WWA World Welterweight Championship

WWA World Welterweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA
Details
Current champion(s) El Hijo de Rey Misterio II
Date won May 27, 2011
Date established 1987
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)

The WWA World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA in Spanish) is a Mexican 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 Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 77 kg (170 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2]

It was first won by Negro Casas in 1987 and had been defended not only in Mexico but Europe, Japan and the United States as well. The title was held by many of the top cruiserweight wrestlers of the 1990s including Heavy Metal, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Eddie Guerrero. El Hijo del Santo holds the record for most title reigns with ten reigns. The current champion is Ángel Blanco, Jr..

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
¤ 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 the number of days held by this individual changes everyday.
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented.
# Wrestlers
(Team name)		 Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Casas, NegroNegro Casas 1 1987 [Note 2] N/A Live event  
2 Tornado Negro 1 April 14, 1989 0 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
3 Negro Casas 2 April 14, 1989 [Note 3] Apatlaco, Morelos, Mexico Live event  
4 Fuerza Guerrera 1 N/A [Note 4] N/A Live event  
5 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 September 1989 [Note 5] N/A Live event  
6 Fuerza Guerrera 6 N/A [Note 6] N/A Live event  
7 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 1 June 7, 1990 [Note 7] Tokyo, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — November 1991 — N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons
               
8 Guerrero, EddieEddie Guerrero 1 1992 [Note 8] N/A Live event  
9 Piloto Suicida 1 August 29, 1992 9 Los Angeles, California Live event  
10 Espanto, Jr. 1 September 7, 1992 193 Querétaro, Mexico Live event  
11 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 2 March 19, 1993 56 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
12 Heavy Metal 1 May 14, 1993 [Note 9] Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
13 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 3 1993 [Note 10] N/A Live event  
14 Psicosis 1 February 16, 1994 583 Aguascalientes, Mexico Live event  
15 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 September 22, 1995 6 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
16 Psicosis 2 September 28, 1995 1 Mexicali, Mexico Live event  
17 Rey Misterio, Jr. 2 September 29, 1995 212 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
18 Juventud Guerrera 1 April 28, 1996 83 Querétaro, Mexico Live event  
19 Rey Misterio, Jr. 3 July 20, 1996 216 Tokyo, Japan Live event  
20 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 4 February 21, 1997 133 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
21 Felino, ElEl Felino 1 July 4, 1997 96 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
22 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 5 October 8, 1997 115 Leon, Mexico Live event  
23 Felino, ElEl Felino 2 January 31, 1998 36 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated — March 8, 1998 — N/A N/A Championship held up after inconclusive match between El Hijo del Santo and El Felino
24 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 6 July 13, 1998 ¤ Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event Defeated Felino in rematch.
               
25 Blue Panther 1 April 9, 2000 [Note 11] Monterrey, Mexico Live event [3]
26 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 7 June 2000 [Note 12] N/A Live event [3]
27 Hijo Del Diablo, ElEl Hijo Del Diablo 1 November 23, 2000 707 Iguala, Mexico Live event [3]
28 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 8 October 31, 2002 817 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Live event [4]
29 Cobarde, ElEl Cobarde 1 January 25, 2005 227 Juarez, Mexico Live event [5]
30 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 9 September 9, 2005 ¤ Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Live event [5]
               
31 Blue Demon, Jr. 2 July 2, 2008 3 Valencia, Spain Live event [6]
32 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 10 July 5, 2008 1,258 London, England Live event [6]
– Vacant
33 El Hijo de Rey Misterio II 1 May 27, 2011 1,435+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event

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 Negro Casas won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 470 and 834 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which Negro Casas lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 169 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrera won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 169 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon, Jr. won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 278 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrero won and lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 249 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 512 and 541 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date on which Eddie Guerrero won the title is unknown, placing his title reigns between −181 and 59 days.
  9. ↑ The exact date on which Heavy Metal lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 277 days.
  10. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 47 and 276 days.
  11. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Panther lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 53 and 82 days.
  12. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 146 and 175 days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific
  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: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha A Go-Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  4. ↑ "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. issue 2593.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. issue 140.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.

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