The WCCW Middle Eastern Championship was a short-lived
professional wrestling championship promoted by
World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). It was a minor championship, created for and only defended during WCCW's tours of Israel and was never defended in the United States.
Mike Von Erich defeated
Gino Hernandez
Charles Eugene Wolfe Jr. (August 8, 1957 – February 2, 1986) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Gino Hernandez. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Dallas, Texas-based promotion World Class Ch ...
, in what was billed as the finals of a tournament, but in reality there was no tournament leading up to the title match on August 7, 1985.
[ The championship was abandoned in 1987, never mentioned after Mike Von Erich's death.][ As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
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Title history
See also
* Professional wrestling in Israel
Professional wrestling in Israel has been promoted in the country since the 1950s after the nation's establishment. Israeli professional wrestling promotions
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Footnotes
References
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World Class Championship Wrestling championships
Regional professional wrestling championships
Professional wrestling in Israel