WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)
| WWA World Heavyweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Peso Completo WWA | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Association (WWA) | ||||||||||
| Date established | September 4, 1986 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. | ||||||||||
| Date won | March 21, 2003 | ||||||||||
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The WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Peso Completo WWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1986. As the Championship was designated as a heavyweight title, the Championship can only officially be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least 105 kg (231 lb).[1] However, as with most heavyweight titles the "minimum" weight requirement is often ignored.
The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.
Bill Anderson was the first champion, defeating Tinieblas in the finals of a tournament on October 4, 1986. Perro Aguayo is the wrestler that has held the championship the most times, three, Mil Mascaras is the only other wrestler to have won the title more than once. The current champion is Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., having defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. in a tournament final on March 21, 2003. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows.[2]
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 that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented, could have been inactive | |
| + | Indicates that the number changes daily |
| ¤ | The length of the specific reign is too uncertain to calculate. |
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Anderson | 1 | October 4, 1986 | 119 | [Note 1] | Live event | Defeated Tinieblas to become first champion. | |
| 2 | Tinieblas | 1 | January 31, 1987 | [Note 2] | Los Angeles, California | Live event | ||
| 3 | Super Halcon | 1 | August 1987 | ¤ | Los Angeles, California | Live event | ||
| 4 | Dos Caras | 1 | 1989 | [Note 3] | [Note 1] | Live event | ||
| 5 | Scorpio, Jr. | 1 | September 19, 1990 | 36 | Naucalpan, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 6 | Mil Mascaras | 1 | October 25, 1991 | [Note 4] | Tijuana, Mexico | Live event | ||
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Vacated | —
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1994 | —
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N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for unknown reasons | |
| 7 | Perro Aguayo | 1 | September 18, 1994 | [Note 5] | Nuevo Laredo, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Cien Caras to win the vacant title. | |
| 8 | Cien Caras | 1 | 1995 | [Note 6] | Live event | |||
| 9 | Perro Aguayo | 2 | October 4, 1995 | 23 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 10 | Cibernético | 1 | October 27, 1995 | 49 | Tehuacan, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 11 | Perro Aguayo | 3 | December 15, 1995 | 560 | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 12 | Cobarde, Jr. | 1 | June 27, 1997 | [Note 7] | Tala, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 13 | Mil Mascaras | 2 | 1999 | [Note 1] | Live event | |||
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Vacated | —
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N/A | —
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N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for unknown reasons | |
| 14 | Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. | 1 | March 21, 2003 | 7,923+ | Tijuana, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. to win the vacant title. | [3] |
Footnotes
- ^ a b c The exact location of the title change has not been captured as part of the championship documentation.
- ^ The exact date on which Tinieblas lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 182 and 212 days.
- ^ The exact date on which Dos Caras won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 262 and 626 days.
- ^ The exact date on which the tite was vacated is unknown, placing the title reign between 799 and 1,163 days.
- ^ The exact date on which Pero Aguayo lost the tite is unknown, placing the title reign between 105 and 380 days.
- ^ The exact date on which Cien Caras won the tite is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 276 days.
- ^ The exact date on which Cobarde, Jr. lost the tite is unknown, placing the title reign between 553 and 917 days.
References
- General source for title history before 2000
- Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA World Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title (Benjamin Mora Jr.)". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific
- ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (2001-08-30). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Profesional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
Completo 105 kilos sin limite
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: World Wrestling Association (Benjamin Mora)". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 5, 2003). "Número Especial - Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003". Super Luchas (in Spanish). issue 40.