Gran Hamada
He later defeated Gran Hamada to win his first UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship on November 16, 1986. His first reign lasted 190 days and was ended by El Solar on May 25, 1987. He later regained the championship on February 8, 1988. In May 1988, Blue Panther won another significant match as he defeated Kendo on a UWA show in Tijuana, Baja California to unmask Kendo. On September 18, 1988, Blue Panther's second and final reign as the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Champion ended as the UWA bookers decided to have Gran Cochisse win the championship from Blue Panther.