the 1987 Catch Cup against Bull Power. He rebounded from the loss by defeating Giant Haystacks to win the 1988 Catch Cup in the following year. He fell to Haystacks in the following year's Catch Cup in the summer, but won the winter tournament by defeating Cannonball Grizzly. After years on the undercard, Poirier was finally pushed to succeed Otto Wanz as the promotion's next superstar after Wanz resigned as the World Heavyweight Champion in 1990 and began receiving success as a main eventer. He defeated former champion Otto Wanz to score an upset win on August 4 to raise his stock. Poirier became the promotion's top fan favorite and began feuding with Wanz's rival and the promotion's top villain Bull Power. On December 12, 1990, Rambo got his first match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship, where he competed against Bull Power for the vacant title, which he lost. On July 6, 1991, Rambo defeated Bull Power for his first World Heavyweight Championship in Graz, Austria. Upon his ascent as champion, Poirier made his first successful title defense against Bull Power on August 18 and then defeated Bruiser Mastino on November 11. He headlined the first Euro Catch Festival event on December 21 in Bremen, where he successfully defended his title against Ken Patera. Rambo continued his successful title reign by defeating Terry Funk to retain his title at the second Euro Catch Festival in Graz on July 11, 1992. He then made successful defenses against The Warlord on August 22 and October 18 respectively. Rambo lost the title to Road Warrior Hawk after a year-long reign at the Euro Catch Festival in December. Rambo regained the title from Road Warrior Hawk at Clash of the Champions on July 3, 1993, to begin his second reign as World Heavyweight Champion. Rambo made his next major defense against famous wrestler Ted DiBiase on August 22. He retained the title against The Barbarian in his fourth straight main event of Euro Catch Festival. He then continued his lengthy reign by retaining the title against Papa Shango at the 1994 Euro Catch Festival in Graz. His next major challenger was Cactus Jack, whom he defeated twice to retain the title in the fall of 1994. Rambo would then retain the title against Big Titan in December's Euro Catch Festival and Jim Neidhart in July's Euro Catch Festival on July 8, 1995. In