The WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship was a secondary title contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council (WWC).
History
The title dates back to 1975. Prior to being defended in the WWC, it was defended in L&G Promotions, until 1977, when the title moved to the WWC after L&G closed. For a time, the title was defended in the Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) promotion in Japan as the W*ING/WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship. Throughout the years, the championship has been used on and off in WWC, although it was a mainstay of the promotion and defended regularly until the mid-1990s. It was first rendered inactive in February 1994 with the closing of W*NG. It was revived and used for another 18 months roughly from January 1996 to August 1997 before being abandoned for the second time. More than four years later, in December 2001, the WWC began contesting bouts for the championship once more. However, the revival of the championship would be relatively short and it was rendered inactive in late August 2002 and hasn't been promoted by the World Wrestling Council since. On September 25, 2010, the title was reactivated and captured by Hideo Saito then was deactivated again in 2012.
Title history
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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L&G Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
Toru Tanaka | 1 | 1975-03-01 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Won a 12-man tournament to become the first champion. |
José Lothario | 1 | 1975-03-22 | Lothario began defending the title in World Promotions after the closing of L&G Promotions, sometime between March 1975 and July 1976. | |
Huracan Castillo | 1 | 1976-07-31 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Castillo moved from World Promotions to the World Wrestling Council in May 1977. |
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
Hercules Ayala | 1 | 1977-11-26 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Joe Novak | 1 | 1977-12-17 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Dick Steinborn | 1 | 1978-02-04 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Invader I | 1 | 1978-02-25 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Pierre Martel | 1 | 1978-03-11 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Invader I | 2 | 1978-04-08 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
The title was held up after a match against Dick Steinborn on 1978-06-24 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. | ||||
Invader I | 3 | 1978-07-01 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated Dick Steinborn in a rematch. |
Armand Hussein | 1 | 1978-07-15 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
José Rivera | 1 | 1978-08-10 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Gil Hayes | 1 | 1978-10-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Chief War Cloud | 1 | 1978-11-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Don Kent | 1 | 1979-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Huracán Castillo | 2 | 1979-07-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Dick Steinborn | 2 | 1979-08-21 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
José Rivera | 2 | 1979 | ||
Dick Steinborn | 3 | 1979-11-24 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Ciclón Negro | 1 | 1979-12-29 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Gama Singh | 1 | 1980-06-07 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
José Rivera | 3 | 1980-06-28 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Luke Graham | 1 | 1980-07-19 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Chief Jay Strongbow | 1 | 1980-10-11 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Danny Condrey | 1 | 1980-12-20 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Maravilla | 1 | 1981-02-09 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Medic II | 1 | 1981-03-07 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Tommy Gilbert | 1 | 1981-03-21 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Kim Song | 1 | 1981-05-16 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Jack Brisco | 1 | 1981-05-30 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Hans Muller | 1 | 1981-12-20 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Pierre Martel | 2 | 1982-01-06 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Angelo Mosca | 1 | 1982-02-20 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Mosca was stripped of the title on 1982-03-13 when he left the WWC. | ||||
Dick Steinborn | 4 | Defeated Charlie Cook in a tournament final. | ||
Charlie Cook | 1 | 1982-04-10 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | 1982-08-14 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Hercules Ayala | 2 | 1987-03-28 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
TNT | 1 | 1988-06-18 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Buddy Landel | 1 | 1988-08-20 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
TNT | 2 | 1988-09-17 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Jason the Terrible | 1 | 1988-11-19 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
TNT | 3 | 1989-03-04 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Rip Rogers | 1 | 1989-05-14 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 1 | 1989-11-04 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Harley Race | 1 | 1990-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Invader I | 4 | 1990-03-04 | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |
Leo Burke | 1 | 1990-05-19 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
Invader I | 5 | 1990-07-07 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Kim Duk | 1 | 1990-09-08 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
El Bronco | 1 | 1990-12-15 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Kim Duk | 2 | 1991-02-07 | Humacao, Puerto Rico | |
Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 2 | 1991-02-16 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Scott Hall | 1 | 1991-03-03 | Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico | |
Super Medic III | 1 | 1991-04-20 | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | |
Rod Price | 1 | 1991-07-06 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Super Medic III | 2 | 1991-07-13 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Fidel Sierra | 1 | 1991-08-03 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 3 | 1991-12-07 | Carolina, Puerto Rico | |
Greg Valentine | 1 | 1991-12-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Miguel Pérez, Jr. | 4 | 1992-01-06 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | The title moved to Wrestling International New Generations in December 1992. |
W*ING/WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
Yukihiro Kanemura | 1 | 1992-12-18 | Fukushima, Japan | |
Jado | 1 | 1993-09-26 | Hachiōji, Japan | |
The title was vacated on 1994-02-11 when Jado left W*ING. W*ING closed on 1994-03-13. | ||||
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship | ||||
Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | 1996-01-06 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Won an 18-man battle royal. |
The title was vacated when Abdullah lost a retirement match to Carlos Colón on 1997-08-16 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. | ||||
Fidel Sierra | 2 | 2001-12-15 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated El Bronco and Super Gladiador in a three-way match. |
Super Gladiador | 1 | 2002-03-22 | Orocovis, Puerto Rico | |
Fidel Sierra | 3 | 2002-03-30 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Rico Suave | 1 | 2002-03-30 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
Ricky Santana | 1 | 2002-06-22 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | |
Rico Suave | 2 | 2002-07-06 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | |
Ricky Santana | 2 | 2002-08-24 | Coamo, Puerto Rico | |
The title was deactivated in August 2002. | ||||
Hideo Saito | 1 | 2010-10-25 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Won a ten man battle royal to win the vacant title. |