CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship explained
| Championshipname: | CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| Promotion: | Catch Wrestling Association
(1993 - 1999)
Athletik Championship Wrestling (1999 - 2000) |
| Created: | July 3, 1993 |
| Mostreigns: | Michael Kovac
(3 reigns) |
| Firstchamp: | Hiroyoshi Yamamoto |
| Finalchamp: | Eric Schwarz |
| Longestreign: | Karsten Kretschmer
(567 days) |
| Shortestreign: | El Locco
(7 days) |
| Titleretired: | September 1, 2000 |
CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight world championship in Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was established in 1993 as a weight-class title along with the CWA World Middleweight Championship. Bonecrusher Sileo was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Lance Storm at Clash of the Champions event on July 3, 1993.[1] The title was defended in CWA until the promotion closed after holding its final event Euro Catch Festival on December 4, 1999. The champion Karsten Kretschmer then began defending the title in the German independent promotion Athletik Championship Wrestling (ACW), where he would lose the title to Eric Schwarz, who would retire the title in September 2000.[2] The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds.
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.|}| width=0 data-sort-type="number" | | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
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| 1 | Bonecrusher Sileo | 1 | July 3, 1993 | | Graz, Austria | Clash of the Champions | Defeated Lance Storm to become the inaugural champion[3] |
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| 2 | Lance Storm | 1 | July 24, 1993 | | Vienna, Austria | Catch Cup | [4] |
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| 3 | Hiroyoshi Yamamoto | 2 | October 1, 1993 | | | | [5] |
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| 4 | Lance Storm | 2 | October 24, 1993 | | Hanover, Germany | World Cup | [6] |
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| — | Vacated | — | October 31, 1993 | — | Hanover, Germany | World Cup | The title was vacated as Lance Storm left the promotion after the event. | | 5 | Michael Kovac | 1 | June 1, 1996 | | — | — | Kovac was awarded the title.[7] |
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| 6 | Kendo Kashin | 1 | September 21, 1996 | | Hanover, Germany | Catch World Cup | [8] |
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| 7 | Michael Kovac | 2 | December 21, 1996 | | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | [9] [10] |
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| — | Vacated | — | July 5, 1997 | — | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | The title was vacated for unknown reasons. | | 8 | Michael Kovac | 3 | July 5, 1997 | | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | Defeated Christian Eckstein to win the vacant title.[11] [12] |
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| — | Vacated | — | October 1, 1998 | — | — | — | The title was vacated as Michael Kovac left the promotion. | | 9 | Karsten Kretschmer | 1 | October 10, 1998 | | Hanover, Germany | Catch World Cup | Defeated Eric Schwarz to win the vacant title.[13] [14] |
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| 10 | El Locco | 1 | December 12, 1998 | | Bremen, Germany | International Catch Cup | [15] |
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| 11 | Karsten Kretschmer | 2 | December 19, 1998 | | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | CWA closed in 1999 and Krestchmer began defending the title in Atlantik Championship Wrestling.[16] |
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| 12 | Eric Schwarz | 1 | July 8, 2000 | | Weinheim, Germany | Doomsday II | [17] [18] |
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| — | Retired | — | September 1, 2000 | — | — | — | Eric Schwarz retired the title. | |
Combined reigns
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: CWA Clash Of The Champions 1993. Cagematch. German. 2018-01-06. July 3, 1993.
- Web site: CWA World Junior Heavyweight Title (Austria / Germany). Wrestling-titles. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto's first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: Lance Storm's first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto's second reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: CWA World Cup 1993 - Tag 53. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. October 24, 1993. German.
- Web site: Michael Kovac's first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: Kendo Kashin's first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: CWA Euro Catch Festival. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. December 21, 1996. German.
- Web site: Michael Kovac's second reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: CWA Euro Catch Festival. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. July 5, 1997. German.
- Web site: Michael Kovac's third reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: CWA Catch World Cup 1998 - Tag 31 Champions Night. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. October 10, 1998. German.
- Web site: Karsten Kretschmer's first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
- Web site: CWA Internationaler Catch Cup '98 - Tag 31 Champions Night. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. December 12, 1998. German.
- Web site: CWA Euro Catch Festival. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. December 19, 1998. German.
- Web site: ACW Doomsday II - Tag 1. Cagematch. 2018-01-06. July 8, 2000. German.
- Web site: Eric Schwarz' first reign. Cagematch. 2018-01-06.
