WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Mexico)
{{short description|Professional wrestling championship}}
{{Infobox pro wrestling championship
| championshipname = {{nobr|WWA World Heavyweight Championship}}
{{small|(Campeonato Mundial Peso Completo WWA)}}
| image =
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| caption =
| currentholder = Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.
| won = {{dts|2003|3|21}}
| promotion = World Wrestling Association (WWA)
| brand =
| created = {{dts|1986|9|4}}
| mostreigns = Perro Aguayo {{nobr|(3 Times)}}
| firstchamp = Bill Anderson
| longestreign = Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. {{nobr|({{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=21|year1=2003}} days)}}
| shortestreign = Scorpio {{nobr|(36 days)}}
| pastnames =
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The WWA World Heavyweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Peso Completo WWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion World Wrestling Association (WWA) since 1986. As the Championship was designated as a heavyweight title, the Championship can only officially be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least {{convert|105|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 Profesional del Estado de Mexico| author= Arturo Montiel Rojas | publisher= Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F | date= 2001-08-30 | access-date= 2009-04-03 | quote= "Completo 105 kilos sin limite" |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}} However, as with most heavyweight titles the "minimum" weight requirement is often ignored.
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}}}}
Bill Anderson was the first champion, defeating Tinieblas in the finals of a tournament on October 4, 1986. Perro Aguayo is the wrestler that has held the championship the most times, three, Mil Mascaras is the only other wrestler to have won the title more than once. The current champion is Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., having defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. in a tournament final on March 21, 2003. 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.{{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
Title history
{{Professional wrestling title history top|active=no|unrecognized=yes|unknown=yes}}
{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 1
|champion = {{sort|Anderson|Bill Anderson}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1986|10|4}}
|days = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=4|year1=1986|month2=1|day2=31|year2=1987}}
|location ={{sort|0|{{efn|name=Location|The exact location of the title change has not been captured as part of the championship documentation.}}}}
|event = Live event
|notes =Defeated Tinieblas to become first champion.
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy|Duncan & Will (2000) p. 400, Chapter: "Mexico: WWA World Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title (Benjamin Mora Jr.)" {{sfn|Duncan|Will|2000|p=400}}}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 2
|champion = Tinieblas
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1987|1|31}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=31|year1=1987|month2=8|day2=1|year2=1987}}|{{efn|name=Nr2|The exact date on which Tinieblas lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=31|year1=1987|month2=8|day2=1|year2=1987}} and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=31|year1=1987|month2=8|day2=31|year2=1987}} days.}}}}
|location =Los Angeles, California
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 3
|champion = Super Halcón
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1987|8}}
|days =
|location =Los Angeles, California
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|sort number = 3.5
|type=urecorded
|start={{dts|1987|8}}
|end={{dts|1989}}
|notes=WWA stops promoting in Los Angeles area in 1988 and moves across the border to Tijuana.
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 4
|champion = Dos Caras
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1989}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=31|year1=1989|month2=9|day2=19|year2=1990}}|{{efn|name=Nr4|The exact date on which Dos Caras won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=31|year1=1989|month2=9|day2=19|year2=1990}} and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=1|year1=1989|month2=9|day2=19|year2=1990}} days.}}}}
|location ={{sort|0|{{efn|name=Location}}}}
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 5
|champion = Scorpio Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1990|9|19}}
|days = {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=19|year1=1990|month2=10|day2=25|year2=1990}}
|location =Naucalpan, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 6
|champion = Mil Máscaras
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1991|10|25}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=1991|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1994}}|{{efn|name=Nr5|The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=1991|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1994}} and {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=25|year1=1991|month2=12|day2=31|year2=1994}} days.}}}}
|location =Tijuana, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|sort number = 6.5
|type=vacated
|date = 1994
|notes =Championship vacated for unknown reasons
|ref={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 7
|champion = {{sortname|Perro|Aguayo}}
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1994|9|18}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=18|year1=1994|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1995}}|{{efn|name=Nr6|The exact date on which Pero Aguayo lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=18|year1=1994|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1995}} and {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=18|year1=1994|month2=10|day2=3|year2=1995}} days.}}}}
|location =Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =Defeated Cien Caras to win the vacant title.
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 8
|champion = Cien Caras
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1995}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=3|year1=1995|month2=10|day2=4|year2=1995}}|{{efn|name=Nr7|The exact date on which Cien Caras won the title is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=3|year1=1995|month2=10|day2=4|year2=1995}} and {{age in days nts|month1=1|day1=1|year1=1995|month2=10|day2=4|year2=1995}} days.}}}}
|location =Live event
|event =
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 9
|champion = {{sortname|Perro|Aguayo}}
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|1995|10|4}}
|days = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=4|year1=1995|month2=10|day2=27|year2=1995}}
|location =Aguascalientes, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 10
|champion = Cibernético
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1995|10|27}}
|days = {{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=27|year1=1995|month2=12|day2=15|year2=1995}}
|location =Tehuacan, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 11
|champion = {{sortname|Perro|Aguayo}}
|reign = 3
|date = {{dts|1995|12|15}}
|days = {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=15|year1=1995|month2=6|day2=27|year2=1997}}
|location =Mexico City, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 12
|champion = Cobarde Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|1997|6|27}}
|days = {{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=27|year1=1997|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1999}}|{{efn|name=Nr11|The exact date on which Cobarde Jr. lost the title is unknown, placing the title reign between {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=27|year1=1997|month2=1|day2=1|year2=1999}} and {{age in days nts|month1=6|day1=27|year1=1997|month2=12|day2=31|year2=1999}} days.}}}}
|location =Tala, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 13
|champion = Mil Máscaras
|reign = 2
|date = {{dts|1999}}
|days =
|location =Live event
|event =
|notes =
|ref ={{efn|name=WWAHeavy}}
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|sort number = 13.5
|type=vacated
|notes =Championship vacated for unknown reasons
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|number = 14
|champion = Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
|reign = 1
|date = {{dts|2003|3|21}}
|days = {{age in days|2003|3|21|2008|02|23}}
|location =Tijuana, Mexico
|event = Live event
|notes =Defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. to win the vacant title.
}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle
|sort number = 14.5
|type=vacated
|date={{dts|2008|02|23}}
|notes =WWA stripped Jalisco of the title after no-showing a title defense.
}}
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Footnotes
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References
- {{cite book | title=Legends of Pro Wrestling - 150 years of headlocks, body slams, and piledrivers | first=Tim | last=Hornbaker | publisher=Sports Publishing | isbn=978-1-61321-808-2 | location=New York, New York | chapter= Statistical notes | year= 2016 | edition=Revised }}
- {{cite book|first1=Royal | last1=Duncan | first2=Gary | last2=Will | title=Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present | year=2000 | publisher=Archeus Communications | location=Waterloo, ON | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}
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External links
- [http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/wwa/mx-wwa-h.html W.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (Mexico)]
- [http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/whtwwa.html WWA World Heavyweight Title]
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