IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship explained

Championshipname:IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship
Promotion:Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance
Created:June 7, 1996
Mostreigns:Julio Sanchez (4)
Firstchamp:Mark Shrader
Finalchamp:Jacey North
(won March 25, 2000)
Longestreign:Julio Sanchez (11 days)
Shortestreign:Julio Sanchez (273 days)
Titleretired:2001

The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.

There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Coast wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino, Christian York, and Joey Matthews.

Title history

Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
EventThe event in which the title was won
- Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Reigns

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Shrader defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl in a tournament final to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.[1] [2]
N/AN/AThe championship is vacated after Mark Shrader wins the MEWF Heavyweight Championship.
Defeated Johnny Graham and Sheik Ali Amin in a three-way match to win the vacant title.
May 1996N/A
[3] [4] [5] [6] <-- Cagematch, Genickbruch, and Solie.org claim the match took place on April 22. -->
N/AN/A
Corino defeated Christian York in a tournament final to win both the IPWA and NWA 2000 Light Heavyweight Championships. <-- Cagematch claims the match took place on May 3. -->
[7] <-- Cagematch, Genickbruch, and Solie.org claims the match took place on December 11. -->
[8]
[9]
Sanchez defeated Joey Matthews and Christian York in a three-way match.
[10]
2001The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

<1Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. 2000. 4th. 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. DiMuzio, Michael J. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. November 1996: 52+.
  3. Web site: IPWA Light Heavyweight Title History . Westcott, Brian . 1998 . Solie's Title Histories . . November 8, 2011.
  4. Web site: IPWA Light Heavyweight Title . Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance . Genickbruch.com . November 10, 2011.
  5. Web site: IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship . Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance . Cagematch.de . November 10, 2011.
  6. Watkins, Marcus. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at Lenoir High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 74+.
  7. Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance at the Secret Cove at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. May 1998: 51+.
  8. Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
  9. Web site: IPWA Results - 9 January 1999 . Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance . 1999 . Results . ITSCwrestling.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20000305031307/http://itscwrestling.com/ipwa/results.htm . March 5, 2000 . November 10, 2011.
  10. Web site: IPWA Results - 25 March 2000 . Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance . 2000 . Results . ITSCwrestling.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20010211203951/http://itscwrestling.com/ipwa/results.htm . February 11, 2001 . November 10, 2011.
  11. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.