WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship

History of Championship

Despite being a WWF Championship, it was defended in UWA for many years.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
tournament to crown initial champion
1	Perro Aguayo	Gran Hamada	1981.03.26	Shimizu, Japan
	1	Fishman	1981.06.14	Plaza De Toros Monterrey
	2	Chris Adams	1981.08.16	El Toreo De Naucalpan
2	Fishman	Perro Aguayo	1981.09.25	Los Angeles
3	Perro Aguayo [2]	Fishman	1981.10.01	Los Angeles
4	Chris Adams	Perro Aguayo	1981.10.18	El Toreo De Naucalpan
5	Perro Aguayo [3]	Chris Adams	1981.12.13	Mexico City
6	Gran Hamada	Perro Aguayo	1982.04.21	Tokyo
7	Perro Aguayo [4]	Gran Hamada	1982.08.29	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	Gran Hamada	1982.11.13	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
8	Villano III	Perro Aguayo	1983.03.20	El Toreo De Naucalpan
9	Perro Aguayo [5]	Villano III	1983.08.07	Mexico City
	1	Mano Negra	1983.09.11	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	2	Sangre Chicana	1983.12.18	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Gran Hamada	1984.02.12	El Toreo De Naucalpan
10	Gran Hamada [2]	Perro Aguayo	1984.04.17	Tokyo
11	Villano III [2]	Gran Hamada	1984.05.20	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	El Signo	1986.03.12	Arena Ecatepec
12	Fishman [2]	Villano III	1986.08.24	El Toreo De Naucalpan
13	Perro Aguayo [6]	Fishman	1986.12.24	El Toreo De Naucalpan
championship held up after match with Villano III on 1987.05.03
rematch for vacant championship
14	Villano III [3]	Perro Aguayo	1987.06.17	El Toreo De Naucalpan
15	Rambo	Villano III	1987.10.04	Mexico City
	1	Anibal	1988.02.10	Arena Naucalpan
16	Villano III [4]	Rambo	1988.07.17	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	Rambo	1988.09.17	Arena Apatlaco
17	Sangre Chicana	Villano III	1989.08.14	El Toreo De Naucalpan
18	Perro Aguayo [7]	Sangre Chicana	1989.10.15	El Toreo De Naucalpan
19	Sangre Chicana [2]	Perro Aguayo	1989.12.03	El Toreo De Naucalpan
20	Villano III [5]	Sangre Chicana	1990.05.27	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	Killer	1990.08.05	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	2	Blue Blazer	1990.11.18	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Brazo De Oro	1990.12.25	Arena Puebla
	4	Rambo	1991.02.22	Arena Neza
	5	Rambo	1991.02.23	Arena Naucalpan
21	Pegasus Kid	Villano III	1991.03.03	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	Villano IV	1991.05.19	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	2	Gran Hamada	1991.07.19	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Villano III	1992.01.26	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	4	Villano IV	1992.04.03	Arena Neza
	5	Fishman	1992.04.12	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	6	Villano IV	1992.08.29	Mexico City
22	Villano III [6]	Pegasus Kid	1992.09.13	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	1	El Signo	1992.10.29	Pista Arena Revolucion
	2	El Signo	1992.11.06	Arena Neza
	3	Ricky Santana	1992.11.29	Pista Arena Revolucion
	4	Loco Zandokan	1992.12.03	Pista Arena Revolucion
	5	Dr. Wagner Jr.	1992.12.07	Arena Puebla
23	El Signo	Villano III	1993.01.01	Arena Neza
	1	Enrique Vera	1993.02.01	Arena Puebla
	2	Scorpio Jr.	1993.06.06	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	3	Enrique Vera	1993.06.19	Arena Isabel De Cuernavaca
	4	Crypt Keeper	1994.03.06	El Toreo De Naucalpan
	5	Solar I	1994.06.29	Arena Lopez Mateos
24	Villano III [7]	El Signo	1994.07.18	Arena Puebla
	1	Transformer	1994.10.28	Arena Neza
	2	the King	1994.11.06	Arena Apatlaco
championship vacated when UWA shuts down operations
decision match for vacant championship
25	Aeroflash	Fighter	1995.06.16	Arena Neza
	1	Angel Satanico	1995.10.29	Arena Popocatepetl
26	The Great Sasuke	Aeroflash	1996.03.24	Fukushima, Japan
27	El Samurai	The Great Sasuke	1996.06.22	Naruko, Japan
next 3 title matches are part of the J-Crown Unification Tournament
	1	Gran Hamada	1996.08.03	Tokyo
28	The Great Sasuke [2]	El Samurai	1996.08.04	Tokyo
	1	Ultimo Dragon	1996.08.05	Tokyo
defended as part of the J-Crown Octuple Championship
29	Ultimo Dragon	The Great Sasuke	1996.10.11	Osaka, Japan
30	Jushin Thunder Liger	Ultimo Dragon	1997.01.04	Tokyo
31	El Samurai [2]	Jushin Thunder Liger	1997.07.06	Sapporo, Japan
32	Shinjiro Ohtani	El Samurai	1997.08.10	Nagoya, Japan
vacates championship on 1997.11.05 as part of vacating most of J-Crown Octuple Championship
tournament for vacant championship
33	TAKA Michinoku	Brian Christopher	1997.12.07	Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
34	Christian Cage	TAKA Michinoku	1998.10.18	Chicago
35	Duane Gill	Christian Cage	1998.11.17	Columbus, Ohio, United States
36	Essa Rios	Duane Gill	2000.02.08	Austin, Texas, United States
37	Dean Malenko	Essa Rios	2000.03.13	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
38	Scotty Too Hotty	Dean Malenko	2000.04.17	State College, Philadelphia, United States
39	Dean Malenko [2]	Scotty Too Hotty	2000.04.25	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
40	Crash Holly	Dean Malenko	2001.03.13	Anaheim, California, United States
41	Jerry Lynn	Crash Holly	2001.04.29	Chicago
42	Jeff Hardy	Jerry Lynn	2001.06.05	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
43	X-Pac	Jeff Hardy	2001.06.25	New York City
44	Tajiri	X-Pac	2001.08.06	Anaheim, California, United States
45	X-Pac [2]	Tajiri	2001.08.19	San Jose, California, United States
championship abandoned in March 2002
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Champions

Perro Aguayo, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 13th & 18th Champion

Chris Adams, 4th Champion

Gran Hamada, 6th & 10th Champion

Villano III, 8th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 20th, 22nd & 24th Champion

Pegasus Kid, 21st Champion

El Signo, 23rd Champion

The Great Sasuke, 26th & 28th Champion

Gallery of Title Belts

1st Belt

Sources

• Wrestling-Titles.com

Universal Wrestling Association Championships
Official: Heavy (Dr. Wagner Jr.)
Outlaw: Light (Kato Kung Lee Jr.), Junior Light Heavy (Diluvio Negro II)
Now in Japan: Welter, Middle, Junior Heavy, Tag, Trios,
Defunct: Feather, Light Heavy, Women, International Women, Women Junior, Women's Tag,
Associated: WWF Light Heavy