UWA World Lightweight Championship |
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Details |
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Promotion |
Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) |
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Date established |
December 21, 1975 |
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Current champion(s) |
Kato Kung Lee, Jr. |
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Date won |
May 9, 1997 |
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Statistics |
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First champion(s) |
El Matematico |
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Most reigns |
El Hijo del Santo (3 reigns) |
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Longest reign |
Kato Kung Lee, Jr. (7002967000000000000♠967 days) |
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Shortest reign |
Rocky Santana(7 days) |
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The UWA World Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Ligero UWA in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until some time around 2000 when Kato Kung Lee, Jr. stopped defending it. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the lightweight weight class in Mexico is between 63 kg (139 lb) and 70 kg (150 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to.[Note 1][1] The first champion was El Matematico, winning the title in December 1975. When the UWA closed in 1995 the title was vacated, but 2 years later it was brought back as an Independent circuit title when Kato Kung Lee, Jr. won it.
Title history
Key
No. |
Overall reign number |
Reign |
Reign number for the specific champion |
Days |
Number of days held |
No. |
Champion |
Championship change |
Reign statistics |
Notes |
Ref. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Reign |
Days
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1 |
El Matematico |
December 21, 1975 |
UWA Show |
Pachuca, Mexico |
1 |
7002373000000000000♠373 |
Defeated Hashi Masataka to become first champion. |
[2][3]
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2 |
El Signo |
December 28, 1976 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
7002436000000000000♠436 |
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[2][3]
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— |
Vacated |
March 19, 1978 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
[2][3]
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3 |
Black Man |
September 10, 1978 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
7003111600000000000♠1,116 |
Defeated El Matematico to win the title. |
[2][3]
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4 |
Black Terry |
September 30, 1981 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
[Note 2] |
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[2][3][4]
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5 |
Negro Casas |
January 1984 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
[Note 3] |
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[2][3]
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6 |
El Hijo del Santo |
October 28, 1984 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
7002249000000000000♠249 |
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[2][3]
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7 |
Aristotle I |
July 14, 1985 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
1 |
7001490000000000000♠49 |
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[2][3][5]
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8 |
El Hijo del Santo |
September 1, 1985 |
UWA Show |
Mexico City |
2 |
7002693000000000000♠693 |
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[2][3][5]
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9 |
Espanto Jr. |
July 26, 1987 |
UWA Show |
Torreon, Mexico |
1 |
7002280000000000000♠280 |
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[2][3]
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10 |
El Hijo del Santo |
May 1, 1988 |
UWA Show |
Naucalpan, State of Mexico |
3 |
[Note 4] |
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[2][3]
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— |
Vacated |
January 1991 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Championship vacated when El Hijo del Santo moves up to the Welterweight division |
[2][3][6]
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11 |
Lasser |
February 5, 1991 |
UWA Show |
Puebla, Puebla |
1 |
7002579000000000000♠579 |
Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a 24-man championship tournament to win the vacant title. |
[2][3][6]
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12 |
Rocky Santana |
September 6, 1992 |
UWA Show |
Tokyo, Japan |
1 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
The first major title defence ever held outside Mexico. |
[2][3]
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13 |
Lasser |
September 9, 1992 |
UWA Show |
Sapporo, Japan |
2 |
7001500000000000000♠50 |
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[2][3]
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14 |
Cassandro |
October 29, 1992 |
UWA Show |
Toluca, Mexico |
1 |
7002593000000000000♠593 |
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[2][3]
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15 |
Semanarista |
June 14, 1994 |
UWA Show |
Querétaro, Mexico |
1 |
7002100000000000000♠100 |
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[2][3][7]
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16 |
Loco Valentino |
September 22, 1994 |
UWA Show |
Tulancingo, Mexico |
1 |
[Note 5] |
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[2][3][7]
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— |
Vacated |
1995 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Championship vacated when the UWA Closes |
[2][3][8]
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17 |
Kato Kung Lee Jr. |
May 9, 1997 |
Live event |
Tulancingo, Mexico |
1 |
7002967000000000000♠967 |
Kato Kung Lee Jr. wins the vacant title which had been inactive for two years. |
[2][3]
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18 |
Inactive |
2000 |
N/A |
N/A |
— |
— |
Kato Kung Lee Jr. had not defended the title since 2000. |
[3] [9][10]
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- ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto, who holds the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
- ↑ The exact date on which Black Terry lost the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 7002823000000000000♠823 and 7002853000000000000♠853 days.
- ↑ The exact date on which negro Casas won the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 7002271000000000000♠271 and 7002301000000000000♠301 days.
- ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 7002975000000000000♠975 and 7003100500000000000♠1,005 days.
- ↑ The exact date on which the championship was is unknown, placing the title reign between 7002101000000000000♠101 and 7002465000000000000♠465 days.
References
- ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "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 April 3, 2009.
Articulo 242: "Pluma 63 kilos / Ligero 70 kilos"
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: UWA Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "U.W.A. World Lightweight Title". Wrestling Titles.com. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "1981 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1981. pp. 2–28. issue 1501.
- 1 2 "1985 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1985. pp. 2–28. issue 17080.
- 1 2 "1991 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1991. pp. 2–28. issue 2020.
- 1 2 "1994 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 8, 1994. pp. 2–28. issue 2176.
- ↑ "1995 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1995. pp. 2–28. issue 2228.
- ↑ "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–28. issue 2488.
- ↑ "2001 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 2–28. Issue 2540.