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The Dirty White Boy defeated Dustin Rhodes in the finals of a tournament to become the first CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Champion, records are unclear on who else competed in the tournament. Three wrestlers in total have shared seven total reigns, with Bill Dundee and John Tatum tied for most with three each. Dundee held the championship for a combined 205 days, longer than anyone else. His first reign, from November 19, 1989, to May 3, 1990, is the longest of any individual reign at 165 days.
The CWA Southwestern Heavyweight Championship is often mistakenly listed as being part of the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship history. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match.
Bill Dundee - first:46 years, 26 days, third: 46 years, 241 days
John Tatum - first: 30 years, 194 days, third: 30 years, 256 days
^ Wrestlers' weight when:
Dirty White Boy - 211 lb (96 kg)
Bill Dundee - 214 lb (97 kg)
John Tatum - 233 lb (106 kg)
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"
^ The exact date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that this reign lasted between 28 and 58 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. ISBN978-1-61321-808-2.
^ "Bill Dundee profile". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
^ "John Tatum". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
^ Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). "Texas: CWA Southwestern Heavyweight title ". Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 272. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.