WWA Middleweight Championship

WWA Middleweight Championship
Campeonato de peso Medio WWA

Olímpico one of the current disputed champions
Details
Current champion(s) Olímpico (Main Branch)
Charles Lucero (Mexico City/Monterrey branch)
Date won February 20, 2009
Date established 1987
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)
Mexican Independent circuit

The WWA Middleweight Championship (Campeonato de peso Medio WWA in Spanish) is a secondary professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) 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 middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1]

Super Muñeco was the first Middleweight champion, winning it in 1987. It was defended throughout Mexico and Japan during the 1980s and 90s, but had been defended almost exclusively in Tijuana, Mexico since 2001. A separate version has been defended in the Mexico City-Monterrey area since 2002 when Blue Panther began defending a title labelled the WWA Middleweight Championship. 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
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
¤ The length of the specific reign is too uncertain to calculate.
N/A The specific information has not been found
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is unknown due to sparse information on the title in that time period.
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.
No. Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Super Muñeco 1 1987 ¤ N/A Live event  
               
2 Super Astro 1 July 1990 [Note 2] N/A Live event  
3 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 November 23, 1990 [Note 3] Villahermosa, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated — June 1991 — N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons
               
4 Ultraman 2000 1 March 1996 [Note 4] N/A Live event  
— Vacated — 1996 — N/A N/A Title vacated when Ultraman 2000 changed ring persona to "Damián 666"
5 Piloto Suicida 1 Template:1996 [Note 5] N/A Live event Unknown who Pioloto Suicida defeated to win the vacant title.
6 Great Sasuke, TheThe Great Sasuke 1 July 27, 1996 10 Sakata, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — August 16, 1996 — N/A N/A Championship vacated August when the Great Sasuke suffers a skull injury during a match,
7 El Pantera 1 August 17, 1996 0 Noshiro, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — August 17, 1996 — N/A N/A Pantera surrenders the title immediately after winning it due to injury.
8 Super Boy 1 August 23, 1996 ¤ Gosen, Japan Live event Defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa to win the vacant title.
               
9 Psicosis 1 N/A ¤ N/A Live event  
10 El Salsero 1 February 16, 1997 ¤ Juarez, Mexico Live event  
               
11 Solar, ElEl Solar 1 2001 [Note 6] Juarez, Mexico Live event [3]
12 Kizz, TheThe Kizz 1 2001 ¤ Tijuana, Mexico Live event [3]
               
13 Raging Dawg 1 June 6, 2003 84 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the vacant title.[4]
14 Nicho el Millonario 2 August 29, 2003 184 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Previously won the title as "Psicosis".[4]
15 Mystico de Juarez 1 February 29, 2004 [Note 7] Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Live event [5]
— Vacated — 3 — N/A N/A Mystico is stripped of the championship for being unable to defend the title in Tijuana.[5]
16 Rayman 1 December 10, 2004 679 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Angel Blanco, Jr. to win the vacant title.[5]
17 Angel Blanco, Jr. 1 October 20, 2006 491 Tijuana, Mexico Live event [6]
18 Mystico de Juarez 2 February 23, 2008 [Note 8] Ensenada, Mexico Live event Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the title.[7]
— Vacated — 2009 — N/A N/A Mystico is stripped of the championship for unknown reasons.[8]
19 Olímpico 1 February 20, 2009 2,261+ Puebla, Mexico Live event Defeated Angel Blanco, Jr. to win the vacant title.[8]

Mexico City/Monterrey version

No. Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Blue Panther 2 May 2002 [Note 9] Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [9]
2 Lucero, CharlesCharles Lucero 1 May 9, 2004 203 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [5]
3 Tigre Universitario 1 November 28, 2004 182 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [5]
4 Lucero, CharlesCharles Lucero 2 May 29, 2005 147 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [10]
5 Tigre Universitario 2 October 23, 2005 777 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [10]
6 Rey Hechicero 1 December 9, 2007 140 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [11]
7 Tigre Universitario 3 April 27, 2008 474 Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [7]
8 Lucero, CharlesCharles Lucero 3 August 14, 2009 2,085+ Nuevo León, Mexico Live event [12]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto 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 Super Astro won the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 115 and 145 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon, Jr. vacated the championship is unknown, placing his reign between 190 and 219 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Ultraman 2000 won, and vacated the title is unknown, placing the reign between 92 and 147 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which Piloto Suicida won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 25 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which El Solar won and lost the title is unknown, placing his reign between 1 and 364 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which Mystico de Juarez was stripped of the title is unknown, placing his title reign between −365 and −335 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date on which Mystico de Juarez vacated the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 313 and 362 days.
  9. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Panther started to defend the title is unknown, placing his title reign between −22 and 8 days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Middleweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific sources
  1. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2009. Articulo 242: "Super welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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 5.3 5.4 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. issue 91.
  6. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Guerreros del Ring". Entrevista por Olímpico (in Spanish) (Mexico City, Mexico). March 16, 2009. pp. 22–24. 182.
  9. ↑ "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. issue 2593.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. issue 140.
  11. ↑ "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  12. ↑ José de Jesús Lazcano Rodríguez (August 15, 2009). "Resultados Lucha Unida de Monterrey, Sexto Aniversario". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved August 29, 2009.

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