WWA World Welterweight Championship

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WWA World Welterweight Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA
Details
Current champion(s) El Hijo de Rey Misterio II
Date won May 27, 2011
Date established 1987
Promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA)

The WWA World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter WWA in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1987. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately: it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 77 kg (170 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[2]

It was first won by Negro Casas in 1987 and had been defended not only in Mexico but Europe, Japan and the United States as well. The title was held by many of the top cruiserweight wrestlers of the 1990s including Heavy Metal, Psicosis, Juventud Guerrera, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Eddie Guerrero. El Hijo del Santo holds the record for most title reigns with ten reigns. The current champion is El Hijo de Rey Misterio II.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
¤ The length of the specific reign is too uncertain to calculate.
N/A The specific information has not been found
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes everyday.
  Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented.
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Negro Casas 1 1987 [Note 2] [Note 3] Live event    
2 Tornado Negro 1 April 14, 1989 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Tijuana, Mexico Live event    
3 Negro Casas 2 April 14, 1989 [Note 4] Apatlaco, Morelos, Mexico Live event    
4 Fuerza Guerrera 1 [Note 5] [Note 6] [Note 3] Live event    
5 Blue Demon, Jr. 1 September 1989 [Note 7] [Note 3] Live event    
6 Fuerza Guerrera 6 [Note 5] [Note 8] [Note 3] Live event    
7 El Hijo del Santo 1 June 7, 1990 [Note 9] Tokyo, Japan Live event    
— Vacated — November 1991 — N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons  
                 
8 Eddie Guerrero 1 1992 [Note 10] [Note 3] Live event    
9 Piloto Suicida 1 August 29, 1992 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Los Angeles, California Live event    
10 Espanto, Jr. 1 September 7, 1992 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Querétaro, Mexico Live event    
11 El Hijo del Santo 2 March 19, 1993 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Tijuana, Mexico Live event    
12 Heavy Metal 1 May 14, 1993 [Note 11] Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
13 El Hijo del Santo 3 1993 [Note 12] [Note 3] Live event    
14 Psicosis 1 February 16, 1994 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Aguascalientes, Mexico Live event    
15 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 September 22, 1995 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
16 Psicosis 2 September 28, 1995 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexicali, Mexico Live event    
17 Rey Misterio, Jr. 2 September 29, 1995 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Tijuana, Mexico Live event  
18 Juventud Guerrera 1 April 28, 1996 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Querétaro, Mexico Live event    
19 Rey Misterio, Jr. 3 July 20, 1996 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Tokyo, Japan Live event    
20 El Hijo del Santo 4 February 21, 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Tijuana, Mexico Live event    
21 El Felino 1 July 4, 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
22 El Hijo del Santo 5 October 8, 1997 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Leon, Mexico Live event    
23 El Felino 1 January 31, 1998 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
— Vacated — March 8, 1998 — N/A N/A Championship held up after inconclusive match between El Hijo del Santo and El Felino  
24 El Hijo del Santo 6 July 13, 1998 ¤ Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Live event Defeated Felino in rematch.  
                 
25 Blue Panther 1 April 9, 2000 [Note 13] Monterrey, Mexico Live event   [3][4]
26 El Hijo del Santo 7 June 2000 [Note 14] [Note 3] Live event   [3][4]
27 El Hijo del Diablo 1 November 23, 2000 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Iguala, Mexico Live event   [3]
28 El Hijo del Santo 8 October 31, 2002 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. San Luis Potosí, Mexico Live event   [5]
29 El Cobarde 1 January 25, 2005 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Juarez, Mexico Live event   [6]
30 El Hijo del Santo 9 September 9, 2005 style="background: #ccffcc;" Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Live event   [6]
                 
31 Blue Demon, Jr. 2 July 2, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Valencia, Spain Live event   [7]
32 El Hijo del Santo 10 July 5, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. London, England Live event   [7]
— Vacated — Unknown — N/A N/A Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.  
33 El Hijo de Rey Misterio II 1 May 27, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event    

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. ↑ The exact date on which Negro Casas won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 The location of the title change was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Negro Casas lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The exact date Fuerza Guerrea won the championship has not been documented, only that he won the championship in this time period.
  6. ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrera won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1 day and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  7. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon, Jr. won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  8. ↑ The exact date on which Fuerza Guerrero won and lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  9. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo vacated the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  10. ↑ The exact date on which Eddie Guerrero won the title is unknown, placing his title reigns between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  11. ↑ The exact date on which Heavy Metal lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  12. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  13. ↑ The exact date on which Blue Panther lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.
  14. ↑ The exact date on which El Hijo del Santo won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. and Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days.

References

General source for title history before 2000
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Specific
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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