# WCPW Lightweight Championship

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.

## 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 |
| 1 | Mike Anthony | 1 | April 12, 1991 | 722 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | Anthony defeated Trevor Blanchard to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion; the match may have been repeated the following night in Hebron, Indiana. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 3, 1993 | — | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | The championship is vacated when Mike Anthony abandons the title to enter the middleweight division. |
| 2 | Trevor Blanchard | 1 | April 3, 1992 | 414 | Harvard, Illinois | Live event | Blanchard is awarded the championship. |
| 3 | Christopher Daniels | 1 | May 22, 1993 | 532 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 4 | Steve Boz | 1 | November 5, 1994 | 350 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 5 | Brandon Bishop | 1 | October 21, 1995 | 459 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 6 | Chi Town T | 1 | January 22, 1997 | 94 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 7 | Terry Allen | 1 | April 26, 1997 | 515 | Crete, Illinois | Live event | |
| 8 | Jason Reign | 1 | September 23, 1998 | 66 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 9 | Vic Capri | 1 | November 28, 1998 | 315 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 10 | Nick Brunswick | 1 | October 9, 1999 | 224 | Tinley Park, Illinois | War at the World, Day 1 (1999) | |
| 11 | Mike Masters | 1 | May 20, 2000 | 371 | Hammond, Indiana | Battle of the Belts 12 (2000) | |
| 12 | Robbie Dawber | 1 | May 26, 2001 | 274 | Hammond, Indiana | Live event | |
| 13 | 9-Mil | 1 | February 24, 2002 | 231 | Merrionette Park, Illinois | Live event | |
| 14 | The Great Milenko | 1 | October 13, 2002 | N/A | Merrionette Park, Illinois | Live event | |
| — | Vacated | — | 2003 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when The Great Milenko is stripped of the title. |
| 15 | Acid Jaz | 1 | May 17, 2003 | N/A | Cicero, Illinois | Battle of the Belts 15 (2003) | |
| 16 | Justin Adams | 1 | 2004 | N/A | N/A | Live event | |
| 17 | Marshe Rockett | 1 | 2005 | N/A | N/A | Live event | |
| 18 | Isaias Velasquez | 1 | May 20, 2006 | N/A | Cicero, Illinois | Battle of the Belts 18 (2006) | This was a Triple Threat match involving Petey Williams. |
| — | Vacated | — | June 2007 | — | N/A | N/A | The championship is vacated when Velasquez is suspended and subsequently stripped of the title. |
| 19 | V-Factor | 1 | October 26, 2007 | 338 | Chicago, Illinois | Monster Bash (2007) | V-Factor defeated TC Washington for the vacant championship. |
| 20 | Bart Banggs | 1 | September 28, 2008 | 76 | Chicago, Illinois | WCPW Studio Show | |
| 21 | Barry Ryte | 1 | December 13, 2008 | 245 | Calumet City, Illinois | Live event | |
| 22 | V-Factor | 2 | August 15, 2009 | 189 | Chicago, Illinois | Hot Summer Nights (2009) | |
| 23 | Buddy Roberts, Jr. | 1 | February 20, 2010 | 105 | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | This was a gauntlet match also involving NBK, Tommy Eastgate, Evan Money, and D-Block. |
| — | Vacated | — | June 5, 2010 | — | Chicago, Illinois | Live event | |
| 24 | Evan Money | 1 | September 18, 2010 | 14 | Chicago, Illinois | WCPW Studio Show | This was a three-way match involving Mizfitt Manners. |
| 25 | Mizfitt Manners | 1 | October 2, 2010 | 75 | Bridgeview, Illinois | Battle of the Belts 22 (2010) | |
| — | Deactivated | — | December 16, 2010 | — | N/A | N/A | WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mizfitt Manners was the final champion in WCPW as a company. |

## List of combined reigns

| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day. |
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
| 1 | Mike Anthony | 1 | 722 |
| 2 | Christopher Daniels | 1 | 532 |
| 3 | V-Factor | 2 | 527 |
| 4 | Terry Allen | 1 | 515 |
| 5 | Brandon Bishop | 1 | 459 |
| 6 | Trevor Blanchard | 1 | 414 |
| 7 | Mike Masters | 1 | 371 |
| 8 | Steve Boz | 1 | 350 |
| 9 | Vic Capri | 1 | 315 |
| 10 | Robbie Dawber | 1 | 274 |
| 11 | Barry Ryte | 1 | 245 |
| 12 | 9-Mil | 1 | 231 |
| 13 | Nick Brunswick | 1 | 224 |
| 14 | Buddy Roberts, Jr. | 1 | 105 |
| 15 | Chi Town T | 1 | 94 |
| 15 | Bart Banggs | 1 | 76 |
| 17 | The Mizfit | 1 | 75 |
| 18 | Jason Reign | 1 | 66 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.