WCWA World Heavyweight Championship/Champion history

The following champion history features the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship.
==Title history==
Wrestler: 	Reigns: 	Date: 	Place: 	Notes:
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) 	NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) 	NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) 	NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) 	NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version)
Fritz Von Erich 	1 	June 6, 1966 	Texas 	Defeated Brute Bernard.
Johnny Valentine 	1 	June 9, 1966 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	2 	August 4, 1966 	Texas 	
Brute Bernard 	1 	1966 or 1967 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	3 	March 27, 1967 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
The Spoiler 	1 	April 1968 	Houston, TX 	
Held Up 	 	April 1968 	 	Title held up due to interference by manager Gary Hart.
Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968 	Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968 	Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968 	Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968 	Renamed NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968
Fritz Von Erich 	4 	June 3, 1968 	Ft. Worth, TX 	Won rematch.
Kenji Shibuya 	1 	1968 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	5 	1968 	Texas 	
Johnny Valentine 	2 	May 2, 1969 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	6 	August 4, 1969 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Held Up 	 	August 5, 1969 	 	Title held up after match against Johnny Valentine.
Fritz Von Erich 	7 	October 21, 1969 	Dallas, TX (Won rematch) 	
Vacated 	 	1970 	 	Title vacant.
Boris Malenko 	1 	May 18, 1970 	Texas 	Defeated Mil Máscaras in tournament final.
Fritz Von Erich 	8 	June 14, 1970 	Texas 	
Baron Von Raschke 	1 	1970 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	9 	1970 	Texas 	
Toru Tanaka 	1 	December 18, 1970 	Houston, TX 	
Fritz Von Erich 	10 	February 22, 1971 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Toru Tanaka 	2 	February 23, 1971 	Dallas, TX 	
Wahoo McDaniel 	1 	March 5, 1971 	Houston, TX 	
The Spoiler 	2 	December 11, 1971 	San Antonio, TX 	
Billy Red Lyons 	1 	June 24, 1972 	Irving, TX 	
Johnny Valentine 	3 	August 7, 1972 	Texas 	
Missouri Mauler 	1 	March 2, 1973 	Chicago, IL 	
Fritz Von Erich 	11 	August 7, 1973 	Dallas, TX 	
The Texan 	1 	March 19, 1974 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	12 	April 18, 1974 	Texas 	
Blackjack Lanza 	1 	December 2, 1974 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	13 	December 29, 1974 	Texas 	
Bruiser Brody 	1 	January 3, 1977 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	14 	April 12, 1977 	Texas 	
Bruiser Brody 	2 	April 13, 1977 	Texas 	
Captain USA 	1 	July 25, 1977 	Texas 	
Ox Baker 	1 	September 30, 1977 	Texas 	
Fritz Von Erich 	15 	December 12, 1977 	Texas 	
Bruiser Brody 	3 	September 11, 1978 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Kevin Von Erich 	1 	December 25, 1978 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
The Spoiler 	3 	April 1, 1979 	Puerto Rico 	
Wahoo McDaniel 	2 	May 13, 1979 	Houston, TX 	
The Spoiler 	4 	June 2, 1979 	Houston, TX 	Awarded due to injury to Wahoo.
El Halcon 	1 	August 5, 1979 	Dallas, TX 	
The Spoiler 	5 	October 7, 1979 	Dallas, TX 	
Bruiser Brody 	4 	November 30, 1979 	Houston, TX 	
Ox Baker 	2 	January 2, 1980 	San Francisco, CA 	
Kevin Von Erich 	2 	January 12, 1980 	Dallas, TX 	
Toru Tanaka 	3 	April 20, 1980 	Dallas, TX 	
Kevin Von Erich 	3 	April 28, 1980 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Gino Hernandez 	1 	May 25, 1980 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Held Up 	 	December 20, 1980 	 	Title held up after match against Kevin Von Erich.
Kerry Von Erich 	1 	December 28, 1980 	Dallas, TX 	Subbed for injured Kevin and won rematch against Hernandez.
Ken Patera 	1 	1981 	Texas 	
Masked Superstar 	1 	1981 	Texas 	
Kerry Von Erich 	2 	1981 	Texas 	
Ernie Ladd 	1 	May 11, 1981 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Kerry Von Erich 	3 	June 4, 1981 	New Orleans, LA 	
Great Kabuki 	1 	September 25, 1981 	Lawton, OK 	
Bugsy McGraw 	1 	December 26, 1981 	Columbus, OH 	
Kerry Von Erich 	4 	March 8, 1982 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
King Kong Bundy 	1 	May 5, 1982 	Lawton, OK 	
Fritz Von Erich 	16 	June 14, 1982 	Irving, TX 	
Vacated 	 	June 14, 1982 	 	Fritz won the title in his retirement match and vacated it immediately.
King Kong Bundy 	2 	June 15, 1982 	 	Awarded when Fritz retired.
Kevin Von Erich 	4 	September 5, 1982 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Terry Gordy 	1 	January 21, 1983 	Dallas, TX 	
Kevin Von Erich 	5 	March 4, 1983 	Dallas, TX 	
Held Up 	 	July 11, 1983 	 	Title held up after match against Jimmy Garvin.
Jimmy Garvin 	1 	July 25, 1983 	Ft. Worth, TX (Won rematch) 	
Chris Adams 	1 	November 24, 1983 	Dallas, TX 	
Jimmy Garvin 	2 	December 25, 1983 	Dallas, TX 	
Chris Adams 	2 	January 30, 1984 	Texas 	
Jimmy Garvin 	3 	April 2, 1984 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Chris Adams 	3 	April 4, 1984 	Texas 	
Jimmy Garvin 	4 	April 1984 	Texas 	
Gino Hernandez 	2 	May 18, 1984 	San Juan, PR 	
Mike Von Erich 	1 	August 4, 1984 	Dallas, TX 	
Gino Hernandez 	3 	September 3, 1984 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Kerry Von Erich 	5 	October 29, 1984 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Chris Adams 	4 	February 8, 1985 	Dallas, TX 	
Iceman King Parsons 	1 	July 5, 1985 	Dallas, TX 	
Rick Rude 	1 	November 4, 1985 	Ft. Worth, TX 	
Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986	Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986	Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986	Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986	Renamed WCWA World Heavyweight Championship February 20, 1986
Chris Adams 	5 	July 4, 1986 	Dallas, TX 	
Black Bart 	1 	September 15, 1986 	Dallas, TX 	Was billed as taken place in Los Angeles; title awarded when Chris Adams left WCCW.
Kevin Von Erich 	6 	October 12, 1986 	Dallas, TX 	
Al Perez 	1 	August 21, 1987 	Dallas, TX 	Won by forfeit.
Kerry Von Erich 	6 	March 6, 1988 	Dallas, TX 	
Iceman King Parsons 	2 	March 25, 1988 	Dallas, TX 	
Kerry Von Erich 	7 	May 9, 1988 	Irving, TX 	
Jerry Lawler 	1 	October 23, 1988 	Memphis, TN 	
Kerry Von Erich 	8 	November 4, 1988 	Dallas, TX 	
Tatsumi Fujinami 	1 	December 9, 1988 	Tokyo, Japan 	Von Erich was bleeding too heavily to continue.
Kerry Von Erich 	9 	December 10, 1988 	 	Title returned when Fujinami refuses it because of ending.
Jerry Lawler 	2 	December 13, 1988 	Chicago, IL 	Lawler was the reigning AWA World Heavyweight Champion. He defeats Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship. This results in the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship being formed. In January 1989, he was stripped of the AWA title by the AWA, ending the AWA title's connection with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title. Lawler continued to be recognized as the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion by the USWA.
Held Up 	 	April 5, 1989 	 	The WCWA World Heavyweight Championship is held up after the match against Kerry Von Erich. Regardless, the USWA continued to recognize the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship.
Jerry Lawler 	3 	April 14, 1989 	 	Lawler defeats Kerry Von Erich to win the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship again. Lawler claims to still be champion in AWA and wins the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title on April 25.
Title retired 	 	1990 	 	World Class Championship Wrestling ends business relationship with USWA in September 1990, ending the WCWA title's connection with the USWA Unified World Heavyweight title. World Class Championship Wrestling later closes down. Regardless, the USWA continued to recognize the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship.
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