The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wrestling Council (WWC) promotion. Locally, it is exclusively defended in WWC, but has made several appearances in foreign promotions during international tours. [1] Being a professional wrestling championship, it is won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All but two of the title changes have occurred at WWC-promoted events, with the exceptions taking place at events hosted by International Championship Wrestling (ICW) and the International Wrestling Association (IWA). Title changes that occur on WWC's television program Súperestrellas de la Lucha Libre usually air on tape delay and as such are listed with the day the tapings occurred, rather than the air date.
The title was introduced as a plot device to promote the return of Abdullah the Butcher on July 21, 1982, and was originally named the "Capitol Sports Promotions (CSP) World Heavyweight Championship". [2] Within a year, the title was renamed "CSP Universal Heavyweight Championship" following a storyline where titlist Carlos Colón defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair in a match to determine which title had supremacy. [2] When CSP reorganized and adopted the name of WWC, the championship's acronym was changed along it. It has remained under this name ever since, but due to copyright concerns it was briefly renamed "Capitol Heavyweight Championship" when the IWA gained possession of the belt on January 6, 2008.
The inaugural champion was Abdullah the Butcher. Carlos Colón, Sr. has held the title the most, with 26 reigns. The longest reign in the title history is Colón, Sr.'s second reign at 655 days. Carly Colón's 11th and the only reigns of Vampiro and Lance Hoyt are tied for the record of shortest reign in the title's history, lasting less than one day. Carlos Colón holds the record for combined days as champion, with 3,945. Overall, there have been 147 reigns shared among 49 wrestlers, not including one expunged reign and one unofficial title change, with 35 vacancies totaling 1,010 Days.
Names | Dates | Ref(s). |
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CSP World Heavyweight Championship | June 20, 1982 – July 24, 1982 | |
WWC World Heavyweight Championship | July 24, 1982 – December 18, 1983 | |
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship | December 18, 1983 – present | |
Capitol Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) | January 6, 2008 – January 10, 2008 | [3] [4] [5] |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Abdullah the Butcher | June 20, 1982 | N/A | Okinawa, Japan | 1 | 34 | Abdullah was billed as the CSP World Heavyweight Champion upon arrival and later billed as having defeated Antonio Inoki on June 20 in Okinawa, Japan to win the title. | [6] |
2 | Carlos Colón | July 24, 1982 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 | 273 | The title is renamed the WWC World Heavyweight Championship during this reign. | [6] |
3 | Ox Baker | April 23, 1983 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 | 21 | [6] | |
4 | Carlos Colón | May 14, 1983 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2 | 655 | Title renamed WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship on December 18, 1983 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico after Colón defeats NWA World Heavyweight champion Ric Flair in a cage match. | [6] |
5 | Dory Funk, Jr. | February 27, 1985 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bangor, Maine | 1 | 80 | At an International Championship Wrestling event. This marked the first (and, to date, only) time that the title legitimately changed hands outside of Puerto Rico.... note: this date is in question as results for this show appeared in the Friday, March 1, 1985 edition of the Bangor Daily News. Results show Carlos Colon winning a non-title match against "Toras Balboa" (subbing for the advertised Black Gordman), and Dory Funk Jr wrestling to a draw with Hercules Ayala. So the date of Funk winning the title from Colon is unknown. | [6] [7] |
— | Vacated | May 18, 1985 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Dory Funk, Jr. | [6] |
6 | Carlos Colón | June 15, 1985 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 | 98 | Defeat Dory Funk, Jr. in rematch. | [6] |
— | Vacated | September 21, 1985 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Abdullah the Butcher. | [6] |
7 | Carlos Colón | October 19, 1985 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 4 | 193 | Defeat Abdullah the Butcher in rematch. | [6] |
— | Vacated | April 30, 1986 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | The title was vacated when Colón was injured. | [6] |
8 | Carlos Colón | September 21, 1986 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 5 | 300 | Defeat Terry Funk in a tournament final. | [6] |
9 | Hercules Ayala | July 18, 1987 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 | 64 | [6] | |
10 | Carlos Colón | September 20, 1987 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 6 | 146 | [6] [8] | |
11 | Hercules Ayala | February 13, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2 | 56 | [6] | |
12 | Carlos Colón | April 9, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 7 | 105 | [6] | |
13 | Hercules Ayala | July 23, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | 3 | 32 | [6] | |
— | Vacated | August 24, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Ayala was stripped of the title after attacking Carlos Colón's wife during a banquet. | [6] |
14 | Ron Garvin | November 24, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 1 | 18 | Defeated Carlos Colón in a tournament final. | [6] [9] |
15 | Carlos Colón | December 12, 1988 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 8 | 166 | [6] | |
16 | Steve Strong | May 27, 1989 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | 133 | [6] | |
17 | Carlos Colón | October 7, 1989 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 9 | 21 | [6] | |
— | Vacated | October 28, 1989 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Steve Strong. | [6] |
18 | Carlos Colón | November 23, 1989 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 10 | 24 | Defeat Strong in a rematch. | [6] |
19 | Leo Burke | December 17, 1989 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 1 | 54 | [6] | |
20 | TNT | February 9, 1990 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | 43 | [6] | |
21 | Abdullah the Butcher | March 24, 1990 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2 | 7 | [6] | |
22 | Carlos Colón | March 31, 1990 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 11 | 259 | [6] [10] | |
— | Vacated | December 15, 1990 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Greg Valentine. | [6] |
23 | Carlos Colón | February 2, 1991 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 12 | 245 | Defeat Valentine in a rematch. | [6] |
— | Vacated | October 5, 1991 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Dino Bravo. | [6] |
24 | Carlos Colón | November 2, 1991 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 13 | 91 | Defeat Bravo in rematch. | [6] |
25 | Ron Garvin | February 1, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 2 | 63 | [6] | |
26 | Carlos Colón | April 4, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 14 | 126 | [6] | |
27 | Invader I | August 8, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 42 | [6] | |
28 | Abdullah the Butcher | September 19, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 3 | 5 | [11] | |
29 | Invader I | September 24, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | 2 | 16 | Awarded the title when decision of the September 19 match is overturned because of outside interference by Dick Murdoch. | [6] |
— | Vacated | October 10, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Ponce, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Invader I and Dick Murdoch. | [11] |
30 | Dick Murdoch | October 25, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 34 | Defeat the Invader I in rematch. | [11] |
31 | Carlos Colón | November 28, 1992 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Manatí, Puerto Rico | 15 | 246 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | August 1, 1993 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Colón entered a temporary retirement. | [11] |
32 | Greg Valentine | August 8, 1993 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 227 | Defeat Invader I in a tournament final. | [11] [12] |
33 | Ray González | March 23, 1994 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | ||
34 | Greg Valentine | March 23, 1994 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | 2 | 10 | ||
35 | Ray González | April 2, 1994 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 2 | 78 | [11] [12] | |
36 | Dutch Mantell | June 19, 1994 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Toa Alta, Puerto Rico | 1 | 49 | [11] | |
37 | Carlos Colón | August 7, 1994 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 16 | 495 | Defeat Dutch Mantel in a Texas death double title match for the WWC World Television and WWC Universal Heavyweight titles. [13] | [11] |
— | Vacated | December 15, 1995 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Mabel. | [11] |
38 | Carlos Colón | January 6, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 17 | 1 | Defeat Mabel in rematch. | [11] |
39 | Mabel | January 7, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Germán, Puerto Rico | 1 | 34 | [11] | |
40 | Abdullah the Butcher | February 10, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 4 | 42 | [11] [14] | |
41 | El Bronco | March 23, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | 28 | [11] | |
42 | Carlos Colón | April 20, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 18 | 35 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | May 25, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Mr. Hughes. | [11] |
43 | Carlos Colón | June 15, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 19 | 157 | Defeat Hughes in rematch. | [11] |
44 | Huracán Castillo | October 19, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Humacao, Puerto Rico | 1 | 4 | [11] | |
45 | Carlos Colón | October 23, 1996 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | 20 | 122 | Awarded by official decision. | [11] |
46 | El Nene | February 22, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 1 | 15 | [11] | |
47 | Carlos Colón | March 9, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Humacao, Puerto Rico | 21 | 13 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | March 22, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Jim Steele. | [11] |
48 | Carlos Colón | April 5, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 22 | 36 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | May 11, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | — | — | [11] | |
49 | Ray González | August 13, 1997 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Humacao, Puerto Rico | 3 | 172 | Defeat Tom Brandi in a tournament final. | [11] |
— | Vacated | February 1, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Manatí, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Ray González and Fidel Sierra. | [11] |
50 | Ray González | February 14, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 4 | 43 | Defeat Sierra in rematch. | [11] |
50 | El Nene | March 29, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | 2 | 41 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | May 9, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | El Nene was stripped of the title for using a foreign object. | [11] |
51 | Ray González | May 9, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 5 | 84 | Awarded. | [11] |
52 | Carlos Colón | August 1, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 23 | 1 | [11] | |
53 | Ray González | August 2, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 6 | 116 | [11] | |
54 | Glamour Boy Shane | November 26, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 2 | [11] | |
55 | Ray González | November 28, 1998 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 7 | 36 | [11] | |
56 | Carlos Colón | January 3, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 24 | 4 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | January 7, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | — | — | Colón was stripped of the title for using an illegal object against the referee and Ray Gonzalez. | [11] |
57 | Ray González | January 7, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 8 | 79 | Awarded. | [11] |
— | Vacated | March 27, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Ray González and Pierroth, Jr. | [11] |
58 | Ray González | April 3, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 9 | 1 | Defeat Pierroth Jr. in rematch. | [11] [15] |
59 | Pierroth, Jr. | April 4, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Germán, Puerto Rico | 1 | 13 | [11] | |
60 | Ray González | April 17, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 10 | 119 | [11] [16] | |
61 | Carlos Colón | August 14, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 25 | 91 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | November 13, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Naguabo, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlos Colón and Ray González. | [11] |
62 | Carlos Colón | November 27, 1999 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 26 | 42 | [11] | |
63 | Ray González | January 8, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Fajardo, Puerto Rico | 11 | 21 | [11] | |
64 | Carly Colón | January 29, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 1 | 21 | [11] | |
65 | Ray González | February 19, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 12 | 148 | [11] [17] | |
66 | Carly Colón | July 16, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 2 | 76 | [11] | |
67 | Curt Hennig | September 30, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | 4 | [11] [18] | |
— | Vacated | October 4, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Held up after a time limit draw between Curt Hennig and Carly Colón. | [11] [19] |
68 | Carly Colón | November 25, 2000 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 3 | 84 | Defeat Hennig in a rematch. | [11] |
69 | Jerry Flynn | February 17, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Manatí, Puerto Rico | 1 | 14 | [11] | |
70 | El Bronco | March 3, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 2 | 28 | [11] | |
71 | Ray González | March 31, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 13 | 77 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | June 16, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Ray González and Super Gladiador (Ricky Frontán). | [11] |
72 | Ray González | July 7, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 14 | 147 | Defeat Super Gladiador in a rematch. | [11] |
73 | Carly Colón | December 1, 2001 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 4 | 126 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | April 6, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Carly Colón surrendered the title to Vampiro, following a controversial match between the two. | [11] |
74 | Vampiro | April 6, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | <1 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | April 6, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Held up by official decision. | [11] |
74 | Carly Colón | April 13, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Fajardo, Puerto Rico | 5 | 203 | Defeat Vampiro in rematch. | [11] |
75 | Konnan | November 2, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Sebastián, Puerto Rico | 1 | 21 | [11] | |
76 | Carly Colón | November 23, 2002 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Las Piedras, Puerto Rico | 6 | 56 | [11] | |
77 | Chicky Starr | January 18, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 14 | [11] [20] | |
78 | Carly Colón | February 1, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Humacao, Puerto Rico | 7 | 42 | [11] | |
79 | Sabu | March 15, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 1 | 77 | [11] | |
80 | Carly Colón | May 31, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 8 | 7 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | June 7, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Cayey, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carly Colón and El Bronco. | [11] |
81 | Carly Colón | June 14, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Cataño, Puerto Rico | 9 | 13 | Defeat El Bronco in rematch. | [11] |
— | Vacated | June 27, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Vacated when Carly Colón signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. | [11] |
82 | Lightning | July 18, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guayama, Puerto Rico | 1 | 37 | Defeat Eddie Colón in a tournament final. | [11] |
83 | Ricky Cruz | August 24, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guayanilla, Puerto Rico | 1 | 20 | ||
84 | El Diamante | September 13, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | 1 | 98 | [11] | |
84 | Carly Colón | December 20, 2003 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 10 | 14 | [11] | |
85 | Abdullah the Butcher | January 3, 2004 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 5 | 252 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | September 11, 2004 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | [11] | |
86 | El Bronco | September 25, 2004 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 3 | 42 | Defeat Huracán Castillo, Jr. in a tournament final. | [11] |
87 | Eddie Colón | November 6, 2004 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 35 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | December 11, 2004 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Eddie Colón and Titus. | [11] |
88 | Eddie Colón | January 6, 2005 | Crossfire 2004 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 2 | 142 | Defeat Titus in rematch. | [11] |
89 | El Diamante | May 28, 2005 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Gurabo, Puerto Rico | 2 | 49 | [11] | |
90 | Eddie Colón | July 16, 2005 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 3 | 55 | [11] | |
— | Vacated | September 9, 2005 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Manatí, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after match between Eddie Colón and La Amenaza Bryan. | [11] |
91 | La Amenaza Bryan | September 11, 2005 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico | 1 | 56 | Defeat Eddie Colón in rematch. | [11] |
92 | Glamour Boy Shane | November 6, 2005 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 2 | 90 | [11] | |
93 | La Amenaza Bryan | February 4, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 49 | [11] | |
94 | Lance Hoyt | March 25, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 1 | <1 | [11] | |
95 | Black Pain | March 25, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Carolina, Puerto Rico | 1 | 140 | [11] | |
96 | La Amenaza Bryan | August 12, 2006 | Aniversario 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 3 | 39 | [21] | |
— | Vacated | September 20, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Amenaza Bryan was stripped of the title after leaving the company due to payment and creative differences. | [11] |
97 | Abbad | September 30, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 28 | Won a tournament final to determine the new champion. | [22] |
98 | Jon Heidenreich | October 28, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 49 | [23] | |
97 | Jose Luis Rivera | November 30, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 28 | ||
99 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | December 16, 2006 | Lockout 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 11 | <1 | Had previously won the championship as Carly Colón | [24] |
— | Vacated | December 16, 2006 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Carlito Caribbean Cool was stripped by Victor Jovica. | |
100 | Jon Heidenreich | December 16, 2006 | Lockout 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 21 | Awarded. | [25] |
101 | Eddie Colón | January 6, 2007 | Euphoria 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 4 | 70 | [26] | |
102 | Alofa The Samoan Tank | March 17, 2007 | Honor vs Traición 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 56 | [27] | |
103 | Apolo | May 12, 2007 | Summer Madness 2007 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 7 | [28] | |
104 | Eddie Colón | May 19, 2007 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Manatí, Puerto Rico | 5 | 22 | Colón participated in a Battle Royal where Apolo defended the championship. | [29] |
105 | Apolo | June 10, 2007 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Yauco, Puerto Rico | 2 | 24 | [30] | |
† | Brent Dail | July 4, 2007 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | — | — | ||
† | Apolo | July 5, 2007 | Superestrellas | Yauco, Puerto Rico | 3 | 10 | ||
106 | Razor Ramon | July 14, 2007 | Aniversario 2007 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 1 | 154 | Won a three-way match that included Carlito and Apolo. | [31] |
† | Biggie Size | December 15, 2007 | Lockout 2007 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 1 | 14 | Won the title by forfeit when Razor Ramon failed to appear and Biggie Size pinned Jack Meléndez. Despite being originally regarded as an official reign, WWC withdrew its recognition afterwards. | [32] |
— | Vacated | December 29, 2007 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | The WWC announced during their television program, that they had declared the championship vacant and would not be recognizing Biggie Size's reign. | [11] |
† | Blitz | January 6, 2008 | IWA Histeria Boricua 2008 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 4 | Defeated Biggie Size in a unification match and became the first Undisputed IWA World Heavyweight Champion. Title change is recognized by the IWA and NWA but not the WWC. | |
107 | Noriega | July 19, 2008 | Aniversario 2008 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 | 37 | Defeat Orlando Colón in a tournament final. | [33] |
— | Vacated | August 25, 2008 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Vacated when Noriega leaves the company. | [34] |
108 | Ray González | September 21, 2008 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 15 | 140 | Defeat Shane to win the vacant title. | |
109 | Steve Corino | February 8, 2009 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Naguabo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 62 | ||
110 | BJ | April 11, 2009 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | <1 | Mr. Mac was the official referee of this match. | [35] |
— | Vacated | April 11, 2009 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Stripped of the title after the other referee interface to do a countdown between the match of Steve Corino and BJ. because he was not the official referee. | [35] |
111 | Steve Corino | April 11, 2009 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 91 | Title returned by the official referee Mr. Mac. | |
112 | BJ | July 11, 2009 | Aniversario 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 35 | ||
— | Vacated | August 15, 2009 | Summer Madness 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | [36] | |
113 | Noriega | September 26, 2009 | Septiembre Negro 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | ||
114 | Glamour Boy Shane | September 27, 2009 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | 3 | 62 | Defeat BJ, Noriega and Orlando Colón in 3-way match. | |
115 | Noriega | November 28, 2009 | Crossfire 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 3 | 49 | Defeat BJ, Shane and Orlando Colón in a 3-way match. | [37] |
116 | BJ | January 16, 2010 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 | 56 | ||
117 | Ray González | March 13, 2010 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 16 | 42 | ||
118 | Scott Steiner | April 24, 2010 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 35 | ||
— | Vacated | May 29, 2010 | Summer Madness 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | Title held up after a match between Steiner and Ray González went to a no contest. | [38] |
119 | Ray González | July 11, 2010 | Aniversario 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 17 | 20 | Defeat Scott Steiner in rematch refereed by Ricky Banderas. | [39] |
120 | Shelton Benjamin | July 31, 2010 | La Revolución 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 119 | [40] | |
121 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | November 27, 2010 | Crossfire 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 12 | 42 | [41] | |
122 | Ricky Banderas | January 8, 2011 | Euphoria 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 42 | [42] | |
— | Vacated | February 19, 2011 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Title vacated when Banderas leaves to the IWA. | [43] |
123 | Steve Corino | April 23, 2011 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 3 | 42 | Defeat Carlito Caribbean Cool, Shane the Glamour Boy and Gilbert in a 4-way gauntlet match to win the vacant title. | |
124 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | June 4, 2011 | Summer Madness 2011 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | 13 | 274 | ||
125 | Gilbert | March 4, 2012 | Noche de Campeones 2012 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 118 | ||
126 | Apolo | June 30, 2012 | Aniversario 39 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 4 | 70 | ||
127 | Andy Leavine | September 8, 2012 | Septiembre Negro 2012 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 50 | Defeat Apolo and Gilbert in a 3-way match. | [44] |
128 | Ray González | October 28, 2012 | Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza 2012 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 18 | 126 | ||
129 | El Super Fénix | March 3, 2013 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 24 | Defeat Ray González in a Hair vs Title Match. Previously won the championship as Gilbert. | |
130 | Ray González | March 27, 2013 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 19 | 45 | ||
131 | Chris Angel | May 11, 2013 | Summer Madness 2013 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | 1 | 189 | ||
132 | TNT | November 16, 2013 | Crossfire 2013 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 29 | ||
133 | The Mighty Ursus | December 15, 2013 | Lockout 2013 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 35 | Defeat TNT and Chris Angel in 3-way match. | [45] |
134 | TNT | January 19, 2014 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 3 | 48 | ||
135 | Ray González | March 8, 2014 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 20 | 133 | ||
136 | The Mighty Ursus | July 19, 2014 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 140 | [46] | |
137 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | December 6, 2014 | Lockdown 2014 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 14 | 29 | ||
138 | Ray González | January 4, 2015 | Euphoria 2015 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 21 | 13 | [47] | |
— | Vacated | January 17, 2015 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | — | — | — | Held up due to a controversy when González won the title. | [48] |
139 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | January 24, 2015 | La Hora de la Verdad 2015 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 15 | 70 | Defeated Ray González in rematch. | |
140 | El Chicano | April 4, 2015 | Camino a la Gloria 2015 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 119 | ||
141 | Mr. 450 | August 1, 2015 | Noche de Campeones 2015 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 218 | [49] | |
142 | Carlito Caribbean Cool | March 6, 2016 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 16 | 192 | [50] | |
— | Vacated | September 14, 2016 | En Ruta a Aniversario Día 1 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carly Colón and Mr. 450. | [6] |
143 | Carly Colón | September 18, 2016 | En Ruta a Aniversario Día 2 | Isabela, Puerto Rico | 17 | 76 | Defeated Mr. 450 in rematch. Had previously won the championship as Carlito Caribbean Cool | |
— | Vacated | December 3, 2016 | Lockout 2016 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | — | — | Held up after a match between Carlito and Alberto Del Rio. | |
144 | Mr. 450 | April 15, 2017 | Camino a la Gloria 2017 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | Defeated Ray González in a tournament final. | |
145 | Thunder | April 16, 2017 | Camino a la Gloria 2017 | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 41 | Defeated Mr. 450, Ray González and Apolo in a 4-way match. | |
146 | Ray González | May 27, 2017 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 22 | 323 | ||
— | Vacated | April 15, 2018 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Dorado, Puerto Rico | — | — | Vacated by Victor Jovica after Ray Gonzalez lost a tag team match | |
147 | Mighty Ursus | April 29, 2018 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Dorado, Puerto Rico | 3 | 129 | Defeated Thunder for the vacant title | [51] |
148 | Xavant | September 5, 2018 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 206 | ||
149 | Gilbert | March 30, 2019 | Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre | Morovios, Puerto Rico | 3 | 140 | ||
150 | Orlando Colon | August 17, 2019 | WWC Aniversario 46 - Day 2 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 1 | 553 | ||
151 | Gilbert | February 20, 2021 | Cuentas Pendientes | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4 | 287 | Defeated Orlando in a TLC match with the belt held at 20" thanks to the intervention of Cinta De Oro. | |
152 | Carlos Calderón | December 4, 2021 | House Show | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 1 | 119 | ||
153 | Xavant | April 2, 2022 | House Show | Manatí, Puerto Rico | 2 | 124 | Wins a fall against Carlos Calderón for the Universal Title during a 2-fall double title match but loses Puerto Rico title in the other fall. | |
154 | Intelecto 5 Estrellas | August 6, 2022 | Aniversario 49 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 532 | ||
155 | Chris Adonis | January 20, 2024 | Euphoria 2024 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 1 | 112 | ||
156 | Intelecto 5 Estrellas | May 11, 2024 | Honor vs Traición 2024 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 | 112 | ||
157 | Ray González | August 31, 2024 | Aniversario 51 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 23 | 11+ |
† | Indicates the current champion(s) |
Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by WWC. |
Rank [A] | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlos Colón | 26 | 3,945 |
2 | Ray González | 22 | 1,963 |
3 | Carly Colón/Carlito Caribbean Cool | 17 | 1,318 |
4 | Intelecto 5 Estrellas | 2 | 644 |
5 | Orlando Colon | 1 | 553 |
6 | Gilbert/El Super Fénix | 4 | 429 |
7 | The Mighty Ursus | 3 | 347 |
8 | Abdullah the Butcher | 5 | 340 |
9 | Xix Xavant | 2 | 330 |
10 | Eddie Colón | 5 | 324 |
11 | Greg Valentine | 1 | 237 |
12 | Mr. 450 | 2 | 219 |
13 | Steve Corino | 3 | 195 |
14 | Chris Angel | 1 | 189 |
15 | Glamour Boy Shane | 3 | 154 |
Razor Ramon | 1 | 154 | |
16 | Hercules Ayala | 3 | 152 |
17 | El Diamante | 2 | 147 |
18 | La Amenaza Bryan | 3 | 144 |
19 | Black Pain | 1 | 140 |
20 | Steve Strong | 1 | 133 |
21 | TNT | 3 | 120 |
22 | Shelton Benjamin | 1 | 119 |
El Chicano | 1 | 119 | |
Carlos Calderón | 1 | 119 | |
23 | Chris Adonis | 1 | 112 |
24 | Apolo | 3 | 111 |
25 | El Bronco | 3 | 98 |
26 | BJ | 3 | 91 |
27 | Noriega | 3 | 87 |
28 | Ron Garvin | 2 | 81 |
29 | Dory Funk Jr. | 1 | 80 |
30 | Sabu | 1 | 77 |
31 | Jon Heidenreich | 2 | 70 |
32 | Invader I | 2 | 58 |
33 | Lightning | 1 | 57 |
34 | El Nene | 2 | 56 |
Alofa the Samoan Tank | 1 | 56 | |
35 | Leo Burke | 1 | 54 |
36 | Andy Leavine | 1 | 50 |
37 | Dutch Mantell | 1 | 49 |
38 | Ricky Banderas | 1 | 42 |
39 | Thunder | 1 | 41 |
40 | Scott Steiner | 1 | 35 |
41 | Dick Murdoch | 1 | 34 |
Mabel | 1 | 34 | |
43 | Abbad | 1 | 28 |
Jose Luis Rivera | 1 | 28 | |
45 | Ox Baker | 1 | 21 |
Konnan | 1 | 21 | |
Chicky Starr | 1 | 21 | |
48 | Ricky Cruz | 1 | 20 |
49 | Jerry Flynn | 1 | 14 |
— | Biggie Size | 1 | 14 |
50 | Pierroth, Jr. | 1 | 13 |
51 | Huracán Castillo | 1 | 4 |
Curt Hennig | 1 | 4 | |
— | Blitz | 1 | 4 |
53 | Vampiro | 1 | <1 |
Lance Hoyt | 1 | <1 | |
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