WWA Light Heavyweight Championship

WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA
Details
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)
Date established 1987
Current champion(s) Atlantis
Date won December 5, 2014

The WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by World Wrestling Association (WWA) in Mexico since 1987. 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 official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] It was first won by El Cobarde II in 1987 and has since then been held by at least 9 wrestlers, although records for parts of the title history has not been found. The current champion is Atlantis, who won it in December 2014. 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
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  El Cobarde II  1987  Live event N/A  1   Records are not clear on who El Cobarde defeated to win the championship
 2  Lizmark  April 1, 1988  Live event Tijuana, Mexico  1  
— N/A — —
 3  Enrique Vera    Live event N/A  1  
 4  Lizmark  June 1990  Live event [Note 2]  2  [Note 3]
 5  La Parka  August 1993  Live event [Note 2]  1  [Note 4]
 6  Lizmark  September 1993  Live event [Note 2]  3  [Note 5]
 7  La Parka  June 20, 1994  Live event Monterrey, Mexico  2  
— N/A — —
 8  El Dandy  January 2001  Live event Nuevo Laredo, Mexico  1  [Note 6]
 9  Asterisco  June 17, 2001  Live event Reynosa, Mexico  1   [3]
— N/A — —
 10  Kiss  January 17, 2003  Live event Tijuana, Mexico  1   Defeated Rey Misterio Sr. to win the vacant title. [4]
— N/A — —
 11  Blue Demon Jr.  March 2008  Live event Oaxaca, Oaxaca  1  [Note 7] Won the vacant title in a one-night tournament. [5]
— Vacated N/A — — — — Championship vacated due to inactivity. [5]
 12  Heddi Karaoui  November 30, 2013 Live event  Mexico City  1 Won the vacant title against Negro Navarro.
— Vacated N/A — — — —
 13  Atlantis  December 5, 2014  Live event Tijuana  1  1,407+ Won the vacant title against Negro Casas.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. 1 2 3 The location of the title change has not been captured.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won and lost the championship is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,128 and 1,187 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which La Parka won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,097 and 151 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 172 and 292 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which El Dandy won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 2 and 167 days.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. winning the title is unknown, which means that his title reign has lasted at least 3,847 days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: WWA Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
Specific sources
  1. ↑ 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: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos"
  2. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: World Wrestling Association (Benjamin Mora)". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. ↑ "2001: Los Campeones". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 15–17. issue 2540.
  4. ↑ "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. issue 40.
  5. 1 2 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
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