IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
The IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship is one of the major titles in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. The title debuted as the Lightweight Title in 1996, evolving to the current weight class in 1998.
| IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South | ||||||||||
| Date established | January 6, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Devon Moore | ||||||||||
| Date won | September 1, 2012 | ||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||
IWA Mid-South Lightweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Length: | Place: | Notes: |
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| American Kickboxer | 1 | January 6, 1996 | 284 | New Albany, Indiana | Defeated El Perro to become the first Lightweight champion. |
| El Perro (Tarek The Great) | 1 | October 17, 1996 | 14 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 2 | October 31, 1996 | <1-28 | Louisville, Kentucky | Won a mask vs. mask match against Perro, who unmasked as Tarek the Great. |
| Tarek the Great | 2 | 1996 | <1-28 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Wild Child | 1 | November 28, 1996 | 7 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tarek the Great | 3 | December 5, 1996 | <1-77 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 3 | Date Unknown | <1-77 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tarek the Great | 4 | February 20, 1997 | 7 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 4 | February 27, 1997 | 6 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tarek the Great | 5 | March 5, 1997 | 1 | Campbellsville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 5 | March 6, 1997 | 6 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tarek the Great | 6 | March 12, 1997 | 1 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 6 | March 13, 1997 | 14 | Louisville, Kentucky | Stripped on March 27, 1997. |
| Danny Dee | 1 | March 27, 1997 | 13 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Tarek the Great; stripped on April 10, 1997. |
| Wild Child | 2 | April 10, 1997 | <1 | Louisville, Kentucky | Wins a 4-way match. |
| Bull Pain | 1 | April 10, 1997 | 35 | Louisville, Kentucky | Stripped on May 15, 1997 when Pain exceeded the weight limit. |
| American Kickboxer | 7 | May 15, 1997 | 21 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated J.C. Ice. |
| Tarek the Great | 7 | June 5, 1997 | 7 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tyrin | 1 | June 12, 1997 | 14 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| J.C. Ice | 1 | June 26, 1997 | 7 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tyrin | 2 | July 3, 1997 | 16 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| American Kickboxer | 8 | July 19, 1997 | 13 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Tarek the Great | 8 | August 1, 1997 | 34 | Louisville, Kentucky | Stripped on September 4, 1997. |
| Reckless Youth | 1 | September 4, 1997 | 65 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated The American Kickboxer; stripped on November 8, 1997. |
| American Kickboxer | 9 | November 8, 1997 | 19 | Lexington, Kentucky | Won a 3-way match. |
| Twiggy Ramirez | 1 | November 27, 1997 | 119 | Louisville, Kentucky | Stripped on March 26, 1998. |
| Tarek the Great | 9 | March 26, 1998 | 7 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated The American Kickboxer and The Suicide Kid in a 3-way match; stripped on April 2, 1998. |
| The Suicide Kid | 1 | April 2, 1998 | 1 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated The American Kickboxer. |
| Tarek the Great | 10 | April 3, 1998 | 27 | Scottsburg, Indiana | |
| Tyrin | 3 | April 30, 1998 | <1 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Harry Palmer | 1 | April 30, 1998 | 42 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Mike Sensation | 1 | June 11, 1998 | 14 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Became "Light Heavyweight Championship." | |||||
| Cash Flo | 1 | June 25, 1998 | 35 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Adam Pearce | 1 | July 30, 1998 | 161 | Louisville, Kentucky | Stripped on January 7, 1999 due to non-defense. |
| BDL | 1 | January 7, 1999 | 26 | Louisville, Kentucky | Defeated Twiggy Ramirez and The Suicide Kid in a 3-way match. |
| Harry Palmer | 1 | February 2, 1999 | 85 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Suicide Kid | 2 | April 29, 1999 | <1-281 | Salem, Indiana | |
| J Prodigy (BDL) | 2 | Date Unknown | <1-281 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Harry Palmer | 3 | February 4, 2000 | 12 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Held up on February 16, 2000; no champion was crowned in a rematch on February 23, 2000. | |||||
| Mike Sensation | 2 | March 4, 2000 | <1 | Charlestown, Indiana | Awarded. |
| Hy-Zya | 1 | March 4, 2000 | <1 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| American Kickboxer | 10 | March 4, 2000 | 28 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Hy-Zya | 2 | April 1, 2000 | <1-21 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Vacant. | |||||
| Suicide Kid | 3 | April 22, 2000 | 84 | Charlestown, Indiana | Defeated Prophet Daniel Quinn in a 3-man tournament final. |
| Paul E. Smooth | 1 | July 15, 2000 | 21 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Prophet Daniel Quinn | 1 | August 5, 2000 | 25 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Hy-Zya | 3 | August 30, 2000 | 24 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Richard X | 1 | September 23, 2000 | 7 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Hy-Zya | 4 | September 30, 2000 | 13 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Richard X | 2 | October 13, 2000 | <1-60 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Vacant. | |||||
| Hy-Zya | 5 | December 16, 2000 | 4 | Charlestown, Indiana | Defeated Todd Morton. |
| Mark Wolf | 1 | December 20, 2000 | 9 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Paul E. Smooth | 2 | December 29, 2000 | 1 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Mark Wolf | 2 | December 30, 2000 | 11 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Paul E. Smooth | 3 | January 10, 2001 | 87 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Hy-Zya | 6 | April 7, 2001 | 29 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Mark Wolf | 3 | May 6, 2001 | 34 | Charlestown, Indiana | Defeated Hy-Zaya and Richard X in a 3-way match. |
| CM Punk | 1 | June 9, 2001 | 35 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Tarek the Great | 11 | July 14, 2001 | 77 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Mark Wolf | 4 | September 29, 2001 | 7 | Charlestown, Indiana | Defeated Tarek and Hy-Zya in a 3-way match. |
| Tarek the Great | 12 | October 6, 2001 | 28 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| CM Punk | 2 | November 3, 2001 | 59 | Charlestown, Indiana | Stripped for no-defense. |
| Kurt Krueger | 1 | February 1, 2002 | 7 | Charlestown, Indiana | Defeated Cuefa in tournament final. |
| Ace Steel | 1 | February 8, 2002 | 28 | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Vic Capri | 1 | March 8, 2002 | 57 | Charlestown, Indiana | |
| Ace Steel | 2 | May 3, 2002 | 30-60 | Clarksville, Indiana | Stripped in June 2002 for not defending it within 30 days. |
| Vacant. | |||||
| Kurt Krueger | 2 | August 3, 2002 | 63 | Clarksville, Indiana | Defeated Tarek the Great in an 8-man tournament final. |
| Nate Webb | 1 | October 5, 2002 | 42 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| Danny Daniels | 1 | November 16, 2002 | 42 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| Shark Boy | 1 | December 28, 2002 | 73 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| Nate Webb | 2 | March 11, 2003 | 18 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| J. C. Bailey | 1 | March 29, 2003 | 55 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| Michael Todd Stratton (Todd Morton) | 1 | May 24, 2003 | 7 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| J.C. Bailey | 2 | May 31, 2003 | 70 | Clarksville, Indiana | |
| Sonjay Dutt | 1 | August 9, 2003 | 104 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| J.C. Bailey | 3 | November 21, 2003 | 57 | Highland, Indiana | Defeated Sonjay Dutt and Nate Webb in 3-way match. |
| Matt Sydal | 1 | January 17, 2004 | 160 | Highland, Indiana | |
| Delirious | 1 | June 26, 2004 | 56 | Oolitic, Indiana | |
| Held up on August 21, 2004 in Highland, Indiana when a match against Jimmy Jacobs ended with a double pin. | |||||
| Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | September 17, 2004 | 86 | Highland, Indiana | Defeated Delirious in a ladder match |
| Delirious | 2 | December 12, 2004 | 180 | Highland, Indiana | |
| Josh Abercrombie | 1 | June 11, 2005 | 126 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Tyler Black | 1 | October 15, 2005 | 98 | Midlothian, Illinois | Defeated Abercrombie in a best of 7 series. |
| Josh Abercrombie | 2 | January 21, 2006 | 447 | Midlothian, Illinois | |
| Brandon Thomaselli | 1 | April 14, 2007 | 139 | Shelbyville, Indiana | |
| Chuck Taylor | 1 | August 31, 2007 | 1 | Midlothian, Illinois | |
| Mike Quackenbush | 1 | September 1, 2007 | 97 | Pelham, Alabama | |
| Chuck Taylor | 2 | December 7, 2007 | 126 | Plainfield, Illinois | Defeated Quackenbush in a match also involving Chris Hero and Eddie Kingston. |
| Jason Hades | 1 | April 12, 2008 | <1-280 | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Dingo | 1 | n\a | <1-280 | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Quick Carter Gray | 1 | January 17, 2009 | 49 | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Jimmy Jacobs | 2 | March 7, 2009 | 89 | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Jason Hades | 2 | June 5, 2009 | 259 | Joliet, Illinois | |
| Ryan Phoenix | 1 | February 19, 2010 | 126 | Bellevue, Illinois | |
| Jaysin Strife | 1 | June 26, 2010 | 275 | Bellevue, Illinois | This was a No DQ match. Matt Cage, Hunter Matthews and Markus Crane beat down Phoenix en route to Strife gaining the victory. |
| Title retired on March 28, 2011, when IWA Mid-South ceases its operations.[1] | |||||
| BJ Whitmer | 1 | September 16, 2011 | 28 | Bellevue, Illinois | Defeated Bucky Collins for the vacant title when Jaysin Strife could not appear to defend it when IWA-MS reopened under new ownership. |
| Bucky Collins | 1 | October 14, 2011 | 140 | Bellevue, Illinois | |
| Oliver Cain | 1 | March 2, 2012 | 105 | Bellevue, Illinois | Triple threat with Bucky Collins and CZW World Champ Scotty Vortex, whose title was also on the line where the belt changed hands if the title-holder was pinned. |
| Bucky Collins | 2 | June 16, 2012 | 77 | Bellevue, Illinois | 2/3 Fall Match won 2-1 over Cain |
| Devon Moore | 1 | September 1, 2012 | 2,901+ | Bellevue, Illinois | Won in a Chicago Street Fight |
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References
- Gerweck, Steve (2011-03-30). "Indy group closes down in midst of real life drama". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
External links
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