WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship

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WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de WWA
Details
Current champion(s) Dr. Wagner, Jr.
Date won 02008-02-23 February 23, 2008
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)
Date established 01989-03-11 March 11, 1989

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 (200 lb) and 97 kg (210 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 it's lineage.

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[edit] Title history

[edit] 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.
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
1 Rey Misterio Sr. 1 01989-03-11 March 11, 1989 &10000000000000344000000344 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeats Fishman to become first Champion
2 Fishman 1 01990-02-18 February 18, 1990 &10000000000000113000000113 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
3 Villaño IV 1 01990-06-11 June 11, 1990 &100000000000012850000001,285 Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
4 Gran Hamada 1 01993-12-17 December 17, 1993 &10000000000000960000000960 Tokyo, Japan Live event  
5 El Samurai 1 01996-08-03 August 3, 1996 &100000000000000010000001 Tokyo, Japan Live event  
6 The Great Sasuke § 1 01996-08-04 August 4, 1996 &1000000000000009900000099 Tokyo, Japan Live event Becomes one of eight championships comprising New Japan Pro Wrestling's J-Crown Championship
7 Último Dragón § 1 01996-11-11 November 11, 1996 &1000000000000005400000054 Osaka, Japan Live event  
8 Jushin Liger § 1 01997-01-04 January 4, 1997 &10000000000000183000000183 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World 1997  
9 El Samurai § 2 01997-07-06 July 6, 1997 &1000000000000003500000035 Sapporo, Japan Live event  
10 Shinjiro Otani § 1 01997-08-10 August 10, 1997 &1000000000000005600000056 Nagoya, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — 01997-10-05 October 5, 1997 — N/A N/A Championship vacated after the J-Crown championship is divided back into the original championships.
11 Halloween 1 01999-09-16 September 16, 1999 &10000000000000197000000197 Tijuana, Mexico Live event Defeated Super Parka in tournament finals for vacated title
12 Super Parka 1 02000-03-31 March 31, 2000 &10000000000000760000000760 Tijuana, Mexico Live event [2]
13 Super Kendo 1 02002-04-30 April 30, 2002 &1000000000000003500000035 Tijuana, Mexico Live event [3]
14 Super Parka 2 02002-06-02 June 2, 2002 Unknown Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico Live event [3]
15 Super Kendo 2 02004-06 June 2004 Unknown California Live event [4]
16 Inferno 1 02004-07-23 July 23, 2004 &100000000000012500000001,250 Tijuana, Mexico Live event [4]
17 Nicho El Millonario 1 02007-12-25 December 25, 2007 &1000000000000006000000060 Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico Live event [5]
18 Dr. Wagner, Jr. 1 02008-02-23 February 23, 2008 &100000000000014750000001,475+ Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Live event Dr. Wagner wins match where his UWA World Heavyweight Championship is also at stake.[6]

[edit] Pro Wrestling ZERO1 Version (Disputed Branch)

# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Notes
A Filoso 1 02005-07 July 2005 Unknown N/A Live event Phantom title change
B Osamu Namiguchi 1 02005-08-24 August 24, 2005 &100000000000000070000007 Nagano, Japan Live event  
C Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 02005-08-31 August 31, 2005 &10000000000000297000000297 Hiroshima, Japan Live event  
D Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 02006-06-24 June 24, 2006 &100000000000000080000008 Tokyo, Japan Live event  
— Vacated — 02006-07-02 July 2, 2006 — N/A N/A Championship vacated and later abandoned
E The★ZEST 1 02007-07-22 July 22, 2007 &10000000000000261000000261 Yamagata[disambiguation needed ], Japan Live event Defeated Osamu Namiguchi in decision match to revive the Title
F NOIZ 1 02008-04-06 April 6, 2008 &100000000000014320000001,432+ Tokyo, Japan Miracle Rocket ~2nd Impact~ Defeated an unknown person wrestling as "The?ZEST" as Takuya Sugi played both roles.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (170 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

[edit] 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.. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03. "Articulo 242: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"" [dead link]
  2. ^ Box y Lucha staff (January 9, 2001). "2000 Especial!" (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine: pp. 2–20. issue 2488. 
  3. ^ a b Box y Lucha staff (January 19, 2003). "2002: considerar detrás" (in Spanish). Box y Lucha Magazine. issue 2593. 
  4. ^ a b SuperLuchas staff (January 24, 2005). "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. issue 91. 
  5. ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 26, 2007). "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 244. http://superluchas.net/?p=1491. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 
  6. ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 6, 2008). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 296. http://superluchas.net/?p=11145. Retrieved July 11, 2009. 

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