IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship

IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
Shiima Nobunaga, the second ever Welterweight champion
Details
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group
Date established March 1, 1998[1]
Current champion(s) Emperador Azteca[2]
Date won June 18, 2017[2]

The IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Intercontinental Welter IWRG in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since 1998.[1] The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to.[Note 1][3] Because Lucha Libre puts more emphasis on the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of the promotion.[4] 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 first Welterweight champion was Dr. Cerebro, winning the title on March 1, 1998 in a tournament final against Shiima Nobunaga.[1] Emperador Azteca is the champion, having defeated Argentinean wrestler Mosco to win the championship on June 18, 2017.[2] Emperdor Azteca is the 36th and then 19th wrestler to have held the Champions. Cerebro Negro being the person with most title reigns, a total of six. Cerebro Negro is also the individual to have the shortest reign, seven days while Dr. Cerebro has had the longest individual reign at 788 days.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  Dr. Cerebro  March 1, 1998  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  287 Defeated Shiima Nobunaga in the finals of a 16-man tournament. [1]
 2  Shiima Nobunaga  December 13, 1998  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  175   [1]
 3  Último Vampiro  June 6, 1999  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  340   [1]
 4  Dr. Cerebro  May 11, 2000  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  49   [5][6]
 5  Ciclón Ramírez  June 29, 2000  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  45    [5][6]
 6  Dr. Cerebro  August 13, 2000  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  788    [5][6]
 7  Cerebro Negro  October 10, 2002  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  17    [7]
 8  Fantasy  October 27, 2002  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  301    [7]
 9  Cerebro Negro  August 24, 2003  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  105    [8]
 10  Avisman  December 7, 2003  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  132    [8]
 11  Cerebro Negro  April 17, 2004  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  499    [9]
 12  Avisman  April 24, 2004  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  652    [9]
 13  Fantasma de la Ópera  February 5, 2006  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  175    [10]
 14  Panterita / Freelance  July 30, 2006  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  210 Panterita changed his ring persona to Freelance during the title reign. [10]
 15  Cerebro Negro  February 25, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  4  119    [11]
 16  Fantasma de la Ópera  March 18, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  123 Defeated Cerebro Negro in a 10-man steel cage match. [11]
 17  Black Terry  July 19, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  94    [11]
 18  Cerebro Negro  October 21, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  5  11    [11]
 19  Fantasma de la Ópera  November 1, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  45 Defeated Cerebro Negro and Black Terry in a three-way elimination title vs. mask vs. hair match. Ópera's mask, Negro's title and Terry's hair were at stake. Negro was the last to be pinned, so he lost the title. [11]
 20  Black Terry  December 16, 2007  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  98    [11]
 21  Multifacético  March 23, 2008  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  67    [12]
 22  Fuerza Guerrera  May 29, 2008  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  101    [12]
 23  Black Terry  September 7, 2008  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  3  70 Defeated Multifacético and Fuerza Guerrera in a three-way elimination title vs. mask vs. hair match. Multifacético's mask, Guerrera's title and Terry's hair were at stake. Guerrera was the last to be pinned, so he lost the title [12]
 24  Fuerza Guerrera  November 16, 2008  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  553 Defeated Black Terry in a match with Guerrera's mask and Terry's hair and title on the line. [12]
 25  Dr. Cerebro  May 23, 2010  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  4  14   [13]
 26  CIMA  June 6, 2010  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  448    [13]
— Vacated  August 28, 2011 — — — — Vacated when CIMA did not return to Mexico to defend the championship.  
 27  Golden Magic  September 8, 2011  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  105 Defeated Bestia 666 in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [13]
 28  Eterno  December 22, 2011   Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  290 Eterno's WWS Welterweight Championship was also on the line in the match. [14]
 29  Oficial Rayan  October 7, 2012  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  140   [15]
 30  Dinamic Black  February 24, 2013  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  210   [16]
— Vacated  September 22, 2013 — — — — Vacated when Dinamic Black left IWRG.
 31  Canis Lupus  September 29, 2013  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  67    
 32  Golden Magic  December 5, 2013  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  346    
 33  Canis Lupus  November 16, 2014  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  519 This was a "Mask. vs Title" match.  
— Vacated  April 18, 2016 — — — — IWRG announced a tournament for the championship, but did not explain why Canis Lupus was not defending the championship [17]
 34  Cerebro Negro  April 20, 2016  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  6  291 Defeated Mike Segura in the finals of a tournament for the vacant championship. [18]
 35  Mosca  February 5, 2017  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  133   [19]
 36  Emperador Azteca  June 18, 2017  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  371   [2]
 37  Cerebro Negro  June 24, 2018  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  7  115+

Championship reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
3 Cerebro Negro61,142
2 Dr. Cerebro41,138
3 Avisman2785
4 Fuerza Guerrera2654
5 Shiima Nobunaga / CIMA2623
6 Canis Lupus2587
7 Golden Magic2451
8 Fantasma de la Ópera3343
9 Último Vampiro1340
10 Fantasy1301
11 Eterno1290
12 Black Terry3262
13 Dinamic Black1210
Panterita / Freelance1210
15 Oficial Rayan1140
16 Mosca1133
17 Multifacético167
18 Ciclón Ramírez145
19 Emperador Azteca †1486+

Footnotes

  1. ↑ One example the weightlimits not being strictly enforced is Mephisto winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a championship with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2006). "(Mexico) Mexico: IWRG Welterweight title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 402. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Oficiales contra Piratas, peligrosa rivalidad y Emperador Azteca nuevo Campeón Intercontinental de peso Welter" [Los Oficiales versus Piratas in a dangerou rivalry and Emperador Azteca new Intercontinental Welterweight Champion]. The Gladiatores (in Spanish). June 18, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ 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: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 78 kilos"
  4. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  5. 1 2 3 "2000 Especial". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–20. issue 2488.
  6. 1 2 3 "SLAM Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Box y Lucha staff (January 19, 2003). "2002: considerar detrás". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). 2593.
  8. 1 2 "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. 40.
  9. 1 2 "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana durante el 2004". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 24, 2005. 91.
  10. 1 2 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2007 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). December 26, 2007. issue 244. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  13. 1 2 3 "International Wrestling Revolution Group Intercontienental Welterweight Title". Wrestling-titles.com. October 8, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  14. ↑ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (December 23, 2011). "Trauma I desenmascara al Oficial AK-47". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  15. ↑ "El Ángel, nuevo campeón de peso medio". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  16. ↑ Acosta, Hugo (February 24, 2013). "Dinamik Black Nuevo Monarca Intercontinental Welter IWRG". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). Blogger. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  17. ↑ Black Terry Jr. (April 18, 2016). "20 de Abril Arena Naucalpan" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  18. ↑ Lizarraga, Alfonso (April 21, 2016). "En sangriento combate Canis Lupus vence a Trauma I". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Pirata Morgan Jr. en busca de la revancha contra Golden Magic". The Gladiatores (in Spanish). February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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