AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
| AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Date established | June 1981 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1993 | ||||||||||
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American Wrestling Association Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling | ||||||||||
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WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. It was also a title in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling from 1989 to 1993.
Title history
AWA branch
Champions recognized by the American Wrestling Association.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Mike Graham | 1 | June 1981 | Graham was awarded the title. | |
| Buck Zumhofe | 1 | June 19, 1983 | Hamburg, Minnesota | Bobby Heenan defeated Zumhofe several times but was over the Light Heavyweight weight limit. |
| Steve Regal | 1 | March 25, 1984 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Buck Zumhofe | 2 | November 28, 1985 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Title vacated | July 1986 | The title was vacated when Zumhofe was sent to prison. | ||
| Mike Graham | 2 | 1988 | Graham was awarded the title (see below). | |
| Title vacated | 1990 | |||
| Buck Zumhofe | 3 | August 11, 1990 | Rochester, Minnesota | Defeated Jonnie Stewart to win the vacant title. |
| Title retired | January 1991 | AWA folded. | ||
FMW branch
Champions recognized by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Mike Graham | 3 | 1988 | Graham was awarded the title. | |
| Jimmy Backlund | 1 | December 1988 | Tampa, Florida | Recognized as the sixth champion by FMW, but not by AWA; may have defeated Graham for the title. |
| Lee Gak-Soo | 1 | April 1, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated | September 1990 | Vacated when Lee Gak-Soo quit FMW. | ||
| Katsuji Ueda | 1 | September 25, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Jimmy Backlund for the vacant title. |
| Jimmy Backlund | 2 | November 5, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Ricky Fuji | 1 | May 29, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mark Starr | 1 | August 24, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Katsuji Ueda | 2 | August 31, 1991 | Chiba, Japan | |
| Dr. Luther | 1 | March 23, 1992 | Saitama, Japan | The championship is renamed the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship in April 1992. |
| Katsuji Ueda | 3 | September 7, 1992 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Title abandoned | 1993 | The title was abandoned for the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which would be unveiled in August 1993. |