UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA
Details
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Association Mexican independent circuit Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA)
Date established	November 25, 1975
Date retired	1995, 2007
Statistics First champion(s) Ray Mendoza Most reigns El Zorro (5 times) Longest reign Fishman (1,217 days) Shortest reign Mr. Águila (19 days)

The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA in Spanish) was a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then been defended on the Mexican independent circuit. By the year 2000 the title became a mainstay in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) when it was won by El Zorro who worked for AAA. 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]}

Chessman was the last UWA Light Heavyweight champion having defeated El Zorro in April, 2007.^[2] in 2007 Chessman competed in the tournament to crown the first ever AAA Mega Champion and put his title on the line in the tournament. In the finals he lost to El Mesias by disqualification, while the title does not change hands on a disqualification the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was eliminated as the purpose of the tournament was to find one top champion and clear up the muddled championship picture in AAA.

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
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
†	Indicates Championship reigns after the UWA closed down
	Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented, could have been inactive

#	Wrestler	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Ray Mendoza	1	November 25, 1975	117	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event	Won a tournament to become the first champion.
2	El Audaz	1	March 11, 1976	164	Veracruz, Veracruz	Live event
3	Ray Mendoza	2	August 22, 1976	214	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event
4	El Solitario	1	March 24, 1977	584	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Live event
5	Ray Mendoza	3	October 29, 1978	371	Naucalpan, México	Live event
6	Gran Hamada	1	November 4, 1979	203	Naucalpan, México	Live event
7	Perro Aguayo	1	May 25, 1980	201	Naucalpan, México	Live event	[3]
8	Fishman	1	December 12, 1980	79	Naucalpan, México	Live event
9	Villano III	1	March 1, 1981	140	Naucalpan, México	Live event
10	Fishman	2	July 19, 1981	481	Naucalpan, México	Live event
11	Sangre Chicana	1	November 12, 1982	107	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
12	Fishman	3	February 27, 1983	224	Naucalpan, México	Live event
13	Sangre Chicana	2	October 9, 1983	Unknown	Naucalpan, México	Live event
—	Vacated	—	February 1984	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Sangre Chicana cannot defend due to injuries
14	Fishman	4	April 11, 1984	1,217	Naucalpan, México	Live event	Defeated Villano III in a tournament final.
15	Villano I	1	August 10, 1986	160	Naucalpan, México	Live event
16	Zandokan	1	January 17, 1987	1,171	Naucalpan, México	Live event
17	Gran Hamada	2	April 2, 1990	311	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
18	El Signo	1	February 7, 1991	98	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
19	Villano III	2	May 16, 1991	168	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
20	El Signo	2	October 31, 1991	155	Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
21	Villano V	1	April 3, 1992	212	Nezahualcóyotl, México	Live event
22	El Texano	1	November 1, 1992	364	Naucalpan, México	Live event
23	Silver King	1	October 31, 1993	62	Naucalpan, México	Live event
24	Villano V	2	January 1, 1994	Unknown	Nezahualcóyotl, México	Live event
—	Vacated	—	1995	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated and inactivated UWA Closes
25	Adrian el Exstico †	1	September 17, 1995	299	Nezahualcóyotl, México	Live event
26	Prince Maya †	1	July 12, 1996	Unknown	Unknown	Live event
27	El Cobarde †	1	1999	Unknown	Live event
28	Heavy Metal †	1	April 16, 2000	418	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	Live event	[4]
29	Electroshock †	1	June 8, 2001	Unknown	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	Live event	[5]
30	El Zorro †	1	2002	Unknown	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States	Live event	[6]
31	Mr. Águila †	1	July 3, 2003	87	Toluca, México	Live event	[7]
32	El Zorro †	2	September 28, 2003	266	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Live event	[7]
33	Mr. Águila †	2	June 20, 2004	19	Naucalpan, México	Live event	[8]
34	El Zorro †	3	July 9, 2004	23	Tijuana, Baja California	Live event	[8]
35	Charly Manson †	1	August 1, 2004	395	Guadalupe, Nuevo León	Live event	[8]
36	El Zorro †	4	August 31, 2005	123	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	[9]
37	Hator †	1	January 1, 2006	Unknown	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Live event	[2]
38	El Zorro †	5	April 2007	Unknown	Unknown	Live event	Zorro won the title no later than this date.[2]
39	Chessman †	1	August 18, 2007	29	Salamanca, Guanajuato	Live event	[2]
—	Inactive	—	September 16, 2007	—	Guadalajara, Jalisco	N/A	Title inactivated when Chessman is eliminated from the AAA Mega Championship tournament[2]

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).

References

General source for title changes before 2000

• Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: Universal Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. 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: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
2. "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244.
3. Centinela, Teddy (May 25, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1980: Perro Aguayo destrona a Gran Hamada… Irma González se corona ante Vicky Williams". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
4. "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
5. "2001: Los Campeones". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 15–17. issue 2540.
6. "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. issue 2593.
7. "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. issue 40.
8. "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. issue 91.
9. "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 3, 2006. issue 140.