The UWF Super Welterweight Championship was a title in the Japanese professional wrestling, created by Universal Pro/FULL, then later on defended in Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro before becoming inactive.
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The inaugural tournament to crown the first champion was held on June 14 and June 15, 1992. It was a four-man tournament.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
El Pantera | |||||||||
Rocky Santana | |||||||||
El Pantera | |||||||||
Super Delfin | |||||||||
Super Delfin | |||||||||
Ciclón Ramirez | |||||||||
Wrestlers: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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El Pantera | 1 | June 15, 1992 | Sōka, Japan | Defeats Super Delfin in 4-man tournament finals. |
Vacant when Pantera leaves tour. | ||||
Super Delfin | 1 | November 20, 1992 | Osaka, Japan | Defeats Coloso for vacated title. |
SATO | 1 | March 3, 1995 | Osaka, Japan | |
Vacates the title on May 12 because of an injury. | ||||
Super Delfin | 2 | May 14, 1995 | Kooriyama, Japan | Defeats Triton for vacated title. |
El Pantera | 2 | October 21, 1995 | Iwate, Japan | |
Karloff Lagarde, Jr. | 1 | February 7, 1996 | Mexico | |
El Pantera | 3 | March 5, 1996 | Mexico | |
Super Delfin | 3 | August 5, 1996 | Aomori, Japan | |
Men's Teioh | 1 | May 5, 1997 | Nakayama, Japan | |
Super Delfin | 4 | January 16, 1998 | Sapporo, Japan | |
Black Buffalo | 1 | November 21, 1999 | Osaka, Japan | |
Super Delfin | 5 | November 28, 1999 | Osaka, Japan | |
Abandons title after match in order to create Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship | ||||
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