The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship was the secondary title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was defended on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.
| GWF World Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Promotion | Global Wrestling Federation United States Wrestling Association | ||||||||||
| Date retired | September 21, 1994 | ||||||||||
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Tournaments edit
1991 edit
The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on July 12 and July 13, 1991. The Lightning Kid defeated Jerry Lynn in the final to win the tournament.[1]
| First Round | Second Round | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Stranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butch Blackheart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Stranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rip Rogers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rip Rogers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handsome Stranger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bubba Fangman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Gonzales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Adias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| El Bandolero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Adias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iceman King Parsons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mike Stetson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Kid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khris Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Garvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Garvin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenny the Stinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Tatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Garren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Randy Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lynn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1992 edit
The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a three-man tournament for the vacated GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on May 29, 1992. The title was vacated after previous champion Danny Davis left the company for United States Wrestling Association. Terry Simms defeated Chaz in the final to win the tournament.[2]
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Terry Simms | ||||||||
| 4 | Nick Busick | ||||||||
| Terry Simms | |||||||||
| Chaz | |||||||||
| 3 | Chaz | ||||||||
| 2 | BYE | ||||||||
Title history edit
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| † | Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Lightning Kid | July 13, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 62 | Defeated Jerry Lynn in tournament final. | [3] |
| 2 | Chaz Taylor | September 13, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Lightning Kid | September 15, 1991 | House show | Marietta, Georgia | 2 | 103 | [4] | |
| 4 | Jerry Lynn | December 27, 1991 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 42 | ||
| 5 | Barry Horowitz | February 7, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 14 | ||
| 6 | Ben Jordan | February 21, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Barry Horowitz | February 28, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Danny Davis | April 3, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 21 | [5] | |
| — | Vacated | April 24, 1992 | — | — | — | — | Davis left for the USWA and later wrestles as GWF champion in Memphis. | |
| 9 | Terry Simms | May 29, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 63 | Defeats Chaz in tournament final. | [6] |
| 10 | Alex Pourteau | July 31, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | [Note 1] | [7] | |
| † | Danny Davis | August 2, 1992 | House show | — | 2 | [Note 2] | Supposedly won the title somewhere between August 3 and August 24, 1992. Is possible this was Davis using the title he took with him from the GWF when he quit. | |
| † | Brian Christopher | October 5, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | 7 | ||
| † | Danny Davis | October 12, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 3 | 7 | ||
| † | Brian Christopher | October 19, 1992 | House show | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Mike Dahl | October 23, 1992 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 92 | ||
| 12 | Alex Pourteau | January 22, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 34 | ||
| 13 | Calvin Knapp | February 26, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 78 | [8] | |
| — | Vacated | November 3, 1993 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 14 | Alex Pourteau | November 26, 1993 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 86 | ||
| 15 | Calvin Knapp | February 20, 1994 | House show | N/A | 2 | [Note 3] | ||
| — | Vacated | July 20, 1994 | — | — | — | — | Vacated for undisclosed reasons | |
| 16 | Alex Pourteau | August 20, 1994 | House show | Guatemala | 4 | [Note 4] | Records unclear as to how he won the title or if there was even a match for it | |
| 17 | Osamu Nishimura | August 26, 1994 | House show | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 26 | ||
| — | Deactivated | September 21, 1994 | — | — | — | — | When Global Wrestling Federation closed. | |
Combined reigns edit
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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| 1 | Calvin Knapp | 2 | 268 |
| 2 | Lightning Kid | 2 | 165 |
| 3 | Alex Pourteau | 4 | 124-228 |
| 4 | Mike Dahl | 1 | 92 |
| 5 | Danny Davis | 3 | 70-91 |
| 6 | Terry Simms | 1 | 63 |
| 7 | Jerry Lynn | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Osamu Nishimura | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Barry Horowitz | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Brian Christopher | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Ben Jordan | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Chaz Taylor | 1 | 2 |
Footnotes edit
- ^ Records are unclear when Porteau lost the championship and also unclear if he lost it to Danny Davis in the USWA in August or not until October. His title reign lasted between 3 and 84 days/
- ^ Records are unclear when Davis won the championship, putting his title reign lasted between 42 and 63 days/
- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated is not known, putting Knapp's championship reign at between 1 day and 191 days.
- ^ The exact date Porteau won the championship is not known, putting his championship reign at between 1 day and 24 days.
See also edit
References edit
References edit
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 1991". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 1992". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 1991". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (September 15, 2015). "Pro wrestling history (9/15): nWo wins War Games, Hennig wins WCW US title". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING TITLE CHANGE HISTORY: GOTCH VS. HACKENSCHMIDT, INOKI VS. HANSEN, GUERRERO VS. JERICHO". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament 1992". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 31, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 31): Stan Hansen wins NWA International title, Giant Baba, Hulk Hogan in AWA". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 26, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/26): Verne Gagne wins AWA title on his birthday". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017.