The AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the
American Wrestling Association
The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that ran from 1960 until 1991. It was owned and founded by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo. The territory was originally part o ...
from 1981 until it closed in 1991. In 1988
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on July 28, 1989, by Atsushi Onita as (FMW). The promotion specializes in hardcore wrestling involving weapons such as barbed wire and fire. They held their ...
claimed that
Jim Backlund
David Everett Ferrier (November 30, 1962 – December 6, 2014) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray. Del Ray was best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one ...
won the championship, something not officially acknowledged by the AWA. From 1988 through the closure of the AWA in 1991 there were two separate lineages, with the championship recognized by FMW being renamed in 1991 to become the FMW World Light Heavyweight Championship and later the WWA World Martial Arts Junior Heavyweight Championship before being abandoned altogether in 1993.
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Title history
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See also
*FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling championship that is being defended in various independent promotions in Japan. The title was originally created in 1993 by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
There have been a total of forty-four reigns spread over ...
*WSL World Light Heavyweight Championship
The WSL World Light Heavyweight Championship was a title in the Wrestling Superstars Live
Wrestling Superstars - Live! was a governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctioned various championships. It wa ...
References
{{FMW Championships
American Wrestling Association championships
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling championships
Light heavyweight wrestling championships