Euro Catch Festival
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Peter William
| Euro Catch Festival | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Otto Wanz Peter William |
| Promotions | Catch Wrestling Association |
| First event | Euro Catch Festival (1991) |
| Last event | Euro Catch Festival (1999) |
| Event gimmick | CWA's flagship event |
Euro Catch Festival was an annual professional wrestling event produced by Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) between 1991 and 1999. The event was hailed as the company's flagship event and the biggest event of the year. Two editions of the event were held once a year; the July event was held in Graz, Austria and the December event was held in Bremen, Germany. The 1999 edition of the event was the final CWA show as the promotion closed after that event.
Rambo headlined all of the events with the exception of the July 1996 edition which was headlined by Ludvig Borga and August Smisl. All the events were headlined by a match for the promotion's top title, the prestigious CWA World Heavyweight Championship, with the exception of the 1999 event, which was headlined by a CWA World Middleweight Championship match between Franz Schumann and Jesus Cristobal, which would be the final match in CWA history.
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Attendance | Main Event(s) | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro Catch Festival (1991) | December 21, 1991 | Bremen, Germany | Stadthalle Bremen | 10,000 | Rambo (c) vs. Ken Patera for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [1] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Graz (1992) | July 11, 1992 | Graz, Austria | Eisstadion Liebenau | 3,500 | Rambo (c) vs. Terry Funk for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [2] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Bremen (1992) | December 19, 1992 | Bremen, Germany | Stadthalle Bremen | 8,000 | Rambo (c) vs. Road Warrior Hawk for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [3] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival (1993) | December 18, 1993 | 7,107 | Rambo (c) vs. The Barbarian for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [4] | |||||
| Euro Catch Festival in Graz (1994) | July 9, 1994 | Graz, Austria | Eisstadion Liebenau | — | Rambo (c) vs. Papa Shango for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [5] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Bremen (1994) | December 17, 1994 | Bremen, Germany | Stadthalle Bremen | 6,000 | Rambo (c) vs. Big Titan for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [6] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Graz (1995) | July 8, 1995 | Graz, Austria | Eisstadion Liebenau | 3,000 | Rambo (c) vs. Jim Neidhart for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [7] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Bremen (1995) | December 16, 1995 | Bremen, Germany | Stadthalle Bremen | 5,000 | Rambo (c) vs. Ludvig Borga for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [8] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Graz (1996) | July 6, 1996 | Graz, Austria | Eisstadion Liebenau | 4,000 | Ludvig Borga (c) vs. August Smisl for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [9] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival in Bremen (1996) | December 21, 1996 | Bremen, Germany | Marquee on the Bürgerweide | 2,500 | Ludvig Borga (c) vs. Rambo for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [10] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival (1997) | July 5, 1997 | Graz, Austria | Eisstadion Liebenau | 2,800 | Rambo (c) vs. Duke Droese for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [11] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival (1998) | December 12, 1998 | Bremen, Germany | Stadthalle Bremen | 1,000 | Big Titan vs. Rambo for the vacant CWA World Heavyweight Championship | [12] | |||
| Euro Catch Festival (1999) | December 4, 1999 | Marquee on the Bürgerweide | 1,600 | Franz Schumann (c) vs. Jesus Cristobal for the CWA World Middleweight Championship | [13] | ||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||||