AWA Light Heavyweight Championship
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The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association
from 1981 until it closed in 1991. It was also a title in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
from 1989 to 1993.
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American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...
from 1981 until it closed in 1991. It was also a title in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989 by Atsushi Onita that specialized in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on October 6, 1989...
from 1989 to 1993.
AWA branch
Champions recognized by the American Wrestling AssociationAmerican Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 to 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo...
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| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Mike Graham | 1 | June 1981 | Graham was awarded the title. | |
| Buck Zumhofe Buck Zumhofe Eugene Zumhofe is a professional wrestler better known as Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhofe, wrestling's self proclaimed original rock and roller.-Training:... |
1 | June 19, 1983 | Hamburg, Minnesota Hamburg, Minnesota Hamburg is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 513 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. County Road 50 serves as a main route in the community... |
Bobby Heenan Bobby Heenan Raymond Louis "Ray" Heenan , better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan , is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time with the American Wrestling Association , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation... defeated Zumhofe several times but was over the Light Heavyweight weight limit. |
| Steve Regal Steve Regal Steve Regal is a former professional wrestler, better known as "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the early 1970s and 1980s.-Professional wrestling career:Born in Ft... |
1 | March 25, 1984 | St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city... |
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| Buck Zumhofe | 2 | November 28, 1985 | St. Paul, Minnesota | |
| Title vacated | July 1986 | The title was vacated when Zumhofe was sent to prison. | ||
| Mike Graham | 2 | 1988 | Graham was awarded the title. | |
| Title vacated | 1990 | |||
| Buck Zumhofe | 3 | August 11, 1990 | Rochester, Minnesota Rochester, Minnesota Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the... |
Defeated Jonnie Stewart to win the vacant title. |
| Title retired | January 1991 | |||
FMW branch
Champions recognized by Frontier Martial-Arts WrestlingFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989 by Atsushi Onita that specialized in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their first show on October 6, 1989...
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| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Mike Graham | 1988 | Graham was awarded the title. | ||
| Jimmy Backlund | 1 | December 1988 | Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
Recognized as the sixth champion by FMW, but not by AWA; may have defeated Graham for the title. |
| Lee Gak-Soo | 1 | April 1, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Title vacated | September 1990 | Vacated when Lee Gak-Soo quit FMW. | ||
| Katsuji Ueda | 1 | September 25, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Jimmy Backlund for the vacant title. |
| Jimmy Backlund | 2 | November 5, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Ricky Fuji Ricky Fuji is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under his ring name .-Professional wrestling career:Morimura started training in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo in 1984. He then left Japan in January 1987 for a training expedition in Canada, where he was trained in the Dungeon by Stu Hart and... |
1 | May 29, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mark Starr Mark Starr Mark Ashford-Smith is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Mark Starr. He has competed as a member of several tag teams.-Wrestling career:Starr competed in the Memphis, Tennessee-based Continental Wrestling Association... |
1 | August 24, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Katsuji Ueda | 2 | August 31, 1991 | Chiba, Japan Chiba, Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000.... |
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| Dr. Luther | 1 | March 23, 1992 | Saitama, Japan | The championship is renamed the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship in April 1992. |
| Katsuji Ueda | 3 | September 7, 1992 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Title abandoned | 1993 | The title was abandoned for the FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship, which would be unveiled in August 1993. |