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Professional wrestling championship
CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship The championship belt
Promotion Continental Wrestling Association , American Wrestling Association Date established February 1983 Date retired December 7, 1987
CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship CWA International Heavyweight Championship AWA International US Heavyweight Championship Mid-Southern International Championship AWA International Championship
The AWA International Heavyweight Championship , originally known as the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship (also identified as the Mid-Southern International Championship and the AWA International Championship ) was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association . It was created in 1983 from the CWA's partnership with the American Wrestling Association . The title lasted until 1987, when it was unified with the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight and AWA Southern Heavyweight championships, creating the CWA Heavyweight Championship .
Title history [ edit ]
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
Austin Idol
February 1983
N/A
1
125
Idol was awarded the title as the first champion.
2
Jerry Lawler
March 7, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
70
[1]
3
Ken Patera
May 16, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
70
4
Jerry Lawler
July 25, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
21
[2]
5
Ken Patera
August 15, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
26
6
Austin Idol
September 10, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
2
7
Stan Hansen
September 12, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
21
8
Austin Idol
October 3, 1983
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
3
203
This was a bullrope match.
9
Randy Savage
April 23, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
21
10
Austin Idol
May 14, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
4
33
11
Masao Ito
June 16, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
23
12
Tommy Rich
July 9, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
48
13
Eddie Gilbert
August 26, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
22
14
Dutch Mantel
September 17, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
7
15
Eddie Gilbert
September 24, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
95
16
Terry Taylor
December 28, 1984
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
191
17
Phil Hickerson
July 7, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
8
18
Terry Taylor
July 15, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
7
19
Phil Hickerson
July 22, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
70
20
Mongolian Stomper
September 30, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
21
Won the title by countout.
21
Phil Hickerson
October 21, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
3
19
22
Dutch Mantel
November 9, 1985
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
86
23
Rick Casey
February 3, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
28
24
Abdul Gaddafi
March 3, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
21
25
Billy Travis
March 24, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
42
26
Bill Dundee
May 5, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
70
27
Jerry Lawler
July 14, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
3
56
This was a "loser leaves town" match.
—
Vacated
September 8, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
—
—
Vacated for undocumented reasons
28
Big Bubba
October 6, 1986
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
90
29
Soul Train Jones
January 4, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
106
30
Chick Donovan
April 20, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
54
31
Bill Dundee
June 13, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
2
65
32
George Barnes
August 17, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
14
33
Bill Dundee
August 31, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
3
41
—
Vacated
October 11, 1987
—
—
—
—
Dundee and Lawler wins AWA World Tag Team Titles
34
Bill Dundee
October 27, 1987
House show
Nashville, Tennessee
4
6
Won a tournament to win the vacant title.
35
Manny Fernandez
November 2, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
1
35
36
Jerry Lawler
December 7, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
4
0
—
Unified
December 7, 1987
House show
Memphis, Tennessee
—
—
Unified with the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship to create the CWA Heavyweight Championship
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