WCPW Lightweight Championship
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The WCPW Lightweight Championship was a professional wrestling
lightweight
title in Windy City Pro Wrestling
(WCPW). It was a secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship
in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate lightweight
title (up to 210 lbs).
The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Trevor Blanchard in Chicago, Illinois
on April 12, 1991 to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion. V-Factor holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 755 days, Anthony's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Evan Money's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to The Mizfit a mere 14 days after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
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lightweight
Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)
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title in Windy City Pro Wrestling
Windy City Pro Wrestling
Windy City Pro Wrestling was an American regional professional wrestling promotion based in Chicago, Illinois. Established by retired wrestler Sam DeCero in 1988, the promotion was one of several major regional territories in the Midwest during the late 1980s, along with Dick the Bruiser's World...
(WCPW). It was a secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship
WCPW League Championship
The WCPW League Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship in Windy City Pro Wrestling . It replaced the WCPW Heavyweight Championship as the promotion's main singles title in 1993, following the creation of its weight-class division, and continued to be defended until 2008...
in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
title (up to 210 lbs).
The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Trevor Blanchard in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago
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on April 12, 1991 to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion. V-Factor holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 755 days, Anthony's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Evan Money's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to The Mizfit a mere 14 days after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Title history
Key| # | 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 |
|---|---|
| WCW Lightweight Championship | 1991 — 1996 |
| WCPW Lightweight Championship | 1997 — 2010 |
Reigns
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony defeated Trevor Blanchard to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion; the match may have been repeated the following night in Hebron, Indiana Hebron, Indiana Hebron is a town in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,724 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hebron is located at .... . |
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| The championship is vacated when Mike Anthony abandons the title to enter the middleweight division. | ||||||||
| Blanchard is awarded the championship. | ||||||||
| The championship is vacated when The Great Milenko is stripped of the title. | ||||||||
| This was a Triple Threat match involving Petey Williams Petey Williams Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA... . |
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| The championship is vacated when Velasquez is suspended and subsequently stripped of the title. | ||||||||
| V-Factor defeated TC Washington for the vacant championship. | ||||||||
| This was a gauntlet match also involving NBK, Tommy Eastgate, Evan Money, and D-Block. | ||||||||
| This was a three-way match involving The Mizfit. | ||||||||
| WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and The Mizfit was the final champion in WCPW as a company. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|