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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