November 19, 1988		Memphis, TN	TV Studio show	Defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final.
7	Sid Vicious	1	December 10, 1988		Memphis, TN	House show
8	Wendell Cooley	1	January 9, 1989	?	Memphis, TN	House show
9	Dutch Mantell	1	January 1989	?	N/A	N/A	Awarded the title after Cooley left the company.
10	Jeff Jarrett	1	March 11, 1989		Memphis, TN	House show
11	Black Bart	1	June 26, 1989		Memphis, TN	House show
12	Texas Dirt (Dutch Mantell)	2	September 4, 1989		Memphis, TN	House show
13	Black Bart	2	September 11, 1989		Memphis, TN	House show
14	Texas Dirt	3	September 18, 1989	?	Memphis, TN	House show
—	Vacated	1	September 1989	N/A	N/A	N/A
—	Retired	1	October 1989	N/A	N/A	N/A	Retired in favor of the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship.

References

• CWA Heavyweight Championship history – Wrestling-Titles.com
• 1988 and 1989 Mid-South Coliseum results – ProWrestlingHistory.com

See also

• Continental Wrestling Association
• United States Wrestling Association