The WCPW Lightweight Championship was a professional wrestling lightweight title in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). It was a secondary title for the promotion before the creation of the WCPW League Championship in 1993 and its incorporation into the then newly created weight-class division as a legitimate lightweight title (up to 210 lbs).
WCPW Lightweight Championship Promotion Windy City Pro Wrestling Date established April 12, 1991 Date retired December 16, 2010
WCW Middleweight Championship
First champion(s) Mike Anthony Final champion(s) Mizfitt Manners Most reigns V-Factor (2) Longest reign Mike Anthony (755 days) Shortest reign Evan Money (14 days)
The inaugural champion was Mike Anthony, who defeated Trevor Blanchard in Chicago, Illinois on April 12, 1991 to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion. V-Factor holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 755 days, Anthony's first and only reign is the longest in the title's history. Evan Money's reign was the shortest in the history of the title as he lost it to The Mizfit a mere 14 days after having won the belt. Overall, there have been 25 reigns shared between 24 wrestlers, with four vacancies, and 1 deactivation.
Key
#
Order in reign history
Reign
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event
The event in which the title was won
—
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A
The information is not available or is unknown
+
Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Name
Years
WCW Lightweight Championship
1991 — 1996
WCPW Lightweight Championship
1997 — 2010
#
Wrestlers
Reign
Date
Days
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Mike Anthony
1
April 12, 1991
Chicago, Illinois Live event Anthony defeated Trevor Blanchard to become the first WCW Lightweight Champion; the match may have been repeated the following night in Hebron, Indiana .
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
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Vacated —
April 3, 1993
—
Chicago, Illinois Live event The championship is vacated when Mike Anthony abandons the title to enter the middleweight division.
[ 1] [ 2]
2
Trevor Blanchard
1
April 3, 1992
Harvard, Illinois Live event Blanchard is awarded the championship.
[ 1]
3
Christopher Daniels 1
May 22, 1993
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
4
Steve Boz
1
November 5, 1994
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
5
Brandon Bishop
1
October 21, 1995
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
6
Chi Town T
1
January 22, 1997
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
7
Terry Allen
1
April 26, 1997
Crete, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
8
Jason Reign
1
September 23, 1998
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
9
Vic Capri
1
November 28, 1998
Chicago, Illinois Live event
[ 1] [ 2]
10
Nick Brunswick
1
October 9, 1999
Tinley Park, Illinois War at the World, Day 1 (1999)
[ 1] [ 2]
11
Mike Masters
1
May 20, 2000
Hammond, Indiana Battle of the Belts 12 (2000)
[ 2]
12
Robbie Dawber
1
May 26, 2001
Hammond, Indiana Live event
[ 2]
13
9-Mil
1
February 24, 2002
Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event
[ 2]
14
The Great Milenko
1
October 13, 2002
N/A
Merrionette Park, Illinois Live event
[ 2]
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Vacated —
2003
—
N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when The Great Milenko is stripped of the title.
15
Acid Jaz
1
May 17, 2003
N/A
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 15 (2003)
16
Justin Adams
1
2004
N/A
N/A
Live event
17
Marshe Rockett 1
2005
N/A
N/A
Live event
18
Isaias Velasquez
1
May 20, 2006
N/A
Cicero, Illinois Battle of the Belts 18 (2006)
This was a Triple Threat match involving Petey Williams .
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Vacated —
June 2007
—
N/A
N/A
The championship is vacated when Velasquez is suspended and subsequently stripped of the title.
19
V-Factor
1
October 26, 2007
Chicago, Illinois Monster Bash (2007)
V-Factor defeated TC Washington for the vacant championship.
20
Bart Banggs
1
September 28, 2008
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show
21
Barry Ryte
1
December 13, 2008
Calumet City, Illinois Live event
22
V-Factor
2
August 15, 2009
Chicago, Illinois Hot Summer Nights (2009)
23
Buddy Roberts, Jr.
1
February 20, 2010
Chicago, Illinois Live event This was a gauntlet match also involving NBK, Tommy Eastgate, Evan Money, and D-Block.
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Vacated —
June 5, 2010
—
Chicago, Illinois Live event
24
Evan Money
1
September 18, 2010
Chicago, Illinois WCPW Studio Show This was a three-way match involving Mizfitt Manners.
25
Mizfitt Manners
1
October 2, 2010
Bridgeview, Illinois Battle of the Belts 22 (2010)
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Deactivated —
December 16, 2010
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N/A
N/A
WCPW merged with Chicago Pro Wrestling Academy on December 16, 2010, to form Dynasty Sports Entertainment and Mizfitt Manners was the final champion in WCPW as a company.
List of combined reigns
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<1
Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[ N 1]
Wrestler
# of reigns
Combined days
1
Mike Anthony
1
722
2
Christopher Daniels 1
532
3
V-Factor
2
527
4
Terry Allen
1
515
5
Brandon Bishop
1
459
6
Trevor Blanchard
1
414
7
Mike Masters
1
371
8
Steve Boz
1
350
9
Vic Capri
1
315
10
Robbie Dawber
1
274
11
Barry Ryte
1
245
12
9-Mil
1
231
13
Nick Brunswick
1
224
14
Buddy Roberts, Jr.
1
105
15
Chi Town T
1
94
15
Bart Banggs
1
76
17
The Mizfit
1
75
18
Jason Reign
1
66
^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
