UWA World Lightweight Championship

UWA World Lightweight Championship

Cassandro, the 14th Lightweight champion.
Details
Current champion(s) Kato Kung Lee, Jr.
Date won May 9, 1997
Date established December 21, 1975
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)

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 Matematico, ElEl Matematico 1 December 21, 1975 373 Pachuca, Mexico UWA Show Defeated Hashi Masataka to become first champion. [2][3]
2 Signo, ElEl Signo 1 December 28, 1976 436 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 1,116 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 Casas, NegroNegro Casas 1 January 1984 [Note 3] Mexico City, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3]
6 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 1 October 28, 1984 249 Mexico City, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3]
7 Aristotle I 1 July 14, 1985 49 Mexico City, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3][5]
8 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 2 September 1, 1985 693 Mexico City, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3][5]
9 Espanto, Jr. 1 July 26, 1987 280 Torreon, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3]
10 Hijo del Santo, ElEl 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 579 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 Santana, RockyRocky Santana 1 September 6, 1992 7 Tokyo, Japan UWA Show The first major title defence ever held outside Mexico. [2][3]
13 Lasser 2 September 9, 1992 50 Sapporo, Japan UWA Show   [2][3]
14 Cassandro 1 October 29, 1992 593 Toluca, Mexico UWA Show   [2][3]
15 Semanarista 1 June 14, 1994 100 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 Kung Lee, Jr., KatoKato Kung Lee, Jr. 1 May 9, 1997 967 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]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ The exact date on which Black Terry lost the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 823 and 853 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which negro Casas won the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 271 and 301 days.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the championship is unknown, placing the title reign between 975 and 1,005 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which the championship was is unknown, placing the title reign between 101 and 465 days.

References

  1. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "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 April 3, 2009. Articulo 242: "Pluma 63 kilos / Ligero 70 kilos"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: UWA Lightweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 400. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "U.W.A. World Lightweight Title". Wrestling Titles.com. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1981 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1981. pp. 2–28. issue 1501.
  5. 1 2 "1985 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1985. pp. 2–28. issue 17080.
  6. 1 2 "1991 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1991. pp. 2–28. issue 2020.
  7. 1 2 "1994 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 8, 1994. pp. 2–28. issue 2176.
  8. ↑ "1995 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1995. pp. 2–28. issue 2228.
  9. ↑ "2000 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 2001. pp. 2–28. issue 2488.
  10. ↑ "2001 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 2–28. Issue 2540.

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