The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

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 light heavyweight

Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)

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 championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance

The Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance was an American independent professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia, from October 1995 to February 2001, when it was run by Cueball Carmichael and...

 (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader

Mark Shrader

Mark "The Shark" Shrader is a retired American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous independent promotions throughout the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s...

, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.

There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Cost wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino

Steve Corino

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, Christian York

Christian York

Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...

, and Joey Matthews.

Title history

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

Name	Years
IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship	1996 — 2001

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
							Shrader defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl in a tournament final to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.
					N/A	N/A	The championship is vacated after Mark Shrader wins the MEWF Heavyweight Championship MEWF Heavyweight Championship The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship is the highest ranking singles title in the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, one of three in the promotion.... .
							Defeated Johnny Graham and Sheik Ali Amin in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
			May 1996	N/A
					N/A	N/A
							Corino defeated Christian York Christian York Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...  in a tournament final to win both the IPWA and NWA 2000 Light Heavyweight Championships.
							Sanchez defeated Joey Matthews and Christian York in a three-way match.
			2001				The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

<1	Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

RankEach reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.	Wrestler	# of reigns	Combined days

External links

• Official website