Current Champion
Kato Kung Lee Jr. was the last known Mexican champion, holding it 1997. He may not still be defending the title.
At some unknown time, this championship joined many others by turning up in a small Japanese promotion.
History of Championship
Champions Listing
#
Champion(s)
Defeated
Date
Location
tournament for vacant championship
1
Matematico
Hashi Masataka
1975 .12.21
Pachuca
1[ 1]
Ultraman
1976 .06.20
Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco
2
Signo
Matematico
1976 .12.28
Mexico City
1[ 2]
Matemático
1977 .02.13
Plaza El Progreso , Guadalajara , Jalisco
2
Solar
1977 .03.20
Arena Aficion
3[ 3]
Matemático
1977 .04.07
El Toreo de Naucalpan
4[ 4]
Matemático
1977 .04.17
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
5
Catedratico
1977 .07.??
Veracruz
6
Brazo de Oro
1977 .??.??
?
7
Black Man
1977 .10.??
Arena Poza Rica
8
Mátematico
1977 .10.04
Los Mochis, Sinaloa
9
Estrella Blanca
1977 .10.09
Arena Toluca
10[ 5]
Black Man
1977 .12.20
Arena Aficion
11[ 6]
El Matematico
1978 .03.12
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
championship vacant on 1978 .12.28 to move to the welterweight division
decision match for vacant championship
3
Blackman
Matematico
1978 .09.10
El Toreo De Naucalpan
1
Babe Richard
1980 .05.27
Arena Coliseo Acapulco , Guerrero
2[ 7]
Lobo Rubio
1981 .03.08
Arena López Mateos
3
Rudy Reyna
1981 .03.17
Arena Coliseo Acapulco , Guerrero
4[ 8]
Mocho Cota
1981 .05.31
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
5
Black Terry
1981 .06.21
Arena Naucalpan
4
Black Terry [ 9]
Blackman
1981 .09.30
Palacio De Los Deportes
1[ 10]
Dany Grimaldo
1981 .10.21
Gimnasio Municipal Benito Juarez , Cuautitlan , Estadio de Mexico
2[ 11]
Black Man
1981 .12.19
Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca
3[ 12]
Robin Hood
1981 .12.25
Arena Poza Rica , Poza Rica , Veracruz
4[ 13]
Danny Boy
1981 .12.27
Arena Lopez Mateos
5[ 14]
Chamaco Maravilla
1982 .02.04
Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio
6[ 15]
Blackman
1982 .02.07
Arena Palenque Agua Azul, Guadalajara, Jalisco
7[ 16]
Robin
1982 .02.28
Arena Isabel de Leon , Guanajuato
8[ 17]
Matematico & Negro Casas
1982 .03.18
Arena Zapata , Acapulco , Guerrero
9[ 18]
Matematico
1982 .04.07
Arena Xochimilco
10[ 19]
Black Man
1982 .04.30
Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles , California
11[ 20]
Matematico
1982 .05.04
Auditorio Miguel Barragan , San Luis Potosi
12[ 21]
Rudy Reyna
1982 .06.03
Arena Poza Rica , Poza Rica , Veracruz
13[ 22]
Negro Casas
1982 .06.20
Arena Lopez Mateos
14[ 23]
Brillante (Dominican Republic)
1982 .06.23
Plaza de Otors San Marcos , Aguascalientes , Aguascalientes
15[ 24]
Matematico
1982 .07.22
Arena Zapata , Acapulco , Guerrero
16[ 25]
Espartano I
1982 .09.03
Deportivo San Juan , Merida , Yucatan
17[ 26]
Matematico
1982 .10.18
Arena Isabel de Leon , Guanajuato
18[ 27]
Brillante
1982 .11.15
Salon Ixtlahuaca , Cuautitlan , Estado de Mexico
19[ 28]
Blackman
1982 .11.19
Parque Deportivo Lic. Miguel Aleman , Coatzacoalcos , Veracruz
20[ 29]
Negro Casas
1982 .12.14
Gimnasio Municipal Benito Juarez , Cuautitlán , Estado de Mexico
21[ 30]
Rocky Santana
1983 .01.23
Gimnasio 15 de Mayo , Torreon , Coahuila
22[ 31]
Blackman
1983 .03.06
Arena Aficion
23[ 32]
Blackman
1983 .11.15
El Toreo De Naucalpan
24[ 33]
Blackman
1983 .12.01
Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio
5
Negro Casas
Black Terry
1984 .01.01
El Toreo De Naucalpan
1[ 34]
Blue King
1984 .03.30
Arena Olimpico Laguna
2[ 35]
Hijo del Santo
1984 .07.27
Arena Neza
3[ 36]
Robin
1984 .09.06
Arena Olimpico Laguna
6
El Hijo del Santo
Negro Casas
1984 .10.28
El Toreo De Naucalpan
1
Fuerza Guerrera
1984 .11.25
El Toreo De Naucalpan
2
Negro Casas
1984 .11.28
Auditorio Municipal Benito Juarez - Veracruz
3
Negro Casas
1984 .12.16
El Toreo De Naucalpan
4
Negro Casas
1984 .12.20
Auditorio De Tijuana
5
Modulo
1984 .12.22
Pista Arena Revolucion
6
Negro Casas
1985 .01.01
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
7
Negro Casas
1985 .01.08
Arena Queretaro
8
Negro Casas
1985 .01.13
Arena Azteca , Mexico City
9
Negro Casas
1985 .01.28
Gimnasio Morelos , Mexico City
10
Kiss
1985 .02.01
Deportivo Puebla - Puebla
11
Negro Casas
1985 .02.15
Oaxaca
12[ 37]
Mocho Cota
1985 .03.10
Arena Coliseo De Guadalajara
13
Espanto Jr.
1985 .03.14
Santa Rosalia , Baja California Sur
14
Espanto Jr.
1985 .03.21
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
15
Espanto Jr.
1985 .03.24
Auditorio Municipal - Culiacan
16
Espanto Jr.
1985 .04.20
Plaza De Toros - San Miguel Allende , Guanajuato
17
Espanto Jr.
1985 .05.13
Arena Puebla
18
El Mestizo
1985 .06.30
Arena Mexico
7
Aristotle I
El Hijo del Santo
1985 .07.14
El Toreo De Naucalpan
8
El Hijo del Santo [2]
Aristotle I
1985 .09.01
El Toreo De Naucalpan
1
Aristotle I
1985 .09.15
Arena Queretaro
2[ 38]
Espanto Jr.
1985 .11.30
Palacio De Los Deportes
3
Espanto Jr.
1985 .12.08
Plaza De Toros La Monumental - Monterrey
4
Aristotle I
1985 .12.11
Arena Coliseo De Acapulco
5
Espanto Jr.
1986 .01.02
Merida
6
Espanto Jr.
1986 .02.10
Arena Puebla
7
Espanto Jr.
1986 .02.15
Arena Xochimilco
8
Espanto Jr.
1986 .03.05
Arena Neza
9
Negro Casas
1986 .03.20
Arena Toluca
10
Fuerza Guerrera
1986 .04.12
Wilson Theater - Fresno , California
11
Negro Casas
1986 .04.16
Arena Coliseo De Reynosa
12
Cosmonauta
1986 .06.01
Arena Azteca
13
Negro Casas
1986 .06.14
Palenque de la Feria - Tlaxcala
14
Black Shadow Jr.
1986 .07.08
El Toreo De Naucalpan
15
Negro Casas
1986 .07.26
Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles
16
Espanto Jr.
1986 .11.22
Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
17[ 39]
Espanto Jr.
1986 .12.13
Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles
18
Espanto Jr.
1987 .01.26
Arena Puebla
9
Espanto Jr.
El Hijo del Santo
1987 .07.26
Auditorio Municipal - Saltillo
10
El Hijo del Santo [3]
Espanto Jr.
1988 .05.01
El Toreo De Naucalpan
1
Espanto Jr. [ 40]
1988 .05.29
Torreon?
2
Tarahumara
1988 .08.13
Auditorio Municipal - Saltillo
3
Black Shadow Jr.
1988 .08.14
Auditorio Municipal - Saltillo
4
Negro Casas
1989 .01.08
El Toreo De Naucalpan
5
Ray Richard
1989 .06.16
Arena Neza
6
El Hijo del Diablo
1989 .06.19
Cancha Ferrorcarrilera - Irapuato , Guanajuato
7
Asterisco
1989 .08.27
Arena Coliseo De Reynosa
8
Negro Casas
1989 .10.31
Arena Queretaro
9
Black Shadow Jr.
1989 .12.03
Arena Coliseo De Reynosa
10
Black Shadow Jr.
1990 .05.01
Deportivo Roma - Tuxtla Gutierrez , Chiapas
championship vacant January 1991 when Santo decides to no longer wrestle as a lightweight
24 man tournament to decide new champion
11
Lasser
Rocky Santana
1991 .02.05
Arena Puebla
1
Flama Dorada
1991 .03.16
Arena Lopez Mateos
2
Black Shadow Jr.
1991 .04.22
Arena Isabel De Leon
3
?
1991 .06.26
Celaya
4[ 41]
Romano Garcia
1991 .07.24
Arena Lopez Mateos
5
El Matematico
1992 .01.01
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
6
El Mohicano I
1992 .01.16
Mexico City
7
Zeus
1992 .03.29
Arena Queretaro
8[ 42]
Loco Valentino
1992 .05.25
Arena Isabel
9
Loco Valentino
1992 .06.14
Durango
12
Rocky Santana
Lasser
1992 .09.06
Tokyo
13
Lasser [2]
Rocky Santana
1992 .09.09
Sapporo
14
Cassandro
Lasser
1992 .10.29
Arena Toluca
1
Pimpinela Escarlata
1993 .02.18
Pista Arena Revolucion
2
Pimpinela Escarlata
1993 .04.23
Arena Neza
3[ 43]
El Sagrado
1993 .05.31
Arena Neza
4
El Sagrado
1993 .08.01
El Toreo De Naucalpan
5
El Sagrado
1993 .08.10
Arena Aficion De Pachuca
6
Super Raton
1993 .10.08
Arena Neza
7
El Sagrado
1993 .11.08
Arena Puebla
15
Seminarista
Cassandro
1994 .06.14
Queretaro
1
Loco Valentino
1994 .08.22
Arena Puebla
16
Loco Valentino
Seminarista
1994 .09.22
Tulancingo
championship vacant in 1995 for unspecific reasons likely related to UWA's closure
championship filled thru unknown means - awarded?
17
Kato Kung Lee Jr.
?
1997 .05.09
Tulancingo
championship status unclear
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
Sources:
↑ El Informador 1976-06-20
↑ El Informador, 1977-02-13, luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.30.32)
↑ felipe lara @ Foro Box y Lucha
↑ SuperLuchas
↑ SuperLuchas
↑ thecubsfan
↑ SuperLuchas
↑ El Informador 1981-05-31
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 17.54.40), said to have defended the belt 55 times elsewhere
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.15.03)
↑ SuperLuchas
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.56.51)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.54.23)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 23.57.20)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 23.59.16)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 23.59.16)
↑ Negro Casas was wagering his hair and Matematico was putting up 20,000 in a three way match - luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.04.02)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.02.37)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.08.08)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.02.51)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.50.51)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.06.18)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.50.24)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.22.10)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 17.39.39)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.01.41)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.05.28)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.58.00) - photo blurry, date may be off
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.01.06)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.04.26)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-17 18.03.18)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.47.30)
↑ luchablog photolog (2013-09-15 15.43.19)
↑ El Siglo de Torreon 1984-03-30
↑ SuperLuchas
↑ El Siglo de Torreon 1984-09-06
↑ El Informador 1985-03-10
↑ Matt Farmer
↑ https://twitter.com/therealfredo/status/694570671003701248/photo/1
↑ Guerreros del Ring #191
↑ billed as his 5th defense
↑ billed as 17th defense (Lucha Libre Weekly 15)
↑ Lucha Libre Weekly v2-17
Japan Branch
#
Champion(s)
Defeated
Date
Location
-
Nagase Kancho
?
?
?
-[ 1]
Kenichiro Arai
2015 .09.03
Shinkiba 1st Ring, Tokyo
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found
Sources:
↑ Puroresu Spirit - WMW Middleweight Championship also on the line; Nagase is a former UWA Junior Heavyweight champion, possible this belt is mislisted or fictional
Gallery of Champions
Nagase Kancho, Champion (Japan Branch)
Gallery of Title Belts
1st belt
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
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