The UWA World Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Ligero UWA in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until some time around 2000 when Kato Kung Lee, Jr. stopped defending it. Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the lightweight 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.[Note 1][1] The first champion was El Matematico, winning the title in December 1975. When the UWA closed in 1995 the title was vacated, but 2 years later it was brought back as an Independent circuit title when Kato Kung Lee, Jr. won it.
Title history
- Key
Symbol |
Meaning |
# |
The overall championship reign |
Reign |
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
Event |
The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
N/A |
The specific information has not been found |
— |
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
+ |
Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day. |
† |
Indicates Championship reigns after the UWA closed down |
No. |
Champion |
Reign |
Date |
Days held |
Location |
Event |
Notes |
Ref. |
1 |
El Matematico |
1 |
December 21, 1975 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Pachuca, Mexico |
UWA Show |
Defeated Hashi Masataka to become first champion. |
[2][3] |
2 |
El Signo |
1 |
December 28, 1976 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
March 19, 1978 |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
[2][3] |
3 |
Black Man |
1 |
September 10, 1978 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
Defeated El Matematico to win the title. |
[2][3] |
4 |
Black Terry |
1 |
September 30, 1981 |
[Note 2] |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] [4] |
5 |
Negro Casas |
1 |
January 1984 |
[Note 3] |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
6 |
El Hijo del Santo |
1 |
October 28, 1984 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
7 |
Aristotle I |
1 |
July 14, 1985 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3][5] |
8 |
El Hijo del Santo |
2 |
September 1, 1985 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Mexico City, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3][5] |
9 |
Espanto, Jr. |
1 |
July 26, 1987 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Torreon, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
10 |
El Hijo del Santo |
3 |
May 1, 1988 |
[Note 4] |
Naucalpan, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
January 1991 |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
Championship vacated when El Hijo del Santo moves up to the Welterweight division |
[2][3][6] |
11 |
Lasser |
1 |
February 5, 1991 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico |
UWA Show |
Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a 24-man championship tournament to win the vacant title. |
[2][3][6] |
12 |
Rocky Santana |
1 |
September 6, 1992 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tokyo, Japan |
UWA Show |
The first major title defence ever held outside Mexico. |
[2][3] |
13 |
Lasser |
2 |
September 9, 1992 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Sapporo, Japan |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
14 |
Cassandro |
1 |
October 29, 1992 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Toluca, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3] |
15 |
Semanarista |
1 |
June 14, 1994 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Querétaro, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3][7] |
16 |
Loco Valentino |
1 |
September 22, 1994 |
[Note 5] |
Tulancingo, Mexico |
UWA Show |
|
[2][3][7] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
1995 |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
Championship vacated when the UWA Closes |
[2][3][8] |
17 |
Kato Kung Lee, Jr. |
1 |
May 9, 1997 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tulancingo, Mexico |
Live event |
Kato Kung Lee, Jr. wins the vacant title which had been inactive for two years. |
[2][3] |
18 |
Inactive |
— |
2000 |
— |
N/A |
N/A |
Kato Kung Lee, Jr. did not defended the title since 2000. |
[3] [9][10] |
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ The exact date on which Black Terry lost the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
- ↑ The exact date on which negro Casas won the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
- ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
- ↑ The exact date on which the championship was is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
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