British Light Heavyweight Championship

The British Light Heavyweight Championship was a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit. The title's broken history dates back to the 1920s. After going inactive in 2004, the title was re-activated in 2014.

British Light Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionWorld of Sport
All Star Wrestling
Date established1920s
Current champion(s)Dean Allmark
Date won19 August 2014

The championship was recognised and defended on matches screened by UK national television network ITV as part of the professional wrestling slot on World of Sport as well as standalone broadcasts.[1][2] Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine TVTimes.[3][4]

Title history

This is the combined list of different versions of the British Heavyweight Titles, each of which was probably the most significant version at the time. Each version may or may not be connected to another. However, all title changes are either actual or "official" unless indicated otherwise.

Original
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
1 Sam Clapham 1920s House show N/A 1 N/A First recorded champion. [5]
2 Atholl Oakeley 1930 House show N/A 1 N/A Legacy from Clapham uncertain [5]
3 Dick Wills 1932 House show N/A 1 N/A   [5]
4 Robert H Cook 1936-1938 House show Manchester 1 N/A Won title from Wills 08/05/1936. Won European Light Heavyweight title from Milo Popocopolis 22/05/1936. [5]
5 Bill McDonald 1947 House show N/A 1 N/A Legacy from Cook uncertain [5]
6 Charley Fisher June 1950 House show N/A 1 N/A [5]
7 Sonny Wallis July 1950 House show N/A 1 N/A Vacated title [5]
8 Norman Walsh February 1951 House show Edinburgh 1 N/A Defeated Tony Baer to win the title. [5]
9 Les Kellett N/A House show N/A 1 N/A   [5]
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
1 Dennis Mitchell 1952 House show N/A 1 N/A   [5]
2 Ernie Riley 1952 House show N/A 1 N/A Defeated "Iron Man" Steve Logan to win the title. [5]
3 Charley Fisher N/A House show N/A 2 N/A Legacy from Riley uncertain. Vacated the title in 1955 after leaving the Light Heavyweight division. [5]
4 Ernie Riley 1955 House show N/A 2 N/A Defeated "Iron Man" Steve Logan to win the title. [5]
5 Billy Joyce 1957 House show N/A 1 N/A   [5]
6 Ernie Riley N/A House show N/A 3 N/A   [5]
7 Roy St. Clair 1960 House show Nottingham 1 N/A   [5]
8 Ernie Riley May 1961 House show N/A 4 N/A Riley retired as champion in December 1969. [5]
9 Billy Joyce 27 March 1971 House show Blackburn 2 2,057 Defeated Tony Charles for the vacant title. Retired as champion in 1976. [5]
10 Marty Jones 12 November 1976 House show Wolverhampton 1 N/A Defeated Mark Rocco for the vacant title. Jones vacates the title in 1982 after winning the World Mid-Heavyweight Championship. [5]
11 Dave Finlay 24 February 1983 House show Oldham 1 275 Defeated Ringo Rigby in a tournament final [5]
12 Marty Jones 26 November 1983 House show Manchester 2 N/A   [5]
13 Dave Finlay February 1984 {NLT) House show N/A 2 N/A   [5]
14 Marty Jones 8 February 1984 House show Leamington 3 343 Jones vacated the title in 1984 after regaining the World Mid-Heavyweight Championship. [5]
15 Alan Kilby 16 January 1985 House show Walsall 1 N/A Defeated Steve Logan[Note 1] to win the vacant title. [5]

All Star Wrestling
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
1 King Ben 25 March 1988 House show Keighley 1 N/A   [5]
2 Alan Kilby 1988 House show N/A 2 N/A   [5]
3 Skull Murphy (Peter Northey) N/A House show Norwich 1 N/A   [5]
4 Alan Kilby September 1995 (NLT) House show N/A 3 N/A   [5]
5 Danny Boy Collins 2 April 1996 House show Croydon 1 N/A   [5]
6 Alan Kilby January 1998 (NLT) House show N/A 4 N/A   [5]
7 Ian Wilson 10 October 1998 House show Norwich 1 N/A   [5]
8 Alan Kilby November 1998 House show Norwich 5 N/A Last claimed the title on 1 November 2004. [5]
9 Dean Allmark 2014 House show N/A 1 N/A    
10 Seiki Yoshioka 6 July 2014 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 44   [6][7]
11 Dean Allmark 19 August 2014 House show Rhyl 2 2,356+   [8]

Footnotes
  1. unrelated to the Steve Logan listed above

See also

References
  1. "Marty Jones capture of vacant British Light Heavyweight title in tournament final over Mark Rocco in Wolverhampton 12 October 1976". World Of Sport - Wrestling. ITV. 23 October 1976.
  2. "Fit Finlay capture of vacant British Light Heavyweight title in tournament final over Ringo Rigby in Oldham 24 February 1983". World Of Sport - Wrestling. ITV. 12 March 1983.
  3. "For the vacant British Light Heavyweight Championship: Marty Jones v Mark Rocco". Saturday 23 October - Friday 29 October 1976 - Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ""For the vacant British Light Heavyweight Championship: Fit Finlay v Ringo Rigby"". Saturday 12 March - Friday 18 March 1983 - Saturday listings page. TVTimes. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Europe - Great Britain: British Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 403. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. "Fighting Entertainment Wrestle-1 「衝撃～Impact～」". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2014-07-06. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  7. "イングランド遠征中の吉岡世起選手初防衛戦決定のお知らせ". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  8. "イングランドでの吉岡世起選手、初防衛戦結果のお知らせ". Wrestle-1 (in Japanese). 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
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