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IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Association
Date established1999
Date retired2006
Other name(s)
  • Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
Most reignsBlitz (8 reigns)
Longest reignMr. Águila (264 days)
Shortest reignAndrés Borges (<1 day)

The IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a title for wrestlers that weight 225 pounds and under that was being defended in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.

Inaugural Tournament

Participants of the Inaugural tournament were: Super Crazy, Tajiri, Christopher Daniels, Mr. Águila, Black Scorpion, Danny Boy, Pablo Marquez, Pepe Prado, Reckless Youth, Taka Michinoku, Alexander Otsuka, The Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask IV and Jeff Hardy

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
1 Pablo Marquez
16 Danny Boy W
Danny Boy
Christopher Daniels W
8 Christopher Daniels W
9 Pepe Prado
Christopher Daniels
Aguila W
5 Reckless Youth
12 Taka Michinoku W
Taka Michinoku
Aguila W
4 Alexander Otsuka
13 Aguila W
Aguila W
Tajiri
6 Jeff Hardy
11 Super Crazy W
Super Crazy
BYE
3 The Great Sasuke
14 Tiger Mask IV
Super Crazy
Tajiri W
7 Black Scorpion
10 Tajiri W
Tajiri
BYE
2 BYE
15 BYE

Title history

# Wrestler: Times: Date: Place: Event Notes: Ref.
IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
1 Mr. Águila 1 May 21, 1999 Carolina, Puerto Rico Zona Caliente Defeated Tajiri in a tournament final to Crown the inaugural champion.
2 MIKAMI 1 February 9, 2000 Guadalajara, Mexico Impacto Total Phantom title change when Mr. Águila left to focus in WWF. (He would switch to Essa Rios character)
3 Sean Hill 1 March 11, 2000 Arroyo, Puerto Rico
4 Ismael Feliciano 1 May 20, 2000 Carolina, Puerto Rico
5 Andrés Borges 1 June 3, 2000 Ponce, Puerto Rico
6 Ismael Feliciano 2 June 4, 2000 Cataño, Puerto Rico
7 Jesus Cristobal 1 June 17, 2000 Humacao, Puerto Rico
8 Andrés Borges 2 August 19, 2000 Manati, Puerto Rico
9 Sean Hill 2 August 19, 2000 Manati, Puerto Rico Awarded the title by his tag team partner Borges.
10 Andrés Borges 3 September 30, 2000 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Hill returned the title after defeating him in a non-title match with Borges being upset over losing a match to his tag team partner.
11 Tommy Diablo 1 October 14, 2000 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Vacated October 21, 2000 Title vacated due to an injury.
12 Paparazzi 1 October 21, 2000 Defeated Sean Hill to win the vacant title.
13 Juventud Guerrera 1 October 26, 2000 Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Tag Team Match stipulation by Commissioner Heriberto Lopez. Juventud Guerrera & Sean Hill defeated Paparazzi & Super Crazy
14 Sean Hill 3 October 28, 2000 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Defeated Juventud Guerrera, Paparazzi and Andrés Borges.
Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship
15 Super Crazy 1 December 10, 2000 Moca, Puerto Rico Defeated Pablo Márquez in a title vs title match for the UWA and IWA World Junior Heavyweight titles on February 24, 2001 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to be first the Unified World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
16 Andy Anderson 1 April 21, 2001 Carolina, Puerto Rico
17 Super Crazy 2 June 23, 2001 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
18 Crash Holly 1 July 27, 2001 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2001) Defeated N.Y. Rican Baldie for the IWA Hardcore title in a 24/7 rule later defeated Super Crazy for the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles.
19 Super Crazy 3 July 28, 2001 Carolina, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2001) Defeated Crash Holly and Andy Anderson in a 3-way match for the IWA Hardcore and the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles.
Vacated December 8, 2001 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Titles stripped by IWA general manager Savio Vega.
20 Andy Anderson 2 December 8, 2001 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Defeated Minoru Fujita for the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles.
21 Minoru Fujita 1 January 6, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Histeria Boricua (2002)
22 Andy Anderson 3 February 2, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico The IWA General Manager Savio Vega stripped the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on February 26, 2002 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
23 Chicano 1 March 2, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
— Vacated — March 23, 2002 Zona Caliente Declared vacant by Victor Quiñones after a controversial match with Anarchy as both of them were not suitable for the junior division anymore.
24 Stefano 1 April 6, 2002 Carolina, Puerto Rico Juicio Final II Defeated Tommy Diablo and Diabólico in a 3-way match for the vacant title.
— Vacated — April 27, 2002 Title held up after a controversial match between Diabólico and Stefano.
25 Stefano 2 May 4, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Defeated Diabólico to regain the title.
26 Damián 1 October 5, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
27 Stefano 3 November 2, 2002 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
28 Diabólico 1 November 23, 2002 Carolina, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
29 Paparazzi 2 February 1, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
30 Noriega 1 April 19, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico
31 Tommy Diablo 2 May 17, 2003 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
32 Anarchy 1 August 2, 2003 Carolina, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
33 Tommy Diablo 3 August 30, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
34 Blitz 1 November 1, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Defeated Johnny Styles, Paparazzi and Noriega in a Fatal 4-Way Match to become n°1 contender then champion.
35 Tommy Diablo 4 November 15, 2003 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Defeated Blitz and Paparazzi in a 3-way match.
36 Blitz 2 November 29, 2003 Carolina, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2003) Defeated Tommy Diablo and Chris Sabin in a 3-way X match.
37 Homicide 1 January 4, 2004 Cayey, Puerto Rico
38 Blitz 3 January 24, 2004? Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
39 Paparazzi 3 February 14, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
40 Super Átomo 1 February 28, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
41 Blitz 4 April 3, 2004 Carolina, Puerto Rico Juicio Final IV (2004) Defeated Tommy Diablo, Cyrus and Misawa in a Fatal 4-way match.
42 Tommy Diablo 5 April 17, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
43 Pelayito Vazquez 1 September 25, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping First Puerto Rican referee to hold a professional title. Extreme Rules Match
44 Tommy Diablo 6 October 15, 2004 Unclear when Tommy Diablo regained the title
— Vacated — October 30, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Tommy Diablo was injured by Apolo so the title was vacated by GM Savio Vega and ordered a Battle Royal.
45 Golden Boy 1 October 30, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping Golden Boy won a Battle royal against Blitz, Lash, Enjabonao, Just Perfect, Johnny Styles, Hip, Hop, Rising Bull I y Rising Bull II.
46 Blitz 5 December 18, 2004 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Christmas in PR (2004) Ladder Match.
47 Super Mark 1 February 27, 2005 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
48 Tommy Diablo 7 May 21, 2005 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping No-Time Limit Match
49 "El Sensacional" Carlitos 1 October 1, 2005 Carolina, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2005)
50 Blitz 6 February 4, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
51 "El Sensacional" Carlitos 2 March 31, 2006 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Juicio Final (2006) Defeated Hiram Tua, Blitz and Tommy Diablo in a fatal 4-way X match.
52 Blitz 7 April 15, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico Apocalipsis (2006)
53 Hammett 1 May 6, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
54 Blitz 8 May 27, 2006 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
55 "El Sensacional" Carlitos 3 August 5, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping
56 Super Mark 2 September 3, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2006) Defeated "El Sensacional" Carlitos and Tommy Diablo in a 3-way extreme rules match.
— Vacated — September 16, 2006 Cayey, Puerto Rico Noche de Justicia (2006) Super Mark Defeated "El Sensacional" Carlitos, then said to GM Orlando Toledo that he wanted to leave the Jr Heavyweight division.
57 "El Enjabonao" Julio Franco 1 October 14, 2006 Caguas, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2006) Won the vacant title in a 15-man battle royal.
58 Bolo The Red Bulldog 1 November 18, 2006 Carolina, Puerto Rico Armagedón (2006)
— Deactivated — November 25, 2006 Levittown, Puerto Rico Impacto Total Orlando Toledo announced that the Cruiserweight title would replace the title.

Combined reigns

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Tommy Diablo 7 490
2 Blitz 8 303
3 Super Crazy 3 299
4 Mr. Águila 1 264
5 Stefano 3 194
6 Carlitos 3 169
7 Sean Hill 3 155
8 El Lobo (Andy Anderson) 3 120
9 Paparazzi 3 96
10 Diabólico 1 70
11 Super Mark 2 69
12 Jesus Cristobal 1 63
13 Golden Boy 1 49
14 Super Átomo 1 35
"El Enjabonao" Julio Franco 1 35
15 MIKAMI 1 31
16 Damian 1 28
Noriega 1 28
Anarchy 1 28
Brent Dail 1 28
17 Ismael Feliciano 2 27
Minoru Fujita 1 27
18 Chicano 1 21
Hammett 1 21
19 Homicide 1 20
Pelayo Vazquez 1 20
20 Andrés Borges 3 19
21 Bolo The Red Bulldog 1 7
Mike Anthony 1 7
22 Juventud Guerrera 1 2
23 Crash Holly 1 <1

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