WCPW Lightweight Championship

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WCPW Lightweight Championship
Details
Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 12, 1991
Date retiredDecember 16, 2010
Other name(s)
WCW Middleweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Mike Anthony
Final champion(s)Mizfitt Manners
(won October 2, 2010)
Most reignsV-Factor (2)
Longest reignMike Anthony (755 days)
Shortest reignEvan Money (14 days)

The WCPW Lightweight Championship was a professional wrestling lightweight title in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was a secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate lightweight title (up to 210 lbs).

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The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Trevor Blanchard in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 1991 to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion. V-Factor holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 755 days, Anthony's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Evan Money's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to The Mizfit a mere 14 days after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

Key
#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

NameYears
WCW Lightweight Championship1991 1996
WCPW Lightweight Championship1997 2010

Reigns

#WrestlersReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotesRef.
1Mike Anthony1April 12, 1991722 Chicago, Illinois Live event Anthony defeated Trevor Blanchard to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion; the match may have been repeated the following night in Hebron, Indiana. [1] [2] [3]
Vacated April 3, 1993 Chicago, Illinois Live event The championship is vacated when Mike Anthony abandons the title to enter the middleweight division. [1] [2]
2Trevor Blanchard1April 3, 1992414 Harvard, Illinois Live event Blanchard is awarded the championship. [1]
3 Christopher Daniels 1May 22, 1993532 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
4Steve Boz1November 5, 1994350 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
5Brandon Bishop1October 21, 1995459 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
6Chi Town T1January 22, 199794 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
7Terry Allen1April 26, 1997515 Crete, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
8Jason Reign1September 23, 199866 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
9Vic Capri1November 28, 1998315 Chicago, Illinois Live event [1] [2]
10Nick Brunswick1October 9, 1999224 Tinley Park, Illinois War at the World, Day 1 (1999) [1] [2]
11Mike Masters1May 20, 2000371 Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000) [2]
12Robbie Dawber1May 26, 2001274 Hammond, Indiana Live event [2]
139-Mil1February 24, 2002231 Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event [2]
14The Great Milenko1October 13, 2002N/A Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event [2]
Vacated 2003N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when The Great Milenko is stripped of the title.
15Acid Jaz1May 17, 2003N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 15 (2003)
16Justin Adams12004N/AN/A Live event
17 Marshe Rockett 12005N/AN/A Live event
18Isaias Velasquez1May 20, 2006N/A Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 18 (2006)This was a Triple Threat match involving Petey Williams.
Vacated June 2007N/AN/AThe championship is vacated when Velasquez is suspended and subsequently stripped of the title.
19V-Factor1October 26, 2007338 Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2007)V-Factor defeated TC Washington for the vacant championship.
20Bart Banggs1September 28, 200876 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show
21Barry Ryte1December 13, 2008245 Calumet City, Illinois Live event
22V-Factor2August 15, 2009189 Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
23Buddy Roberts, Jr.1February 20, 2010105 Chicago, Illinois Live event This was a gauntlet match also involving NBK, Tommy Eastgate, Evan Money, and D-Block.
Vacated June 5, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Live event
24Evan Money1September 18, 201014 Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio ShowThis was a three-way match involving Mizfitt Manners.
25Mizfitt Manners1October 2, 201075 Bridgeview, Illinois Battle of the Belts 22 (2010)
Deactivated December 16, 2010N/AN/AWCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mizfitt Manners was the final champion in WCPW as a company.

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank [N 1] Wrestler# of reignsCombined days
1Mike Anthony1722
2 Christopher Daniels 1532
3V-Factor2527
4Terry Allen1515
5Brandon Bishop1459
6Trevor Blanchard1414
7Mike Masters1371
8Steve Boz1350
9Vic Capri1315
10Robbie Dawber1274
11Barry Ryte1245
129-Mil1231
13Nick Brunswick1224
14Buddy Roberts, Jr.1105
15Chi Town T194
15Bart Banggs176
17The Mizfit175
18Jason Reign166

Footnotes

  1. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

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