WCCW Middle Eastern Championship
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, 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.[1] The championship was abandoned in 1987, never mentioned after Mike Von Erich's death.[1] As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.[lower-alpha 1]
| WCCW Middle Eastern Championship | |||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | World Class Championship Wrestling | ||||||||
| Date established | August 7, 1985 | ||||||||
| Date retired | April 1986 | ||||||||
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Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Mike Von Erich | August 7, 1985 | WCCW Israeli Tour | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1 | [lower-alpha 2] | Defeated Gino Hernandez in the finals of a tournament | [1] |
| — | Deactivated | April 1987 | — | — | — | — | Championship abandoned by WCCW | [1] |
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See also
Footnotes
- Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[2]
- The exact date the championship was abandoned is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 633 and 662 days.
References
- Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Texas: WCCW Middle Eastern Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
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