# CWA World Middleweight Championship

The CWA World Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling middleweight championship in Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was one of the two weight-based titles in CWA, along with the CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which was introduced in 1993. The title was created in December 1984 and a tournament was set up to determine the inaugural champion. The last previous holder of the European version of the World Middlweight Championship, Adrian Street, had moved to the United States in 1981. Tony St. Clair won the tournament to become the inaugural holder of the new CWA version on December 22, 1984. The title was deactivated when the company closed on December 4, 1999. The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds. A rival European version of the World Middleweight championship was promoted in the UK by All Star Wrestling and Rumble Promotions 1991-1996.

## 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. |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
| 1 | Tony St. Clair | 1 | December 22, 1984 | 344 | Bremen, Germany | House show | Clair won a tournament to become the inaugural champion. |
| — | Vacated | — | December 1, 1985 | — | — | — | The title was vacated for unknown reasons. |
| 2 | Steve Wright | 1 | December 20, 1985 | 574 | Bremen, Germany | House show | Wright won a tournament. |
| 3 | Mile Zrno | 1 | July 17, 1987 | 137 | Vienna, Austria | House show | |
| 4 | Steve Wright | 2 | December 1, 1987 | 1,005 | Bremen, Germany | House show | |
| 5 | Dave Finlay | 1 | September 1, 1990 | 27 | Vienna, Austria | House show | |
| 6 | Steve Wright | 3 | September 28, 1990 | 449 | Hanover, Germany | House show | |
| 7 | Fit Finlay | 2 | December 21, 1991 | 203 | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | |
| 8 | Franz Schumann | 1 | July 11, 1992 | 161 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | |
| — | Vacated | — | December 19, 1992 | — | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | The title was vacated due to unknown reasons. |
| 9 | Fit Finlay | 3 | December 19, 1992 | 194 | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | Defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title. |
| — | Vacated | — | July 1, 1993 | — | — | — | Title was held up after a match against Eddie Gilbert ended in a double disqualification. |
| 10 | Franz Schumann | 2 | July 3, 1993 | 358 | Graz, Austria | Clash of the Champions | Defeated Eddie Gilbert to win the vacant title. |
| 11 | Barry Horowitz | 1 | June 26, 1994 | 13 | Graz, Austria | International Catch Cup | |
| 12 | Franz Schumann | 3 | July 9, 1994 | 455 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | |
| 13 | Paul Roma | 1 | October 7, 1995 | 49 | Hanover, Germany | Catch World Cup | |
| 14 | Fit Finlay | 4 | November 25, 1995 | 224 | Bremen, Germany | International Catch Cup | This was a title vs. title match, in which Finlay's Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship was also defended. |
| 15 | Franz Schumann | 4 | July 6, 1996 | 1,246 | Graz, Austria | Euro Catch Festival | |
| — | Retired | — | December 4, 1999 | — | Bremen, Germany | Euro Catch Festival | The title was defended for the last time at the event as it was CWA's final event and the promotion closed after the event. |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Franz Schumann | 4 | 2,220 |
| 2 | Steve Wright | 3 | 2,028 |
| 3 | Fit Finlay | 4 | 648 |
| 4 | Tony St. Clair | 1 | 344 |
| 5 | Mile Zrno | 1 | 137 |
| 6 | Paul Roma | 1 | 49 |
| 7 | Barry Horowitz | 1 | 13 |