UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship

The 17th champion El Alebrije
Details
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association
International Wrestling Association
Tenryu Project
Date established 1982
Current champion(s) Kotaro Nasu
Date won September 2, 2015
Other name(s)
  • Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship (February 24, 2001 - February 26, 2002)

The UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title that was originally promoted by the Mexican lucha libre Professional wrestling promotion Universal Wrestling Association. After the UWA closed in 1995 the title was defended on the Mexican and Puerto Rican independent circuit. In 2014, the title was revived by Japanese promotion Tenryu Project.[1] The weight range for this championship was 97 kg (214 lb) to 107 kg (236 lb).[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 that there was a period where there is no documentation of UWA shows.

As of December 17, 2016.

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 El Solitario 1 1982 N/A N/A N/A    
                 
2 Enrique Vera 1 1983 N/A N/A N/A    
                 
3 The Killer 1 August 14, 1988 31 Toreo de Cuatro Caminos Live event    
4 Enrique Vera 2 September 14, 1988 312 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event    
5 The Killer 2 July 23, 1989 217 Mexico City, Distrito Federal Live event    
6 Astro de Oro 1 February 25, 1990
84
 Guatemala Live event Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Astro de Oro for the title on May 20, 1990 in Guatemala, however, the title change was not recognized by the UWA.  
7 Dr. Wagner, Jr.
1
 May 20, 1990
56
 Guatemala Live event    
8 Astro de Oro 2 July 15, 1990 7 Naucalpan, México Live event    
9 Dr. Wagner, Jr. 2 July 22, 1990 218 Naucalpan, México Live event    
10 Enrique Vera 3 February 25, 1991 349 Puebla, Puebla Live event    
11 The Killer 3 February 9, 1992 133 Naucalpan, México Live event    
12 Villano III 1 June 21, 1992 47 Naucalpan, México Live event    
13 Shu El Guerrero 1 August 7, 1992 507 Nezahualcóyotl, México Live event    
14 Negro Navarro 1 December 27, 1993 Unknown Puebla, Puebla Live event    
— Vacated — N/A — N/A N/A Championship vacated when Negro Navarro left the promotion  
15 Mr. Jack 1 June 30, 1995 Unknown Nezahualcóyotl, México Live event    
                 
16 Aeroflash 1 September 1995 Unknown Unknown Live event    
                 
17 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 1997 Unknown Panama Live event Defeated Black Demon, unclear if it was a title defense or if Black Demon was the champion.  
18 Pablo Marquez 1 Unknown Unknown Unknown Live event    
                 
19 El Alebrije 1 October 1999 Unknown Unknown Live event    
                 
20 Pablo Marquez 2 February 9, 2001 15 Unknown Live event   [1]
21 Super Crazy 1 February 24, 2001 287 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Live event Defeated Crash Holly for the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on December 10, 2000 in Moca, Puerto Rico and also defeated Pablo Marquez in a title vs title match for the IWA and UWA World Junior Heavyweight titles to become the first Unified World Junior Heavyweight Champion. [1]
— Vacated — December 8, 2001 — N/A N/A The IWA GM Savio Vega stripped the IWA and UWA World Junior Heavyweight Titles.  
22 Lobo (Andy Anderson) 1 December 8, 2001 29 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Live event Defeated Minoru Fujita for the vacant for the IWA and UWA titles to be the Unified World Junior Heavyweight Champion. [1]
23 Minoru Fujita 1 January 6, 2002 27 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Live event   [1]
24 Lobo (Andy Anderson) 2 February 6, 2002 20 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Live event   [1]
— Vacated — February 26, 2002 — N/A N/A Title stripped by the IWA GM Savio Vega. [3]
25 Nagase Kancho 1 April 4, 2013 301 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Black Tiger V to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated — January 30, 2014 — N/A N/A Title vacated due to Kancho being unable to defend it. [1]
26 Kengo 1 March 4, 2014 510 Tokyo, Japan Live event Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated — July 27, 2015 — N/A N/A Title vacated due to Kengo suffering an injury. [1]
27 Kotaro Nasu 1 September 2, 2015 472+ Tokyo, Japan Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title. [1]

References

General source on title changes before 2000
  • Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "MEXICO: Universal Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Universal Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Weight Divisions in Professional Wrestling". wrestlingtitles.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjnUt5-m7a8
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