CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Promotion Catch Wrestling Association (1993–1999) Athletik Championship Wrestling (1999–2000)Date established July 3, 1993 Date retired September 1, 2000 First champion(s) Hiroyoshi Yamamoto Final champion(s) Eric Schwarz Most reigns Michael Kovac (3 reigns) Longest reign Karsten Kretschmer (567 days) Shortest reign El Locco (7 days)
CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling junior heavyweight world championship in Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The title was established in 1993 as a weight-class title along with the CWA World Middleweight Championship . Bonecrusher Sileo was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Lance Storm at Clash of the Champions event on July 3, 1993.[ 1] The title was defended in CWA until the promotion closed after holding its final event Euro Catch Festival on December 4, 1999. The champion Karsten Kretschmer then began defending the title in the German independent promotion Athletik Championship Wrestling (ACW), where he would lose the title to Eric Schwarz, who would retire the title in September 2000.[ 2] The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds.
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
Bonecrusher Sileo
1
July 3, 1993
10
Graz , Austria
Clash of the Champions
Defeated Lance Storm to become the inaugural champion[ 1] [ 3]
2
Lance Storm
1
July 24, 1993
69
Vienna , Austria
Catch Cup
[ 4]
3
Hiroyoshi Yamamoto
2
October 1, 1993
23
[ Note 1]
[ Note 2]
[ 2] [ 5]
4
Lance Storm
2
October 24, 1993
7
Hanover , Germany
World Cup
[ 2] [ 6]
—
Vacated
—
October 31, 1993
—
Hanover , Germany
World Cup
The title was vacated as Lance Storm left the promotion after the event.[ 2]
5
Michael Kovac
1
June 1, 1996
112
—
—
Kovac was awarded the title.[ 2] [ 7]
6
Kendo Kashin
1
September 21, 1996
91
Hanover , Germany
Catch World Cup
[ 8]
7
Michael Kovac
2
December 21, 1996
196
Bremen , Germany
Euro Catch Festival
[ 9] [ 10]
—
Vacated
—
July 5, 1997
—
Graz , Austria
Euro Catch Festival
The title was vacated for unknown reasons.[ 2]
8
Michael Kovac
3
July 5, 1997
453
Graz , Austria
Euro Catch Festival
Defeated Christian Eckstein to win the vacant title.[ 2] [ 11] [ 12]
—
Vacated
—
October 1, 1998
—
—
—
The title was vacated as Michael Kovac left the promotion.[ 2]
9
Karsten Kretschmer
1
October 10, 1998
63
Hanover , Germany
Catch World Cup
Defeated Eric Schwarz to win the vacant title.[ 13] [ 14]
10
El Locco
1
December 12, 1998
7
Bremen , Germany
International Catch Cup
[ 15]
11
Karsten Kretschmer
2
December 19, 1998
567
Bremen , Germany
Euro Catch Festival
CWA closed in 1999 and Krestchmer began defending the title in Atlantik Championship Wrestling.[ 16]
12
Eric Schwarz
1
July 8, 2000
55
Weinheim , Germany
Doomsday II
[ 17] [ 18]
—
Retired
—
September 1, 2000
—
—
—
Eric Schwarz retired the title.[ 2]
Combined reigns
↑ Yamamoto has been recorded as having won the title twice but details are unknown when he defeated Storm for the title.
↑ Yamamoto has been recorded as having won the title twice but details are unknown when he defeated Storm for the title.
References
Championships
World Regional Divisional Tag Team Other
Events Partnerships Key people
CWA (1993–1999)ACW (1999–2000)