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CWA Super Heavyweight Championship

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CWA Super Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionContinental Wrestling Association / Championship Wrestling Association
Date establishedNovember 1986
Date retired1988
Statistics
First champion(s)Goliath
Final champion(s)Giant Hillbilly
Most reignsGiant Hillbilly (2 reigns)
Heaviest championJerry Blackwell (474 lb (215 kg))
Lightest championGoliath (297 lb (135 kg))

The CWA Super Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived professional wrestling title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association, reserved for very large, "super heavyweight" wrestlers.

Title history

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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 Goliath November 1986 N/A N/A 1 [Note 1] Awarded the championship, was supposed to have defeated Abdullah the Butcher, but no such match took place [1][2]
2 Giant Hillbilly November 17, 1986 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 [Note 2] [1][2]
N/A
3 Jerry Blackwell January 12, 1987 House show Memphis, Tennessee 1 [Note 3] Defeated Goliath to win the championship. [1][2][3]
N/A
4 Giant Hillbilly May 1988 House show N/A 2 [Note 4] Awarded the title. [1][2]
Deactivated 1 [1][2]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The championship history is not specific enough to determine the length of the reign, it lasted between 1 and 17 days.
  2. ^ The championship history is not specific enough to determine the length of the reign, it lasted between 1 and 56 days.
  3. ^ The championship history is not specific enough to determine the length of the reign, it lasted between 1 and 505 days.
  4. ^ The championship history is not specific enough to determine the length of the reign, it lasted between 1 and 426 days.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "(Memphis) Tennessee: CWA Super Heavyweight Heavyweight Title [Lawler]". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 201. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e "CWA Super Heavyweight Title". ProWrestlingHistory. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  3. ^ Hoops, Brian (January 12, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/12): The Outsiders win WCW Tag team titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.