IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship

IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship
The championship belt
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Revolution Group
Date establishedMay 29, 2008[1]
Current champion(s)Aguila Roja
Date wonOctober 29, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Freelance
Most reignsTetsuya/Tetsuya Bushi (2 reigns)
Longest reignImposible (1,142 days)
Shortest reignTetsuya Bushi (35 days)

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.[a][2]

The Lightweight Championship is considered a secondary championship in IWRG, with the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship being considered the primary championship of the promotion. Aguila Roja is the current champion, having defeated Spider Fly on October 29, 2023 at an IWRG show. Roja is the 19th overall champion and the 18th person to have held 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/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.[3]

As it is 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.[b] 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,[c] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[d] or leaving the company.[e]

Tournaments

November 2016

First round Semi-finals 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  

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Freelance May 29, 2008 Caravana de Campeones Naucalpan, State of Mexico 1 255 Defeated Areoman as the last man in a 10-man elimination match. [1]
 2  Tetsuya  February 8, 2009  Revolucionarios de IWRG Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  35 Defeated Freelance and Dr. Cerebro in 3-way match. [3]
 3  Zatura  March 13, 2009  Caravana de Campeones Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  95   [8]
 4  Trauma II  June 18, 2009  Revolucionarios de IWRG Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  59   [9]
 5  Avisman  August 16, 2009  Guerra Revolucionaria Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  102   [10]
 6  Tetsuya Bushi  November 26, 2009  IWRG Homenaje a El Pantera Naucalpan, State of Mexico  2  45   [11]
 7  Dr. Cerebro  January 10, 2010  Revolucionarios de IWRG Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  385   [12]
 8  Comando Negro  January 30, 2011  Caravana de Campeones Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  277   [13]
 9  Dinamic Black  November 3, 2011  El Castillo del Terror Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  49   [14]
 10  Carta Brava Jr.  December 22, 2011  Arena Naucalpan 34th Anniversary Show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  192   [15]
 11  Chicano  July 1, 2012  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  365   [16]
 12  Imposible  July 7, 2013  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  1,142    
— Vacated  August 22, 2016  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico — — Imposible declared that he was moving up to the middleweight division [17]
 13  Pantera I  November 13, 2016  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  630 Defeated Diablo Jr. in the finals of a sixteen-man tournament [18]
— Vacated  August 5, 2018 — — — — Vacated after Pantera had not defended the championship since January 2018
 14  Redimido  November 15, 2018  IWRG Cabelleras Vs. Cabelleras Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  21 Defeated Atomic Star, Baby Extreme, Baby Star, Mr. Puma, Puma de Oro and Sobredosis in a battle royal for the vacant title [19]
— Vacated  December 6, 2020 — — — —
 15  Baby Extreme  December 6, 2020  IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  218 Defeated Puma de Oro for the vacant title [20]
— Vacated  July 12, 2021 — — — — Vacated when Baby Extreme left the promotion
 16  Puma de Oro  July 15, 2021  IWRG Thursday Night Wrestling Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  107 Defeated Aster Boy, Baby Star Jr., Lunatic Xtreme, Mr. Puma, Noicy Boy, Redimido and Sobredosis in an eight-way elimination match for the vacant title [21]
 17  Aster Boy  October 30, 2021  IWRG Castillo Del Terror 2021 Naucalpan, State of Mexico  1  389 [22]
18 Spider Fly November 24, 2022 101. Torneo Fill Naucalpan, State of Mexico 1 339 [23]
19 Aguila Roja October 29, 2023 IWRG show Naucalpan, State of Mexico 1 420+ [24]

Combined reigns

As of December 22, 2024

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1 Imposible 1 1,142
2 Pantera I 1 630
3 Aguila Roja † 1 420+
4 Aster Boy 1 389
5 Dr. Cerebro 1 385
6 Chicano 1 365
7 Spider Fly 1 339
8 Comando Negro 1 277
9 Freelance 1 255
10 Baby Extreme 1 218
11 Carta Brava Jr. 1 192
12 Puma de Oro 1 107
13 Avisman 1 102
14 Zatura 1 95
15 Tetsuya Bushi 2 80
16 Trauma II 1 59
17 Dinamic Black 1 49
18 Redimido 1 21

Notes

  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).
  2. ^ 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"[4]
  3. ^ 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"[5]
  4. ^ 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"[6]
  5. ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[7]

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