WWC Puerto Rico Championship (original) (raw)

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Professional wrestling championship

WWC Puerto Rico Championship
Details
Promotion World Wrestling CouncilAmericas Wrestling Federation
Date established January 6, 1974
Current champion(s) Tony Leyenda
Date won November 9, 2024
Other name(s)
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship
StatisticsFirst champion(s)José Miguel PérezMost reignsInvader I (12 reigns)Longest reignJosé Miguel Pérez(426 days)Shortest reignJosé Rivera, Jr.(1 day)

The WWC Puerto Rico Championship is the secondary professional wrestling championship that is defended by the World Wrestling Council based in Puerto Rico. The title was created in January 1974 and, as its name suggests, is defended exclusively within Puerto Rico. Overall, the title has been possessed by seventy-five different wrestlers throughout the title's existence. The first champion was José Miguel Pérez, who was billed as champion upon the title's creation. He also holds the longest reign, at 426 days. Invader I holds the record for most reigns at 12.

The belt and its design have been changed several times for a number of reasons.

The location represented in the title's name has changed twice, both times in unofficial fashion after being rechristened and modified by its current holder in under to sell a villainous persona. During Fidel Sierra's second reign, which began on June 2, 2001, and lasted for three months, he defended the title under the name of "Cuba Heavyweight Championship". To illustrate this change, he covered the word "Puerto Rico" in the main banner with a sticker that was inscribed with the word "Cuba", also covering the map of Puerto Rico that was featured in the center of the plate with a sticker of the flag of Cuba. Sierra also covered the side plates with photos of him and his manager, Fantasy. All of these changes were reverted as soon as he lost the title. After winning the title on September 10, 2005, Brent Dail defended it as the "51st State Championship", a reference to the statehood movement and its intention to annex Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the United States. Like Sierra, he covered the main banner with a sticker inscribed with "51st State" and flanked the main plate with additional stickers featuring the acronym "USA".[1] The stickers were removed by the following champion as soon as he won the title, reverting the changes.[1]

† Indicates title reigns and changes not recognized by WWC.
Names Dates Ref(s).
CSP/WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship January 6, 1974 – present
AWF Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) December 16, 1991 – December 5, 1993
Cuba Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) June 2, 2001 – September 9, 2001
51st State Heavyweight Championship (unofficial) September 10, 2005 – November 5, 2005 [1]

Key

No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. ofreigns Combineddays
1 Carlos Colón 9 1,382
2 Invader I 12 950
3 Gilbert 8 925
4 Chicano 8 742
5 Huracán Castillo, Jr. 7 628
6 Mighty Ursus 2 610
7 José Miguel Pérez 4 608
8 Ray González 5 490
9 Fire Blaze/Orlando Colon 6 377
10 King Tonga 2 330
11 Abdullah the Butcher 3 323
12 Bellito Calderón 3 321
13 Héctor Guerrero 1 310
14 Eric Embry 2 301
15 El Sensacional Carlitos 6 299
16 El Bronco I 6 281
!17 El Nene 4 265
Mike Nice 1 265
18 Miguel Pérez Jr. 3 260
19 Xavant 2 246
20 Hercules Ayala 5 245
21 José Rivera, Jr. 8 237
22 Nihan 1 232
23 Villano III 2 225
24 Ricky Santana 5 206
25 Kareem Muhammad 1 190
26 Glamour Boy Shane 3 189
Mighty Igor 1 189
27 Titán 1 188
28 Jake Roberts 1 183
29 Steve Corino 1 182
30 Mike Mendoza 2 175
31 Eddie Colón 5 174
Super Médico I 3 174
32 Manny Fernandez 1 168
33 BJ 3 155
34 Bob Sweetan 1 153
35 Member of La Revolución 2 140
36 Apolo 1 134
37 Fidel Sierra 3 133
38 Don Kernodle 1 130
39 José Rivera 1 126
Tommy Diablo 1 126
40 TNT 3 125
41 Ángel Fashion 2 119
42 Chris Joel 1 113
43 Jason the Terrible 1 112
Victor The Bodyguard 1 112
44 Abudda Dein 1 109
45 Dominican Boy 1 105
Eric Alexander 1 105
Lightning 1 105
46 Mohammed Hussein 1 101
47 Eric the Red 1 98
48 La Amenaza Bryan 2 97
49 Rico Suave 2 91
Tor Kamata 1 91
50 Alex Montalvo 2 84
Idol Stevens 1 84
Ivan Koloff 1 84
Super Black Ninja 1 84
51 Carlito Caribbean Cool 1 83
52 Konga the Barbarian 1 70
"Jumping" Jeff Jeffrey 1 70
Tosh Togo 1 70
Makabro 1 70
53 Black Gordman 1 66
54 Dory Funk Jr. 1 63
55 Harley Lewis 1 57
56 Brent Dail 1 56
57 Johnny Ringo 1 55
58 Abbad 2 49
59 Bobby Jaggers 1 47
60 Rex King 1 43
61 Barrabás, Jr. 1 42
Mustafa Saed 1 42
62 Al Perez 1 38
63 Hideo Saito 1 35
Huracán Castillo, Sr. 1 35
Mongolian Stomper 1 35
64 Samson Walker 2 28
Kengo Kimura 1 28
Ox Baker 1 28
Ricardo Rodriguez 1 28
Paul LeDuc 1 28
65 Crazy Rudy 1 21
El Hijo de Ray González 1 21
Joe Bravo 1 21
Jim Steele 1 21
66 Charles Evans 1 20
67 Dr. Klodied 1 14
Ash Rubinsky 1 14
68 Pampero Firpo 1 11
69 Heartthrob Romeo 1 7
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