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| Acronym | CWA |
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| Founded | 1973–1999 |
| Headquarters | Germany |
| Founder(s) | Otto Wanz |
| Owner(s) | Otto Wanz |
The Catch Wrestling Association was a professional wrestling organization based in Germany and was founded in 1973. It was formerly run by famous AWA champion Otto Wanz. The CWA featured a traditional brand of mat wrestling mixed with various “Strong Man” competitions. The company was engaged in talent-share agreements with other wrestling promotions, including New Japan Pro Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association (the latter existing now as AWA territories). These agreement expanded the opportunities given to many European wrestlers.
Matches were fought using European rules, including dividing the match into rounds and having the possibility of a victory by knockout.
Also, the CWA World Heavyweight Championship was recognized as the legitimate European World Championship as counterpart to the NWA- and WWF-titles in North America and NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship in Japan.
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CWA alumni
Championships
- CWA World Heavyweight Championship [2]
- CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship[3]
- CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship[citation needed]
- CWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship[4]
- CWA World Middleweight Championship[5]
- CWA World Tag Team Championship[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Catch Wrestling Association". Online World Of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/promotions/cwa-germany.html. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/austria/cwa/eu-cwa-h.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association International Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/austria/cwa/cwa-ic-h.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/europe/austria/cwa/eu-cwa-j.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association World Middleweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/europe/austria/cwa/eu-cwa-m.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "Catch Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/europe/austria/cwa/eu-cwa-t.html. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
External links
- Catch Wrestling Association at Online World Of Wrestling
- Catch Wrestling Association on Pro-Wrestling Title Histories
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