CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis)

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the American promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association. It existed from 1979 to 1981.^[1][2]

CWA World Heavyweight Championship
CWA World Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
Promotion	Continental Wrestling Association
Date established	April 28, 1979[1][2]
Date retired	June 1981
Statistics First champion Thunderbolt Patterson[1][2] Final champion Dory Funk, Jr.[1][2] Most reigns Billy Robinson (3 times)[1][2] Longest reign Billy Robinson (165 days)[1][2] Shortest reign Billy Robinson (2 days)[1][2]

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
1	Thunderbolt Patterson	April 28, 1979	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	[Note 1]	This was the first date that Patterson was acknowledged as champion. He was said to have defeated Mark Lewin in January 1979 in Melbourne, Australia to become the first champion.	[1][2]
—	Vacated	June 1979	—	—	—	—	Thunderbolt Patterson left the CWA	[1][2]
2	Pat McGinnis	October 2, 1979	House show	Louisville, Kentucky	1	8	Defeated Hector Guerrero.	[1][2]
3	"Superstar" Billy Graham	October 8, 1979	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	31		[1][2]
4	Jerry Lawler	November 8, 1979	House show	Lexington, Kentucky	1	74		[1][2]
—	Vacated	January 21, 1980	—	—	—	—	Vacated after a match against Bill Dundee	[1][2]
5	Billy Robinson	April 28, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	98	Defeated The Masked Superstar.	[1][2]
6	Bill Dundee	August 4, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	7		[1][2]
7	Billy Robinson	August 11, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	2	56		[1][2]
8	Austin Idol	October 6, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	14		[1][2]
9	Bobby Eaton	October 20, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	7	Won the title by forfeit.	[1][2]
10	Billy Robinson	October 27, 1980	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	3	[Note 2]		[1][2]
11	Dory Funk Jr.	April 1981 (NLT)	House show	[Note 3]	1	[Note 4]		[1][2]
—	Deactivated	1981	—	—	—	—		[1][2]

Footnotes

1. The exact date Patterson won the championship and left the CWA are uncertain, which means the length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
2. The exact date that Robinson lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 185 days.
3. The location of the championship change has not been documented.
4. The exact date that Dory Funk Jr. won the championship and the championship was abandoned are unknown, which means the reign is too uncertain to calculate.

See also

• Continental Wrestling Association
• CWA World Tag Team Championship