WWA World Lightweight Championship

The WWA World Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de peso Ligero WWA in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) from 1987 until 1995. The official definition of the Welterweight 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.[lower-alpha 1][1] It was first won by Mano Negra in 1987 and defended throughout Mexico until 1995 when the title was first declared vacant and then later on inactive.

WWA World Lightweight Championship
(Campeonato Mundial de peso Ligero WWA)
Details
PromotionUniversal Wrestling Association (UWA)
Date established1987
Date retired1995

As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 2] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[lower-alpha 3] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 4] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 5]

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
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  Mano Negra  1987  Live event [lower-alpha 6]  1   [lower-alpha 7]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990.
 2  El Hijo del Black Shadow  July 1990  Live event N/A  1  [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 7]
 3  Askari El Gringo  December 29, 1990  Live event Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 7]
 4  El Hijo del Black Shadow  November 1991  Live event N/A  2  [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 7]
 5  Espanto Jr.  August 7, 1992  Live event Querétaro, Mexico  1   [lower-alpha 7]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993.
 6  Rey Misterio Jr.  [lower-alpha 11]  Live event N/A  1   [lower-alpha 7]
 7  Juventud Guerrera  October 1993  Live event Monterrey, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 12] [lower-alpha 7]
 8  Rey Misterio Jr.  November 30, 1994  Live event Matamoros, Mexico  2  92 [lower-alpha 7]
 9  Juventud Guerrera  March 2, 1995  Live event Xalapa, Mexico  2  106 Guerrera won the title during a tag team match. [lower-alpha 7]
 10  Rey Misterio Jr.  June 16, 1995  Live event Queretearo, Mexico  3  [lower-alpha 13] [lower-alpha 7]
— Deactivated  1995 — — — — Championship vacated and later inactivated

Footnotes
  1. 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).
  2. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[2]
  3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[3]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[4]
  5. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[5]
  6. The location of the title change has not been captured as part of the documentation.
  7. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA Lightweight Title" [6]
  8. The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing his reign between 151 and 181 days.
  9. The exact date on which Askari El Gringo lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 307 and 336 days.
  10. The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 251 and 280 days.
  11. Records do not indicate when Rey Misterio Jr. won the championship, just that he did.
  12. The exact date on which Juventud Guerrera won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 395 and 425 days.
  13. The exact date on which Rey Misterio Jr. was stripped of the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 198 days.

References
  • Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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: "Pluma 63 kilos / Ligero 70 kilos"
  2. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  3. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
  6. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 400.
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