CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Osamu Nishimura
Final champion(s)	Tony St. Clair
Most reigns	Osamu Nishimura and Tony St. Clair
Longest reign	Osamu Nishimura (102 days)
Shortest reign	Tony St. Clair (83 days)

CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship
CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship
Details
Promotion	Catch Wrestling Association
Date established	September 21, 1997
Date retired	1999
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Osamu Nishimura
Final champion(s)	Tony St. Clair
Most reigns	Osamu Nishimura and Tony St. Clair
Longest reign	Osamu Nishimura (102 days)
Shortest reign	Tony St. Clair (83 days)

The CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship was a professional wrestling singles championship in the German professional wrestling promotion Catch Wrestling Association (CWA). The championship was contested under 10 three-minute rounds.

Title history[]

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.

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Osamu Nishimura	1	September 21, 1997	102	Hanover, Germany	Catch Cup	Nishimura defeated Robbie Brookside to become the inaugural champion.	^[1]^[2]^[3]
—	Vacated	—	January 1, 1998	—	—	—	Osamu Nishimura vacated the title to compete in Japan.	^[4]
2	Tony St. Clair	1	October 10, 1998	83	Hanover, Germany	Catch World Cup	Defeated Franz Schumann to win the vacant title.	^[5]^[6]
—	Retired	—	January 1, 1999	—	—	—	The title was retired when the promotion closed in 1999.	^[4]

^ "CWA Catch Cup '97 - Tag 18" (in German). Cagematch. September 21, 1997. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
^ "Osamu Nishimura's first reign" (in German). Cagematch. September 21, 1997 – January 1, 1998. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
^ "Osamu Nishimura's Bio". Accelerator 3359. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
^ ^a ^b "CWA Submission Shootfighting Championship title history" (in German). Cagematch. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
^ "CWA Catch World Cup 1998 - Tag 31 Champions Night" (in German). Cagematch. October 10, 1998. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
^ "Tony St. Clair's first reign" (in German). Cagematch. October 10, 1998 – January 1, 1999. Retrieved 2018-01-06.