| Champion |
Date |
Circumstances |
| Perro Aguayo |
March 26th, 1981 |
Aguayo defeated Gran Hamada in the tournament finals to become the first WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion. |
| The Fishman |
September 25th, 1981 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(2nd) |
October 1st, 1981 |
|
| Chris Adams |
October 18th, 1981 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(3rd) |
December 13th, 1981 |
|
| Gran Hamada |
April 21st, 1982 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(4th) |
August 29th, 1982 |
|
| Villano III |
March 20th, 1983 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(5th) |
August 7th, 1983 |
|
| Gran Hamada(2nd) |
April 17th, 1984 |
|
| Villano III(2nd) |
May 20th, 1984 |
|
| The Fishman(2nd) |
August 24th, 1986 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(6th) |
December 24th, 1986 |
The championship was held up after a match between Aguayo and Villano III on 5/03/1987 ended in controversy. |
| Villano III(3rd) |
June 17th, 1987 |
Villano III won the rematch between himself and Perro Aguayo to win the vacated title. |
| Rambo |
October 4th, 1987 |
|
| Villano III(4th) |
July 11th, 1988 |
|
| Sangre Chicana |
August 14th, 1989 |
|
| Perro Aguayo(7th) |
October 15th, 1989 |
|
| Sangre Chicana(2nd) |
December 3rd, 1989 |
|
| Villano III(5th) |
May 27th, 1990 |
|
Pegasus Kid
(Chris Benoit) |
March 3rd, 1991 |
|
| Villano III(6th) |
September 13th, 1992 |
|
| El Signo |
January 1st, 1993 |
|
| Villano III(7th) |
July 18th, 1994 |
Villano III vacated the title when he left the UWA for the PROMELL promotion. |
| Aero Flash |
June 16th, 1995 |
Aero Flash defeated Fighter in the tournament finals to win the vacated championship. |
| The Great Sasuke |
March 24th, 1996 |
|
| El Samurai |
June 22nd, 1996 |
|
| The Great Sasuki(2nd) |
August 4th, 1996 |
|
| Ultimo Dragon |
October 11th, 1996 |
|
| Jushin "Thunder" Liger |
January 4th, 1997 |
|
| El Samurai(2nd) |
July 6th, 1997 |
|
| Shinjiro Ohtani |
August 10th, 1997 |
Title is vacated 11/05/1997, due to the title returning to the United States and being used again by the WWF. |
| TAKA Michinoku |
December 7th, 1997 |
Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher in tournament final to win the vacated championship. |
| Christian Cage |
October 18th, 1998 |
|
| Duane "Gillberg" Gill |
November 18th, 1998 |
|
| Papi Chulo/Essa Rios |
February 8th, 2000 |
|
| Dean Malenko |
March 13th, 2000 |
|
| Scotty Too Hotty |
April 17th, 2000 |
|
| Dean Malenko(2nd) |
April 25th, 2000 |
|
| Crash Holly |
March 13th, 2001 |
|
| Jerry Lynn |
April 29th, 2001 |
|
| Jeff Hardy |
June 5th, 2001 |
|
| X-Pac |
June 25th, 2001 |
|
| Tajiri |
August 6th, 2001 |
|
| X-Pac(2nd) |
August 19th, 2001 |
X-Pac was the final champion. The title was later unified with the WCW/WWE World Cruiserweight Title and became inactive. |
