WWA World Lightweight Championship

WWA World Lightweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial de peso Ligero WWA
Details
Date established 1987
Date retired 1995
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)

The WWA World Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de peso Ligero WWA in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) from 1987 until 1995. 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 63 kg (139 lb) and 70 kg (150 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to.[Note 1][1] It was first won by Mano Negra in 1987 and defended throughout Mexico until 1995 when the title was first declared vacant and then later on inactive.

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 unknown due to sparse information on the title in that time period.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Mano Negra 1 1987 ¤ [Note 2] Live event    
                 
2 El Hijo del Black Shadow 1 July 1990 [Note 3] [Note 2] Live event    
3 Askari El Gringo 1 December 29, 1990 [Note 4] Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico Live event    
4 El Hijo del Black Shadow 1 November 1991 [Note 5] [Note 2] Live event    
5 Espanto, Jr. 1 August 7, 1992 ¤ Querétaro, Mexico Live event    
                 
6 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 [Note 6] ¤ [Note 2] Live event    
7 Juventud Guerrera 1 October 1993 [Note 7] Monterrey, Mexico Live event    
8 Rey Misterio, Jr. 2 November 30, 1994 92 Matamoros, Mexico Live event    
9 Juventud Guerrera 2 March 2, 1995 106 Xalapa, Mexico Live event Guerrera won the title during a tag team match.  
10 Rey Misterio, Jr. 3 June 16, 1995 [Note 8] Queretearo, Mexico Live event    
                 
—
 Vacated — 1995 — N/A N/A Championship vacated and later inactivated  

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto, who holds the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. 1 2 3 4 The location of the title change has not been captured as part of the documentation.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing his reign between 151 and 181 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Askari El Gringo lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 307 and 337 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 251 and 280 days.
  6. ↑ Records do not indicate when Rey Misterio Jr. won the championship, just that he did.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which Juventud Guerrera won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 395 and 425 days.
  8. ↑ The exact date on which Rey Misterio, Jr. was stripped of the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 198 days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
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: "Pluma 63 kilos / Ligero 70 kilos"

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