# WWA World Lightweight Championship

The WWA World Lightweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de peso Ligero WWA in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) from 1987 until 1995. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 63 kg (139 lb) and 70 kg (150 lb), but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to. It was first won by Mano Negra in 1987 and defended throughout Mexico until 1995 when the title was first declared vacant and then later on inactive.
As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Mano Negra | 1987 | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1987 to July 1990. |
| 2 | El Hijo del Black Shadow | July 1990 | Live event | N/A | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Askari El Gringo | December 29, 1990 | Live event | Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| 4 | El Hijo del Black Shadow | November 1991 | Live event | N/A | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Espanto Jr. | August 7, 1992 | Live event | Querétaro, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. | Championship history is unrecorded from August 7, 1992 to 1993. |
| 6 | Rey Misterio Jr. | | Live event | N/A | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Juventud Guerrera | October 1993 | Live event | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| 8 | Rey Misterio Jr. | November 30, 1994 | Live event | Matamoros, Mexico | 2 | 92 | | |
| 9 | Juventud Guerrera | March 2, 1995 | Live event | Xalapa, Mexico | 2 | 106 | Guerrera won the title during a tag team match. | |
| 10 | Rey Misterio Jr. | June 16, 1995 | Live event | Queretearo, Mexico | 3 | | | |
| — | Deactivated | 1995 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated and later inactivated | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto, who holds the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
* ↑ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"
* ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."
* ↑ The location of the title change has not been captured as part of the documentation.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA Lightweight Title"
* ↑ The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing his reign between 151 and 181 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Askari El Gringo lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 307 and 336 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which el Hijo del Black Shadow won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 251 and 280 days.
* ↑ Records do not indicate when Rey Misterio Jr. won the championship, just that he did.
* ↑ The exact date on which Juventud Guerrera won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 395 and 425 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Rey Misterio Jr. was stripped of the title is unknown, placing the title reign between 1 and 198 days.