The WCWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a
professional wrestling championship promoted by the
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a conurbated metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties and anchore ...
area-based
World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA) promotion from September 13, 1987 until May 1989. The championship was for wrestlers under pounds, the maximum limit of the "Light Heavyweight" division at the time. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a
scripted ending to a match.
According to WCWA, inaugural champion
Eric Embry won the championship by defeating Peter Vander Graling (or "Vandergraling") on a show in South Africa on September 13, 1987,
[ however no sources have confirmed the validity of the claim, leading to the belief that this was simply a storyline by WCWA to explain how Embry became champion.][ Embry won WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship on April 7, 1989,][ Embry holds the record for most championship reigns, with five in total, the longest individual reign (295 days) and the longest combined reigns (approximately 518 days). ]Cactus Jack Cactus Jack may refer to:
People with the nickname
* Mick Foley (born 1965), American actor, writer, professional wrestler, and color commentator
* John Nance Garner (1868–1967), American politician
* Jack Wells (sportscaster) (1911–1999), Ca ...
's five day reign, from December 30, 1988 to January 4, 1989, is the shortest reign of any champion.[
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Title history
Reigns by combined length
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Footnotes
References
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World Class Championship Wrestling championships
Light heavyweight wrestling championships