WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship
| WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date established | May 25, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | May 1, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Council | ||||||||||||||||
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The WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship is a secondary title contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council (WWC).
The title has been in use since 1975. Prior to being defended in the WWC, it was defended in L&G Promotions, until 1977, when the title moved to the WWC after L&G closed. For a time, the title was defended in the W*ING promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship.[1][2] Throughout the years, the championship has been used on and off in WWC, although it was a mainstay of the promotion and defended regularly until the mid-1990s. It was first rendered inactive in February 1994 with the closing of W*NG. It was revived and used for another 18 months roughly from January 1996 to August 1997 before being abandoned for the second time. More than four years later, in December 2001, the WWC began contesting bouts for the championship once more. However, the revival of the championship would be relatively short and it was rendered inactive in late August 2002 and hasn't been promoted by the World Wrestling Council since. On September 25, 2010, the title was reactivated and captured by Hideo Saito.
The Caribbean Heavyweight Championship was declared vacated and currently inactive since early 2012
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| L&G Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Jose Lothario | 1 | 1968-05-25 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Defeats Red Bastien via forteit in tournament final to become first champion.[3] |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | 1968-06-08 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Jose Lothario | 2 | 1968-10-24 | Freeport, Bahamas | |
| The Gladiator | 1 | 1969-01-18 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Was a first on win two of three falls match.[4] |
| Hans Mortier | 1 | 1969-04-05 | San Juan Puerto Rico | |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | 1969-04-19 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| The Missouri Mauler | 1 | 1970-01-31 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Jack Brisco | 1 | 1970-??-?? | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Mephistofeles | 1 | 1970-03-05 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Unknown Years later (1975) was announced a 12-man tournament to crown "champion" | ||||
| Toru Tanaka | 1 | 1975-03-01 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Won a 12-man tournament to become a champion. |
| Jose Lothario | 3 | 1975-03-22 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Lothario began defending the title in World Promotions after the closing of L&G Promotions, sometime between March 1975 and July 1976. |
| Huracan Castillo Sr | 1 | 1976-07-31 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Billed as Champion upon entering the promotion Castillo was the NWA Caribbean Champion when he jumped to the WWC. in May 1977, the title was renamed WWC Caribbean Championship[5] |
| WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Hercules Ayala | 1 | 1977-11-26 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Joe Novak | 1 | 1977-12-17 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Dick Steinborn | 1 | 1978-02-04 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 1 | 1978-02-25 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Pierre Martel | 1 | 1978-03-11 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 2 | 1978-04-08 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Held Up after a match against Dick Steinborn on 1978-06-24 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. | ||||
| Invader I | 3 | 1978-07-01 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated Dick Steinborn in a rematch. |
| Armand Hussein | 1 | 1978-07-15 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| José Rivera Sr | 1 | 1978-08-10 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Gil Hayes | 1 | 1978-10-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Chief War Cloud | 1 | 1978-11-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Don Kent | 1 | 1979-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Huracán Castillo Sr | 2 | 1979-07-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Dick Steinborn | 2 | 1979-08-21 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| José Rivera Sr | 2 | 1979-??-?? | ??? | |
| Dick Steinborn | 3 | 1979-11-24 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Ciclón Negro | 2 | 1979-12-29 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Gama Singh | 1 | 1980-06-07 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| José Rivera Sr | 3 | 1980-06-28 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Luke Graham | 1 | 1980-07-19 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Chief Jay Strongbow | 1 | 1980-10-11 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Danny Condrey | 1 | 1980-12-20 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Maravilla | 1 | 1981-02-09 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Medic II | 1 | 1981-03-07 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Tommy Gilbert | 1 | 1981-03-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Kim Song | 1 | 1981-05-16 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Jack Brisco | 2 | 1981-05-30 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Hans Muller | 1 | 1981-12-20 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Pierre Martel | 2 | 1982-01-06 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| "King Kong" Mosca | 1 | 1982-02-20 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| stripped off Mosca 03/13/82 due a problem with Invader I he left WWC.[6] | ||||
| Dick Steinborn | 4 | 1982-04-?? | ?? | Defeated Charlie Cook in a tournament final. |
| Charlie Cook | 1 | 1982-04-10 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | 1982-08-14 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Hercules Ayala | 2 | 1987-03-28 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| TNT | 1 | 1988-06-18 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Buddy Landel | 1 | 1988-08-20 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| TNT | 2 | 1988-09-17 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Jason the Terrible | 1 | 1988-11-19 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
| TNT | 3 | 1989-03-04 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Rip Rogers | 1 | 1989-05-14 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | 1989-11-04 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Harley Race | 1 | 1990-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 4 | 1990-03-04 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
| Leo Burke | 1 | 1990-05-19 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 5 | 1990-07-07 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Kim Duk | 1 | 1990-09-08 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| El Bronco | 1 | 1990-12-15 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Kim Duk | 2 | 1991-02-07 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |
| Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 2 | 1991-02-16 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Scott Hall | 1 | 1991-03-03 | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | |
| Super Medic III | 1 | 1991-04-20 | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | |
| Rod Price | 1 | 1991-07-06 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Super Medic III | 2 | 1991-07-13 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Fidel Sierra | 1 | 1991-08-03 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 3 | 1991-12-07 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
| Greg Valentine | 1 | 1991-12-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 4 | 1992-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | The title moved to Wrestling International New Generations in December 1992. |
| W*ING/WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Yukihiro Kanemura | 1 | 1992-12-18 | Fukushima, Japan | |
| Jado | 1 | 1993-09-26 | Hachiōji, Japan | |
| Vacated Jado left W*ING on 1994-02-11 [7] | ||||
| W*ING closed on 1994-03-13.[8] | ||||
| WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | 1996-01-06 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Won an 18-man battle royal.[9] |
| Vacated when Abdullah lost a retirement match to Carlos Colón on 1997-08-16 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. | ||||
| Title Inactived & Abandoned till 2001 | ||||
| Fidel Sierra | 2 | 2001-12-15 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated El Bronco and Super Gladiador in a three-way match to Reactive the title.[10] |
| Super Gladiador | 1 | 2002-03-22 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | |
| Fidel Sierra | 3 | 2002-03-30 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Rico Suave | 1 | 2002-05-26 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Ricky Santana | 1 | 2002-06-22 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | |
| Rico Suave | 2 | 2002-07-06 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | |
| Ricky Santana | 2 | 2002-08-24 | Coamo, Puerto Rico | |
| Title was inactived and abandoned later 2002[11] | ||||
| Hideo Saito | 1 | 2010-09-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Won a ten man battle royal to win the title and activate since 2002.[12] |
| Abbad | 1 | 2010-10-23 | Bayamon, Puerto Rico | |
| Declared Vacant on 2010-11-27 when Abbad no showed in various matches | ||||
| Joe Bravo | 1 | 2010-11-27 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Defeat Chris Joel for the vacant title. |
| El Sensacional Carlitos | 1 | 2011-04-02 | Quebradillas, Puerto Rico | |
| Chavo Guerrero | 1 | 2011-07-16 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Defeated El Sensacional Carlitos and Orlando Colón in a triple threat match to win the title. |
| Orlando Colon | 1 | 2011-09-24 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Held Up By controversy when Orlando Colon intervent on the 1st contender match, between Chavo Guerrero & El Sensacional Carlitos the winner will face him later that night, attack Chavo with a chair to cause the DQ and later use the same chair to attack Chavo to pin and retain, after match the Commission held up the title and will make an announcement the next day on TV show Super Estrellas WWC. | ||||
| El Sensacional Carlitos | 2 | 2011-09-25 | Awarded by the commission after the controversy caused by Orlando Colon. | |
| Bolo the Red Bulldog | 1 | 2012-03-04 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| El Sensacional Carlitos | 3 | 2012-03-17 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Vacated after El Sensacional Carlitos leaves WWC. | ||||
| Abandoned on May 1, 2012 | ||||
References
- ↑ Duncan, Royal and Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "Caribbean Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
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