WCWA World Heavyweight Championship
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| Promotion | World Class Wrestling Association | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 6, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The WCWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in World Class Championship Wrestling. The title was originally created in June 1966 as the Texas version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship before being renamed the NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968.[1] When WCCW pulled out of the NWA in 1986, the championship was renamed the World Class Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship.[2] The title was unified by Jerry Lawler with the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1989 and continued as the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. World Class returned in September 1990 when the organization withdrew from the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), but the promotion ceased operations three months later.
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
| Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Place: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) | ||||
| Fritz Von Erich | 1 | June 6, 1966 | Texas | Defeated Brute Bernard. |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | June 9, 1966 | Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 2 | August 4, 1966 | Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 3 | December 15, 1966 | ||
| Brute Bernard | 1 | March 1967 | Texas | Sometime after March 22, 1967. |
| Fritz Von Erich | 4 | March 27, 1967 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| The Spoiler | 1 | April 5, 1968 | Houston, TX | |
| Held Up | April 1968 | Title held up due to interference by manager Gary Hart. | ||
| Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968 | ||||
| Fritz Von Erich | 5 | June 3, 1968 | Ft. Worth, TX | Won rematch. |
| Kenji Shibuya | 1 | 1968 | Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 6 | July 26, 1968 | Houston, TX | |
| Baron Von Raschke | 1 | April 10, 1969 | ||
| Fritz Von Erich | 7 | April 29, 1969 | ||
| Johnny Valentine | 2 | May 2, 1969 | Houston, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 8 | June 1969 | ||
| Johnny Valentine | 3 | June 9, 1969 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 9 | August 4, 1969 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Held Up | August 5, 1969 | Title held up after match against Johnny Valentine in Dallas, TX because of the interference of Wahoo McDaniel. | ||
| Fritz Von Erich | 10 | October 21, 1969 | Dallas, TX | Won rematch against Johnny Valentine. |
| Johnny Valentine | 4 | January 23, 1970 | Houston, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 11 | February 13, 1970 | Houston, TX | |
| Boris Malenko | 1 | May 18, 1970 | Ft. Worth, TX | Defeated Mil Máscaras in tournament final. |
| Fritz Von Erich | 12 | June 2, 1970 | Dallas, TX | Defeats Great Malenko. |
| Baron von Raschke | 2 | June 1970 | Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 13 | June 14, 1970 | Texas | |
| Toru Tanaka | 1 | December 18, 1970 | Houston, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 14 | February 22, 1971 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Toru Tanaka | 2 | February 23, 1971 | Dallas, TX | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | March 5, 1971 | Houston, TX | |
| The Spoiler | 2 | December 11, 1971 | San Antonio, TX | |
| Billy Red Lyons | 1 | June 24, 1972 | Irving, TX | |
| Johnny Valentine | 5 | July 8, 1972 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Missouri Mauler | 1 | March 2, 1973 | Chicago, IL | Awarded when Valentine goes to Japan. |
| Fritz Von Erich | 15 | August 7, 1973 | Dallas, TX | |
| The Texan | 1 | March 26, 1974 | Dallas, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 16 | April 16, 1974 | Dallas, TX | |
| Vacant | November 30, 1974 | Dallas, TX | After a match against Blackjack Lanza. | |
| Blackjack Lanza | 1 | December 2, 1974 | Texas | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 17 | December 29, 1974 | Dallas, TX | |
| Bruiser Brody | 1 | January 3, 1977 | Atlanta, GA | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 18 | April 12, 1977 | Dallas, TX | |
| Bruiser Brody | 2 | April 13, 1977 | Dallas, TX | |
| Captain USA | 1 | July 25, 1977 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| Ox Baker | 1 | September 30, 1977 | Houston, TX | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 19 | December 12, 1977 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| Bruiser Brody | 3 | September 11, 1978 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Kevin Von Erich | 1 | December 25, 1978 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| The Spoiler | 3 | April 1, 1979 | Puerto Rico | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 2 | May 13, 1979 | Houston, TX | |
| The Spoiler | 4 | June 2, 1979 | Houston, TX | Awarded due to injury to Wahoo. |
| El Halcon | 1 | August 5, 1979 | Dallas, TX | |
| The Spoiler | 5 | October 7, 1979 | Dallas, TX | |
| Bruiser Brody | 4 | November 30, 1979 | Houston, TX | |
| Ox Baker | 2 | January 2, 1980 | San Francisco, CA | |
| Kevin Von Erich | 2 | January 12, 1980 | Dallas, TX | |
| Toru Tanaka | 3 | April 20, 1980 | Dallas, TX | |
| Kevin Von Erich | 3 | April 28, 1980 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Gino Hernandez | 1 | May 19, 1980 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| El Halcon | 2 | August 1, 1980 | Houston, TX | |
| Gino Hernandez | 2 | August 15, 1980 | Houston, TX | |
| Held Up | December 20, 1980 | Title held up after match against Kevin Von Erich. | ||
| Kerry Von Erich | 1 | December 28, 1980 | Dallas, TX | Subbed for injured Kevin and won rematch against Hernandez. |
| Ken Patera | 1 | 1981 | Texas | |
| Masked Superstar | 1 | 1981 | Texas | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 2 | 1981 | Texas | |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | May 11, 1981 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 3 | June 4, 1981 | New Orleans, LA | |
| Great Kabuki | 1 | September 25, 1981 | Lawton, OK | |
| Bugsy McGraw | 1 | December 26, 1981 | Columbus, OH | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 4 | March 8, 1982 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| King Kong Bundy | 1 | May 5, 1982 | Lawton, OK | |
| Fritz Von Erich | 20 | June 14, 1982 | Irving, TX | |
| Vacated | June 14, 1982 | Fritz won the title in his retirement match and vacated it immediately. | ||
| King Kong Bundy | 2 | June 15, 1982 | Awarded when Fritz retired. | |
| Kevin Von Erich | 4 | September 5, 1982 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Terry Gordy | 1 | January 21, 1983 | Dallas, TX | |
| Kevin Von Erich | 5 | March 4, 1983 | Dallas, TX | |
| Held Up | July 11, 1983 | Title held up after match against Jimmy Garvin. | ||
| Jimmy Garvin | 1 | July 25, 1983 | Ft. Worth, TX | Won rematch. |
| Chris Adams | 1 | November 24, 1983 | Dallas, TX | |
| Jimmy Garvin | 2 | December 25, 1983 | Dallas, TX | |
| Chris Adams | 2 | January 30, 1984 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Jimmy Garvin | 3 | April 2, 1984 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Chris Adams | 3 | April 4, 1984 | Texas | |
| Jimmy Garvin | 4 | April 1984 | Texas | |
| Gino Hernandez | 3 | May 18, 1984 | San Juan, PR | |
| Mike Von Erich | 1 | August 3, 1984 | Dallas, TX | |
| Gino Hernandez | 4 | September 3, 1984 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 5 | October 29, 1984 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Chris Adams | 4 | February 8, 1985 | Dallas, TX | |
| Iceman King Parsons | 1 | July 5, 1985 | Dallas, TX | |
| Rick Rude | 1 | November 4, 1985 | Ft. Worth, TX | |
| Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986 | ||||
| Chris Adams | 5 | July 4, 1986 | Dallas, TX | |
| Black Bart | 1 | September 15, 1986 | Dallas, TX | Was billed as taken place in Los Angeles; title awarded when Chris Adams left WCCW. |
| Kevin Von Erich | 6 | October 12, 1986 | Dallas, TX | |
| Al Perez | 1 | August 21, 1987 | Dallas, TX | Won by forfeit. |
| Kerry Von Erich | 6 | March 6, 1988 | Dallas, TX | |
| Iceman King Parsons | 2 | March 25, 1988 | Dallas, TX | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 7 | May 9, 1988 | Irving, TX | |
| Jerry Lawler | 1 | October 23, 1988 | Memphis, TN | |
| Kerry Von Erich | 8 | November 4, 1988 | Dallas, TX | |
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | December 9, 1988 | Tokyo, JPN | Von Erich was bleeding too heavily to continue. |
| Kerry Von Erich | 9 | December 10, 1988 | Title returned when Fujinami refuses it because of ending. | |
| Jerry Lawler | 2 | December 13, 1988 | Chicago, IL | Lawler was the reigning AWA World Heavyweight Champion. He defeats Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship. This results in the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship being formed. In January 1989, he was stripped of the AWA title by the AWA, ending the AWA title's connection with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title. Lawler continued to be recognized as the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion by the USWA. |
| Held Up | April 5, 1989 | The WCWA World Heavyweight Championship is held up after the match against Kerry Von Erich. Regardless, the USWA continued to recognize the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
| Jerry Lawler | 3 | April 14, 1989 | Lawler defeats Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship again. Lawler claims to still be champion in AWA and wins the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title on April 25. | |
| Title retired | September 1990 | World Class Championship Wrestling ends business relationship with USWA, ending the WCWA title's connection with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title. World Class Championship Wrestling later closes down. Regardless, the USWA continued to recognize the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship. | ||
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