WWA Light Heavyweight Championship

The WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by World Wrestling Association (WWA) in Mexico since 1987. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[lower-alpha 1][1]

WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
(Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA)
The championship belt
Details
PromotionWorld Wrestling Association (WWA)
Date established1987
Current champion(s)Atlantis
Date wonDecember 5, 2014

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]

It was first won by El Cobarde II in 1987 and has since then been held by at least 9 wrestlers, although records for parts of the title history has not been found. The current champion is Atlantis, who won it in December 2014. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows.[lower-alpha 6]

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
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  El Cobarde II  1987  Live event N/A  1   Records are not clear on who El Cobarde defeated to win the championship [lower-alpha 6]
 2  Lizmark  April 1, 1988  Live event Tijuana, Mexico  1   [lower-alpha 6]
— N/A — —
 3  Enrique Vera    Live event N/A  1   [lower-alpha 6]
 4  Lizmark  June 1990  Live event [lower-alpha 7]  2  [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 6]
 5  La Parka  August 1993  Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1  [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 6]
 6  Lizmark  September 1993  Live event [lower-alpha 7]  3  [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 6]
 7  La Parka  June 20, 1994  Live event Monterrey, Mexico  2   [lower-alpha 6]
— N/A — —
 8  El Dandy  January 2001  Live event Nuevo Laredo, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 11]
 9  Asterisco  June 17, 2001  Live event Reynosa, Mexico  1   [7]
— N/A — —
 10  Kiss  January 17, 2003  Live event Tijuana, Mexico  1   Defeated Rey Misterio Sr. to win the vacant title. [8]
— N/A — —
 11  Blue Demon Jr.  March 2008  Live event Oaxaca, Oaxaca  1  [lower-alpha 12] Won the vacant title in a one-night tournament. [9]
— Vacated N/A — — — — Championship vacated due to inactivity. [9]
 12  Heddi Karaoui  November 30, 2013 Live event  Mexico City  1 Won the vacant title against Negro Navarro. [10]
— Vacated N/A — — — —
 13  Atlantis  December 5, 2014  Live event Tijuana  1  2,252+ Won the vacant title against Negro Casas.

Footnotes
  1. The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding 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. Duncan & Will (2000) pp. 399–400, Chapter: "Mexico: World Wrestling Association (Benjamin Mora) WWA Light Heavyweight Title" [6]
  7. The location of the title change has not been captured.
  8. The exact date on which Lizmark won and lost the championship is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,128 and 1,187 days.
  9. The exact date on which La Parka won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,097 and 151 days.
  10. The exact date on which Lizmark won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 172 and 292 days.
  11. The exact date on which El Dandy won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 2 and 167 days.
  12. The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. winning the title is unknown, which means that his title reign has lasted at least 4,692 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: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 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, pp. 399–400.
  7. "2001: Los Campeones". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 15–17. issue 2540.
  8. "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2003". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 5, 2003. issue 40.
  9. "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. issue 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  10. "WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship >> 30.11.2013 - today: Heddi Karoui". CageMatch. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
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