IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship | |||||||||||
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Tetsuya Bushi, the only two time Lightweight Champion
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Promotion | International Wrestling Revolution Group | ||||||||||
Date established | May 29, 2008 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Pantera I | ||||||||||
Date won | November 13, 2016 | ||||||||||
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First champion(s) | Freelance |
Most reigns | Tetsuya Bushi (2 reigns) |
Longest reign | Imposible (1,142 days) |
Shortest reign | Tetsuya Bushi (35 days) |
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. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline.
The Lightweight championship is considered a secondary championship in IWRG, with the IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship being considered the primary championship of the promotion. Pantera I is the current champion, having defeated Diablo Jr. in the finals of a tournament for the vacant championship. Pantera I is the 13th overall champion and the 12th wrestlers to have won the championship. The Lightweight championship was first won by Freelance in Naucalpan, Mexico when he won a 10-man elimination match. The championship has only changed hands in Arena Naucalpan on IWRG promoted shows. Only 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.