The UWA World Welterweight Championship is a championship in professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 that is primarily contested for in various Lucha Libre

Lucha libre

Lucha libre is a term used in Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking countries, for a form of professional wrestling that has developed within those countries...

 promotions in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. In 1993, the championship was recognized by the Japan

Japan

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ese professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

 Michinoku Pro

Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Michinoku Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. Michinoku Pro was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate...

, following Super Delfin's victory over then champion Celestial. In 1995, Gran Hamada

Gran Hamada

, better known by his ring name , is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and was the founder of Universal Lucha Libre...

 was stripped of the championship, because he exceeded the weight limit. The championship returned to being primarily contested for in Mexico, and it wasn't until Taiji Ishimori

Taiji Ishimori

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH as well as making appearances for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración through a NOAH/AAA working relationship.-Professional wrestling career:...

's victory over Super Crazy in 2003 that a Japanese wrestler would hold the championship again.

Championship History

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:
Villaño III Villano III Arturo Díaz Mendoza is a Mexican professional wrestler best known for performing under the stage name Villano III and unmasking a very large number of wrestlers , he is most famous for teaming with one or more of his brothers: Villano I, Villano II, Villano IV, Villano V, Villano VI and Villano VII...	1	December 14, 1975	Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Solar	1	May 29, 1977	Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Bobby Lee	1	July 16, 1978	Plaza De Toros MTY
el Signo	1	June 24, 1979	Tijuana, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Garringo	1	April 13, 1980	Monterrey, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
el Texano	1	September 7, 1980	Palacio De Los Deportes
Title vacated on February 10, 1982.
Lobo Rubio	1	May 30, 1982	Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
El Matematico	1	October 17, 1982	N/A
Blue Panther Blue Panther Genaro Vazquez Nevarez is a Mexican professional wrestler currently working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, better known by his ring name Blue Panther...	1	December 16, 1984	Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Blackman	1	February 9, 1986	Mexico City, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Ray Richard	1	September 3, 1987	Pista Arena Revolucion
Yoshihiro Asai	1	July 29, 1988	Plaza De Toros, El Cortijo
Charles Lucero	1	November 9, 1988	Monterrey, Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
El Hijo del Santo El Hijo del Santo Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez , better known as El Hijo del Santo , is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre...	1	April 27, 1990	Plaza De Toros MTY
Espanto Jr.	1	May 12, 1992	Plaza De Toros MTY
Celestial	2	June 25, 1992	Plaza De Toros MTY
Super Delfin	1	May 17, 1993	Tokyo, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...  - Korakuen Hall
Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke, as well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...	1	July 24, 1993	Moioka, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Super Delfin	2	August 24, 1993	Tokyo, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Celestial	3	1993	N/A
Karloff Lagarde, Jr. Karloff Lagarde, Jr. César Baltazar de Lucio Valencia is a semi-retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Karloff Lagarde, Jr.. Despite what his ring name might indicate he is not the son of Karloff Lagarde, but his nephew. Lucio is a former CMLL World Welterweight Champion and...	1	January 30, 1994	El Toreo De Naucalpan
El Hijo del Santo	2	May 25, 1994	Arena Lopez Mateos
Norio Honaga Norio Honaga is a Japanese professional wrestler.Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Chōshū's Japan Pro Wrestling satellite of All Japan Pro Wrestling in an "invasion" angle. He returned to New Japan with Choshu and others in 1987...	1	November 18, 1994	Hiroshima, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Shinjiro Otani	1	December 13, 1994	Osaka, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Koji Kanemoto Koji Kanemoto is a professional wrestler. He is of Zainichi Korean descent.-Career:Kanemoto practiced Judo during his high school days and won a few championships as a professional before being recruited by the New Japan Dojo. He debuted in November 1990, wrestling against Michiyoshi Ohara. In March 1992, he...	1	April 16, 1995	Hiroshima, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Gran Hamada Gran Hamada , better known by his ring name , is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro, and All Japan Pro Wrestling, and was the founder of Universal Lucha Libre...	1	September 22, 1995	Nagoya, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
Hamada is stripped of the Championship, after exceeding the weight limit.
Super Crazy Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...	1	November 17, 1995	Neza
Kid Guzmán Tigre Blanco Sergio Guzmán Silva is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who has worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre for most of his professional career. Guzmán currently works under the ring name Tigre Blanco and inidially worked as Kid Guzmán but...	1	1997	Arena Neza
Super Crazy	2	June 15, 1998	Hakata, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
El Oriental El Oriental Noé Astro Moreno Leon is a Mexican Luchador known under the ring name El Oriental, currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre but is mainly known for his almost 10 year long stint in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración along with his sisters Cynthia, Rossy and Esther Moreno...	1	October 13, 2000	Torreon
Oriental was stripped of the Championship due to injury in February 2001.
Nemesis	1	September 23, 2001	Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Rey Cuervo	1	April 14, 2002	Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Cuervo is stripped of the Championship due for unknown reasons in April 2003.
Taiji Ishimori Taiji Ishimori is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH as well as making appearances for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración through a NOAH/AAA working relationship.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	May 11, 2003	Arena Coliseo
Championship is held up, following Ishimori's defense against Takeshi Minamino on August 29, 2004.
Takeshi Minamino	1	September 9, 2004	Tokyo, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

External links

• Wrestling-Titles.com: UWA World Welterweight Title