The British Lightweight Championship was a top British wrestling

Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

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Championship (professional wrestling)

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 found throughout the country's circuit. The title's broken history dates back to the 1930s and it was last claimed actively in 2002. The official upper weight limit for the belt was 11 stone(154 lbs.).

Title history

This is a history of the title from its earliest recorded origins in 1933. As indicated in the table a few claimed reigns are of dubios provenance and, whilst these have been noted, they are not included as official reigns.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
George de Relwyskow	1	1933		Vacated the title after being injured in the Second World War.
Joe Reid	1	1948
Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey (wrestler) Thomas Moore was a British professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Jack Dempsey, who was active in North American and European regional promotions from the 1930s to the 1960s....	1	1948	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
George Kidd	1	1948
Alan Colbeck	1	1949
Johnny Stead	1	1950
Eric Sands	1	30 April 1953	Middlesbrough
Johnny Stead	2	9 March 1954	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Melwyn Rees	1	before December 1958		Legacy from Stead uncertain
Jim Breaks	1	16 October 1963	London
Alan Miquet	1	15 February 1967	London
Jim Breaks	2	17 December 1968	Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
Zoltan Boscik	1	18 June 1969	Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...	John Cortz may have held the title for about a month around June 1970
Johnny Saint Johnny Saint John Miller is a semi-retired English professional wrestler better known by his ring name Johnny Saint, who worked around the United Kingdom during the World of Sport era.-Career:...	1	12 May 1971	Sheffield
Jim Breaks	3	21 August 1971	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...	Cortez may have won the belt on a card in London on 26 January 1972 before losing the title back to Breaks soon afterwards.
Bobby Ryan	1	18 May 1974	Hanley, Staffordshire
Jim Breaks	4	15 June 1974	Hanley
Alan Miquet	2	1974
Jim Breaks	5	25 February 197?
Bobby Ryan	2	before June 1976
Jim Breaks	6	1 June 1976	Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
Dynamite Kid Dynamite Kid Thomas Wilton Billington , best known by the ring name Dynamite Kid, is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in the World Wrestling Federation, Stampede Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling in the mid- to late-1980s...	1	23 March 1977	Manchester	Vacated title in 1978 after winning the British Welterweight Championship
Steve Grey	1	5 April 1978	Blackburn	Defeated Bobby Ryan in a tournament final.
Jim Breaks	7	27 June 1979	London
Steve Grey	2	before 8 May 1980
Jim Breaks	8	6 April 1982	Wolverhampton
Steve Grey	3	25 May 1982	Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
Jim Breaks	9	21 April 1983	Colne Colne Colne is the second largest town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 20,118. It lies at the eastern end of the M65, 6 miles north-east of Burnley, with Nelson immediately adjacent, in the Aire Gap with two main roads leading into the Yorkshire...
Steve Grey	4	4 May 1983	Bradford Bradford Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
Jim Breaks	10	22 March 1984	Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
Steve Grey	5	before April 1984
Kid McCoy	1	7 May 1987	Adwick le Street Adwick le Street Adwick-le-Street is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.-Geography:It is situated a few miles to the north west of the town of Doncaster. It has a population of 10,507....	Vacates title in 1990, sometime after 6 June
Steve Grey	6	25 October 1990	Southampton Southampton Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...	Defeats Boz Berry in the final of a tournament for the belt
Jimmy Ocean	1	3 September 1991	Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
Tony Stewart	1	before 18 September 1991
Jimmy Ocean	2	before 17 July 1993
Steve Grey	7	before October 1998		Still champion as of 1 July 2002