UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

UWA Junior Heavyweight Championship
The 17th champion El Alebrije
Details
Current champion(s)	Kotaro Nasu
Date won	September 2, 2015
Date established	1982
Promotion	Universal Wrestling Association Mexican independent circuit Puerto Rican independent circuit Tenryu Project
Statistics First champion(s) El Solitario Most reigns Enrique Vera / The Killer (3 Times) Longest reign Kengo ( days) Shortest reign Pablo Marquez ( days)

The UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a title that was originally promoted by the Mexican lucha libre Professional wrestling promotion Universal Wrestling Association. After the UWA closed in 1995 the title was defended on the Mexican and Puerto Rican independent circuit. In 2014, the title was revived by Japanese promotion Tenryu Project. The weight range for this championship was 97 kg (214 lb) to 107 kg (236 lb).

Title history

Key

Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
Event	The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates that there was a period where there is no documentation of UWA shows.

As of December 26, 2024.

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	El Solitario	1	1982	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Enrique Vera	1	1983	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	The Killer	1	August 14, 1988		Toreo de Cuatro Caminos	Live event
4	Enrique Vera	2	September 14, 1988		Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
5	The Killer	2	July 23, 1989		Mexico City, Distrito Federal	Live event
6	Astro de Oro	1	February 25, 1990		Guatemala	Live event	Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Astro de Oro for the title on May 20, 1990 in Guatemala, however, the title change was not recognized by the UWA.
7	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	1	May 20, 1990		Guatemala	Live event
8	Astro de Oro	2	July 15, 1990		Naucalpan, México	Live event
9	Dr. Wagner, Jr.	2	July 22, 1990		Naucalpan, México	Live event
10	Enrique Vera	3	February 25, 1991		Puebla, Puebla	Live event
11	The Killer	3	February 9, 1992		Naucalpan, México	Live event
12	Villano III	1	June 21, 1992		Naucalpan, México	Live event
13	Shu El Guerrero	1	August 7, 1992		Nezahualcóyotl, México	Live event
14	Negro Navarro	1	December 27, 1993	Unknown	Puebla, Puebla	Live event
—	Vacated	—	N/A	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Negro Navarro left the promotion
15	Mr. Jack	1	June 30, 1995	Unknown	Nezahualcóyotl, México	Live event
16	Aeroflash	1	September 1995	Unknown	Unknown	Live event
17	Blue Demon, Jr.	1	1997	Unknown	Panama	Live event	Defeated Black Demon, unclear if it was a title defense or if Black Demon was the champion.
18	Pablo Marquez	1	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Live event
19	El Alebrije	1	October 1999	Unknown	Unknown	Live event
20	Pablo Marquez	2	February 9, 2001		Unknown	Live event
21	Super Crazy	1	February 24, 2001		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Live event
—	Vacated	—	December 8, 2001	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons
22	Lobo	1	December 8, 2001		Orocovis, Puerto Rico	Live event	Defeated Minoru Fujita for the vacant title.
23	Minoru Fujita	1	January 6, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Live event
24	Lobo	2	February 2, 2002		Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Live event
—	Vacated	—	April 27, 2002	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.
25	Nagase Kancho	1	April 4, 2013		Tokyo, Japan	Live event	Defeated Black Tiger V to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	—	April 27, 2002	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated due to Kancho being unable to defend it.
26	Kengo	1	March 4, 2014		Tokyo, Japan	Live event	Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	—	July 27, 2015	—	N/A	N/A	Title vacated due to Kengo suffering an injury.
27	Kotaro Nasu	1	September 2, 2015	+	Tokyo, Japan	Revolution Final Tour in Korakuen	Defeated Dragon Joker to win the vacant title.

References

General source on title changes before 2000

Specific