UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship: Difference between revisions
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{{TitleHistorySpan|[[UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, 1975|tournament for new championship]]}} | {{TitleHistorySpan|[[UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, 1975|tournament for new championship]]}} | ||
{{TitleHistoryLine|1|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[El Solitario]]|[[1975]].[[11.26]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]], [[Mexico City]]|<ref>[http://www.boxylucha.com/foro/viewtopic.php?p=737064#p737064 ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y lucha]</ref>}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|1|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[El Solitario]]|[[1975]].[[11.26]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]], [[Mexico City]]|<ref>[http://www.boxylucha.com/foro/viewtopic.php?p=737064#p737064 ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y lucha]</ref>}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseIffy|1|[[El Solitario]]|[[1976]].[[01.08]]|[[Mexicali]]}} | |||
{{TitleDefenseLine|2|[[Anibal]]|[[1976]].[[02.11]]|[[Arena Veracruz]]|<ref>Halcon 190</ref>}} | |||
{{TitleHistoryLine|2|[[El Audaz]]|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[1976]].[[03.31]]|[[Arena Veracruz]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 1222 has the date & location, Halcon 200 says he won</ref>}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|2|[[El Audaz]]|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[1976]].[[03.31]]|[[Arena Veracruz]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 1222 has the date & location, Halcon 200 says he won</ref>}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseIffy| | {{TitleDefenseLine|1|[[Canek]]|[[1976]].[[06.06]]|[[Villahermosa]]|<ref>Halcon 207</ref>}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseIffy|2|[[El Solitario]]|[[1976]].[[06.17]]|[[Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Coahuila]]|<ref>El Siglo de Torreon 1976-06-17</ref>}} | |||
{{TitleHistoryLine|3|[[Ray Mendoza]] [2]|[[El Audaz]]|[[1976]].[[08.22]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|3|[[Ray Mendoza]] [2]|[[El Audaz]]|[[1976]].[[08.22]]|[[Monterrey]]}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseLine|1|[[Anibal]]|[[1976]].[[12.21]]|[[Arena Coliseo Acapulco]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 1262</ref>}} | |||
{{TitleHistoryLine|4|[[El Solitario]]|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[1977]].[[03.27]]|[[Plaza Alberto Balderas, Ciudad Juarez]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 1275</ref>}} | {{TitleHistoryLine|4|[[El Solitario]]|[[Ray Mendoza]]|[[1977]].[[03.27]]|[[Plaza Alberto Balderas, Ciudad Juarez]]|<ref>Box Y Lucha 1275</ref>}} | ||
{{TitleDefenseLine|1|[[Flama Roja]]|[[1977]].[[04.18]]|[[Juarez]]}} | {{TitleDefenseLine|1|[[Flama Roja]]|[[1977]].[[04.18]]|[[Juarez]]}} | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 3 December 2020
Current Champion
El Mesias was technically the last credible UWA Light Heavyweight champion, winning it from Chessman on 2007.09.16, but he was a bit too busy being carried to the back to ever actually physically hold this belt. This championship has been unified out of existence, replaced by the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.
The championship - or replicas of the championship - have since turned up in the hands of El Pulpo and Super Nova among others. Both have defended the title, but neither is a member of a promotion where the championship is regularly defended. The UWA has long since ceased to exist, and those championships have little connection with this championship except for using a similar physical object.
History of Championship
This championship was a major title during the 70s and 80s, including many of the major luchadors of the UWA during that era.
As with all UWA championships, the light heavyweight championship chronology becomes murky and inconsistent after the UWA falls apart in 1995. This championship did become AAA singles championship in the early 2000s, which stabilized it a bit.
Zorro was the most frequent champion during this time, and was the one who eventually ddropped it to Chessman in the first part of the AAA Heavyweight Unification Tournament. This turned out to be the start of a Zorro rudo turn. Chessman held the title only until the end of the tournament, where he lost to Mesias. Technically, Mesais picked up a championship reign, but it really only exists in record keeping. The title immediately became defunct, one of many superseded by the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.
Champions Listing
Sources:
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y lucha
- ↑ Halcon 190
- ↑ Box Y Lucha 1222 has the date & location, Halcon 200 says he won
- ↑ Halcon 207
- ↑ El Siglo de Torreon 1976-06-17
- ↑ Box Y Lucha 1262
- ↑ Box Y Lucha 1275
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Halcon 347
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ thecubsfan
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ ricardo aguilar hidalgo @ box y luchaMatt Farmer
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ [http://superluchas.com/2015/05/11/en-un-dia-como-hoy-1980-gran-hamada-vs-baby-face-en-el-toreo-kato-kung-lee-vs-fishman- en-cd-juarez/ SuperLuchas]
- ↑ Box y Lucha 1436
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ DJ Spectro's Facebook (mislabled)
- ↑ date via Box Y Lucha, previously listed as 12.12
- ↑ SuperLuchas
- ↑ Box Y Lucha
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 00.28.46)
- ↑ Matt Farmer - listed as a title defense and not a title change
- ↑ luchablog photolog (20130916_003514)
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Matt Farmer has Perro Aguayo defeating Fishman in a title match on 1982.08.01; unclear how Fishman would regain the title in time for next defense
- ↑ Box Y Lucha
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ El Informador 1982-12-19
- ↑ Lucha Libre La Epoca Dorada
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Box Y Lucha
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 03.00.03), Matt Farmer
- ↑ draw with the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship also on the line, luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 01.46.51), Matt Farmer
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ Arena Tijuana
- ↑ Matt Farmer
- ↑ luchablog photolog (20130915_165015)
- ↑ draw, SuperLuchas
- ↑ double countout of the ring, Super Luchas 514
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-16 00.47.38)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.20.42)
- ↑ luchablog photolog (20130915_253206)
- ↑ previously listed as 1987.01.17, but Villano I is still listed as champion well into 1988
- ↑ Box Y Lucha 1927
- ↑ La Magia del Ring 24
Gallery of Champions
 El Audaz, 2nd Champion |
 Solitario, 4th Champion |
 Fishman, 8th, 10th, 12th & 14th Champion |
 Sangre Chicana, 11th & 13th Champion |
 Villano I, 15th Champion |
 Loco Zandokan, 16th Champion |
 Heavy Metal, 28th Champion |
 Zorro, 30th, 32nd, 34th, 36th & 38th Champion |
 Mr. Aguila, 31st & 33rd Champion |
 Charly Manson, 35th Champion |
 Hator, 37th Champion |
 Chessman, 39th Champion |
Gallery of Title Belts
 2nd Belt (Villano III colors) |
Sources
Also Listed As
| Universal Wrestling Association Championships |
|---|
| Official: Heavy (Dr. Wagner Jr.) |
| Outlaw: Light (Kato Kung Lee Jr.), Junior Light Heavy (Diluvio Negro II) |
| Now in Japan: Welter, Middle, Junior Heavy, Tag, Trios, |
| Defunct: Feather, Light Heavy, Women, International Women, Women Junior, Women's Tag, |
| Associated: WWF Light Heavy |
