IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship

IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Campeon Intercontinental Welter IWRG
Details
Current champion(s) Canis Lupus
Date won November 16, 2014
Date established March 1, 1998[1]
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG)

The IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Intercontinental Welter IWRG in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since 1998.[1] The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to.[Note 1][2] Because Lucha Libre puts more emphasis on the lower weightclasses, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of the promotion.[3] Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

The first Welterweight champion was Dr. Cerebro, winning the title on March 1, 1998 in a tournament final against Shiima Nobunaga.[1] Golden Magic is the current champion, having defeated Canis Lupus in Naucalpan, México on December, 2013, to win the title. He is the 32nd overall champion. 16 individuals have held the Champions with Cerebro Negro being the person with most title reigns, fives. Cerebro Negro is also the individual to have the shortest reign, seven days while Dr. Cerebro has had the longest individual reign at 788 days.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes everyday.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Dr. Cerebro 1 March 1, 1998 287 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Shiima Nobunaga in the finals of an 16-man tournament.[1]
2 Nobunaga, ShiimaShiima Nobunaga 1 December 13, 1998 175 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [1]
3 Último Vampiro 1 June 6, 1999 340 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [1]
4 Dr. Cerebro 2 May 11, 2000 49 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [4]
5 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 1 June 29, 2000 45 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [4]
6 Dr. Cerebro 3 August 13, 2000 788 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [4]
7 Cerebro Negro 1 October 10, 2002 17 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [5]
8 Fantasy 1 October 27, 2002 301 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [5]
9 Cerebro Negro 2 August 24, 2003 105 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [6]
10 Avisman 1 December 7, 2003 132 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [6]
11 Cerebro Negro 3 April 17, 2004 499 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [7]
12 Avisman 2 April 24, 2004 652 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [7]
13 Fantasma de la Ópera 1 February 5, 2006 175 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [8]
14 Panterita / Freelance 1 July 30, 2006 210 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Panterita changed his ring persona to Freelance during the title reign.[8]
15 Cerebro Negro 4 February 25, 2007 119 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [9]
16 Fantasma de la Ópera 2 March 18, 2007 123 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Cerebro Negro in a 10-man steel cage match.[9]
17 Black Terry 1 July 19, 2007 94 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [9]
18 Cerebro Negro 5 October 21, 2007 11 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [9]
19 Fantasma de la Ópera 3 November 1, 2007 45 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Cerebro Negro and Black Terry in a three-way elimination title vs. mask vs. hair match. Ópera's mask, Negro's title and Terry's hair were at stake. Negro was the last to be pinned, so he lost the title.[9]
20 Black Terry 2 December 16, 2007 98 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [9]
21 Multifacético 1 March 23, 2008 67 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [10]
22 Fuerza Guerrera 1 May 29, 2008 101 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [10]
23 Black Terry 3 September 7, 2008 70 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Multifacético and Fuerza Guerrera in a three-way elimination title vs. mask vs. hair match. Multifacético's mask, Guerrera's title and Terry's hair were at stake. Guerrera was the last to be pinned, so he lost the title.[10]
24 Fuerza Guerrera 2 November 16, 2008 553 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Black Terry in a match with Guerrera's mask and Terry's hair and title on the line.[10]
25 Dr. Cerebro 4 May 23, 2010 14 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [11]
26 CIMA 2 June 6, 2010 448 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [11]
– Vacated – August 28, 2011 – Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Vacated when CIMA did not return to Mexico to defend the championship.
27 Golden Magic 1 September 8, 2011 105 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Defeated Bestia 666 in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[11]
28 Eterno 1 December 22, 2011 290 Naucalpan, México Arena Naucalpan 34th Anniversary Show Eterno's WWS Welterweight Championship was also on the line in the match.[12]
29 Oficial Rayan 1 October 7, 2012 140 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [13]
30 Dinamic Black 1 February 24, 2013 210 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event [14]
– Vacated – September 22, 2013 – Naucalpan, México IWRG live event Vacated when Dinamic Black left IWRG.
31 Canis Lupus 1 September 29, 2013 67 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event
32 Golden Magic 2 December 5, 2013 346 Naucalpan, México IWRG live event
33 Canis Lupus 2 November 16, 2014 166 IWRG live event It was a Mask. vs Title match.

Championship reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Dr. Cerebro 4 1,138
2 Avisman 2 784
3 Cerebro Negro 5 751
4 Fuerza Guerrera 2 553
5 Shiima Nobunaga / CIMA 2 623
6 Fantasma de la Ópera 3 343
7 Último Vampiro 1 340
8 Fantasy 1 301
9 Eterno 1 290
10 Black Terry 3 262
11 Dinamic Black 1 210
11 Panterita / Freelance 1 210
13 Oficial Rayan 1 140
14 Golden Magic † 2 617+
15 Canis Lupus 1 67
16 Multifacético 1 67
17 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 1 45

Footnotes

  1. ↑ One example the weightlimits not being strictly enforced is Mephisto winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a championship with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Mexico) Mexico: IWRG Welterweight title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 78 kilos"
  3. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizare& honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Box y Lucha staff (January 19, 2003). "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). 2593.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. 40.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. 91.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "International Wrestling Revolution Group Intercontienental Welterweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. October 8, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  12. ↑ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (December 23, 2011). "Trauma I desenmascara al Oficial AK-47". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  13. ↑ "El Ángel, nuevo campeón de peso medio". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  14. ↑ Acosta, Hugo (February 24, 2013). "Dinamik Black Nuevo Monarca Intercontinental Welter IWRG". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Blogger. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

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