About: AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

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The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling claimed that Jim Backlund won the championship, something not officially acknowledged by the AWA. From 1988 through the closure of the AWA in 1991 there were two separate lineages, with the championship recognized by FMW being renamed in 1991 to become the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship and later the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship before being abandoned altogether in 1993.

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  • The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling claimed that Jim Backlund won the championship, something not officially acknowledged by the AWA. From 1988 through the closure of the AWA in 1991 there were two separate lineages, with the championship recognized by FMW being renamed in 1991 to become the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship and later the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship before being abandoned altogether in 1993. (en)
  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship fue un campeonato de la American Wrestling Association. El campeonato estuvo activo hasta el quiebre de la promoción en 1991. En 1990, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling utilizó el campeonato hasta 1993, pero la AWA no reconoce a los campeones durante aquellos años. (es)
  • AWA世界ライトヘビー級王座は、AWAが管理、認定していた王座。 (ja)
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  • The championship belt (en)
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  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (en)
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  • 1981-06-14 (xsd:date)
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  •   (en)
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  •  House show (en)
  •  AWA House show (en)
  •  FMW 1st Anniversary Show (en)
  •  FMW House show (en)
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  • Chicago, Illinois (en)
  • Rochester, Minnesota (en)
  • Saint Paul, Minnesota (en)
  • Tampa, Florida (en)
  • Tokyo, Japan (en)
  • Saitama, Japan (en)
  • Chiba, Japan (en)
  • Nagoya, Japan (en)
  • Hamburg, Minnesota (en)
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  • Buck Zumhofe and Katsuji Ueda (en)
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  • Defeated Jim Backlund to win the vacant championship (en)
  • The title was vacated when Zumhofe was sent to prison. (en)
  • Defeats Tyree Pride for FCW Light Heavyweight Championship; recognized as the sixth AWA champion by FMW in Japan but not by AWA itself. (en)
  • Defeated Jonnie Stewart to win the title in AWA. (en)
  • Records are unclear on how Graham won the championship (en)
  • Graham was awarded the title. (en)
  • Lee left FMW (en)
  • Renamed WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship in April 1992. (en)
  • AWA officially closes in 1991 after not promoting shows since the fall of 1990. The championship is renamed the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship at some point during Backlund's reign (en)
  • Replaced with Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (en)
  • Bobby Heenan defeated Zumhofe several times but was over the Light Heavyweight weight limit. (en)
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  • *FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship *WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship (en)
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  • Mark Starr (en)
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  • 1993 (xsd:integer)
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  • deactivated (en)
  • unrecognized (en)
  • vacated (en)
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  • The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the American Wrestling Association from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988 Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling claimed that Jim Backlund won the championship, something not officially acknowledged by the AWA. From 1988 through the closure of the AWA in 1991 there were two separate lineages, with the championship recognized by FMW being renamed in 1991 to become the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship and later the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship before being abandoned altogether in 1993. (en)
  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship fue un campeonato de la American Wrestling Association. El campeonato estuvo activo hasta el quiebre de la promoción en 1991. En 1990, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling utilizó el campeonato hasta 1993, pero la AWA no reconoce a los campeones durante aquellos años. (es)
  • AWA世界ライトヘビー級王座は、AWAが管理、認定していた王座。 (ja)
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  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (en)
  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (es)
  • AWA世界ライトヘビー級王座 (ja)
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