WWA Middleweight Championship

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WWA Middleweight Championship
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Olímpico held one of the disputed titles at one point
Details
Promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA)
Mexican Independent circuit
Date established1987
Current champion(s) Averno (Main Branch)
Ministro de la Muerte (Mexico City/Monterrey branch)
Date wonSeptember 15, 2015 (Main Branch)
September 28, 2014 (Mexico City/Monterrey branch)

The WWA Middleweight Championship (Campeonato de peso Medio WWA in Spanish) is a secondary professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1987. The official definition of the middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. [lower-alpha 1] [1]

Contents

As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. [lower-alpha 2] 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, [lower-alpha 3] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, [lower-alpha 4] or leaving the company. [lower-alpha 5]

Super Muñeco was the first Middleweight champion, winning it in 1987. It was defended throughout Mexico and Japan during the 1980s and 90s, but had been defended almost exclusively in Tijuana, Mexico since 2001. A separate version has been defended in the Mexico City-Monterrey area since 2002 when Blue Panther began defending a title labelled the WWA Middleweight Championship. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows. [6]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1 Super Muñeco  1987 Live event N/A 1  [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990.
 2 Super Astro  July 1990 Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1  [lower-alpha 8] [lower-alpha 6]
 3 Blue Demon Jr.  November 23, 1990 Live event Villahermosa, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 6]
Vacated  June 1991Championship vacated for unknown reasons [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from June 1991 to March 1996.
 4  Ultraman 2000  March 1996 Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1  [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 6]
Vacated  April 1996Title vacated when Ultraman 2000 changed ring persona to "Damián 666" [lower-alpha 6]
 5 Piloto Suicida July 1996 Live event N/A 1  [lower-alpha 11] Unknown who Pioloto Suicida defeated to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
 6  The Great Sasuke  July 27, 1996 Live event Sakata, Japan 1 10 [lower-alpha 6]
Vacated  August 16, 1996Championship vacated August when the Great Sasuke fractured his skull during a match. [lower-alpha 6]
 7  El Pantera  August 17, 1996 Live event Noshiro, Japan 1 0 [lower-alpha 6]
Vacated  August 17, 1996Pantera surrenders the title immediately after winning it due to injury. [lower-alpha 6]
 8 Super Boy August 23, 1996 Live event Gosen, Japan 1 Defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa to win the vacant title. [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 23, 1996 to 1997.
 9 Psicosis   [lower-alpha 12]  Live event N/A 1  [lower-alpha 6]
 10  El Salsero  February 16, 1997 Live event Juarez, Mexico 1 0 [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from February 16, 1997 to 2001.
 11  El Solar  2001 Live event Juarez, Mexico 1  [lower-alpha 13] [8]
 12 Kiss 2001 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 1 0 [8]
Championship history is unrecorded from 2001 to June 6, 2003.
 13 Raging Dawg June 6, 2003 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 1 84Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the vacant title. [9]
 14 Nicho el Millonario  August 29, 2003 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 2 184Previously won the title as "Psicosis". [9]
 15 Mystico de Juarez  February 29, 2004 Live event Ciudad Juarez, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 14] [10]
Vacated  March 2004Mystico is stripped of the championship for being unable to defend the title in Tijuana. [10]
 16 Rayman  December 10, 2004 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 1 679Defeated Ángel Blanco Jr. to win the vacant title. [10]
 17 Ángel Blanco Jr.  October 20, 2006 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 1 491 [11]
 18 Místico  February 23, 2008 Live event Ensenada, Mexico  2  [lower-alpha 15] Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the title. [12]
Vacated  2009Mystico is stripped of the championship for unknown reasons. [13]
 19 Olímpico  February 20, 2009 Live event Puebla, Mexico  1 1,547Defeated Ángel Blanco Jr. to win the vacant title. [13]
Championship history is unrecorded from February 20, 2009 to May 17, 2013.
 20 T.J. Boy May 17, 2013 Live event Tijuana, Mexico 1 827Defeated Steve Pain to win the title. [14]
 21 Toxico August 22, 2015 Live event Lerdo, Durango 1  [lower-alpha 16] [14]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 22, 2015 to 2015.
 22 Myzteziz   Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1 Unclear whom he defeated to win the championship or when [14]
 23 Averno  September 16, 2015 Live event Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico 1 2,363 [14]

Mexico City/Monterrey version

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1 Blue Panther  May 2002 Live event Nuevo León 2  [lower-alpha 17] [15]
 2 Charles Lucero May 9, 2004 Live event Nuevo León 1 203 [10]
 3 Tigre Universitario November 28, 2004 Live event Nuevo León 1 182 [10]
 4 Charles Lucero May 29, 2005 Live event Nuevo León 2 147 [16]
 5 Tigre Universitario October 23, 2005 Live event Nuevo León 2 777 [16]
 6 Rey Hechicero  December 9, 2007 Live event Nuevo León 1 140 [17]
 7 Tigre Universitario April 27, 2008 Live event Nuevo León 3 474 [12]
 8 Charles Lucero August 14, 2009 Live event Nuevo León 3 372+ [18]
Championship history is unrecorded from August 14, 2009 to 2010.
 9 Tigre Universitario 2010 Live event [lower-alpha 7]  4  [lower-alpha 18] Unclear who he defeated to win the championship [14]
 10 Panthro August 22, 2010 Live event Monterrey 1 644Defeated Tigre Universitario to win the title. [14]
 11 Monje Negro Jr. May 27, 2012 Live event Monterrey 1 644 [14]
Championship history is unrecorded from May 27, 2012 to 2014.
 12 Silver Star  Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1  [lower-alpha 19] Unclear who he defeated to win the title [14]
 13 Charles Lucero March 2, 2014 Live event Monterrey 4 84 [14]
Championship history is unrecorded from March 2, 2014 to 2014.
 14 Potro Jr.  Live event [lower-alpha 7]  1  [lower-alpha 20] Unclear who he defeated to win the championship [14]
 15 Ángel Dorado Jr. May 25, 2014 Live event Monterrey 1 126 [14]
 15 Ministro de la Muerte September 28, 2014 Live event Monterrey 1 2,716Defeated 10 wrestlers in a battle royal. [14]

Footnotes

  1. The most recent case of this is Mephisto 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" [2]
  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" [3]
  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" [4]
  5. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA." [5]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA Middleweight Title" [7]
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The location of the title change has not been captured as part of the documentation.
  8. The exact date on which Super Astro won the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 115 and 145 days.
  9. The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. vacated the championship is unknown, placing his reign between 190 and 219 days.
  10. The exact date on which Ultraman 2000 won, and vacated the title is unknown, placing the reign between 92 and 147 days.
  11. The exact date on which Piloto Suicida won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 and 25 days.
  12. Records do not indicate when Psicosis won the title, just that he did.
  13. The exact date on which El Solar won and lost the title is unknown, placing his reign between 1 and 364 days.
  14. The exact date on which Mystico de Juarez was stripped of the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 day and 284 days.
  15. The exact date on which Mystico de Juarez vacated the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 313 and 362 days.
  16. The exact date on which Toxico lost the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 1 day and 24 days.
  17. The exact date on which Blue Panther started to defend the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 day and 8 days.
  18. The exact date on which Tigre Universitario won the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 1 day and 372 days.
  19. The exact date on which Silver Star won the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 1 day and 557 days.
  20. The exact date on which Potro Jr. won the championship is unknown, placing the reign between 1 day and 83 days.

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