WWA World Heavyweight Championship

Current Champion

Rayo Jr., 14th Champion

Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is the last known champion. While the WWA is an existing promotional body - most notably running a monthly in Tijuana show - Rayo and this championship are not strongly bound to the group. It's effectively an independent championship.

Rayo was scheduled to possibly defend this championship as part of a four champion relevos increíbles match on February 23rd, 2008, but no-showed the event. Nicho took his place and lost his title instead, so it's possible Rayo was planned to lose the title and opted to not show up to avoid that. In April, magazine Luchas 2000 reported the WWA had stripped Rayo of this championship, but there's been no confirmation from any other source and the WWA has not made any effort to determine a new champion. Rayo surely still has the physical belt and probably will continue to defend it.

History of Championship

This WWA World Heavyweight Championship is the revival of the old WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight title which started in 1958 when Edouard Carpentier defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz but was not awarded the NWA belt due to a technicality. In 1968, however, the WWA promotion rejoined the NWA and the WWA belt was abandoned.

The WWA revival was done around Bill Anderson, a former rookie in the NWA Los Angeles promotion which closed in 1982.

Champions Listing

#	Champion(s)	Defeated	Date	Location
decision match for first champion
01	Bill Anderson	Tinieblas	1986.10.04	Los Angeles
02	Tinieblas	Bill Anderson	1987.01.31	Los Angeles
03	Super Halcon	Tinieblas	1987.06.??	Los Angeles
championship status unclear
04	Dos Caras	?	????.??.??	?
05	Scorpio	Dos Caras	1990.09.19	El Estado De Naucalpan
06	Mil Mascaras	El Scorpio	1991.10.18	Auditorio De Tijuana
championship vacates in 1994.??.?? maybe for unknown reasons
decision match for championship
07	Perro Aguayo	Cien Caras	1994.09.18	Nuevo Laredo
	1	Konnan	1995.03.19	Celaya
08	Cien Caras	Perro Aguayo	1995.09.18	Nuevo Laredo
09	Perro Aguayo [2]	Cien Caras	1995.10.04	Aguascalientes
10	Cibernetico	Perro Aguayo	1995.10.28	Mexico City
11	Perro Aguayo [3]	Cibernetico	1995.12.15	Mexico City
	1	Cibernetico	1996.03.17	Monterrey
next match is a cage match
	2	Cibernetico	1996.04.18	Xalapa
	3	Cibernetico	1996.05.01	Arena Naucalpan
12	Cobarde Jr.	Perro Aguayo	1997.06.27	Tala, Jalisco
	1	Latin Lover	1998.11.23	Nuevo Laredo
13	Mil Mascaras [2]	Cobarde Jr.	1998.??.??	?
championship vacates at unknown date for unknown reasons
decision match for championship
14	Rayo de Jalisco Jr.	Rey Misterio	2003.03.21	Auditorio De Tijuana
	1	Mascara Ano 2000	2003.04.13	Arena Coliseo DF
	2	Mascara Ano 2000	2003.06.15	Arena Coliseo DF
	3	Canek	2003.09.14	Arena Naucalpan
	4	Pierroth Jr.	2003.09.15	Arena Puebla
	5	Cien Caras	2003.10.19	Arena Coliseo De Monterrey
	6	Pierroth Jr.	2004.03.20	Zacatelco
	7	Cien Caras	2004.10.01	Auditorio de Tijuana
	8	Canek	2005.02.20	Arena Coliseo DF
	9	Head Hunter I	2005.10.02	Arena Naucalpan
	10	El Hijo Del Cien Caras	2008.02.16	Centro Social Municipal Zihuatanejo, Guerrero
title change
successful title defense
championship matches which were announced, but results were not found

Sources:

Gallery of Former Champions

Bill Anderson, 1st Champion

Tinieblas, 2nd Champion

Mil Mascaras, 13th Champion

Sources

Wrestling-Titles.com

World Wrestling Association Championships
Minis (Octagoncito), Light (TJ Boy), Welter (El Bandido/Hijo de Rey Misterio), Middle (Averno), Junior Light Heavy (Atlantis), Light Heavy (Heddi Karaoui), Junior Heavy (Cien Caras Jr.), Heavy (Rayo de Jalisco Jr.) Women (vacated) Tag Team (Bestia 666 & Damián 666), Trios (Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho & Super Raton)