# WWA Light Heavyweight Championship

The WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by World Wrestling Association (WWA) in Mexico since 1987. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.
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.
It was first won by El Cobarde II in 1987 and has since then been held by at least 9 wrestlers, although records for parts of the title history has not been found. The current champion is Atlantis, who won it in December 2014. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows.

## 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | El Cobarde II | 1987 | Live event | N/A | 1 | | Records are not clear on who El Cobarde defeated to win the championship | |
| 2 | Lizmark | April 1, 1988 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 3 | Enrique Vera | | Live event | N/A | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Lizmark | June 1990 | Live event | | 2 | | | |
| 5 | La Parka | August 1993 | Live event | | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Lizmark | September 1993 | Live event | | 3 | | | |
| 7 | La Parka | June 20, 1994 | Live event | Monterrey, Mexico | 2 | | | |
| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 8 | El Dandy | January 2001 | Live event | Nuevo Laredo, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| 9 | Asterisco | June 17, 2001 | Live event | Reynosa, Mexico | 1 | | | |
| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 10 | Kiss | January 17, 2003 | Live event | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 | | Defeated Rey Misterio Sr. to win the vacant title. | |
| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 11 | Blue Demon Jr. | March 2008 | Live event | Oaxaca, Oaxaca | 1 | | Won the vacant title in a one-night tournament. | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated due to inactivity. | |
| 12 | Heddi Karaoui | November 30, 2013 | Live event | Mexico City | 1 | | Won the vacant title against Negro Navarro. | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | | |
| 13 | Atlantis | December 5, 2014 | Live event | Tijuana | 1 | 3,594+ | Won the vacant title against Negro Casas. | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding 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."
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Duncan & Will (2000) pp. 399–400, Chapter: "Mexico: World Wrestling Association (Benjamin Mora) WWA Light Heavyweight Title"
* 1 2 3 The location of the title change has not been captured.
* ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won and lost the championship is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,128 and 1,187 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which La Parka won and lost the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 1,097 and 151 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Lizmark won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 172 and 292 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which El Dandy won the title is unknown, placing his title reign between 2 and 167 days.
* ↑ The exact date on which Blue Demon Jr. winning the title is unknown, which means that his title reign has lasted at least 6,034 days.