IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship

IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship

Tetsuya Bushi, the only two time Lightweight Champion
Details
Promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group
Date established May 29, 2008[1]
Current champion(s) Pantera I[2]
Date won November 13, 2016[2]

The IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship is a singles professional wrestling championship promoted by International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) since May 2008. The official definition of the Lightweight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 77 kg (170 lb), but are not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][3] Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.

The Lightweight championship is considered a secondary championship in IWRG, with the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship being considered the primary championship of the promotion. Pantera I is the current champion, having defeated Diablo Jr. in the finals of a tournament for the vacant championship. Pantera I is the 13th overall champion and the 12th wrestlers to have won the championship. The Lightweight championship was first won by Freelance in Naucalpan, Mexico when he won a 10-man elimination match.[1] The championship has only changed hands in Arena Naucalpan on IWRG promoted shows. Only Tetsuya Bushi has held the title twice, he is also the person with the shortest reign, 35 days, while Impossible has the record for the longest reign so far, 1,142 days in total.[4]

Title history

Key
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event promoted by AAA in which the title changed hands
+ Indicates that the number of days held by this individual changes every day.
N/A The specific information is not known
— Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Freelance 1 May 29, 2008 255 Naucalpan, Mexico Caravana de Campeones (2008) Defeated Areoman as the last man in a 10-man elimination match. [1]
2 Tetsuya 1 February 8, 2009 35 Naucalpan, Mexico Revolucionarios de IWRG (2009) Defeated Freelance and Dr. Cerebro in 3-way match. [4]
3 Zatura 1 March 13, 2009 95 Naucalpan, Mexico Caravana de Campeones (2009)   [5]
4 Trauma II 1 June 18, 2009 59 Naucalpan, Mexico Revolucionarios de IWRG (2009)   [6]
5 Avisman 1 August 16, 2009 102 Naucalpan, Mexico Guerra Revolucionaria (2009)   [7]
6 Bushi, TetsuyaTetsuya Bushi 2 November 26, 2009 45 Naucalpan, Mexico IWRG Homenaje a El Pantera   [8]
7 Dr. Cerebro 1 January 10, 2010 385 Naucalpan, Mexico Revolucionarios de IWRG (2010)   [9]
8 Comando Negro 1 January 30, 2011 277 Naucalpan, Mexico Caravana de Campeones (2011)   [10]
9 Dinamic Black 1 November 3, 2011 49 Naucalpan, Mexico El Castillo del Terror (2011)   [11]
10 Carta Brava, Jr. 1 December 22, 2011 192 Naucalpan, Mexico Arena Naucalpan 34th Anniversary Show   [12]
11 Chicano 1 July 1, 2012 365 Naucalpan, Mexico IWRG live event   [13]
12 Imposible 1 July 7, 2013 1,142 Naucalpan, Mexico IWRG live event    
— Vacated — August 22, 2016 — Naucalpan, Mexico IWRG live event Imposible declared that he was moving up to the middleweight division [14]
13 Pantera I 1 November 13, 2016 22 Naucalpan, Mexico IWRG live event Defeated Diablo Jr. in the finals of a sixteen-man tourament [2]

Championship reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Imposible 1 1,142
2 Dr. Cerebro 1 385
3 Chicano 1 365
4 Comando Negro 1 277
5 Freelance 1 255
6 Carta Brava, Jr. 1 192
7 Avisman 1 102
8 Zatura 1 95
9 Bushi, TetsuyaTetsuya Bushi 2 80
10 Trauma II 1 59
11 Dinamic Black 1 49
12 Pantera I† 1 22

Tournaments

November 2016

Semi-finals   Final   Final
                   
 Astro W  
 Black Dragon        Astro    
 Pantera I W    Pantera I W  
 Demonio Infernal          Pantera I W
 Diablo Jr. W        Diablo Jr.  
 Omega        Diablo Jr. W
 Dragón Fly W    Dragón Fly    
 Cadillac    

Footnotes

  1. ↑ One example the weightlimits not being strictly enforced is Mephisto winning the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, a championship with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2008". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 6, 2008. 296. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Lizarraga, Alfonso (November 14, 2016). "Golden Magic masacrado y Pantera I nuevo campeón ligero.". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved August 18, 2009. Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
  4. 1 2 Velazquez, Israel (May 30, 2008). "Resultados de IWRG: Caravana de Campeones (jueves 29 de mayo)". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved June 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ Islas, Alejandro (March 23, 2009). "Caravana de Campeones". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F. pp. 14–15. 307.
  6. ↑ Rivera, Manuel (July 18, 2009). "Dr. Cerebro venció a Juvi en dos al hilo". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F. p. 17. 320.
  7. ↑ Reyes, Eduardo (August 16, 2009). "Resultados IWRG, Avisman Destrona A El Trauma II y Chico Che Rapa A Black Terry." (in Spanish). Estrellas del Ring. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Arena Naucalpan 26 de Noviembre" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. December 1, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Nuevo Campeón Ligero En La IWRG". Estrellas del Ring (in Spanish). January 11, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Comando Negro ahora es campeón". Mi Lucha Libre. January 31, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  11. ↑ Reyes Ruiz, Eduardo (November 4, 2011). "Golden Magic triunfador en el "Castillo del Terror" Drako la victima.". Estrellas del Ring. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  12. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (December 23, 2011). "IWRG (Resultados 22 de dic.): Trauma I gana la máscara del Oficial AK-47 – Eterno y Carta Brava Jr., nuevos campeones Welter y Ligero de IWRG". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  13. ↑ Mexicool, Rey (July 2, 2012). "IWRG (Resultados 01/07/12): Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 salva su máscara y se convierte en el nuevo Campeón Junior de Junior's". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ Mejía Eguiluz, Diego (August 23, 2016). "Hijo de Dos Caras aún es el júnior a vencer" (in Spanish). The Gladiatores. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

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