World Wrestling Association

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World Wrestling Association
Acronym WWA
Founded 1986
Style Lucha libre
Headquarters Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Founder(s) Benjamin Mora, Jr.
Owner(s) Benjamin Mora Jr.

The World Wrestling Association (WWA) is a lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana-area of Mexico. It was founded in 1986 by Benjamin Mora, Jr..[1] It featured some of Mexico's best luchadores at the time such as Rey Mysterio, Jr., La Parka and Juventud Guerrera during the late 1980s and early 1990s and was also featured on American television via the Fox Sports en Español channel.

Although inactive during the late 1990s, during which time much of its roster had left to compete in World Championship Wrestling and international promotions, the World Wrestling Association resumed operations in 2004.

Contents

[edit] Championships

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Location
WWA World Heavyweight Championship Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. April 21, 2003 Tijuana
WWA Light Heavyweight Championship Blue Demon, Jr. 02008-03-03 March 3, 2008[2] Oaxaca, Oaxaca
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship 1 Nicho El Millonario August 20, 2004 Tijuana
WWA Middleweight Championship Olímpico February 20, 2009 Tijuana
WWA World Welterweight Championship Ángel Blanco, Jr. December 15, 2011 Mexico City
WWA Lightweight Championship Vacant 2 N/A N/A
WWA Tag Team Champions Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Héctor Garza January 31, 2008 Tijuana
WWA Trios Champions Los Brazos
(Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata & El Brazo)		 June 12, 1998 Tijuana
WWA World Women's Champion Ayako Hamada March 23, 2003
WWA World Minis Champion Mascarita Plateada November 3, 2011

[edit] Footnotes

1 Although the official WWA Junior Heavyweight title is currently being defended in Mexico, A disputed Branch of the title has surfaced in Japan.
2 The last recorded champion was Rey Misterio, Jr. who defeated Juventud Guerrera in Querétaro on June 16, 1995.

[edit] Roster

The roster included some widely popular wrestlers such as:

[edit] On DVD

in 2006 World Wrestling Organization was released on DVD. It features 25 matches from The WWA broadcasts that were featured on Fox sports en Espanol.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wrestling Promoters List". Wrestling Information Archive. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/promoters.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-29. 
  2. ^ 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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