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USWA Championship Wrestling

1977 · 21 seasons · Action & Adventure, Drama

Jerry Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Assocation (CWA) Wrestling show on WMC-TV, later renamed to "Championship Wrestling Association" and keeping the same CWA name around the time Jerry Lawler joined Jerry Jarrett in running the show. After Jarrett and Lawler purchased the rights to World Class Wrestling Association's "World Class Championship Wrestling" shows in the Dallas area, both the Dallas shows and the CWA show were rebranded under the "United States Wrestling Association" name. This show was rebranded to "USWA Championship Wrestling." The show ended in 1997.

Seasons

• 1977 — 1 episode (March 20, 1977)
• 1979 — 8 episodes
• 1980 — 30 episodes
• 1981 — 47 episodes (January 3, 1981)
• 1982 — 29 episodes (January 2, 1982)
• 1983 — 25 episodes (January 1, 1983)
• 1984 — 48 episodes (January 7, 1984)
• 1985 — 51 episodes (January 5, 1985)
• 1986 — 51 episodes (January 4, 1986)
• 1987 — 49 episodes (January 3, 1987)
• 1988 — 50 episodes (January 2, 1988)
• 1989 — 51 episodes (January 7, 1989)
• 1990 — 52 episodes (January 6, 1990)
• 1991 — 52 episodes (January 5, 1991)
• 1992 — 52 episodes (January 4, 1992)
• 1993 — 52 episodes (January 2, 1993)
• 1994 — 53 episodes (January 1, 1994)
• 1995 — 52 episodes (January 7, 1995)
• 1996 — 49 episodes (January 6, 1996)
• 1997 — 39 episodes

Cast

• Jerry Lawler as Jerry Lawler
• Lance Russell as Self - Announcer
• Dave Brown as Self - Announcer
• William Cruickshanks as "Superstar" Bill Dundee
• Corey Maclin as Self - Ring Announcer
• Brian Lawler as Brian Christopher
• James Cruickshanks as J.C. Ice
• Kelly Wolfe as Wolfie D
• Jacqueline Moore as Queen Moesha

Details

Created by

Jerry Jarrett

First aired

March 20, 1977

Episodes

841

Genres

Action & Adventure, Drama

Network

NBC and Action News 5

Status

Ended

TMDB score

8.0 / 10 from 1 votes