CWA Heavyweight Championship (New England) explained

The CWA Heavyweight Championship is the primary professional wrestling singles title in the Century Wrestling Alliance. The title was first won by Tommy Dreamer who defeated "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas in a tournament final held in Wallingford, Connecticut on November 5, 1992, and defended throughout New England by former World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation wrestlers as well as some of the top independent wrestlers in the Northeastern United States. The title was combined with the CWA New England title to create the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship when the CWA joined the National Wrestling Alliance and became NWA New England in January 1998.[1] [2] [3] The title returned to its original name when the CWA withdrew from the NWA on March 10, 2007.[4] [5]

Title history

Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

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CWA Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Dreamer1November 5, 1992
The Iron Sheik1March 21, 1993
Vic Steamboat1October 23, 1993
"Mr. USA" Tony Atlas1December 4, 1993
Vic Steamboat 2September 19, 1995
Kevin Sullivan1October 31, 1995
Kevin Sullivan is stripped of the title after losing a "Loser-Must-Retire" match against Chris Benoit on July 14, 1997. The title remains vacant until the CWA joins the National Wrestling Alliance, upon which it is merged with the CWA New England title to create the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship.
Renamed NWA New England Heavyweight Championship
Erich Sbraccia1January 17, 1998
Barry Windham1September 20, 1998
Curtis Slamdawg1October 10, 1998
Trooper Gilmore1February 12, 1999
Knuckles Nelson1February 18, 1999Mansfield, Massachusetts
Curtis Slamdawg2January 16, 2000Wethersfield, Connecticut
Title is vacated in June 2000.
Whacko1June 22, 2000Somerville, Massachusetts
Title is declared vacant on August 24, 2000, when Wacko is stripped of the championship for failing to defend the title within a 30-day period.
"Boston Bad Boy" Jason Rumble1October 15, 2000
"Strangler" Steve King1May 6, 2001
Jason Rumble2May 20, 2001Melrose, Massachusetts
Beau Douglas 1October 27, 2001
1July 13, 2002
Title is vacated in March 2003 after Rick Fuller failed to defend the title.
The Outpatient 1April 6, 2003
Title vacant in early 2003 and its history unrecorded until June 2004.
Apocalypse1June 19, 2004
Gino Martino1February 4, 2005Sanford, Maine
Title vacated in mid-2005.
Luis Ortiz 1November 25, 2005
Jason Rumble 3November 25, 2006
Beau Douglas 2March 10, 2007Saugus, Massachusetts
Renamed CWA Heavyweight Championship

References

  1. Book: Royal Duncan . Gary Will . Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications . 2006. 4th . 38 . 0-9698161-5-4 .
  2. Web site: CWA Heavyweight Title History . 16 September 2009 . Westcott, Brian . 1998. Solie's Title Histories.
  3. Web site: C.W.A. Heavyweight Title (New England) . 16 September 2009 . Puroresu Dojo . 2003 . Wrestling-Titles.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100324214600/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/nwa-newengland/cwa-h.html# . 2010-03-24 . dead .
  4. Web site: NWA New England Heavyweight Title History . 16 September 2009 . Westcott, Brian, Eric Roelfsema and Jim Dupree . 2007. Solie's Title Histories.
  5. Web site: N.W.A. New England Heavyweight Title . 16 September 2009 . Puroresu Dojo . 2003 . Wrestling-Titles.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20030430170412/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/nwa-newengland/nwa-ne-h.html# . 2003-04-30 . dead .