German Heavyweight Championship

German Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionNWA Germany
(1937–1950s)
VoRo Agentur
(1992)
Catch Wrestling Association
(1998–1999)
Date establishedJuly 15, 1937
Other name(s)
VoRo German Heavyweight Championship (1992)
CWA German Championship (1998–1999)
Statistics
First champion(s)Hans Schmeling
Final champion(s)Christian Eckstein

The German Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship defended exclusively in Germany. The title has been claimed by various German independent promotions throughout the years. The first version was established in 1937 and since then many promotions have created their own versions of the German Heavyweight Championship.

Title histories

Names

Name Years
German Heavyweight Championship 1930s–1950s
VoRo German Heavyweight Championship April 4, 1992–October 7, 1992
CWA German Championship October 10, 1998–December 4, 1999
Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The 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.

Original version

The original version of the German Heavyweight Championship was created on July 15, 1937, when Hans Schmeling was billed as the German Heavyweight Champion in United Kingdom and United States. Karl Krauser was later recognized as the champion.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes
1 Hans Schmeling 1 July 15, 1937 [Note 1] [Note 2] Live event Schmeling was billed as the German Heavyweight Champion in United Kingdom and probably United States.[1]
— Vacated — — [Note 1] [Note 2] — —
2 Karl Krauser 1 c. 1950s — [Note 1] [Note 2] [1]
— Vacated — [Note 3] — — — —

VoRo Agentor version (1992)

VoRo Agentor recognized a version of the German Heavyweight Championship in 1992,[1] which the promotion called VoRo German Heavyweight Championship.[2]

# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes
1 Ulf Ranger 1 April 4, 1992 186 Karlsruhe, Germany Live event Defeated Buffalo Breheny to win the vacant title.[1][3]
— Vacated — October 7, 1992 — Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany Live event The title was defended for the last time at the event as VoRo closed after the event.[4]

Catch Wrestling Association version (1998–1999)

Catch Wrestling Association created its own version of the German Heavyweight Championship at the Champions Night event in the Catch World Cup tour on October 10, 1998.[5] They named it the "CWA German Championship".[6] The championship was contested under 10 three-minute rounds.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes
1 Christian Eckstein 1 October 10, 1998 420 Hanover, Germany Catch World Cup Defeated Eddy Steinblock to win the vacant title.[1]
— Vacated — December 4, 1999 — Bremen, Germany Euro Catch Festival CWA closed after the event, thus vacating the title.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c The length of the championship is too uncertain to calculate.
  2. ^ a b c The location of the match was not captured as part of the documentation.
  3. ^ There is no documentation of the date when Karl Krauser vacated the title.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "German Heavyweight Championship Title History". Wrestling-titles. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  2. ^ "VoRo Deutsche Meisterschaft Im Schwergewicht Championship" (in German). Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  3. ^ "VoRo". Cagematch. April 4, 1992. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  4. ^ "VoRo". Cagematch. October 7, 1992. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  5. ^ "CWA Catch World Cup 1998 - Tag 31 Champions Night". Cagematch. October 10, 1998. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ^ "CWA German Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.