UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship

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UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship
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Promotion Universal Wrestling Association
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Toryumon
Mexican independent circuit
Date establishedNovember 20, 1977
Current champion(s)Inactive

The UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundia de Peso Semicompleto 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. [lower-alpha 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.

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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] 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
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/AThe 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.ChampionReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotesRef.
1Cesar Valentino1November 20, 1977441 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Anibal America Salvaje to become the first champion. [lower-alpha 6]
2 Gran Hamada 1February 4, 197966 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
3 Perro Aguayo 1April 11, 1979248 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated —December 15, 1979—N/AN/AChampionship vacated when Perro Aguayo was unable to defend due to injury. [lower-alpha 6]
5 El Solitario 1January 27, 1980428 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Masanobu Kurisu to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
6 Eric Embry 1March 30, 1981119 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
7 El Solitario 2July 19, 1981691 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
8 El Signo 1June 10, 1983250 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated —February 15, 1984—N/AN/AChampionship vacated after El Signo makes an unauthorized title defense against Kato Kung Lee. [lower-alpha 6]
9 Aníbal 1May 27, 1984111 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated El Texano in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
10 Invader III 1September 15, 1984Unknown San Juan, Puerto Rico Live event   [lower-alpha 6] [8]
11 Aníbal 11984UnknownUnknown Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
12 Negro Navarro 1January 6, 198550 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   
13 Mano Negra 1February 25, 1985286 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
14El Cobarde II1December 8, 198586 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
15 Gran Hamada 2March 4, 1986257 Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
16 Blue Panther 1November 16, 1986190 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
17 Solar I 1May 25, 1987259 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
18 Blue Panther 2February 8, 1988221 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
19 Gran Cochisse 1September 16, 1988225 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
20 Ringo Mendoza 1April 29, 1989423 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [lower-alpha 6] [9]
21 Perro Aguayo 1June 29, 1990Unknown Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated —February 1992—N/AN/AChampionship vacated when Perro Aguayo left the promotion. [lower-alpha 6]
22 Gran Hamada 3December 12, 1992274 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Black Power II in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
23El Engendro1September 12, 199310 Naucalpan, México, Mexico Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
24 Gran Hamada 4September 22, 1993792 Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico Live event After the UWA closed in 1995, Gran Hamada brings the title with him to Japan. [lower-alpha 6]
24 Sabu †1November 23, 19958 Kawasaki, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
26 El Samurai †1December 1, 1995107 Niigata, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
27 Koji Kanemoto †1March 17, 1996Unknown Amagasaki, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated —May 1996—N/AN/AChampionship vacated when Kanemoto is unable to defend it due to injury. [lower-alpha 6]
28 Shinjiro Otani †1June 17, 199658 Tokyo, Japan Sky Diving J Defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
29 Último Dragón §1August 4, 19961 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Otani in the second round of the New Japan J-Crown Tournament. [lower-alpha 6]
30 The Great Sasuke §1August 5, 199667 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Dragón in the finals of the J-Crown Tournament to become the first J-Crown Champion. [lower-alpha 6]
31 Último Dragón §2October 11, 199685 Tokyo, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
32 Jushin Thunder Liger §1January 4, 1997183 Tokyo, Japan Wrestling World.  [lower-alpha 6]
33 El Samurai §2July 6, 199735 Sapporo, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
34 Shinjiro Otani §2August 10, 199787 Nagoya, Japan Live event   [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated —November 5, 1997—N/AN/AChampionship vacated after the J-Crown championship is divided back into the original championships. [lower-alpha 6]
35 Gran Hamada †5July 30, 1998200 Ninohe, Japan Live event Defeated Convict I to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
36El Cobarde †1February 15, 1999420 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Live event Defeated Perro Aguayo to win the title. [lower-alpha 6]
37 Heavy Metal †1April 10, 2000UnknownNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Live event The final champion with a verifiable connection to the original title lineage. No records can currently be found of Heavy Metal losing the title to a challenger. Further title reigns beyond this point cannot reliably be linked to the original championship at this time, and are based on a wrestler's personal claim to the title, or awarded by another company. [10]
         
38 Silver King †12006UnknownUnknown Live event   [11]
39Diluvio Negro II †1February 25, 2007Unknown Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Live event   [12]
         
41 Histeria †1UnknownUnknownUnknown Live event   [2]
42El Pulpo †1June 16, 2011Unknown Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico Live event   [2]
         
44Operativo 209 †1March 31, 201347 Stockton, California, United States Live event Won an eight-man title tournament hosted by Mexican promotion WWO to crown a new champion. [2]
45 Super Nova †1May 17, 2013594 Yakima, Washington, United States Live event   [12]
46Defunct2015UnknownUnknownNo verifiable title defenses or appearances have been made since late 2014, when champion Super Nova joined the AAA Mexican wrestling promotion. Length of title reign is marked to have ended on 1/1/15.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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).
  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" [3]
  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" [4]
  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" [5]
  5. ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." [6]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Duncan & Will (2000) p. 397, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title [Flores, Mora] [7]

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  7. ↑ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 397.
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