CWA World Middleweight Championship Catch Wrestling Association championships
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. The last previous holder of the European version of the World Middlweight Championship, Adrian Street , had moved to the United States in 1981. Tony St. Clair won the tournament to become the inaugural holder of the new CWA version on December 22, 1984.[ 1] The title was deactivated when the company closed on December 4, 1999.[ 2] The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds. A rival European version of the World Middleweight championship was promoted in the UK by All Star Wrestling and Rumble Promotions 1991-1996.[ 3]
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] [ 4]
—
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] [ 5]
3
Mile Zrno
1
July 17, 1987
137
Vienna , Austria
House show
[ 6] [ 7]
4
Steve Wright
2
December 1, 1987
1,005
Bremen , Germany
House show
[ 8]
5
Dave Finlay
1
September 1, 1990
27
Vienna , Austria
House show
[ 9] [ 10]
6
Steve Wright
3
September 28, 1990
449
Hanover , Germany
House show
[ 11] [ 12]
7
Fit Finlay
2
December 21, 1991
203
Bremen , Germany
Euro Catch Festival
[ 13] [ 14]
8
Franz Schumann
1
July 11, 1992
161
Graz , Austria
Euro Catch Festival
[ 15] [ 16]
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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.[ 17] [ 18]
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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.[ 19] [ 20]
11
Barry Horowitz
1
June 26, 1994
13
Graz , Austria
International Catch Cup
[ 21] [ 22]
12
Franz Schumann
3
July 9, 1994
455
Graz , Austria
Euro Catch Festival
[ 23] [ 24]
13
Paul Roma
1
October 7, 1995
49
Hanover , Germany
Catch World Cup
[ 25] [ 26]
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.[ 27] [ 28]
15
Franz Schumann
4
July 6, 1996
1,246
Graz , Austria
Euro Catch Festival
[ 29] [ 30]
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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
References
^ a b c d e "CWA World Middleweight Title (Austria / Germany)" . Wrestling-titles. Retrieved 2018-01-06 .
^ https://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/germany/cwa/eu-cwa-m.html [bare URL ]
^ https://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/uk-world-m.html [bare URL ]
^ "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 .
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