IWA Television Championship

The IWA Television Championship, previously known as the IWA Extreme Cruiserweight Championship, was a title defended in the International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico.

IWA World Television Championship
Sr. C with the decommissioned belt in 2017.
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Association
Date established2006
Date retired2012
(continued to be used as an unsanctioned championship in WWL)
Other name(s)
  • IWA Extreme Cruiserweight Championship
  • IWA Extreme Combat Division Championship
  • IWA Cruiserweight Championship
  • IWA Television Championship
  • IWA Yoú Tu Championship
  • WWL Yoú Tu Championship
Statistics
Most reignsLash (3 reigns)
Longest reignLash (182 days)
Shortest reignNoel Rodríguez (Less on 1 day)

History

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The championship was created as the IWA Extreme Cruiserweight Championship in 2006 and was intended to be a replacement for the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship; it was introduced on November 25, 2006 by IWA General Manager Orlando Toledo. The title was later renamed to the IWA Extreme Combat Division Championship in 2009, the IWA Cruiserweight Championship in April 2011, the IWA Television Championship on June 4, 2011, and lastly to the IWA Yoú Tu Championship in January 2012.[1] The championship was retired in June 2012 when IWA closed. In 2017, the physical belt was used by the World Wrestling League (WWL) as the WWL Yoú Tu Championship; though the belt appeared on WWL events, it was never defended.

Title history

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Name History

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Names Dates
IWA Extreme Cruiserweight Championship December 9, 2006 - October 4, 2008
IWA Extreme Combat Division Championship July 18, 2009 - March 5, 2011
IWA Cruiserweight Championship April 2, 2011 - June 4, 2011
IWA Television Championship June 4, 2011 - June 2012
IWA Yoú Tu Championship January 2012 - June 2012
WWL Yoú Tu Championship January 24, 2017 - c. September 2017
# Wrestler: Times: Date: Place: Event: Notes: Ref.
IWA Extreme Cruiserweight Championship
1 Blitz 1 December 9, 2006 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Christmas in PR (2006) Defeated Amazona to win the title in a tournament final. [2]
2 Tommy Diablo 1 March 4, 2007 Guanica, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [3]
3 "El Lucha" Phoenix Star 1 May 19, 2007 Carolina, Puerto Rico Juicio Final (2007) [4]
4 El Sensacional Carlitos 1 June 16, 2007 Bayamón, Puerto Rico II Copa José Miguel Pérez [5][6]
5 Hiram Tua 1 October 13, 2007 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2007) [7][8]
Vacated April 5, 2008 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico [9]
6 El Niche 1 May 17, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Juicio Final VIII Defeated Erik Escorpion in tournament final. [10][11][12]
7 Death Warrant 1 July 19, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2008) [13][14]
8 Onix 1 August 16, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Road to Armageddon [15][16]
9 Noel Rodríguez 1 October 4, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2008) Defeated Giant Manson, Hardam Kadafi, El Niche, Onix, Rain Stain, Rick Stanley, Spectro and Zaer Arafat in a 9-way elimination match for the IWA Hardcore, Extreme Cruiserweight and Puerto Rico Heavyweight titles. [17]
Unified October 4, 2008 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Golpe de Estado (2008) Title unified with IWA Hardcore and Puerto Rico Heavyweight titles respectively, later in the same date the title was retired. [18]
IWA Extreme Combat Division Championship
10 Cuervo 1 July 18, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA 10th Anniversary Defeated Cold, Empio, Mike Piconose, Psycho and Vértigo in a 6-way X match to become the first IWA Extreme Combat Division Champion.
11 Vertigo 1 October 10, 2009 Bayamón, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [19]
12 Cuervo 2 October 31, 2009 Yauco, Puerto Rico Halloween Mayhem (2009) [20]
Vacated December 13, 2009 When Cuervo jumped to WWC.
13 Empio 1 January 6, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Histeria Boricua (2010) Won a 7-man battle royal for the vacant title. [21]
14 Lash 1 January 30, 2010 Levittown, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [21]
15 Átomo 1 February 27, 2010 Las Marías, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [22]
16 Starky 1 March 13, 2010 Cayey, Puerto Rico Noche de Campeones (2010) After Átomo defeated Empio and Lash in 3-way match to retain the title, Starky Challenged Átomo to be the new Extreme Combat Division Champion. [23]
17 Julian Jamrock 1 May 1, 2010 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico 1ra Ronda Copa Alcalde [24]
18 Lash 2 June 6, 2010 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico IWA TV Taping [25]
19 Havoc 1 October 16, 2010 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Hardcore Weekend (2010) Defeated Lash in a No DQ match. [26]
Vacated March 5, 2011 Manatí, Puerto Rico When Havoc is injured.
IWA Cruiserweight Championship
20 Havoc 2 April 2, 2011 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Juicio Final (2011) Defeated Lash, Enigma and Sónico in a 4-way X match. [27]
21 Riddix 1 April 30, 2011 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Clash of the Titans (2011) Defeated Havoc, Lash and Psycho in a 4-way match. [28]
IWA Television Championship
22 Enigma 1 June 4, 2011 Orocovis, Puerto Rico Guerra en la Montaña Change explained in-story as a result of the incumbent outgrowing the cruiserweight division. [29]
23 Lash 3 July 30, 2011 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Summer Attitude (2011) [30]
24 Sr. C 1 January 28, 2012 Toa Alta, Puerto Rico Histeria Boricua (2012) Defeated Enigma in a 4-way one night tournament. Some days later Sr. C renamed the title "IWA Yoú Tu Championship" (a reference to YouTube, since the promotion was no longer airing its shows on television). [31][32]
Inactive June 16, 2012 Title was deactivated when IWA closed. The belt (in its Yoú Tu Championship version) reappeared in the World Wrestling League (WWL) during the spring of 2017 being carried by Sr. C. The "IWA" acronym was later covered. It was not defended during these appearances.

Combined reigns

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Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Lash 3 397
2 Hiram Tua 1 175
3 Havoc 2 168
4 Sr. C 1 140
5 Cuervo 2 127
6 Carlitos 1 119
7 Blitz 1 85
8 Tommy Diablo 1 76
9 El Niche 1 63
10 Enigma 1 56
11 Starky 1 50
12 Onix 1 49
13 Riddix 1 35
14 Julian Jamrock 1 34
15 "El Lucha" Phoenix Star 1 28
Death Warrant 1 28
16 Empio 1 24
17 Vértigo 1 21
18 Átomo 1 14
19 Noel Rodríguez 1 <1

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