UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship

UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Mundia de Peso Completo Junior UWA
Details
Current champion(s) Diluvio Negro II
Date won 02007-02-25 February 25, 2007
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Toryumon
Mexican independent circuit
Date established 01977-11-20 November 20, 1977

The UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundia de Peso Completo Junior UWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship that was originally promoted by the Mexican lucha libre Professional wrestling) promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). the UWA operated from 1975 to 1995 but the title is still defended on the Mexican independent circuit after the UWA closed. The weight range for this championship is 97 kg (210 lb) to 107 kg (240 lb) but is not strictly enforced to these days.[Note 1][1] The UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship has also been promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling and was at one time one of the eight championships that made up the J-Crown Championship. Following the breakup of the J-Crown, the championship was used by the Toryumon promotion but has since then returned to Mexico where it's defended on the independent circuit.

Diluvio Negro II is the current holder of the UWA World Junior Heavyweifht Championship, having defeated Silver King for the title on February 25, 2007.[2]

Title history

Key
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
† Indicates Championship reigns after the UWA closed down
§ Indicates that the title reign was part of the J-Crown Championship.
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented, could have been inactive

As of September 3, 2010

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Cesar Valentino 1 01977-11-20 November 20, 1977 &10000000000000441000000441 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Anibal America Salvaje to become the first champion.
2 Gran Hamada 1 01979-02-04 February 4, 1979 &1000000000000006600000066 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
3 Perro Aguayo 1 01979-04-11 April 11, 1979 &10000000000000248000000248 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated — 01979-12-15 December 15, 1979 — N/A N/A Championship vacated when Perro Aguayo is unable to defend due to injury
5 El Solitario 1 01980-01-27 January 27, 1980 &10000000000000428000000428 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Masanobu Kurisu to win the vacant title.
6 Eric Embry 1 01981-03-30 March 30, 1981 &10000000000000119000000119 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event  
7 El Solitario 2 01981-07-19 July 19, 1981 &10000000000000691000000691 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
8 El Signo 1 01934-06-10 June 10, 1934 &10000000000000250000000250 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated — 01984-02-15 February 15, 1984 — N/A N/A Championship vacated after El Signo makes an unauthorized title defense against Kato Kung Lee.
9 Anibal 1 01984-05-27 May 27, 1984 &10000000000000111000000111 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated El Texano in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
10 Invader III 1 01984-09-15 September 15, 1984 Unknown San Juan, Puerto Rico Live event  
11 Anibal 1 1984 Unknown Unknown Live event  
12 Negro Navarro 1 01985-01-06 January 6, 1985 &1000000000000005000000050 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
13 Mano Negra 1 01985-02-25 February 25, 1985 &10000000000000286000000286 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event  
14 El Cobarde II 1 01985-12-08 December 8, 1985 &1000000000000008600000086 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
15 Gran Hamada 2 01986-03-04 March 4, 1986 &10000000000000257000000257 Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Live event  
16 Blue Panther 1 01986-11-16 November 16, 1986 &10000000000000190000000190 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
17 Solar I 1 01987-05-25 May 25, 1987 &10000000000000259000000259 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event  
18 Blue Panther 2 01988-02-08 February 8, 1988 &10000000000000221000000221 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event  
19 Gran Cochisse 1 01988-09-16 September 16, 1988 &10000000000000225000000225 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
20 Mendoza, RingoRingo Mendoza 1 01989-04-29 April 29, 1989 &10000000000000423000000423 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
21 Perro Aguayo 2 01990-06-29 June 29, 1990 Unknown Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated — 01992-02 February 1992 — N/A N/A Championship vacated when Perro Aguayo leaves the promotion
22 Gran Hamada 3 01992-12-12 December 12, 1992 &10000000000000274000000274 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Black Power II in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
23 El Engendro 1 01993-09-12 September 12, 1993 &1000000000000001000000010 Naucalpan, México, Mexico Live event  
24 Gran Hamada 4 01993-09-22 September 22, 1993 &10000000000000792000000792 Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico Live event After the UWA closed in 1995, Gran Hamada brings the title with him to Japan.
25 Sabu † 1 01995-11-23 November 23, 1995 &100000000000000080000008 Kawasaki, Japan Live event  
26 El Samurai † 1 01995-12-01 December 1, 1995 &10000000000000107000000107 Niigata, Japan Live event  
27 Koji Kanemoto † 1 01996-03-17 March 17, 1996 Unknown Amagasaki, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — 01996-05 May 1996 — N/A N/A Championship vacated when Kanemoto is unable to defend it due to injury.
28 Shinjiro Otani † 1 01996-06-07 June 7, 1996 &1000000000000005800000058 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to win the vacant title.
29 Último Dragón § 1 01996-08-04 August 4, 1996 &100000000000000010000001 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Otani in the second round of the New Japan J-Crown Tournament.
30 The Great Sasuke § 1 01996-08-05 August 5, 1996 &1000000000000006700000067 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Dragón in the finals of the J-Crown Tournament to become the first J-Crown Champion.
31 Último Dragón § 2 01996-10-11 October 11, 1996 &1000000000000008500000085 Tokyo, Japan Live event  
32 Jushin Liger § 1 01997-01-04 January 4, 1997 &10000000000000183000000183 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World.  
33 El Samurai § 2 01997-07-06 July 6, 1997 &1000000000000003500000035 Sapporo, Japan Live event  
34 Shinjiro Otani § 2 01997-08-10 August 10, 1997 &1000000000000005600000056 Nagoya, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — 01997-10-05 October 5, 1997 — N/A N/A Championship vacated after the J-Crown championship is divided back into the original championships.
35 Gran Hamada † 5 01998-07-30 July 30, 1998 &10000000000000200000000200 Ninohe, Japan Live event Defeated Convict I to win the vacant title.
36 El Cobarde † 1 01999-02-15 February 15, 1999 &10000000000000420000000420 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Live event Defeated Perro Aguayo to win the title.
37 Heavy Metal † 1 02000-04-10 April 10, 2000 Unknown Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Live event [3]
               
38 Silver King † 1 2006 Unknown Unknown Live event [4]
39 Diluvio Negro II † 1 02007-02-25 February 25, 2007 &100000000000018280000001,828+ Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (170 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

References

General source on title changes before 2000
  • Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Universal Wrestling Federation Junior Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
Specific
  1. ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (in Spanish) (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03. "Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"" 
  2. ^ a b SuperLuchas staff (December 26, 2007). "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 244. 
  3. ^ Box y Lucha staff (January 9, 2001). "2000 Especial!" (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine: pp. 2–20. issue 2488. 
  4. ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 192. 
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