WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Promotion |
World Wrestling Council Wrestling International New Generations |
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Date established | December 14, 1974 | ||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Tommy Diablo | ||||||||||||||
Date won | December 2, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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First champion(s) | Dick Steinborn |
Most reigns | Tommy Diablo (16 reigns, current) |
Longest reign |
Les Thornton (471 days) |
Shortest reign | Alex Montalvo and Brent Dail (24 hours) |
Oldest winner | Don Kent (53 years, 103 days) |
Youngest winner | Eddie Colón (18 years, 50 days) |
The WWC Junior Heavyweight Championship, is a tertiary championship contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. For a time, the title was defended in the W*ING promotion in Japan as the W*ING World Junior Heavyweight Championship. While weight classes are generally not strictly adhered to in professional wrestling today, this particular championship is usually competed for by wrestlers weighing less than 230 lbs.