WWA Light Heavyweight Championship

WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA
Details
Current champion(s) Atlantis
Date won December 5, 2014
Date established 1987
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)

The WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by World Wrestling Association (WWA) in Mexico since 1987. 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 official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] It was first won by El Cobarde II in 1987 and has since then been held by at least 9 wrestlers, although records for parts of the title history has not been found. The current champion is Atlantis, who won it in December 2014. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows.[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
¤ The length of the specific reign is too uncertain to calculate.
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation.
No. Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 El Cobarde II 1 1987 ¤ N/A Live event  
2 Lizmark 1 April 1, 1988 ¤ Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
               
3 Enrique Vera 1 N/A ¤ N/A Live event  
4 Lizmark 2 June 1990 [Note 2] N/A Live event  
5 La Parka 1 August 1993 [Note 3] N/A Live event  
6 Lizmark 3 1993 [Note 4] N/A Live event  
7 La Parka 2 June 20, 1994 ¤ Monterrey, Mexico Live event  
               
8 El Dandy 1 January 2001 [Note 5] Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Live event  
9 Asterisco 1 June 17, 2001 ¤ Reynosa, Mexico Live event [3]
               
—
 Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A Championship vacated due to inactivity.[4]
10 Kiss 1 January 17, 2003 ¤ Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. to win the vacant title.[4]
               
—
 Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A Championship vacated due to inactivity.[5]
11 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 March 2008 [Note 6] Oaxaca, Mexico Live event Won the vacant title in a one-night tournament.[5]
—
 Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A Championship vacated due to inactivity.[5]
12 Heddi Karaoui 1 November 30, 2013 Unknown Mexico City, Mexico Live event Won the vacant title against Negro Navarro.
—
 Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A
13 Atlantis 1 December 5, 2014 147+ Tijuana, Mexico Live event Won the vacant title against Negro Casas.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won and lost the championship is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,127 and 1,187 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which La Parka won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,097 and 151 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 172 and 292 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which El Dandy won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 2 and 167 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon, Jr. winning the title is unknown, which means that his title reign has lasted at least 2,587 days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific sources
  1. ↑ 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: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
  2. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: World Wrestling Association (Benjamin Mora)". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. ↑ "2001: Los Campeones". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 15–17. issue 2540.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. issue 40.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.

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