IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship

Current Champion

El Hijo del Espectro Jr. is the current IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, defeating Gianni Valletta to win the championship on September 5, 2021 in Arena Naucalpan.

History of Championship

It's rare IWRG has a heavyweight among it's main roster of luchadors. This championship is usually fought for by national and Mexico City area independent name luchadors and occasional visiting major promotion luchadors. None are tied to IWRG, so the championship can go thru long periods of inactivity.

Scorpio Jr. won the title on 2005.12.22 in Arena Naucalpan, defeating Heavy Metal. He held the championship until he jumped to AAA. As IWRG is aligned with CMLL, they stripped the championship from Scorpio (for inability to defend). To declare a new champion, IWRG held a relevos incredible match, with teams of Perro Aguayo Jr. (rudo) and Head Hunter I (rudo) vs Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (tecnico) and Canek (rudo). Rayo (the WWA World Heavyweight Championship at the time) and Canek won the tag match, which allowed them to square off for the vacant championship. Canek won the singles match and the championship.

Canek defended the belt a couple of times in 2006, but issues with both knees caused him to wrestle less frequently, and miss large chunks of 2007, 2008 and 2009. Much in the same way he won the title, Canek lost it in a four-way. This one had masks, hair, and the title belt in the line, with the losers facing off for the reward. Scorpio Jr. & Pirata Morgan won the first part of the match, so it was Canek's title versus Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.'s mask. The younger wrestler won with a foul, becoming the 14th champion.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
final of 8 man tournament to crown initial champion
1	Pierroth Jr.	Black Magic	1997.09.28	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Mascara Sagrada	1998.02.08	Arena Coliseo De Monterrey
2	Pirata Morgan	Pierroth Jr.	1999.08.01	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Mascara Sagrada	1999.09.12	Arena Naucalpan
3	Super Parka	Pirata Morgan	1999.11.23	Yokkaichi, Japan
Pirata Morgan left IWRG and took the belt which he defended as the IWC Heavyweight Championship in AAA
4	Scorpio Jr.	Super Parka	1999.12.16	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Moon Walker	2000.02.06	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Villano IV	2000.06.01	Arena Naucalpan
	3	Mr. Niebla	2000.07.06	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Silver King	2000.10.19	Arena Naucalpan
	5	Villano IV	2000.11.02	Arena Naucalpan
	6	Nicho El Millonario	2000.12.08	Auditorio de Tijuana
	7	El Dandy	2001.02.08	Arena Naucalpan
	8	Rambo	2001.04.05	Arena Naucalpan
	9	El Enterrador	2001.04.26	Arena Naucalpan
5	Tinieblas Jr.	Scorpio Jr.	2001.08.16	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Scorpio Jr.	2001.10.18	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Dr. Wagner Jr.	2001.12.30	Arena Coliseo De Reynosa
	3	Black Tiger	2002.04.11	Arena Naucalpan
6	Scorpio Jr. [2]	Tinieblas Jr.	2002.08.29	Arena Naucalpan
	1	El Hijo del Anibal	2002.09.12	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Villano V	2002.10.24	Arena Naucalpan
	3	Super Porky	2002.11.20	Arena Naucalpan
7	El Enterrador	Scorpio Jr.	2003.05.29	Arena Naucalpan
8	Tinieblas Jr. [2]	El Enterrador	2003.10.12	Arena Naucalpan
9	Villano IV	Tinieblas Jr.	2004.02.12	Arena Naucalpan
10	Scorpio Jr. [3]	Villano IV	2004.09.09	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Heavy Metal	2005.04.14	Arena Naucalpan
11	Heavy Metal	Scorpio Jr.	2005.05.12	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Scorpio Jr.	2005.09.11	Arena Naucalpan
12	Scorpio Jr. [4]	Heavy Metal	2005.12.22	Arena Naucalpan
title stripped in February 2006 when Scorpio Jr. jumps to AAA
Relevos Increibles to determine new champ; Perro Aguayo Jr. & Head Hunter I vs Canek & Rayo De Jalisco Jr.
13	Canek	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2006.05.05	Arena Neza
	1	Dr. Wagner Jr.	2006.06.01	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	2006.07.27	Arena Naucalpan
14	Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.	Canek	2010.04.19	Arena Naucalpan
15	Silver King	Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.	2010.06.24	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.	2010.07.25	Centro Banamex, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
	2	Dr. Wagner Jr. & Mesias	2010.09.12	Plaza de Toros de Torreon, Coahuila
	3	Electroshock	2011.07.23	Centro Banamex, Mexico City
16	Taboo	Silver King, Dr. Wagner Jr. & La Parka	2011.10.16	Arena Naucalpan
17	Head Hunter I	Taboo & Electroshock	2011.12.25	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Murder Clown	2012.05.24	Arena Naucalpan
18	Cien Caras Jr.	Head Hunter I	2012.06.21	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Máscara Sagrada	2012.07.12	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Pirata Morgan	2012.07.22	Arena Naucalpan
	3	X-Fly	2012.08.12	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Psycho Clown	2012.10.04	Arena Naucalpan
	5	Psycho Clown	2013.03.14	Arena Naucalpan
19	Vampiro	Cien Caras Jr.	2014.01.26	Arena Naucalpan
Vampiro almost immediately retired, vacating championship
six way ladder match for vacant championship
20	Hijo de Dos Caras	Pirata Morgan LA Park Demon Clown Dr. Wagner Jr. Mascara Sagrada	2014.07.20	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Demon Clown	2014.09.07	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000	2014.10.05	Arena Naucalpan
	3	Cien Caras Jr.	2014.11.02	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Pirata Morgan	2015.03.22	Arena Naucalpan
	5	Negro Navarro	2015.04.12	Arena Naucalpan
21	Máscara Año 2000 Jr.	Hijo de Dos Caras	2015.10.11	Arena Naucalpan
22	Hijo de Dos Caras [2]	Máscara Año 2000	2015.11.01	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Trauma I	2015.12.20	Arena Naucalpan
23	Trauma I	Hijo de Dos Caras	2016.02.14	Arena Naucalpan
24	Máscara Año 2000 Jr.	Trauma I	2016.04.24	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Canis Lupus	2016.04.27	Arena Naucalpan
25	Mr. Electro	Máscara Año 2000 Jr.	2016.06.12	Arena Naucalpan
26	Trauma I	Mr. Electro	2016.08.07	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Canis Lupus	2016.10.02	Arena Naucalpan
27	Mr. Electro [2]	Trauma I	2016.12.18	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Pirata Morgan	2017.01.15	Arena Naucalpan
	2	Black Warrior	2017.07.16	Arena Naucalpan
	3	Villano V Jr.	2017.08.27	Arena Naucalpan
	4	El Hijo del Médico Asesino	2018.09.09	Arena Naucalpan
28	Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [4]	Mr. Electro	2018.12.21	Arena Naucalpan
29	Hijo de Canis Lupus	Trauma I	2019.04.14	Arena Naucalpan
	1	Jonathan	2019.06.09	Salon Rancho Grande, Tijuana, Baja California
	2	Hechicero (CMLL)	2019.09.01	Arena Naucalpan
	3	Trauma I	2019.11.24	Arena Naucalpan
30	Fresero Jr.	Hijo de Canis Lupus	2020.10.11	Arena Naucalpan
Fresero Jr. quits the promotion after the 2021.06.06 show, championship vacant
11 man battle royal for vacant title
31	Gianni Valletta	El Hijo del Espectro Jr., Diva Salvaje, Karaoui, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Galeno del Mal, Estrella Divina, Veneno, Mafioso, Villano V Jr., Black Taurus	2021.09.05	Arena Naucalpan
32	El Hijo del Espectro Jr.	Gianni Valletta	2021.09.16	Arena Naucalpan
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Pierroth Jr., 1st Champion

Pirata Morgan, 2nd Champion

Scorpio Jr., 4th, 6th, 10th & 12th Champion

Heavy Metal, 11th Champion

Canek, 13th Champion

Máscara Año 2000 Jr., 14th, 21st, 24th & 28th Champion

Silver King, 15th Champion

Taboo, 16th Champion

Head Hunter I, 17th Champion

Cien Caras Jr., 18th Champion

Vampiro, 19th Champion

Hijo de Dos Caras, 20th & 22nd Champion

Trauma I, 23rd Champion

Mr. Electro, 25th & 27th Champion

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Also Listed As

• IWRG IC HEAVY

International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) Championships
Active: Light (Águila Roja), Welter (Dr. Cerebro Jr.), Middle (Noisy Boy), Heavy (DMT Azul) Tag Team (Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr.), Trios (Arez, Látigo, Toxin) Mexico (Hellboy), Junior de Juniors (El Hijo de Fishman) Rey Del Aire (Noisy Boy), Women (Keyra)
Inactive: Super Welter
Tournaments: El Protector (El Hijo de Fishman & Tonalli), Rey del Ring (Vito Fratelli)
Related: Mexico State Trios Championship (Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr.), WWS Welter (El Hijo del Diablo)