| IWA Puerto Rico Championship (FKA: IWA/MLW Caribbean Championship/IWA PR/Caribbean Championship) | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico Major League Wrestling Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 13, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | John Hawking | ||||||||||
| Date won | September 28, 2024 | ||||||||||
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The IWA Puerto Rico Championship (Campeonato de Puerto Rico de la IWA in Spanish) is a regional championship originally defended in the International Wrestling Association of Puerto Rico (IWA-PR), where it was a mid-tier title. When it was originally knowned as the IWA Caribbean Championship, it was some time unified with another secondary accolade, the original IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship. It was later reintroduced as a stand-alone title and deactivated when the promotion entered seven years of inactivity in 2012.
In 2019, the belt was revived and introduced to Major League Wrestling (MLW), as Savio Vega was announced as the “Caribbean Heavyweight Champion” upon making his debut. In 2020, Richard Holliday began a streak of unofficial defenses after taking possession of the belt following a non-title match. Story wise, the Caribbean Heavyweight Championship was not initially sanctioned by MLW, only acquiring affiliation as it became the centerpiece of the promotion's island event market expansion.[1]
In 2023, IWA rebranded the IWA PR/Caribbean Championship title as the IWA Puerto Rico Championship.
The current champion is Pedro Portillo III, who is in his first reign.