CWUSA Television Championship

The Championship Wrestling USA Television Championship was a professional wrestling championship defended in Championship Wrestling USA (the former Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion), owned by Sandy Barr. It was CWUSA's longest running title, lasting from 1992 through 1997.^[1]

CWUSA Television Championship
Details
Promotion	Championship Wrestling USA
Date established	August 22, 1992
Date retired	June 1997
Statistics First champion(s) Bart Sawyer Final champion(s) Buddy Wayne

Title history

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.
(NLT)	"No Later Than"

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held and	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Bart Sawyer	1	August 22, 1992	49	Portland, Oregon	House show	Defeated Ron Harris in tournament final to become the first champion.
2	Mike Winner	1	October 10, 1992	4	Portland, Oregon	House show
3	John Rambo	1	October 14, 1992	24	Salem, Oregon	House show
4	Dirty White Boy	1	November 7, 1992	[Note 1]	N/A	House show
5	John Rambo	2	1992	[Note 2]	N/A	House show
6	Bart Sawyer	2	January 9, 1993	14	Portland, Oregon	House show
7	Colonel DeBeers	1	January 23, 1993	28	Portland, Oregon	House show
8	Bart Sawyer	3	February 20, 1993	7	Portland, Oregon	House show
9	Colonel DeBeers	2	February 27, 1993	119	Portland, Oregon	House show
10	Silver Shadow	1	June 26, 1993	134	Portland, Oregon	House show
11	Colonel DeBeers	3	July 10, 1993	196	Portland, Oregon	House show
12	Bruiser Brian	1	January 22, 1994	35	Portland, Oregon	House show
13	Colonel DeBeers	4	February 26, 1994	722	Portland, Oregon	House show		[2]
14	Buddy Wayne	1	February 18, 1996	[Note 3]	Vancouver, Washington	House show	Won the title after accidentally pinning his tag team partner DeBeers in a match against Bart Sawyer and Sumito.
15	Sumito	1	July 6, 1996 (NLT)	[Note 4]	N/A	House show
16	Buddy Wayne	2	July 7, 1996	[Note 5]	Vancouver, Washington	House show
17	Sumito	2	August 31, 1996 (NLT)	[Note 6]	N/A	House show
18	Buddy Wayne	3	November 30, 1996 (NLT)	[Note 7]	N/A	House show
19	Bart Sawyer	4	December 15, 1996	7	Vancouver, Washington	House show
20	Buddy Wayne	4	December 22, 1996	79	Vancouver, Washington	House show
21	Matt Borne	1	March 11, 1997	7	Vancouver, Washington	House show
22	Colonel DeBeers	5	March 18, 1997	[Note 8]	Vancouver, Washington	House show
23	Buddy Wayne	5	March 31, 1997 (NLT)	[Note 9]	N/A	House show
-	Abandoned	-	June 1997	N/A	N/A	N/A	Promotion closed.

See also

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
• National Wrestling Alliance

Footnotes

1. The exact date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means this title reign lasted between 1 and 54 days.
2. The exact date that the championship was won is uncertain, which means the title reign lasted between 9 and 62 days.
3. The exact date Buddy Wayne lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 139 days.
4. The exact date Sumito won the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 139 days.
5. The exact date Buddy Wayne lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 55 days.
6. The exact date Sumito won and lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 145 days.
7. The exact date Buddy Wayne won the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 15 and 105 days.
8. The exact date Col. DeBeers lost the championship is uncertain, which means the championship reign lasted between 1 day and 13 days.
9. The exact date the championship was won and abandoned is uncertain, which means the championship reign lasted between 62 and 103 days/

References

1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
2. Hoops, Brian (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.