IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
# IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a title for wrestlers that weight 225 pounds and under that was being defended in the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.

## Inaugural Tournament

Participants of the Inaugural tournament were: Super Crazy, Tajiri, Christopher Daniels, Mr. Águila, Black Scorpion, Danny Boy, Pablo Marquez, Pepe Prado, Reckless Youth, Taka Michinoku, Alexander Otsuka, The Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask IV and Jeff Hardy

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pablo Marquez | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Danny Boy | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Danny Boy | W | Danny Boy | Danny Boy | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Christopher Daniels | Christopher Daniels | W | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Christopher Daniels | W | Christopher Daniels | Christopher Daniels | W | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepe Prado | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Pepe Prado | | | | | Christopher Daniels | Christopher Daniels | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Aguila | Aguila | W | | | | |
| 5 | Reckless Youth | | | | | | | | Aguila | Aguila | W | | | |
| 12 | Taka Michinoku | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Taka Michinoku | W | Taka Michinoku | Taka Michinoku | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Aguila | Aguila | W | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Alexander Otsuka | | Aguila | Aguila | W | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Aguila | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Aguila | W | | | | | | | | Aguila | Aguila | W |
| | | | | | | | | | | Tajiri | Tajiri | |
| 6 | Jeff Hardy | | | | | | | | | | | | Tajiri | Tajiri |
| 11 | Super Crazy | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Super Crazy | W | Super Crazy | Super Crazy | | | | | | | | |
| | | | BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | The Great Sasuke | | BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Tiger Mask IV | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Tiger Mask IV | | | | | Super Crazy | Super Crazy | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Tajiri | Tajiri | W | | | | |
| 7 | Black Scorpion | | | | | | | | Tajiri | Tajiri | W | | | |
| 10 | Tajiri | W | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Tajiri | W | Tajiri | Tajiri | | | | | | | | |
| | | | BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | BYE | | BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | BYE | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Title history

| # | Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Place: | Event | Notes: |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 1 | Mr. Águila | 1 | May 21, 1999 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Zona Caliente | Defeated Tajiri in a tournament final to Crown the inaugural champion. |
| 2 | MIKAMI | 1 | February 9, 2000 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Impacto Total | Phantom title change when Mr. Águila left to focus in WWF. (He would switch to Essa Rios character) |
| 3 | Sean Hill | 1 | March 11, 2000 | Arroyo, Puerto Rico | | |
| 4 | Ismael Feliciano | 1 | May 20, 2000 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | | |
| 5 | Andrés Borges | 1 | June 3, 2000 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | | |
| 6 | Ismael Feliciano | 2 | June 4, 2000 | Cataño, Puerto Rico | | |
| 7 | Jesus Cristobal | 1 | June 17, 2000 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | | |
| 8 | Andrés Borges | 2 | August 19, 2000 | Manati, Puerto Rico | | |
| 9 | Sean Hill | 2 | August 19, 2000 | Manati, Puerto Rico | | Awarded the title by his tag team partner Borges. |
| 10 | Andrés Borges | 3 | September 30, 2000 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | | Hill returned the title after defeating him in a non-title match with Borges being upset over losing a match to his tag team partner. |
| 11 | Tommy Diablo | 1 | October 14, 2000 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | | |
| | Vacated | | October 21, 2000 | | | Title vacated due to an injury. |
| 12 | Paparazzi | 1 | October 21, 2000 | | | Defeated Sean Hill to win the vacant title. |
| 13 | Juventud Guerrera | 1 | October 26, 2000 | Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Tag Team Match stipulation by Commissioner Heriberto Lopez. Juventud Guerrera & Sean Hill defeated Paparazzi & Super Crazy |
| 14 | Sean Hill | 3 | October 28, 2000 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Juventud Guerrera, Paparazzi and Andrés Borges. |
| | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Unified World Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 15 | Super Crazy | 1 | December 10, 2000 | Moca, Puerto Rico | | Defeated Pablo Márquez in a title vs title match for the UWA and IWA World Junior Heavyweight titles on February 24, 2001 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to be first the Unified World Junior Heavyweight Champion. |
| 16 | Andy Anderson | 1 | April 21, 2001 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | | |
| 17 | Super Crazy | 2 | June 23, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | |
| 18 | Crash Holly | 1 | July 27, 2001 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2001) | Defeated N.Y. Rican Baldie for the IWA Hardcore title in a 24/7 rule later defeated Super Crazy for the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles. |
| 19 | Super Crazy | 3 | July 28, 2001 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Summer Attitude (2001) | Defeated Crash Holly and Andy Anderson in a 3-way match for the IWA Hardcore and the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles. |
| | Vacated | | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | | Titles stripped by IWA general manager Savio Vega. |
| 20 | Andy Anderson | 2 | December 8, 2001 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | | Defeated Minoru Fujita for the IWA/UWA Unified World Junior Heavyweight titles. |
| 21 | Minoru Fujita | 1 | January 6, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Histeria Boricua (2002) | |
| 22 | Andy Anderson | 3 | February 2, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | The IWA General Manager Savio Vega stripped the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship on February 26, 2002 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. |
| | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |
| 23 | Chicano | 1 | March 2, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 23, 2002 | | Zona Caliente | Declared vacant by Victor Quiñones after a controversial match with Anarchy as both of them were not suitable for the junior division anymore. |
| 24 | Stefano | 1 | April 6, 2002 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final II | Defeated Tommy Diablo and Diabólico in a 3-way match for the vacant title. |
| — | Vacated | — | April 27, 2002 | | | Title held up after a controversial match between Diabólico and Stefano. |
| 25 | Stefano | 2 | May 4, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | Defeated Diabólico to regain the title. |
| 26 | Damián | 1 | October 5, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 27 | Stefano | 3 | November 2, 2002 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 28 | Diabólico | 1 | November 23, 2002 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 29 | Paparazzi | 2 | February 1, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 30 | Noriega | 1 | April 19, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | | |
| 31 | Tommy Diablo | 2 | May 17, 2003 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 32 | Anarchy | 1 | August 2, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 33 | Tommy Diablo | 3 | August 30, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 34 | Blitz | 1 | November 1, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Johnny Styles, Paparazzi and Noriega in a Fatal 4-Way Match to become n°1 contender then champion. |
| 35 | Tommy Diablo | 4 | November 15, 2003 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Defeated Blitz and Paparazzi in a 3-way match. |
| 36 | Blitz | 2 | November 29, 2003 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend (2003) | Defeated Tommy Diablo and Chris Sabin in a 3-way X match. |
| 37 | Homicide | 1 | January 4, 2004 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | | |
| 38 | Blitz | 3 | January 24, 2004? | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | | |
| 39 | Paparazzi | 3 | February 14, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 40 | Super Átomo | 1 | February 28, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 41 | Blitz | 4 | April 3, 2004 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final IV (2004) | Defeated Tommy Diablo, Cyrus and Misawa in a Fatal 4-way match. |
| 42 | Tommy Diablo | 5 | April 17, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 43 | Pelayito Vazquez | 1 | September 25, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | First Puerto Rican referee to hold a professional title. Extreme Rules Match |
| 44 | Tommy Diablo | 6 | October 15, 2004 | | | Unclear when Tommy Diablo regained the title |
| — | Vacated | — | October 30, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Tommy Diablo was injured by Apolo so the title was vacated by GM Savio Vega and ordered a Battle Royal. |
| 45 | Golden Boy | 1 | October 30, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | Golden Boy won a Battle royal against Blitz, Lash, Enjabonao, Just Perfect, Johnny Styles, Hip, Hop, Rising Bull I y Rising Bull II. |
| 46 | Blitz | 5 | December 18, 2004 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Christmas in PR (2004) | Ladder Match. |
| 47 | Super Mark | 1 | February 27, 2005 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 48 | Tommy Diablo | 7 | May 21, 2005 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | No-Time Limit Match |
| 49 | "El Sensacional" Carlitos | 1 | October 1, 2005 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2005) | |
| 50 | Blitz | 6 | February 4, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 51 | "El Sensacional" Carlitos | 2 | March 31, 2006 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | Juicio Final (2006) | Defeated Hiram Tua, Blitz and Tommy Diablo in a fatal 4-way X match. |
| 52 | Blitz | 7 | April 15, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Apocalipsis (2006) | |
| 53 | Hammett | 1 | May 6, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 54 | Blitz | 8 | May 27, 2006 | Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 55 | "El Sensacional" Carlitos | 3 | August 5, 2006 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | IWA TV Taping | |
| 56 | Super Mark | 2 | September 3, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Golpe de Estado (2006) | Defeated "El Sensacional" Carlitos and Tommy Diablo in a 3-way extreme rules match. |
| — | Vacated | — | September 16, 2006 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | Noche de Justicia (2006) | Super Mark Defeated "El Sensacional" Carlitos, then said to GM Orlando Toledo that he wanted to leave the Jr Heavyweight division. |
| 57 | "El Enjabonao" Julio Franco | 1 | October 14, 2006 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Hardcore Weekend (2006) | Won the vacant title in a 15-man battle royal. |
| 58 | Bolo The Red Bulldog | 1 | November 18, 2006 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | Armagedón (2006) | |
| — | Deactivated | — | November 25, 2006 | Levittown, Puerto Rico | Impacto Total | Orlando Toledo announced that the Cruiserweight title would replace the title. |

## Combined reigns

| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tommy Diablo | 7 | 490 |
| 2 | Blitz | 8 | 303 |
| 3 | Super Crazy | 3 | 299 |
| 4 | Mr. Águila | 1 | 264 |
| 5 | Stefano | 3 | 194 |
| 6 | Carlitos | 3 | 169 |
| 7 | Sean Hill | 3 | 155 |
| 8 | El Lobo (Andy Anderson) | 3 | 120 |
| 9 | Paparazzi | 3 | 96 |
| 10 | Diabólico | 1 | 70 |
| 11 | Super Mark | 2 | 69 |
| 12 | Jesus Cristobal | 1 | 63 |
| 13 | Golden Boy | 1 | 49 |
| 14 | Super Átomo | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | "El Enjabonao" Julio Franco | 1 | 35 |
| 15 | MIKAMI | 1 | 31 |
| 16 | Damian | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | Noriega | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | Anarchy | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | Brent Dail | 1 | 28 |
| 17 | Ismael Feliciano | 2 | 27 |
| 17 | Minoru Fujita | 1 | 27 |
| 18 | Chicano | 1 | 21 |
| 18 | Hammett | 1 | 21 |
| 19 | Homicide | 1 | 20 |
| 19 | Pelayo Vazquez | 1 | 20 |
| 20 | Andrés Borges | 3 | 19 |
| 21 | Bolo The Red Bulldog | 1 | 7 |
| 21 | Mike Anthony | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Juventud Guerrera | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Crash Holly | 1 | <1 |
