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| Promotion | Global Wrestling Federation United States Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date retired | September 21, 1994 | ||||||||||
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The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship was the secondary title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was defended on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.
The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on July 12 and July 13, 1991. The Lightning Kid defeated Jerry Lynn in the final to win the tournament. [1]
| First Round | Second Round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Butch Blackheart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ray Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Stranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bubba Fangman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Gonzales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Adias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Bandolero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Adias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mike Stetson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khris Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Garvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Garvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenny the Stinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Garren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a three-man tournament for the vacated GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on May 29, 1992. The title was vacated after previous champion Danny Davis left the company for United States Wrestling Association. Terry Simms defeated Chaz in the final to win the tournament. [2]
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Terry Simms | ||||||||
| 4 | Nick Busick | ||||||||
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| Chaz | |||||||||
| 3 | Chaz | ||||||||
| 2 | BYE | ||||||||
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Lightning Kid | July 13, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 62 | Defeated Jerry Lynn in tournament final. | [3] |
| 2 | Chaz Taylor | September 13, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Lightning Kid | September 15, 1991 | House show | Marietta, Georgia | 2 | 103 | [4] | |
| 4 | Jerry Lynn | December 27, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 42 | ||
| 5 | Barry Horowitz | February 7, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 14 | ||
| 6 | Ben Jordan | February 21, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Barry Horowitz | February 28, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Danny Davis | April 3, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 21 | [5] | |
| — | Vacated | April 24, 1992 | — | — | — | — | Davis left for the USWA and later wrestles as GWF champion in Memphis. | |
| 9 | Terry Simms | May 29, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 63 | Defeats Chaz in tournament final. | [6] |
| 10 | Alex Pourteau | July 31, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [Note 1] | [7] | |
| † | Danny Davis | August 2, 1992 | House show | — | 2 | [Note 2] | Supposedly won the title somewhere between August 3 and August 24, 1992. Is possible this was Davis using the title he took with him from the GWF when he quit. | |
| † | Brian Christopher | October 5, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| † | Danny Davis | October 12, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 7 | ||
| † | Brian Christopher | October 19, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Mike Dahl | October 23, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 92 | ||
| 12 | Alex Pourteau | January 22, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 34 | ||
| 13 | Calvin Knapp | February 26, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 78 | [8] | |
| — | Vacated | November 3, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 14 | Alex Pourteau | November 26, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 86 | ||
| 15 | Calvin Knapp | February 20, 1994 | House show | N/A | 2 | [Note 3] | ||
| — | Vacated | July 20, 1994 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for undisclosed reasons | |
| 16 | Alex Pourteau | August 20, 1994 | House show | Guatemala | 4 | [Note 4] | Records unclear as to how he won the title or if there was even a match for it | |
| 17 | Osamu Nishimura | August 26, 1994 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 26 | ||
| — | Deactivated | September 21, 1994 | — | — | — | — | When Global Wrestling Federation closed. | |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
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| 1 | Calvin Knapp | 2 | 268 |
| 2 | Lightning Kid | 2 | 165 |
| 3 | Alex Pourteau | 4 | 124-228 |
| 4 | Mike Dahl | 1 | 92 |
| 5 | Danny Davis | 3 | 70-91 |
| 6 | Terry Simms | 1 | 63 |
| 7 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Osamu Nishimura | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Barry Horowitz | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Brian Christopher | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Ben Jordan | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Chaz Taylor | 1 | 2 |
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