UWA World Welterweight Championship

Current Champion

Takeshi Minamino, 36th Champion

Takeshi Minamino won the vacated championship on September 9th, 2004 in a 3 way match. Minamino has yet to defend the title since winning it, so it is unclear whether or not the championship is considered still active, vacated or abandoned.

History of Championship

Championship Confusion

Championship reigns previously noted for Filoso, Osamu Namiguchi and Katushiko Nakajima are believed to actually been promoted as WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship matches, not using the actual belt or championship lineage. See that title for more information.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
decision match for championship
1	Villano III	Huracan Ramirez	1975.12.14	Mexico City
2	Solar	Villano III	1977.05.29	Mexico City
3	Bobby Lee	Solar	1978.07.16	Plaza De Toros Monterrey
	1	El Santo	1978.08.27	Palacio De Los Deportes
4	El Signo	Bobby Lee	1979.06.24	Tijuana
5	El Gringo	El Signo	1980.04.13	Monterrey
6	El Texano	El Gringo	1980.09.07	Palacio De Los Deportes
	1	Ultraman	1981.01.06	Arena Coliseo de Acapulco
	2	Solar	1981.02.01	El Toreo De Naucalpan
championship vacant on 1982.02.10 for unknown reasons
tournament for vacant championship
7	Lobo Rubio	El Matematico	1982.05.30	Mexico City
8	El Matematico	Lobo Rubio	1982.10.17	?
9	Blue Panther	El Matematico	1984.12.16	Mexico City
10	Blackman	Blue Panther	1986.02.09	Mexico City
	1	Blue Panther	1986.03.20	Pista Arena Revolucion
	2	Babe Richard	1986.05.27	Arena Coliseo Acapulco, Guerrero
11	Ray Richard	Blackman	1987.09.03	Pista Arena Revolucion
12	Yoshihiro Asai	Ray Richard	1988.07.29	Plaza De Toros El Cortijo
13	Charles Lucero	Yoshihiro Asai	1988.10.09	Monterrey
14	El Hijo del Santo	Charles Lucero	1990.04.29	Plaza De Toros Monterrey
	1	Fuerza Guerrera	1990.06.07	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	2	Black Terry	1990.06.17	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Negro Casas	1990.07.20	Arena Neza
	4	Negro Casas	1990.08.08	Arena Coliseo DF
	5	El Hijo del Diablo	1990.08.29	Palenque de la Feria - Celaya
	6	Negro Casas	1990.09.27	Arena Toluca
	7	Negro Casas	1990.12.08	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	8	Black Terry	1991.03.10	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	9	Negro Casas	1991.05.17	Auditorio De Tijuana
	10	El Hijo del Diablo	1991.05.27	Plaza De Toros Chilpancingo
	11	El Hijo del Diablo	1991.06.15	Actopan, Hidalgo
	12	El Hijo del Diablo	1991.06.21	Salon Alamo - San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
	13	Negro Casas	1991.09.19	Auditorio Municipal - Aguascalientes
	14	Canelo Casas	1991.11.14	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	15	Cassandro	1992.01.30	Pista Arena Revolucion
	16	Espanto Jr.	1992.02.09	Arena Neza
	17	Black Shadow Jr.	1992.04.05	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	16	Espanto Jr.	1992.04.18	Arena Apatlaco - Mexico City
15	Espanto Jr.	El Hijo del Santo	1992.05.14	Durango
16	Celestial [2]	Espanto Jr.	1992.06.24	Durango
	1	Cassandro	1992.08.30	Arena Lopez Mateos
17	Super Delfin	Celestial	1993.05.17	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
18	The Great Sasuke	Super Delfin	1993.05.17	Morioka, Japan
19	Super Delfin [2]	The Great Sasuke	1993.06.02	Osaka, Japan
	1	The Great Sasuke	1993.06.07	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
20	The Great Sasuke [2]	Super Delfin	1993.07.24	Morioka, Japan
	1	Shingami	1993.08.20	Odate, Japan
21	Super Delfin [3]	The Great Sasuke	1993.08.24	Tokyo
22	Celestial [3]	Super Delfin	1993.08.28	Mexico City
	1	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	1993.12.14	Arena Aficion De Pachuca
23	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	Celestial	1994.01.30	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	Audaz	1994.05.02	Arena Puebla
24	El Hijo del Santo [2]	Karloff Lagarde Jr.	1994.05.25	Arena Lopez Mateos
	1	Negro Casas	1994.10.28	El Toreo De Naucalpan
25	Norio Honaga	El Hijo del Santo	1994.11.18	Hiroshima, Japan
26	Shinjiro Ohtani	Norio Honaga	1994.12.13	Osaka, Japan
27	Koji Kanemoto	Shinjiro Ohtani	1995.04.16	Hiroshima, Japan
28	Gran Hamada	Koji Kanemoto	1995.09.22	Nagoya, Japan
championship vacant for exceeding the weight list on unknown date
decision match for vacant championship
29	Super Crazy	Pirata Morgan Jr.	1995.11.17	Neza
30	Kid Guzman	Super Crazy	1997.??.??	Arena Neza
	1	Fugaz	1997.10.19	Arena Neza
31	Super Crazy [2]	Kid Guzman	1998.06.15	Hakata, Japan
	1	Kid Guzman	1998.06.18	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
	2	Mosco de la Merced I	1998.10.22	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
32	Oriental	Super Crazy	2000.10.13	Torreon
championship vacant due to injury on February 2001
decision match for vacant championship where the captain wins the title; teams are Nemesis (c), Crazzy Boy, Rey Cuervo vs Imposter (c), Cazador, Poder Gitano
33	Nemesis	Imposter	2001.09.23	Tulancingo, Hidalgo
34	Rey Cuervo	Nemesis	2002.04.14	Tulancingo, Hidalgo
championship vacant April 2003 for unknown reasons
decision match for vacant championship
35	Taiji Ishimori	Super Crazy	2003.05.11	Arena Coliseo DF
	1	Fuerza Guerrera	2003.08.31	Unidad Deportiva Cuahtemoc
	2	Yossino	2003.12.07	Arena Coliseo DF
champinship held up after defense on 2004.08.29 versus Takeshi Minamino
three way decision match for vacant championship
36	Takeshi Minamino	Pineapple Hanai & Mango Fukuda	2004.09.09	Tokyo
	1	Taiji Ishimori	2004.10.14	Korakuen Hall - Tokyo
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Villano III, 1st Champion

Bobby Lee, 3rd Champion

El Signo, 4th Champion

Garringo, 5th Champion

El Texano, 6th Champion

El Matematico, 8th Champion

Blue Panther, 9th Champion

Blackman, 10thChampion

Yoshihiro Asai, 12th Champion

El Hijo del Santo, 14th & 24th Champion

Celestial,16th & 22nd Champion

Super Crazy, 29th & 31st Champion

Taiji Ishimori, 35th Champion

Gallery of Title Belts

1st Belt

3rd Belt

Sources

• Wrestling-Titles.com

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