World Class Wrestling Association
Acronym	WCWA
Established	1966
Folded	1990
Style	American Wrestling
Location	Dallas, Texas
Founder	Ed McLemore
Owner	Fritz Von Erich
Parent	Southwest Sports, Inc. (1966-1990) WWE (2006-present, pre-1988 tapes)
Sister
Formerly	NWA Big Time Wrestling World Class Championship Wrestling
Website

World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), also called the World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), was a popular regional promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Originally owned by promoter Ed McLemore, by 1966 it was run by Southwest Sports, Inc., whose president was Jack Adkisson, better known as wrestler Fritz Von Erich. Beginning as a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, it went independent in 1986 in a bid to become a major national promotion, but was unsuccessful in its attempts and eventually went out of business in 1990. Rights to the WCCW tape library prior to 1988 currently belong to World Wrestling Entertainment, while post-1988 WCCW archival footage is owned by International World Class Championship Wrestling.[1]

Championships

Championship	First Champion	Final Champion	Date Retired
WCWA World Heavyweight Championship	Fritz Von Erich	Jerry Lawler	April 14, 1989
WCWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Eric Embry	Eric Embry	May, 1989
WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	Fabulous Freebirds	Kevin Von Erich & Kerry Von Erich & Michael Hayes	1988
WCWA World Tag Team Championship	Matt Borne and Buzz Sawyer	The Fantastics	April 6, 1987
WCWA Middle Eastern Championship	Mike Von Erich	Mike Von Erich	June, 1986
WCWA Television Championship	The Spoiler	Tony Atlas	April, 1987
CWA South Western Championship	Dirty White Boy	John Tatum	August, 1990
NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	The Great Kabuki	Jimmy James	Title renamed NWA Texas Hardcore Championship on April 1, 1999
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship/WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Dizzy Davis	Kevin Von Erich	January 1991
NWA Texas Tag Team Championship/WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Bobby Managoff & Otto Kuss	Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson	1989

See also

• Alumni
• Event history

External links and references

• World Class Wrestling Association at CAGEMATCH.net
• "Gentleman's Choice" a 2008 Documentary on The Life of Gentleman Chris Adams
• December 12, 2008 Audio Interview with WCCW's Mickey Grant regarding World Class, Gary Hart, and "Gentleman's Choice" a 2008 Documentary on The Life of Gentleman Chris Adams

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