UWA WORLD JUNIOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

The 'UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship' is a professional wrestling championship that was defended in the Universal Wrestling Association, a Mexican lucha libre promotion. The title has also been used by New Japan Pro Wrestling and was at one time part of its J-Crown Championship. Following the breakup of the J-Crown, the championship made its way to Michinoku Pro Wrestling and is now back in Mexico.

Contents

Title history

See also

Title history

'Wrestler:'	'Reigns:'	'Date:'	'Place:'	'Notes:'
Cesar Valentino	1	November 20 1977	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated Anibal America Salvaje to become the first champion.
Gran Hamada	1	February 4 1979	Mexico City, Mexico
Perro Aguayo	1	April 11 1979	Mexico City, Mexico
Vacated		December 15 1979	Mexico City, Mexico	Title vacated after Aguayo is injured.
El Solitario	1	January 27 1980	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated Masanobu Kurisu to win the vacant title.
Eric Embry	1	March 30 1981	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
El Solitario	2	July 19 1981	Mexico City, Mexico
El Signo	1	June 10 1983	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Stripped		February 15 1984		Title stripped due to El Signo making an unauthorized title defense against Kato Kung Lee on January 27 1984.
Anibal	1	May 27 1984	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated El Texano in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Invader III	1	September 15 1984	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Anibal	2	1984
Negro Navarro	1	January 6 1985	Mexico City, Mexico
Mano Negra	1	February 25 1985	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
El Cobarde II	1	December 8 1985	Mexico City, Mexico
Gran Hamada	2	March 4 1986	Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Blue Panther	1	November 16 1986	Mexico City, Mexico
Solar I	1	May 25 1987	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Blue Panther	2	February 8 1988	Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Grand Cochise	1	September 16 1988	Mexico City, Mexico
Ringo Mendoza	1	April 29 1989	Mexico City, Mexico
Perro Aguayo	2	June 29 1990	Mexico City, Mexico
Stripped		January 1992		Title stripped when Aguayo jumped to EMLL.
Gran Hamada	3	December 12 1992	Mexico City, Mexico	Defeated Black Power II in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
El Engendro	1	September 12 1993	Naucalpan, México, Mexico
Gran Hamada	4	September 22 1993	Pachuca, Mexico
Sabu	1	November 23 1995	Kawasaki, Japan
El Samurai	1	December 1 1995	Niigata, Japan
Kouji Kanemoto	1	March 17 1996	Amagasaki, Japan
Vacated		May 1996		Title vacated after Kanemoto is injured.
Shinjiro Ohtani	1	June 17 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Kazushi Sakuraba to win the vacant title.
Último Dragon	1	August 4 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Ohtani in the second round of the New Japan J-Crown Tournament.
The Great Sasuke	1	August 5 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Dragon in the finals of the J-Crown Tournament to become the first J-Crown Champion.
Último Dragón	2	October 11 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Jushin Liger	1	January 4 1997	Tokyo, Japan
El Samurai	2	July 6 1997	Sapporo, Japan
Shinjiro Otani	2	August 10 1997	Nagoya, Japan
Vacated		October 5 1997		Otani vacated five of the six remaining J-Crown titles after being forced by the World Wrestling Federation to return their WWF Light Heavyweight Championship belt. This also ended the J-Crown Championship.
Gran Hamada	5	July 30 1998	Ninohe, Japan	Defeated Convict I to win the vacant title.
El Cobarde	1	February 15 1999	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico	Defeated Perro Aguayo to win the title.
Heavy Metal	1	April 10 2000	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Silver King	1	2006
Diluvio Negro II	1	February 25 2007	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

See also

★ Universal Wrestling Association

★ New Japan Pro Wrestling