UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship
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| UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Current champion Súper Nova
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| Current champion(s) | Súper Nova | ||||||||||
| Date won | May 17, 2013 | ||||||||||
| Date established | November 20, 1977 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Association New Japan Pro Wrestling Toryumon Mexican independent circuit |
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The UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundia de Peso Completo Junior UWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship that was originally promoted by the Mexican lucha libre Professional wrestling) promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA). the UWA operated from 1975 to 1995 but the title is still defended on the Mexican independent circuit after the UWA closed. The weight range for this championship is 97 kg (214 lb) to 107 kg (236 lb) but is not strictly enforced to these days.[Note 1][1] The UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship has also been promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling and was at one time one of the eight championships that made up the J-Crown Championship. Following the breakup of the J-Crown, the championship was used by the Toryumon promotion but has since then returned to Mexico where it's defended on the independent circuit.
Super Nova is the current holder of the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship, having defeated Operativo 209 for the title on May 17, 2013.[2]
Title history
- Key
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| † | Indicates Championship reigns after the UWA closed down |
| § | Indicates that the title reign was part of the J-Crown Championship. |
| Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented, could have been inactive |
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1 | Cesar Valentino | 1 | November 20, 1977 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Anibal America Salvaje to become the first champion. | |
| 2 | Gran Hamada | 1 | February 4, 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 3 | Perro Aguayo | 1 | April 11, 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | December 15, 1979 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Perro Aguayo was unable to defend due to injury. | |
| 5 | El Solitario | 1 | January 27, 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Masanobu Kurisu to win the vacant title. | |
| 6 | Eric Embry | 1 | March 30, 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 7 | El Solitario | 2 | July 19, 1981 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 8 | El Signo | 1 | June 10, 1934 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | February 15, 1984 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated after El Signo makes an unauthorized title defense against Kato Kung Lee. | |
| 9 | Anibal | 1 | May 27, 1984 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | Defeated El Texano in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| 10 | Invader III | 1 | September 15, 1984 | Unknown | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Live event | ||
| 11 | Anibal | 1 | 1984 | Unknown | Unknown | Live event | ||
| 12 | Negro Navarro | 1 | January 6, 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 13 | Mano Negra | 1 | February 25, 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 14 | El Cobarde II | 1 | December 8, 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 15 | Gran Hamada | 2 | March 4, 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 16 | Blue Panther | 1 | November 16, 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 17 | Solar I | 1 | May 25, 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 18 | Blue Panther | 2 | February 8, 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 19 | Gran Cochisse | 1 | September 16, 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 20 | Ringo Mendoza | 1 | April 29, 1989 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ----- align="center"
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| 21 | Perro Aguayo | 1 | June 29, 1990 | Unknown | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | February 1992 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Perro Aguayo left the promotion. | |
| 22 | Gran Hamada | 3 | December 12, 1992 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Black Power II in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| 23 | El Engendro | 1 | September 12, 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Naucalpan, México, Mexico | Live event | ||
| 24 | Gran Hamada | 4 | September 22, 1993 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico | Live event | After the UWA closed in 1995, Gran Hamada brings the title with him to Japan. | |
| 24 | Sabu † | 1 | November 23, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Kawasaki, Japan | Live event | ||
| 26 | El Samurai † | 1 | December 1, 1995 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Niigata, Japan | Live event | ||
| 27 | Koji Kanemoto † | 1 | March 17, 1996 | Unknown | Amagasaki, Japan | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | May 1996 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated when Kanemoto is unable to defend it due to injury. | |
| 28 | Shinjiro Otani † | 1 | June 7, 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | Defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to win the vacant title. | |
| 29 | Último Dragón § | 1 | August 4, 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | Defeated Otani in the second round of the New Japan J-Crown Tournament. | |
| 30 | The Great Sasuke § | 1 | August 5, 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | Defeated Dragón in the finals of the J-Crown Tournament to become the first J-Crown Champion. | |
| 31 | Último Dragón § | 2 | October 11, 1996 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | Live event | ||
| 32 | Jushin Thunder Liger § | 1 | January 4, 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | Wrestling World. | ||
| 33 | El Samurai § | 2 | July 6, 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Sapporo, Japan | Live event | ||
| 34 | Shinjiro Otani § | 2 | August 10, 1997 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Nagoya, Japan | Live event | ||
| — | Vacated | — | November 5, 1997 | — | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated after the J-Crown championship is divided back into the original championships. | |
| 35 | Gran Hamada † | 5 | July 30, 1998 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Ninohe, Japan | Live event | Defeated Convict I to win the vacant title. | |
| 36 | El Cobarde † | 1 | February 15, 1999 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Live event | Defeated Perro Aguayo to win the title. | |
| 37 | Heavy Metal † | 1 | April 10, 2000 | Unknown | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Live event | [4] | |
| 38 | Silver King † | 1 | 2006 | Unknown | Unknown | Live event | [5] | |
| 39 | Diluvio Negro II † | 1 | February 25, 2007 | Unknown | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | Live event | [6] | |
| 41 | Histeria † | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Live event | [2] | |
| 42 | El Pulpo † | 1 | June 16, 2011 | Unknown | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico | Live event | [2] | |
| 44 | Operativo 209 † | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Live event | [2] | |
| 45 | Super Nova † | 1 | May 17, 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | Yakima, Washington, United States | Live event | [6] |
Footnotes
- ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
References
- General source on title changes before 2000
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Specific
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
