WCWA Heavyweight Championship



In the Classic Era, the WCWA Heavyweight Championship was the top title in the Heavyweight class of the World Class Wrestling Association.

History
In 1986, the World Class Championship Wrestling promotion withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance and promoted their NWA American Heavyweight Champion at the time, Rick Rude to being their World Heavyweight Champion, the promotion itself now known as the World Class Wrestling Association, or WCWA.

In 1988, the WCWA would enter into a promotional alliance with the American Wrestling Association and the Championship Wrestling Association, the latter being a promotion representing the Memphis territory, which stretched to Evansville, Louisville, and Nashville. In December, at AWA SuperClash, Kerry Von Erich would put up the WCWA Heavyweight Championship in a unification bout against Jerry Lawler and his AWA World Heavyweight Championship, with Lawler getting the win on a technicality, but unifying the titles nonetheless.

In 1989, the CWA withdrew from its alliance with the AWA and referred to its top title as the Unified World Heavyweight Championship, which would be recognized by the WCWA until its own folding later in the year, giving way to the United States Wrestling Association which would unite both leagues permanently before becoming Memphis exclusive in 1991.

List of Champions

 * Rick Rude (1986)
 * Chris Adams (1986)
 * Black Bart (1986)
 * Kevin Von Erich (1986-87)
 * Al Perez (1987-88)
 * Kerry Von Erich (1988)(1988)(1988)
 * King Parsons (1988)
 * Jerry Lawler (1988)(1988-89)