UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA
The championship belt
Details
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Association Mexican independent circuit Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) Just Tap Out (JTO)
Date established	November 25, 1975
Current champion(s)	Akira Jumonji
Date won	January 25, 2025
Statistics First champion(s) Ray Mendoza Most reigns El Zorro (5 times) Longest reign Fishman (1,217 days) Shortest reign Mr. Águila (19 days)

The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship initially promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then been defended on the Mexican independent circuit until 2007. By the year 2000 the title became a mainstay in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) when it was won by El Zorro who worked for AAA. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. ^{[a] [1]}

Chessman was the last UWA Light Heavyweight champion recognized by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración having defeated El Zorro in April, 2007. ^[2] in 2007 Chessman competed in the tournament to crown the first ever AAA Mega Champion and put his title on the line in the tournament. In the finals he lost to El Mesias by disqualification, while the title does not change hands on a disqualification the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was eliminated as the purpose of the tournament was to find one top champion and clear up the muddled championship picture in AAA.

As a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. ^[b] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, ^[c] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, ^[d] or leaving the company. ^[e]

There have been a total of 45 reigns shared between 29 different champions. The current title holder is Misa Kagura, who is in her first reign.

Title history

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
N/A	Unknown information

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days
	Universal Wrestling Association
1	Ray Mendoza	November 25, 1975	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	1	117	Won a tournament to become the first champion.	[f]
2	Audaz	March 21, 1976	Live event	Veracruz, Mexico	1	154		[f] [8]
3	Ray Mendoza	August 22, 1976	Live event	Monterrey, Nuevo León	2	214		[f]
4	El Solitario	March 24, 1977	Live event	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	1	584		[f]
5	Ray Mendoza	October 29, 1978	Live event	Naucalpan, México	3	371		[f]
6	Gran Hamada	November 4, 1979	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	203		[f]
7	Perro Aguayo	May 25, 1980	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	201		[f] [9] [10]
8	Fishman	December 12, 1980	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	79		[f]
9	Villano III	March 1, 1981	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	140		[f]
10	Fishman	July 19, 1981	Live event	Naucalpan, México	2	481		[f]
11	Sangre Chicana	November 12, 1982	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	1	107		[f]
12	Fishman	February 27, 1983	Live event	Naucalpan, México	3	224		[f]
13	Sangre Chicana	October 9, 1983	Live event	Naucalpan, México	2	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[f]
—	Vacated	February 1984	—	—	—	—	Championship vacated when Sangre Chicana could not defend due to injuries.	[f]
14	Fishman	April 1, 1984	Live event	Naucalpan, México	4	861	Defeated Villano III in a tournament final.	[f]
15	Villano I	August 10, 1986	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	160		[f]
16	Zandokan	January 17, 1987	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	1,171		[f]
17	Gran Hamada	April 2, 1990	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	2	311		[f]
18	El Signo	February 7, 1991	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	1	98		[f]
19	Villano III	May 16, 1991	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	2	168		[f]
20	El Signo	October 31, 1991	Live event	Mexico City, Mexico	2	155		[f]
21	Villano V	April 3, 1992	Live event	Nezahualcóyotl, México	1	212		[f]
22	El Texano	November 1, 1992	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	364		[f]
23	Silver King	October 31, 1993	Live event	Naucalpan, México	1	62		[f]
24	Villano V	January 1, 1994	Live event	Nezahualcóyotl, México	2	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[f]
—	Vacated	1995	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated and later inactivated after UWA closed down.	[f]
	Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA)
25	Adrián el Exótico	September 17, 1995	Live event	Nezahualcóyotl, México	1	299		[f]
26	Prince Maya	July 12, 1996	Live event	N/A	1	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[f]
	Championship history is unrecorded from July 1996 to 1999.
27	El Cobarde	1999	Live event	N/A	1	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[f]
28	Heavy Metal	April 16, 2000	Live event	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	1	418		[11]
29	Electroshock	June 8, 2001	Live event	Albuquerque, NM	1	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[12]
	Championship history is unrecorded from June 2001 to 2002.
30	El Zorro	2002	Live event	Albuquerque, NM	1	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[13]
31	Mr. Águila	July 3, 2003	Live event	Toluca, Mexico	1	87		[14]
32	El Zorro	September 28, 2003	Live event	Guadalajara, Jalisco	2	266		[14]
33	Mr. Águila	June 20, 2004	Live event	Naucalpan, México	2	19		[15]
34	El Zorro	July 9, 2004	Live event	Tijuana, Baja California	3	23		[15]
35	Charly Manson	August 1, 2004	Live event	Guadalupe, Nuevo León	1	395		[15]
36	El Zorro	August 31, 2005	Live event	Monterrey, Nuevo León	4	123		[16]
37	Hator	January 1, 2006	Live event	Monterrey, Nuevo León	1	N/A	The length of this reign in uncertain.	[2]
38	El Zorro	April 2007	Live event	N/A	5	N/A	Zorro won the title no later than this date. The length of the reign in uncertain.	[2]
39	Chessman	August 18, 2007	Live event	Salamanca, Guanajuato	1	29		[2]
—	Deactivated	September 16, 2007	—	Guadalajara, Jalisco	—	—	Title inactivated when Chessman is eliminated from the AAA Mega Championship tournament.	[2]
	Just Tap Out (JTO)
41	Black Eagle	November 18, 2021	JTO Itadaki	Tokyo, Japan	1	470	Black Eagle defeated Eagle Mask to win the reactivated title.	[17]
42	Carbell Ito	March 3, 2023	JTO 2023 Tournament - Day 3	Tokyo, Japan	1	359		[18]
—	Vacated	February 25, 2024	—	—	—	—	The title was vacated by Ito.	[f]
43	Naoya Akama	March 1, 2024	JTO	Tokyo, Japan	1	70	Defeated ARA, Blazer Tanai, Hiro Iijima, Kensuke, Mr. Mask and Yuu Yamagata in a battle royal to win the vacant title.	[19]
44	Sumika Yanagawa	May 10, 2024	JTO Michinoku The Super Best 2024	Tokyo, Japan	1	111	Defeated Naoya Akama in a battle royal also involving ARA, Arata, Blazer Tanni, Kensuke, Maxi, Mizuna and Mr. Mask. Yanagawa became the first female wrestler to win the title.	[20]
45	Misa Kagura	August 29, 2024	JTO Girls Special	Tokyo, Japan	1	64		[21]
46	Bomber Tatsuya	November 1, 2024	JTO	Tokyo, Japan	1	85	Defeated Misa Kagura in a battle royal also involving Big Haruka, Kensuke, Mizuha, Mr. Mask, Nanase, rhythm, Toa and Yuku Kagatobi.	[22]
47	Akira Jumonji	January 25, 2025	JTO Saturday Fight	Chiba, Japan	1	17+		[23]

Combined reigns

As of February11, 2025.

†	Indicates the current champion
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Fishman	4	2,001
2	Zandokan	1	1,171
3	El Solitario	1	584
4	Gran Hamada	2	514
5	Black Eagle	1	470
6	Heavy Metal	1	418
7	El Zorro	5	412
8	Charly Manson	1	395
9	Ray Mendoza	3	371
10	El Texano	1	364
11	Carbell Ito	1	359
12	Villano III	2	308
13	Adrián el Exótico	1	299
14	El Signo	2	253
15	Villano V	2	¤212
16	Perro Aguayo	1	201
17	Villano I	1	160
18	Audaz	1	154
19	Sumika Yanagawa	1	111
20	Sangre Chicana	2	¤107
21	Mr. Águila	2	106
22	Bomber Tatsuya	1	85
23	Naoya Akama	1	70
24	Misa Kagura	1	64
25	Silver King	1	62
26	Chessman	1	29
27	Akira Jumonji †	1	17+
28	El Cobarde	1	¤N/A
	Electroshock	1	¤N/A
	Hator	1	¤N/A
	Prince Maya	1	¤N/A

Footnotes

1. The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
2. Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" ^[3]
3. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart" ^[4]
4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson" ^[5]
5. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." ^[6]
6. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 397, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Light Heavyweight Title [Flores, Mora] ^[7]

References

• Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN   978-1-61321-808-2.
• Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN   0-9698161-5-4.

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