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. 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. The championship was contested under 12 three-minute rounds.
Title history SymbolMeaningNo.The overall championship reignReignThe reign number for the specific wrestler listed.EventThe event in which the championship changed handsN/AThe 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. #WrestlerReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes1Bonecrusher Sileo1July 3, 1993Graz, AustriaClash of the ChampionsDefeated Lance Storm to become the inaugural champion2Lance Storm1July 24, 1993Vienna, AustriaCatch Cup3Hiroyoshi Yamamoto2October 1, 19934Lance Storm2October 24, 1993Hanover, GermanyWorld Cup—Vacated—October 31, 1993—Hanover, GermanyWorld CupThe title was vacated as Lance Storm left the promotion after the event.5Michael Kovac1June 1, 1996——Kovac was awarded the title.6Kendo Kashin1September 21, 1996Hanover, GermanyCatch World Cup7Michael Kovac2December 21, 1996Bremen, GermanyEuro Catch Festival—Vacated—July 5, 1997—Graz, AustriaEuro Catch FestivalThe title was vacated for unknown reasons.8Michael Kovac3July 5, 1997Graz, AustriaEuro Catch FestivalDefeated Christian Eckstein to win the vacant title.—Vacated—October 1, 1998———The title was vacated as Michael Kovac left the promotion.9Karsten Kretschmer1October 10, 1998Hanover, GermanyCatch World CupDefeated Eric Schwarz to win the vacant title.10El Locco1December 12, 1998Bremen, GermanyInternational Catch Cup11Karsten Kretschmer2December 19, 1998Bremen, GermanyEuro Catch FestivalCWA closed in 1999 and Krestchmer began defending the title in Atlantik Championship Wrestling.12Eric Schwarz1July 8, 2000Weinheim, GermanyDoomsday II—Retired—September 1, 2000———Eric Schwarz retired the title. Combined reigns RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombined days1Michael Kovac37612Karsten Kretschmer26303Kendo Kashin1914Lance Storm3765Eric Schwarz1556Hiroyoshi Yamamoto2447Bonecrusher Sileo11010El Locco17
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