WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship

WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion World Wrestling Council
Americas Wrestling Federation
Date established January 6, 1974
Current champion(s) Chicano
Date won May 28, 2016
Other name(s)
  • AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
  • WWC Medalla Heavyweight Championship

The WWC Puerto Rico Championship is the secondary professional wrestling championship that is defended in the World Wrestling Council based in Puerto Rico. The title was created in January 1974 and, as its name suggests, is defended exclusively within Puerto Rico. Overall, the title has been possessed by seventy-five different wrestlers throughout the title's existence. The first champion was José Miguel Pérez, who was billed as champion upon the title's creation. He also holds the longest reign, at 426 days. Invader I holds the record for most reigns at 12.

Belt designs

The belt and its design has been changed several times for a number of reasons.

The location represented in the title's name has changed twice, both times in unofficial fashion after being rechristened and modified by its current holder in under to sell a villainous persona. During Fidel Sierra's second reign, which began on June 2, 2001, and lasted for three months, he defended the title under the name of "Cuba Heavyweight Championship". To illustrate this change, he covered the word "Puerto Rico" in the main banner with a sticker that was inscribed with the word "Cuba", also covering the map of Puerto Rico that was featured in the center of the plate with a sticker of the flag of Cuba. Sierra also covered the side plates with photos of him and his manager, Fantasy. All of these changes were reverted as soon as he lost the title. After winning the title on September 10, 2005, Brent Dail defended it as the "51st State Championship", a reference to the statehood movement and its intention to annex Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the United States. Like Sierra, he covered the main banner with a sticker inscribed with "51st State" and flanked the main plate with additional stickers featuring the acronym "USA".[1] The stickers were removed by the following champion as soon as he won the title, reverting the changes.[1]

Title history

Names
Names Dates Ref(s).
CSP/WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship January 6, 1974 – present
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) December 21, 1991 – March 14, 1992, 1993 – December 31, 1993
WWC Medalla Heavyweight Championship August 8, 1992 – 1993 [2]
Cuba Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) June 2, 2001 – September 9, 2001
51st State Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) September 10, 2005 – November 5, 2005 [1]
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Jose Miguel Perez 1 January 6, 1974 None Billed as champion on WWC's first show.
Dr. Klodied 1 March 8, 1975 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Jose Miguel Perez 2 March 22, 1975 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — August 30, 1975 — Title held up after match against Spoiler II.
Jose Miguel Perez 3 September 20, 1975 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Tosh Togo 1 October 4, 1975 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — December 13, 1975 Caguas, PR Stripped for deliberately being counted out to keep the title.
Hercules Ayala 1 February 21, 1976 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Spoiler I in tournament final.
Tor Kamata 1 May 22, 1976 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Jose Rivera, Sr. 1 August 21, 1976 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Eric The Red 1 December 25, 1976 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — April 2, 1977 San Juan, PR Title held up after match against Ernie Ladd.
Jose Miguel Perez 4 May 7, 1977 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Huracan Castillo tournament final
Huracan Castillo 1 May 14, 1977 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Hercules Ayala 2 June 18, 1977 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Invader I 1 September 24, 1977 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 1 October 15, 1977 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ox Baker 1 April 8, 1978 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 2 May 6, 1978 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Kengo Kimura 1 July 15, 1978 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 3 August 12, 1978 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Abdullah the Butcher 1 November 18, 1978 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Pampero Firpo 1 July 31, 1979 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — August 11, 1979 Bayamón, PR Title held up after match against Carlos Colon.
Carlos Colón 4 September 22, 1979 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Firpo in rematch.
Abdullah the Butcher 2 December 15, 1979 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — January 5, 1980 Bayamón, PR Title held up after match against Carlos Colon.
Carlos Colón 5 January 12, 1980 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Abdullah in rematch
Vacant — May 2, 1981 San Juan, PR Held up after match against Killer Karl Krupp.
Carlos Colón 6 May 9, 1981 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Killer Karl Krupp.
Abdullah the Butcher 3 August 10, 1981 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 7 September 26, 1981 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Mongolian Stomper 1 February 6, 1982 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 8 March 13, 1982 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — July 24, 1982 — When Colón won the WWC World Heavyweight Title.
Dory Funk Jr. 1 August 14, 1982 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Defeated Pierre Martel in a tournament final.
Invader I 2 October 16, 1982 San Juan, Puerto Rico Also win the WWC North American Heavyweight Championship on March 27, 1982 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico later defeats Dory Funk, Jr. in a double title texas death match for the WWC North American and Puerto Rico Heavyweight titles. [3]
King Tonga 1 January 15, 1983 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bob Sweetan 1 October 23, 1983 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
King Tonga 2 March 24, 1984 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Terry Gibbs 1 May 12, 1984 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Hercules Ayala 3 June 14, 1984 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Konga The Barbarian 1 July 7, 1984 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Invader I 3 September 15, 1984 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Black Gordman 1 December 6, 1984 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Super Medico I 1 April 10, 1985 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Fidel Sierra 1 June 8, 1985 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Super Medico I 2 July 6, 1985 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Eric Embry 1 August 17, 1985 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Super Medico I 3 May 17, 1986 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Eric Embry 2 May 31, 1986 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Invader I 4 June 28, 1986 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Al Perez 1 October 22, 1986 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mighty Igor 1 November 29, 1986 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kareem Mumhammad 1 June 6, 1987 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Miguel Perez, Jr. 1 December 13, 1987 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Super Black Ninja 1 May 14, 1988 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Ricky Santana 1 August 6, 1988 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bobby Jaggers 1 October 8, 1988 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Ricky Santana 2 November 24, 1988 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Hercules Ayala 4 December 17, 1988 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — January 6, 1989 When Ayala loses a loser-leaves-town match to Carlos Colon.
TNT 1 February 4, 1989 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Sika in a tournament final.
Abudda Dein 1 February 25, 1989 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Invader I 5 May 14, 1989 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ivan Koloff 1 July 15, 1989 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Invader I 6 October 7, 1989 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Manny Fernandez 1 January 13, 1990 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Vacant — June 30, 1990 Due to injury.
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
Huracan Castillo, Jr. 1 October 12, 1991 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Hector Guerrero in tournament final later Huracan Castillo left from WWC on December 16, 1991 and was billed as the Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion in AWF upon arrival on December 21, 1991 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

[4]

Vacant — March 14, 1992 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Declared vacant when Huracan Castillo, Jr. won the AWF Americas Heavyweight Championship.
WWC Medalla Heavyweight Championship
Bronco I 1 August 8, 1992 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Defeats Mohammed Hussein in Tournament Final. [2]
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
Huracan Castillo, Jr. 2 1993
Jake The Snake Roberts 1 June 1993 [4]
Vacant — December 31, 1993 — Declared vacant when Americas Wrestling Federation closes.
WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
Ray Gonzalez 1 1994 Defeated Jason The Terrible.
Jason the Terrible 1 1995
Invader I 7 1995
Bronco I 2 November 18, 1995
Invader I 8 January 6, 1996 San Juan, Puerto Rico [5]
Huracan Castillo, Jr. 3 June 8, 1996
Vacant — November 28, 1996 Held-up after a match vs Ray Gonzalez.
Ray Gonzalez 2 December 15, 1996 Caguas, Puerto Rico Defeated Castillo in a rematch.
Huracan Castillo, Jr. 4 March 29, 1997 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ray Gonzalez 3 April 27, 1997 Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Mohammed Hussein 1 May 28, 1997 Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Ricky Santana 3 September 6, 1997 Humacao, Puerto Rico
Villano III 1 November 27, 1997 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Ricky Santana 4 November 29, 1997 Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Villano III 2 December 21, 1997 San Germán, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane 1 August 1, 1998 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Victor The Bodyguard 1 October 31, 1998 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Carlos Colón 9 February 20, 1999 Humacao, Puerto Rico
Vacant — June 20, 1999 due to a knee injury.
Jose Rivera, Jr. 1 July 10, 1999 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Defeated Victor The Bodyguard in a tournament final.
Mustafa Saed 1 September 11, 1999 Fajardo, Puerto Rico
El Nene 1 October 23, 1999 Manatí, Puerto Rico Pined "Mr.Hardcore"Rico Suave in a handicap match.
Harley Lewis 1 November 11, 1999 Cayey, Puerto Rico
Jose Rivera, Jr. 2 January 19, 2000 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Rex King 1 February 12, 2000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Titán 1 March 26, 2000 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Invader I 9 September 30, 2000 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Paul LeDuc 1 March 10, 2001 Morovis, Puerto Rico
Invader I 10 April 7, 2001 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Fidel Sierra 2 June 2, 2001 Morovis, Puerto Rico
Invader I 11 September 9, 2001 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Jim Steele 1 November 3, 2001 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Invader I 12 November 24, 2001 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Ray Gonzalez 4 February 9, 2002 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Hercules Ayala 5 March 9, 2002 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Ray Gonzalez 5 March 24, 2002 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Also defeated Rico Suave on April 27, 2002 in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico to win his first reign for the WWC Television Championship and defeated Carlos Colón on June 15, 2002 in Caguas, Puerto Rico to win his second reign for the WWC Television Championship in a Hair vs Hair match.
Vacant — July 1, 2002 — When Gonzalez left WWC.
Ricky Santana 5 November 28, 2002 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Defeated El Nene in a tournament final.
El Nene 2 December 14, 2002 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Vacant — January 6, 2003 Caguas, PR Held up after match against Fidel Sierra.
Fidel Sierra 3 January 11, 2003 Morovis, Puerto Rico Defeated El Nene in a rematch.
El Nene 3 January 18, 2003 San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Vacant — April 2003 — After El Nene left WWC.
Eddie Colón 1 May 31, 2003 Carolina, Puerto Rico Defeated Dominican Boy in a tournament final.
Dominican Boy (Julio César Cruz) 1 June 7, 2003 Cayey, Puerto Rico
Vacant — September 13, 2003 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico After Dominican Boy won the WWC Universal Heavyweight title.
Jose Rivera Jr. 3 September 27, 2003 Caguas, Puerto Rico Defeated Eddie Colon in a tournament final.
Eddie Colón 2 October 25, 2003 Cidra, Puerto Rico
Jose Rivera, Jr. 4 November 15, 2003 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Eddie Colón 3 November 29, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Jose Rivera, Jr. 5 December 20, 2003 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Vacant — December 21, 2003 — —
Jose Rivera, Jr. 6 January 3, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Eddie Colón.
Vacant — January 2004 — Held-up in a match vs Vengador Boricua.
Jose Rivera, Jr. 7 February 7, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico Defeated Vengador Boricua to regain the title.
Huracan Castillo, Jr. 5 April 24, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Jose Rivera, Jr. 8 May 8, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Huracán Castillo, Jr. 6 May 15, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico Wins title by forfeit when Rivera Jr. failed to show up.
Eddie Colón 4 July 3, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico
El Bronco I 3 October 23, 2004 Camuy, Puerto Rico
Eddie Colón 5 November 6, 2004 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Won a double title match for the WWC Universal and Puerto Rico Heavyweight titles.
El Bronco I 4 November 19, 2004 Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Eric Alexander 1 December 11, 2004 Caguas, Puerto Rico
La Amenaza Bryan 1 March 26, 2005 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Chris Joel 1 May 20, 2005 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Brent Dail 1 September 10, 2005 Caguas, Puerto Rico
Abbad 1 November 5, 2005 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Rico Suave 1 December 10, 2005 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Abbad 2 February 4, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Won the title in a no rope barbed wired match.
Rico Suave 2 February 18, 2006 Villalba, Puerto Rico
El Bronco I 5 March 25, 2006 Carolina, Puerto Rico Won the title in a street fight.
Superstar Romeo 1 April 15, 2006 Carolina, Puerto Rico
El Bronco I 6 April 22, 2006 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Won the title in a loser leaves town match.
Alex Montalvo 1 June 24, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Fire Blaze 1 September 9, 2006 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Barrabas, Jr. 1 November 4, 2006 Salinas, Puerto Rico Won the title in a Lumberjack match.
Fire Blaze 2 December 17, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Rico Suave, Alex Montalvo and Barrabas, Jr. in a fatal 4-way Mask vs. Hair vs. Career vs. title match. Tim Arson was the special referee.
Alex Montalvo 2 February 3, 2007 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Fire Blaze 3 February 10, 2007 Manati, Puerto Rico
Ash Rubinsky 1 March 24, 2007 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Fire Blaze 4 April 7, 2007 Caguas, Puerto Rico Won the title in a Ladder match.
Huracán Castillo, Jr. 7 April 28, 2007 Ponce, Puerto Rico Won the title in a Chain Match.
Crazy Rudy 1 October 6, 2007 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Jeff Jeffrey 1 October 27, 2007 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Vacant — January 5, 2008 — After Jeff Jeffrey left WWC.
BJ 1 July 19, 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico Won a royal rumble in the final of the "Puerto Rico Open Challenge".[6]
Tommy Diablo 1 August 9, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
BJ 2 December 13, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Charles Evans 1 February 14, 2009 Manati, Puerto Rico Won the title in a street fight match.
BJ 3 March 6, 2009 Ponce, Puerto Rico Won the title in a No disqualification match.
Idol Stevens 1 May 16, 2009 Caguas, Puerto Rico  
The Glamour Boy Shane 2 August 8, 2009 Aibonito, Puerto Rico  
Orlando Colón 5 September 26, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Won the title in a lumberjack match.
El Sensacional Carlitos 1 February 27, 2010 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Orlando Colón 6 July 11, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico  
El Sensacional Carlitos 2 September 25, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico This was a steel cage match.
Black Pain 1 October 23, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
El Sensacional Carlitos 3 November 13, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Gilbert 1 November 27, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
El Sensacional Carlitos 4 December 12, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Hideo Saito 1 February 19, 2011 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Glamour Boy Shane 3 March 26, 2011 Carolina, Puerto Rico
Gilbert 2 May 14, 2011 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Vacant — February 22, 2012 — Gilbert vacated the title and give it to Jovica to focus on the Universal Championship.
Johnny Ringo 1 March 4, 2012 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Won a fatal 4-way match against Bryan, Joe Bravo and Mr. Big.
La Amenaza Bryan 2 April 28, 2012 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Won a 3-way match against Joe Bravo and Johnny Ringo.
Vacant — November 2012 La Amenaza Bryan left WWC. The tournament final between Gilbert and Apolo on November 24, 2012 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico ends as a DDQ.
Gilbert 3 December 6, 2012 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Apolo in rematch.
Vacant — January 26, 2013 — Due to Gilbert injury.
Samson Walker 1 January 26, 2013 Cataño, Puerto Rico Awarded when Gilbert no-shows the scheduled defense.
Chicano 1 February 9, 2013 Cataño, Puerto Rico
Samson Walker 2 March 3, 2013 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Chicano 2 March 16, 2013 Bayamon, Puerto Rico This was a Boxing Match in which Chicano KO'd out Samson Walker.
Bronco I 7 July 27, 2013 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Apolo 1 November 16, 2013 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Gilbert Defeats Apolo but the title is returned due to a controversial ending on January 19, 2014 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
TNT 2 March 30, 2014 Bayamon, Puerto Rico [7]
Vacant — April 19, 2014 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Title held up after a match against Apolo ended as no contest.
TNT 3 April 26, 2014 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Defeated Apolo in the rematch.
Carlito Caribbean Cool 1 July 19, 2014 Bayamon, Puerto Rico [8]
Gilbert 4 October 10, 2014 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico [9]
Chicano 3 October 25, 2014 Caguas, Puerto Rico [10]
Gilbert 5 November 8, 2014 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [11]
Chicano 4 December 6, 2014 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Ricardo Rodriguez 1 January 24, 2015 Bayamon, Puerto Rico [12]
Chicano 5 February 21, 2015 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [13]
Member of La Revolución 1 February 28, 2015 Cataño, Puerto Rico A masked member of the stable La Revolución. His true identity is unknown.[14]
Mike Mendoza 1 May 16, 2015 Isabela, Puerto Rico [14]
Member of La Revolución 2 August 1, 2015 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
El Hijo de Ray González 1 September 26, 2015 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [15]
Joe Bravo 1 October 17, 2015 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [16]
Miguel Pérez, Jr. 2 November 7, 2015 Bayamón, Puerto Rico [17]
Angel Fashion 1 January 23, 2016 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Joe Bravo and Miguel Pérez in a three way dance.[18]
El Sensacional Carlitos 5 March 19, 2016 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeats Angel Fashion in the first of 2-fall match with the stipulation that Puerto Rico title is on the line for the first fall and hair-vs-hair for the second fall.
Angel Fashion 2 March 26, 2016 Bayamon, Puerto Rico Won the rematch against El Sensacional Carlitos.
Chicano 6 May 28, 2016 Bayamon, Puerto Rico

References

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  2. 1 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD260nqzguo
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI2EI7TpLSY
  4. 1 2 http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/prhawfp.html
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEUXrzSknmY
  6. ↑ "Aniversario 2008: éxito rotundo" (in Spanish). World Wrestling Council. 2008-07-20. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  7. ↑ http://www.pwinsider.com/article/84841/isle-of-puerto-rico-wwc-la-hora-de-la-verdad-results-tribute-to-carlos-colon-was-tnt-able-to-tame-el-leon-apolo-carlito-faces-invader-gonzalez-retains-the-universal-title-igwa-war-zone-iii-results-ewo-renacer-2014-results-and-more.html?p=1
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  10. ↑ http://www.pwinsider.com/article/89151/wwc-aniversario-41-carlito-hernandez-ray-gonzalez-gilbert-invader-1-bronco-chicky-starrs-recognition-jerry-lawler-sends-a-message-more.html?p=1
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  12. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=2770
  13. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=3053
  14. 1 2 http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/pr-h.html
  15. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=5213
  16. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=5380
  17. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=5592
  18. ↑ http://prwrestling.com/nw/?p=7230
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