WWA Middleweight Championship | |||||||
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Promotion | Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) Mexican Independent circuit | ||||||
Date established | 1987 | ||||||
Current champion(s) | Averno (Main Branch) Ministro de la Muerte (Mexico City/Monterrey branch) | ||||||
Date won | September 15, 2015 (Main Branch) September 28, 2014 (Mexico City/Monterrey branch) | ||||||
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The WWA World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato de peso Medio WWAinSpanish) 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.[a][1]
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.[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]
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]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
N/A | Unknown information |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
1 | Super Muñeco | 1987 | Live event | N/A | 1 | [f] | |||||
Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | |||||||||||
2 | Super Astro | July 1990 | Live event | [g] | 1 | [h] | [f] | ||||
3 | Blue Demon Jr. | November 23, 1990 | Live event | Villahermosa, Mexico | 1 | [i] | [f] | ||||
— | Vacated | June 1991 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for unknown reasons | [f] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from June 1991toMarch 1996. | |||||||||||
4 | Ultraman 2000 | March 1996 | Live event | [g] | 1 | [j] | [f] | ||||
— | Vacated | April 1996 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Ultraman 2000 changed ring persona to "Damián 666" | [f] | |||
5 | Piloto Suicida | July 1996 | Live event | N/A | 1 | [k] | Unknown who Pioloto Suicida defeated to win the vacant title. | [f] | |||
6 | The Great Sasuke | July 27, 1996 | Live event | Sakata, Japan | 1 | 10 | [f] | ||||
— | Vacated | August 16, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated August when the Great Sasuke fractured his skull during a match. | [f] | |||
7 | El Pantera | August 17, 1996 | Live event | Noshiro, Japan | 1 | 0 | [f] | ||||
— | Vacated | August 17, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Pantera surrenders the title immediately after winning it due to injury. | [f] | |||
8 | Super Boy | August 23, 1996 | Live event | Gosen, Japan | 1 | Defeated Naohiro Hoshikawa to win the vacant title. | [f] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 23, 1996 to 1997. | |||||||||||
9 | Psicosis | [l] | Live event | N/A | 1 | [f] | |||||
10 | El Salsero | February 16, 1997 | Live event | Juarez, Mexico | 1 | 0 | [f] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from February 16, 1997to2001. | |||||||||||
11 | El Solar | 2001 | Live event | Juarez, Mexico | 1 | [m] | [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 | 84 | Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the vacant title. | [9] | |||
14 | Nicho el Millonario | August 29, 2003 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 2 | 184 | Previously won the title as "Psicosis". | [9] | |||
15 | Mystico de Juarez | February 29, 2004 | Live event | Ciudad Juarez, Mexico | 1 | [n] | [10] | ||||
— | Vacated | March 2004 | — | — | — | — | Mystico 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 | 679 | Defeated 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 | [o] | Defeated Nicho el Millonario to win the title. | [12] | |||
— | Vacated | 2009 | — | — | — | — | Mystico is stripped of the championship for unknown reasons. | [13] | |||
19 | Olímpico | February 20, 2009 | Live event | Puebla, Mexico | 1 | 1,547 | Defeated Ángel Blanco Jr. to win the vacant title. | [13] | |||
Championship history is unrecorded from February 20, 2009toMay 17, 2013. | |||||||||||
20 | T.J. Boy | May 17, 2013 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 | 827 | Defeated Steve Pain to win the title. | [14] | |||
21 | Toxico | August 22, 2015 | Live event | Lerdo, Durango | 1 | [p] | [14] | ||||
Championship history is unrecorded from August 22, 2015 to 2015. | |||||||||||
22 | Myzteziz | Live event | [g] | 1 | Unclear whom he defeated to win the championship or when | [14] | |||||
23 | Averno | September 16, 2015 | Live event | Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico | 1 | 3,216 | [14] |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
N/A | Unknown information |
† | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||||||
1 | Blue Panther | May 2002 | Live event | Nuevo León | 2 | [q] | [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 | [g] | 4 | [r] | Unclear who he defeated to win the championship | [14] | |||
10 | Panthro | August 22, 2010 | Live event | Monterrey | 1 | 644 | Defeated 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 | [g] | 1 | [s] | 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 | [g] | 1 | [t] | 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 | 3,569 | Defeated 10 wrestlers in a battle royal. | [14] |
Articulo 242: "Super welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 kilos"
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