The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the German professional wrestling promotion the Catch Wrestling Association.
It changed hands in four countries - South Africa, Austria, the United States and Germany - and three continents - Africa, Europe and North America.
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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Otto Wanz | 1 | August 2, 1973 | Cape Town, South Africa | Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first champion. |
Don Leo Jonathan | 1 | September 1, 1977 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Otto Wanz | 2 | July 15, 1978 | Graz, Austria | |
Bull Power | 1 | March 22, 1987 | Denver, Colorado, United States | |
Otto Wanz | 3 | July 1987 | Graz, Austria | |
Bull Power | 2 | August 21, 1989 | Vienna, Austria | |
Otto Wanz | 4 | June 30, 1990 | Graz, Austria | |
Title vacated | June 30, 1990 | Graz, Austria | Title vacated when Wanz retired immediately after winning it. | |
Bull Power | 3 | December 22, 1990 | Bremen, Germany | Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title. |
Rambo | 1 | July 6, 1991 | Graz, Austria | |
Road Warrior Hawk | 1 | December 19, 1992 | Bremen, Germany | |
Rambo | 2 | July 3, 1993 | Graz, Austria | |
Ludvig Borga | 1 | December 20, 1995 | Bremen, Germany | |
Rambo | 3 | December 21, 1996 | Bremen, Germany | |
Title vacated | July 5, 1997 | N/A | Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the WWF. | |
Marshall Duke | 1 | August 16, 1997 | Vienna, Austria | Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title. |
Rambo | 4 | December 1999 | N/A | |
Title retired | 2000 | N/A | Title retired when the CWA closed. |