SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship Professional wrestling championship
The SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title of Southwest Championship Wrestling for most of its existence. It was established as the SCW Southwest Television Championship in 1978 and was renamed in February 1979, and it lasted until the promotion was sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling in 1985, at which point the title was abandoned.
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
Wrestler:
Times:
Date:
Location:
Notes:
SWCW Southwest Television Championship
Tully Blanchard
1
February 1, 1978
Wins tournament to become the first champion.
Al Madril
1
June 1978
Title awarded sometime after May 24, 1978.
Tully Blanchard
2
July 1978
San Antonio, TX
Mando Guerrero
1
September 6, 1978
San Antonio, TX
Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts)
1
September 30, 1978
Corpus Christi, TX
Tully Blanchard
3
January 10, 1979
Dale Valentine
2
January 11, 1979
Tully Blanchard
4
January 12, 1979
Austin, TX
Title renamed Southwest Heavyweight Title in February 1979. [ 1]
Renamed SWCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship
Dale Valentine
3
April 7, 1979
Sometime after February 3, 1979.
Tully Blanchard
5
July 4, 1979
San Antonio, TX
Dory Funk Jr.
1
1979
Wahoo McDaniel
1
October 3, 1979
San Antonio, TX
Great Goliath
1
November 24, 1979
Tom Jones
1
December 1, 1979
Austin, TX
Tully Blanchard
6
December 29, 1979
Still champion as of March 13, 1983.
Wahoo McDaniel
2
May 1980
Tully Blanchard
7
June 21, 1980
Austin, TX
Wahoo McDaniel
3
August 23, 1980
San Antonio, TX
Tully Blanchard
8
November 2, 1980
San Antonio, TX
Wins tournament. Title was vacated sometime after October 3, 1980.
Vacant
March 7, 1981
Title announced as vacant on March 7, 1981, TV show.
Terry Funk
1
March 18, 1981
San Antonio, TX
Wins tournament. Title was either vacated or Funk lost it to Tully Blanchard prior to April 7, 1981.
Wahoo McDaniel
4
April 7, 1981
Del Rio, TX
Defeats Tully Blanchard.
Vacant
1981
Title vacant
Manny Fernandez
1
July 10, 1981
Corpus Christi, TX
Wins tournament.
Dick Slater
1
August 15, 1981
San Antonio, TX
Manny Fernandez
2
October 6, 1981
Del Rio, TX
Dick Slater
2
December 27, 1981
Mongolian Stomper
1
July 1982
San Antonio, TX
Unknown whom Stomper beat for the title.
Dick Slater
3
September 1982
Beaumont, TX
Vacant
December 1982
Slater leaves SWCW.
Tully Blanchard
9
January 3, 1983
San Antonio, TX
Defeats Bob Sweetan in 14-man tournament final.
Title held up
February 13, 1983
Beaumont, TX
After a match against Bob Sweetan.
Bob Sweetan
1
February 27, 1983
San Antonio, TX
Wins rematch. [ 2]
Adrian Adonis
1
April 15, 1983
Austin, TX
Bob Sweetan
2
May 20, 1983
Weslaco, TX
Tully Blanchard
10
June 13, 1983
San Antonio, TX
Scott Casey
1
September 11, 1983
San Antonio, TX
Killer Tim Brooks
1
February 27, 1984
San Antonio, TX
[ 2]
Bobby Jaggers
1
June 16, 1984
Austin, TX
Killer Brooks
2
July 1, 1984
San Antonio, TX
[ 3]
Kevin Sullivan
1
December 9, 1984
San Antonio, TX
Title retired
April 1985
SWCW is sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling.
References
^ Hoops, Brian (January 12, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/12): The Outsiders win WCW Tag team titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ a b Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017 . ^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
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