The UWA World Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Medio UWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship originally created and sanctioned by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1976 until the UWA closed in 1995. Upon the closing of the UWA, the title migrated to Japan's Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Toryumon Japan promotions. Currently, the title resides in Kaientai Dojo, where it is held by Kyu Mogami.
| UWA World Middleweight Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Último Dragón, three time champion | |||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) (1976-1995) Michinoku Pro Wrestling Toryumon Japan Kaientai Dojo (Current) | ||||||
| Date established | November 26, 1975 | ||||||
| Current champion(s) | Kyu Mogami | ||||||
| Date won | June 20, 2019 | ||||||
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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.[a] 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,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Rene Guajardo | November 26, 1975 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 158 | Defeated Aníbal to become the first champion. | [e] |
| 2 | Gran Hamada | May 2, 1976 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 182 | [e] | |
| 3 | Rene Guajardo | October 31, 1976 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | 357 | [e] | |
| 4 | Aníbal | October 23, 1977 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 476 | [e] | |
| 5 | Jungla Negra | February 11, 1979 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 700 | [e] | |
| 6 | Centurión Negro | January 11, 1981 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 399 | [e] | |
| 7 | Gran Hamada | February 14, 1982 | Live event | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | 2 | 119 | [e] | |
| 8 | Centurión Negro | June 13, 1982 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 2 | 210 | [e] | |
| 9 | Luis Arizona | January 9, 1983 | Live event | Reynosa, Tamaulipas | 1 | 133 | [e] | |
| 10 | Gran Hamada | May 22, 1983 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 3 | 411 | [e] | |
| 11 | Super Astro | July 6, 1984 | Live event | Guadalajara, Jalisco | 1 | 100 | [e] | |
| 12 | El Satánico | October 14, 1984 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 268 | [e] | |
| 13 | Cachorro Mendoza | July 9, 1985 | Live event | N/A | 1 | 134 | [e] | |
| 14 | El Solar | November 20, 1985 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | [f] | [e] | |
| — | Vacated | April 1986 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | [e] |
| 15 | Valente Fernández | June 29, 1986 | Live event | Monterrey, Nuevo León | 1 | 1,163 | [e] | |
| 16 | Cuchillo | September 4, 1989 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 214 | [e] | |
| 17 | Yoshihiro Asai | April 6, 1990 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | 45 | [e] | |
| 18 | Cuchillo | May 21, 1990 | Live event | Puebla, Puebla | 2 | 14 | [e] | |
| 19 | Yoshihiro Asai | June 4, 1990 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 207 | [e] | |
| 20 | Super Astro | December 28, 1990 | Live event | Tijuana, Baja California | 2 | 32 | [e] | |
| 21 | Negro Casas | January 29, 1991 | Live event | Pachuca, Hidalgo | 1 | 787 | [e] | |
| 22 | Último Dragón | March 26, 1993 | Live event | Mexico City | 3 | 55 | Previously won the title as "Yoshihiro Asai" | [e] |
| 23 | El Samurai | May 20, 1993 | Live event | Inuyama, Japan | 1 | 4 | [e] | |
| 24 | Último Dragón | May 24, 1993 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | 4 | 226 | [e] | |
| 25 | Kōji Ishinriki | January 5, 1994 | Live event | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 139 | [e] | |
| 26 | Último Dragón | May 24, 1994 | Live event | Mexico City | 5 | 168 | [e] | |
| — | Vacated | November 8, 1994 | — | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Title vacated after Dragón wins the NWA World Middleweight Championship from Corazón de León. | [e] |
| 27 | El Texano | February 12, 1995 | Live event | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1 | [g] | Defeated Takashi Okano to win the vacant title. | [e] |
| 28 | Héctor Garza | 1996 | N/A | N/A | 1 | [h] | [e] | |
| 29 | Masayoshi Motegi | June 11, 1996 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 0 | Won the title when Garza was knocked out accidentally during the match. | [e] |
| — | Vacated | June 11, 1996 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | — | — | Motegi immediately vacated the title after winning it. | [e] |
| 30 | Tiger Mask | September 23, 1996 | Live event | Towada, Japan | 1 | 155 | [e] | |
| — | Vacated | February 25, 1997 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated after Tiger Mask is injured on December 11, 1996. | [e] |
| 31 | Shoichi Funaki | March 19, 1997 | Live event | Yonezawa, Japan | 1 | 66 | Defeated El Pantera to win the vacant title. | [e] |
| 32 | Minoru Tanaka | May 24, 1997 | Live event | Nagoya, Japan | 1 | 330 | [e] | |
| — | Vacated | April 19, 1998 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated after defending against Tiger Mask. | [e] |
| 33 | The Willow | June 14, 1998 | Live event | Iwate, Japan | 1 | [i] | Defeated Ikuto Hidaka to win the vacant title. | [e] |
| — | Vacated | 1998 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | [e] |
| 34 | Silver Wolf | May 25, 2002 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [j] | Silver Wolf defeated Hi69 in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| — | Vacated | September 2002 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 35 | Hi69 | October 27, 2002 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 188 | Defeated PABLO in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| 36 | Yasu Urano | May 24, 2003 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 154 | ||
| 37 | Mr. X3 | October 25, 2003 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 183 | ||
| 38 | Sambo Oishi | April 25, 2004 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 188 | ||
| 39 | Onryo | October 30, 2004 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 105 | ||
| 40 | GENTARO | February 12, 2005 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 7 | ||
| 41 | Boso Boy Raito | February 19, 2005 | Live event | Shiwa, Japan | 1 | 410 | ||
| 42 | PSYCHO | April 5, 2006 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 214 | ||
| 43 | Shiori Asahi | November 5, 2006 | Live event | Fukuoka, Japan | 1 | 303 | ||
| 44 | Boso Boy Raito | September 4, 2007 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 282 | ||
| 45 | Sambo Oishi | June 12, 2008 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 89 | ||
| 46 | Men's Teioh | September 9, 2008 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 54 | ||
| 47 | Sambo Oishi | November 2, 2008 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 133 | Match was also for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 48 | Quiet Storm | March 15, 2009 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 147 | ||
| 49 | PSYCHO | August 9, 2009 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 2 | 97 | ||
| 50 | Shinobu | November 14, 2009 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 58 | ||
| 51 | Kaji Tomato | January 11, 2010 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 303 | ||
| 52 | Yasu Urano | November 10, 2010 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 263 | ||
| 53 | Kaji Tomato | July 31, 2011 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 2 | 98 | ||
| 54 | Shiori Asahi | November 6, 2011 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 231 | This was a three-way match, also involving Marines Mask II. | |
| 55 | Daigoro Kashiwa | June 24, 2012 | Live event | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 133 | This was a three-way match, also involving Boso Boy Raito. | |
| 56 | Yuki Sato | November 4, 2012 | Live event | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 161 | This was a three-way match, also involving Hiro Tonai. | |
| 57 | Taka Michinoku | April 14, 2013 | Live event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | ||
| 58 | Ryuichi Sekine | August 11, 2013 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 119 | ||
| 59 | Makoto Oishi | December 8, 2013 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 4 | 259 | Previously won the title as "Sambo Oishi". | |
| 60 | Kaji Tomato | August 24, 2014 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 3 | 154 | ||
| 61 | Yuki Sato | January 25, 2015 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 2 | 245 | ||
| 62 | Kaji Tomato | September 27, 2015 | Live event | Shizuoka, Japan | 4 | 35 | ||
| 63 | Hiro Tonai | November 1, 2015 | Club-K Super in Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 141 | ||
| 64 | Men's Teioh | March 21, 2016 | Club-K Tour in Kitasenju | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 132 | ||
| 65 | Shiori Asahi | July 31, 2016 | Club-K Super in TKP Garden City Chiba | Chiba, Japan | 3 | 98 | This match was also contested for the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship. | |
| 66 | Ayumu Honda | November 6, 2016 | Club-K Super in Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 497 | This was a three-way match, also involving Kaji Tomato. | |
| 67 | Masamune | March 18, 2018 | K-DOJO Tokyo Big Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 133 | ||
| 68 | Taka Michinoku | July 29, 2018 | K-DOJO Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba | Chiba, Japan | 2 | 84 | ||
| 69 | Kaji Tomato | October 21, 2018 | K-DOJO Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 193 | ||
| 70 | Fuminori Abe | May 2, 2019 | K-DOJO Chiba Festival 2019 - Exchange? Counter? BASARA DAY | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 49 | ||
| 71 | Kyu Mogami | June 20, 2019 | Live event | Chiba, Japan | 1 | 1,993+ | ||
Combined reigns
edit| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| ¤ | The exact length of the title reign is uncertain. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyu Mogami † | 1 | 1,993+ |
| 2 | Valente Fernández | 1 | 1,163 |
| 3 | Negro Casas | 1 | 787 |
| 4 | Kaji Tomato | 5 | 783 |
| 5 | Gran Hamada | 3 | 712 |
| 6 | Yoshihiro Asai/Último Dragón | 5 | 701 |
| 7 | Jungla Negra | 1 | 700 |
| 8 | Boso Boy Raito | 2 | 692 |
| 9 | Makoto Oishi | 4 | 669 |
| 10 | Shiori Asahi | 3 | 632 |
| 11 | Centurión Negro | 2 | 609 |
| 12 | Rene Guajardo | 2 | 515 |
| 13 | Ayumu Honda | 1 | 497 |
| 14 | Aníbal | 1 | 476 |
| 15 | Yasu Urano | 2 | 417 |
| 16 | Yuki Sato | 2 | 406 |
| 17 | Minoru Tanaka | 1 | 330 |
| 18 | PSYCHO | 2 | 311 |
| 19 | El Satánico | 1 | 268 |
| 20 | Cuchillo | 2 | 228 |
| 21 | Taka Michinoku | 2 | 203 |
| 22 | Hi69 | 1 | 188 |
| 23 | Men's Teioh | 2 | 186 |
| 24 | Mr. X3/Silver Wolf | 2 | 183¤ |
| 25 | Tiger Mask | 1 | 155 |
| 26 | Quiet Storm | 1 | 147 |
| 27 | Hiro Tonai | 1 | 141 |
| 28 | Kōji Ishinriki | 1 | 139 |
| 29 | Cachorro Mendoza | 1 | 134 |
| 30 | Daigoro Kashiwa | 1 | 133 |
| Luis Arizona | 1 | 133 | |
| Masmune | 1 | 133 | |
| 33 | Super Astro | 2 | 132 |
| 34 | Ryuichi Sekine | 1 | 119 |
| 35 | Onryo | 1 | 105 |
| 36 | Shoichi Funaki | 1 | 66 |
| 37 | Shinobu | 1 | 58 |
| 38 | Fuminori Abe | 1 | 49 |
| 39 | GENTARO | 1 | 7 |
| 40 | El Samurai | 1 | 4 |
| 41 | Masayoshi Motegi | 1 | <1 |
| 42 | El Solar | 1 | N/A¤ |
| El Texano | 1 | N/A¤ | |
| Héctor Garza | 1 | N/A¤ | |
| The Willow | 1 | N/A¤ |
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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"[1]
- ^ 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"[2]
- ^ 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"[3]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[4]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Duncan & Will (2000) p. 399, Chapter: MEXICO: UWA World Middleweight Title [Flores, Mora] [5]
- ^ The exact date El Solar vacated the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 132 and 161 days.
- ^ The exact date El Texano lost the title is unknown, placing his title regin between 323 and 484 days.
- ^ The exact date Héctor Garza won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 484 and 323 days.
- ^ The exact date on which the Willow vacated the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 200 days.
- ^ The exact date on which Silver Wolf vacated is unknown, placing the title reign between 99 and 128 days.
References
edit- 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.
- ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 399.