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IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship

The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.

There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Coast wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino, Christian York, and Joey Matthews.

Title history

Names

Reigns

List of combined reigns

A picture of wrestler Julio Sanchez in the ring.
Julio Sanchez, who was the longest-reigning IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion

Footnotes

  1. ^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

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  6. ^ Watkins, Marcus. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at Lenoir High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 74+.
  7. ^ Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance at the Secret Cove at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. May 1998: 51+.
  8. ^ Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
  9. ^ Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1999). "IPWA Results - 9 January 1999". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  10. ^ a b Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (2000). "IPWA Results - 25 March 2000". Results. ITSCwrestling.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved November 10, 2011.

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