WCPW Lightweight Championship

The WCPW Lightweight Championship was a professional wrestling lightweight title in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was a secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate lightweight title (up to 210 lbs).

WCPW Lightweight Championship
Details
PromotionWindy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 12, 1991
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Other name(s)
WCW Middleweight Championship

The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Trevor Blanchard in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 1991 to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion. V-Factor holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 755 days, Anthony's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Evan Money's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to The Mizfit a mere 14 days after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

Name Years
WCW Lightweight Championship 1991 1996
WCPW Lightweight Championship 1997 2010

Reigns

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Mike Anthony 1 April 12, 1991 722 Chicago, Illinois Live event Anthony defeated Trevor Blanchard to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion; the match may have been repeated the following night in Hebron, Indiana. [1][2][3]
Vacated April 3, 1993 Chicago, Illinois Live event The championship is vacated when Mike Anthony abandons the title to enter the middleweight division. [1][2]
2 Trevor Blanchard 1 April 3, 1992 414 Harvard, Illinois Live event Blanchard is awarded the championship. [1]
3 Christopher Daniels 1 May 22, 1993 532 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
4 Steve Boz 1 November 5, 1994 350 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
5 Brandon Bishop 1 October 21, 1995 459 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
6 Chi Town T 1 January 22, 1997 94 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
7 Terry Allen 1 April 26, 1997 515 Crete, Illinois Live event [1][2]
8 Jason Reign 1 September 23, 1998 66 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
9 Vic Capri 1 November 28, 1998 315 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1][2]
10 Nick Brunswick 1 October 9, 1999 224 Tinley Park, Illinois War at the World, Day 1 (1999) [1][2]
11 Mike Masters 1 May 20, 2000 371 Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000) [2]
12 Robbie Dawber 1 May 26, 2001 274 Hammond, Indiana Live event [2]
13 9-Mil 1 February 24, 2002 231 Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event [2]
14 The Great Milenko 1 October 13, 2002 N/A Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event [2]
Vacated 2003 N/A N/A The championship is vacated when The Great Milenko is stripped of the title.
15 Acid Jaz 1 May 17, 2003 N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 15 (2003)
16 Justin Adams 1 2004 N/A N/A Live event
17 Marshe Rockett 1 2005 N/A N/A Live event
18 Isaias Velasquez 1 May 20, 2006 N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 18 (2006) This was a Triple Threat match involving Petey Williams.
Vacated June 2007 N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Velasquez is suspended and subsequently stripped of the title.
19 V-Factor 1 October 26, 2007 338 Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2007) V-Factor defeated TC Washington for the vacant championship.
20 Bart Banggs 1 September 28, 2008 76 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show
21 Barry Ryte 1 December 13, 2008 245 Calumet City, Illinois Live event
22 V-Factor 2 August 15, 2009 189 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
23 Buddy Roberts, Jr. 1 February 20, 2010 105 Chicago, Illinois Live event This was a gauntlet match also involving NBK, Tommy Eastgate, Evan Money, and D-Block.
Vacated June 5, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Live event
24 Evan Money 1 September 18, 2010 14 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show This was a three-way match involving Mizfitt Manners.
25 Mizfitt Manners 1 October 2, 2010 75 Bridgeview, Illinois Battle of the Belts 22 (2010)
Deactivated December 16, 2010 N/A N/A WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mizfitt Manners was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

List of combined reigns

<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Mike Anthony 1 722
2 Christopher Daniels 1 532
3 V-Factor 2 527
4 Terry Allen 1 515
5 Brandon Bishop 1 459
6 Trevor Blanchard 1 414
7 Mike Masters 1 371
8 Steve Boz 1 350
9 Vic Capri 1 315
10 Robbie Dawber 1 274
11 Barry Ryte 1 245
12 9-Mil 1 231
13 Nick Brunswick 1 224
14 Buddy Roberts, Jr. 1 105
15 Chi Town T 1 94
15 Bart Banggs 1 76
17 The Mizfit 1 75
18 Jason Reign 1 66

Footnotes

  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

  1. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Windy City Pro Wrestling (2002). "WCPW Lightweight (up to 210 lb.)..." WCPW/UAPW Title Histories. WindyCityProWrestling.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  3. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "WCPW Lightweight Championship". Titel. Cagematch.de. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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