IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship#Title history

{{short description|Professional wrestling championship by International Wrestling Revolution Group}}

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| caption =Místico, the only Super Welterweight Champion ever

| lastchamp = Místico

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| promotion = International Wrestling Revolution Group

| retired = 2007

| created = November 19, 2006

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The IWRG Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Intercontinental de Peso Super Welter IWRG in Spanish) is an inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). The official definition of the super welterweight weight class in Mexico is between {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}} and {{convert|87|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, but is not always strictly enforced.{{efn|One example the weightlimits not being strictly enforced is Mephisto winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a championship with a {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}} upper limit despite weighing {{convert|90|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.}}{{cite web| url= http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf | title= Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico | author= Arturo Montiel Rojas | publisher= Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. | date= 2001-08-30 | access-date= August 18, 2009 | quote= Articulo 242: Super Welter 82 kilos / Medio 87 kilos" | language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130181418/http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2006}}

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.{{efn|name=Hornbaker|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"{{sfn|Hornbaker|2016|p=550}}}} 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,{{efn|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"{{sfn|Duncan|Will|2000|p=271}}}} or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,{{efn|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"{{sfn|Duncan|Will|2000|p=20}}}} or leaving the company.{{efn|Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."{{sfn|Duncan|Will|2000|p=201}}}}

The first and so far only champion is Místico, who was under contract with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) at the time, but worked for IWRG under a talent sharing agreement between the two companies. The talent sharing agreement ended in 2008, but the Super Welterweight Championship has not officially been declared vacant even. It is considered inactive as the IWRG simply does not promote it or refer to it any more.