UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (UWA世界ジュニアヘビー級王座, UWA sekai junia hebī-kyū ōza) is a title that was originally promoted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Universal Wrestling Association. After the UWA closed in 1995 the title was defended on the Mexican independent circuit and in the Puerto Rican promotion World Wrestling Council. In 2014, the title was revived by Japanese promotion Tenryu Project.[1] In 2016, the title moved to the Pro-Wrestling Freedoms promotion. The weight range for this championship was 97 kg (214 lb) to 107 kg (236 lb).[2]

UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship
The original version of the championship belt as promoted by the UWA.
Details
Promotion
Date established1982
Current champion(s)Yuya Susumu
Date wonOctober 1, 2019
Other name(s)
  • Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship (February 24, 2001 - February 26, 2002)

As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[lower-alpha 1] 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 2] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[lower-alpha 3] or leaving the company.[lower-alpha 4]

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
† Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
Universal Wrestling Association
 1  El Solitario  1982 (NLT) N/A N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1982 to 1983.
 2  Enrique Vera  1983 (NLT) N/A N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1983 to August 14, 1988.
 3  The Killer  August 14, 1988  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  31 [lower-alpha 6]
 4  Enrique Vera  September 14, 1988  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  312 [lower-alpha 6]
 5  The Killer  July 23, 1989  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  217 [lower-alpha 6]
 6  Astro de Oro  February 25, 1990  Live event Guatemala  1  84 [lower-alpha 6]
 7   Dr. Wagner Jr.  May 20, 1990  Live event Guatemala  1  56 [lower-alpha 6]
 8  Astro de Oro  July 15, 1990  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  7 [lower-alpha 6]
 9   Dr. Wagner Jr.  July 22, 1990  Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  2  218 [lower-alpha 6]
 10  Enrique Vera  February 25, 1991  Live event Puebla, Mexico  3  349 [lower-alpha 6]
 11  The Killer  February 9, 1992  Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  3  133 [lower-alpha 6]
 12   Villano III  June 21, 1992  Live event Naucalpan, Mexico  1  47 [lower-alpha 6]
 13  Shu El Guerrero  August 7, 1992  Live event Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico  1  507 [lower-alpha 6]
 14  Negro Navarro  December 27, 1993  Live event Puebla, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 6]
— Vacated 1995 (NLT) — — — — Title vacated when Navarro left the promotion to join PROMELL. [lower-alpha 6]
 15  Mr. Jack  June 30, 1995  Live event Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from June 30, 1995 to September 1995.
 16  Aero Flash  September 1995 (NLT)  Live event N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from September 1995 to 1997.
Mexican indies / World Wrestling Council
 17   Blue Demon Jr.  1997 (NLT)  Live event Panama  1  [lower-alpha 5] Defeated Black Demon, unclear if it was a title defense or if Black Demon was the champion. [lower-alpha 6]
 18  Pablo Marquez N/A N/A N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from 1997 to October 1999.
 19  El Alebrije  October 1999 (NLT)  Live event N/A  1  [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]
Championship history is unrecorded from October 1999 to February 9, 2001.
International Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)
 20  Pablo Marquez  February 9, 2001  Live event N/A  2  15 [1]
 21   Super Crazy  February 24, 2001  Live event Bayamón, Puerto Rico  1  287 This was a title vs. title match for Super Crazy's IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
 22  Lobo  April 21, 2001 N/A Carolina, Puerto Rico  1  63 This title change is not recognized by Freedoms.
 23   Super Crazy  June 23, 2001 N/A Bayamón, Puerto Rico  2  34 This title change is not recognized by Freedoms.
 24  Crash Holly  July 27, 2001 N/A Bayamón, Puerto Rico  1  1 This title change is not recognized by Freedoms.
 25   Super Crazy  July 28, 2001 N/A Carolina, Puerto Rico  3  126 This was a 3-way match for the IWA Hardcore and the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles also involving Lobo. This title change is not recognized by Freedoms. [1]
— Vacated  December 1, 2001 — — — — The IWA general manager Savio Vega stripped Super Crazy of the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight Titles.
 25  Lobo  December 8, 2001  Live event Orocovis, Puerto Rico  2  29 Defeated Minoru Fujita to win the vacant IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles. [1]
 27  Minoru Fujita  January 6, 2002  Live event Bayamón, Puerto Rico  1  27 [1]
 28  Lobo  February 6, 2002  Live event Bayamón, Puerto Rico  3  20 This title change is not recognized by Freedoms. [1]
— Vacated  February 26, 2002 — — — — Title stripped by the IWA general manager Savio Vega. [8]
— Deactivated July 16, 2002 (NLT) — — — — Title deactivated. Meanwhile, the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is unified with the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. [8]
Japanese indies
 29  Nagase Kancho  April 4, 2013  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  301 Defeated Black Tiger V to revive the title. [1]
— Vacated  January 30, 2014 — — — — Title vacated due to Kancho being unable to defend it. [1]
Tenryu Project
 30  Kengo  March 4, 2014  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  510 Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated  July 27, 2015 — — — — Title vacated due to Kengo suffering an injury. [1]
 31  Kotaro Nasu  September 2, 2015  Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Tokyo, Japan  1  252 Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title. [1]
Pro-Wrestling Freedoms
 32  The Winger  May 11, 2016  Live event Tokyo, Japan  1  92
 33   Gentaro  August 11, 2016  Unchain Night! Tokyo, Japan  1  98 [9]
 34  Miedo Extremo  November 17, 2016  The Winger Pro-Wrestling 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan  1  20 [10]
 35   Gentaro  December 7, 2016  Road To Blood X'Mas 2016 Tokyo, Japan  2  146 [11]
 36  Yuya Susumu  May 2, 2017  We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2017 Tokyo, Japan  1  365 [12]
 37   "brother" Yasshi  May 2, 2018  We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2018 Tokyo, Japan  1  138 [13]
38 Yuya Susumu September 17, 2018 Pro-Wrestling Freedoms 9th Anniversary Memorial Conference Tokyo, Japan 2 108 [14]
39 Kenichiro Arai January 3, 2019 Happy New Freedom 2019 Tokyo, Japan 1 271 [15]
40 Yuya Susumu October 1, 2019 Freedoms 10th Anniversary Celebration Tokyo, Japan 3 490+ [16]

Combined reigns

As of February 2, 2020.

† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of the title reign is uncertain.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Enrique Vera3661¤
2 Yuya Susumu †3963+
3 Kengo1510
4 Shu El Guerrero1507
5 Super Crazy3447
6 The Killer3381
7 Nagase Kancho1301
8 Dr. Wagner Jr.2274
9 Kenichiro Arai1271
10 Kotaro Nasu1252
11 Gentaro2244
12 "brother" Yasshi1138
13 Lobo3112
14 The Winger194
15 Astro de Oro291
16 Villano III147
17 Minoru Fujita127
18 Miedo Extremo120
19 Pablo Marquez215¤
20 Crash Holly11
21 Aero Flash1N/A¤
Blue Demon Jr.1N/A¤
El Alebrije1N/A¤
El Solitario1N/A¤
Mr. Jack1N/A¤
Negro Navarro1N/A¤

Footnotes
  1. 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"[3]
  2. 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"[4]
  3. 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"[5]
  4. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[6]
  5. Due to sparse record keeping in Mexico at the time, no documentation of the date the championship changed hands is found and is too uncertain to calculate.
  6. Duncan & Will (2000) p. 397, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title [Flores, Mora] [7]
  7. The date of at least one of the title changes in this reign is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 370 and 734 days.

References
  • Hornbaker, Tim (2016). "Statistical notes". Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers (Revised ed.). New York, New York: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61321-808-2.
  • Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, ON: Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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  2. "Weight Divisions in Professional Wrestling". wrestlingtitles.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
  4. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
  5. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
  6. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
  7. Duncan & Will 2000, p. 397.
  8. Clásicos De IWA (December 27, 2013). "IWA:Chicano Vs. El Lobo Andy Anderson". YouTube. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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  14. "H30.9.17 東京・後楽園ホール大会「プロレスリングFREEDOMS旗揚げ9周年記念大会　～Road to 10th anniversary～」". Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). September 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
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