| IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship | |||||||||||
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 The championship belt | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | ||||||||||
| Date established | May 29, 2008[1] | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Aguila Roja | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 29, 2023 | ||||||||||
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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]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
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- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
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