WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship

WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de WWA
Details
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)
Date established March 11, 1989
Current champion(s) Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Date won February 23, 2008

The WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de WWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1989. In the 1990s the title was taken to Japan when reigning champion Gran Hamada returned to his home country. In Japan the title became one of 8 championships that made up the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) J-Crown Championship. When the J-Crown was broken up into individual titles the WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship returned to Mexico. 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]

In 2005 Filoso, a wrestler from Pro Wrestling ZERO1, was billed as the WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion, using the same title belt that had been used as part of the J-Crown and it had not been returned to the WWA. Even though Filoso never actually won the belt, he did defend the title, losing it in his first defense. The title is used by Zero1 but only shares the name of the World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, not its lineage.

Title history

Official WWA Title

Key
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler 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 that the title reign was part of the J-Crown Championship.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Rey Misterio Sr. 1 March 11, 1989 344 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Fishman to become first Champion  
2 Fishman 1 February 18, 1990 113 Tijuana, Mexico Live event    
3 Villano IV 1 June 11, 1990 1,285 Tijuana, Mexico Live event    
4 Gran Hamada 1 December 17, 1993 960 Tokyo, Japan Live event    
5 Samurai, ElEl Samurai 1 August 3, 1996 1 Tokyo, Japan Live event    
6 Great Sasuke, TheThe Great Sasuke § 1 August 4, 1996 99 Tokyo, Japan Live event Became one of eight championships comprising New Japan Pro Wrestling's J-Crown Championship  
7 Último Dragón § 1 November 11, 1996 54 Osaka, Japan Live event    
38 Jushin Thunder Liger § 1 January 4, 1997 183 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World 1997    
9 Samurai, ElEl Samurai § 2 July 6, 1997 35 Sapporo, Japan Live event    
10 Otani, ShinjiroShinjiro Otani § 1 August 10, 1997 87 Nagoya, Japan Live event    
— Vacated — November 5, 1997 — N/A N/A Championship vacated after the J-Crown championship is divided back into the original championships.  
11 Halloween 1 September 16, 1999 197 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Super Parka in tournament finals for vacated title.  
12 Super Parka 1 March 31, 2000 760 Tijuana, Mexico Live event   [2]
13 Super Kendo 1 April 30, 2002 35 Tijuana, Mexico Live event   [3]
14 Super Parka 2 June 2, 2002 Unknown Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Live event   [3]
15 Super Kendo 2 June 2004 Unknown California Live event   [4]
16 Inferno 1 July 23, 2004 1,250 Tijuana, Mexico Live event   [4]
17 Nicho El Millonario 1 December 25, 2007 60 Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico Live event   [5]
18 Wagner, Jr., Dr.Dr. Wagner, Jr. 1 February 23, 2008 3,219+ Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Live event Dr. Wagner wins match where his UWA World Heavyweight Championship is also at stake. [6]

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 Version (Disputed Branch)

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
A Filoso 1 July 2005 N/A N/A Live event Filoso never defeated anyone to win the title but it was promoted as if he did, this was a Phantom title change  
B Namiguchi, OsamuOsamu Namiguchi 1 August 24, 2005 7 Nagano, Japan Live event    
C Nakajima, KatsuhikoKatsuhiko Nakajima 1 August 31, 2005 297 Hiroshima, Japan Live event    
D Takaiwa, TatsuhitoTatsuhito Takaiwa 1 June 24, 2006 8 Tokyo, Japan Live event    
— Vacated — July 2, 2006 — N/A N/A Championship vacated and later abandoned  
E The★ZEST 1 July 22, 2007 261 Yamagata, Japan Live event Defeated Osamu Namiguchi in decision match to revive the Title  
F NOIZ 1 April 6, 2008 3,176+ Tokyo, Japan Miracle Rocket ~2nd Impact~ Defeated an unknown person wrestling as "The★ZEST" as Takuya Sugi played masked wrestlers.  

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 history before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Junior Light Heavyweight 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: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
  2. ↑ "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  3. 1 2 "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 19, 2003. issue 2593.
  4. 1 2 "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. issue 91.
  5. ↑ "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
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