The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling claimed that Jim Backlund won the championship, something not officially acknowledged by the AWA. From 1988 through the closure of the AWA in 1991 there were two separate lineages, with the championship recognized by FMW being renamed in 1991 to become the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship and then later on the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship before being abandoned altogether in 1993.[1]
Title history
Key
Symbol
Meaning
No.
The overall championship reign
Reign
The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event
The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A
The specific information is not known
—
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #]
Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
AWA officially closes in 1991 after not promoting shows since the fall of 1990. The championship is renamed the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship at some point during Backlund's reign