The British Welterweight Championship is the

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competed for throughout the

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circuit. The championship was recognised and defended on matches screened by UK national television network

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as part of the professional wrestling slot on '' World of Sport'' as well as standalone broadcasts. Pre-publicity for these championship match broadcasts was given in ITV's nationally published listings magazine

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History

A British Welterweight Championship was first set up in 1938 under All-In rules and won by Harold Angus. The Mountevans Committee in 1947 called for the establishment of a British Welterweight Title and so recognised the still-incumbent All In titleholder Angus as champion. This lineage was recognised by

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following its 1952 formation. The title would later be transplanted to

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following champion

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' defection in the late 1980s, where it would remain active until the mid-1990s. In the 21st century, revivals of the title have been hosted by The Wrestling Alliance in 2000-2003 and Revolution British Wrestling in 2003-2005 before most recently being contested for in LDN's Academy/Spirit League since 2006. The title first became recognised by RBW in August 2003, when a decider contest was held between

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and Jack Hazard which saw Spud crowned RBW's first British Welterweight Champion. The last RBW holder would be Kid Regis who would hold the belt at the time of RBW's eventual closedown in late 2005. Regis continued to defend the Welterweight Championship on the indy circuit, eventually losing it to Tex Benedict in 2006 in LDN, who in turn lost it to current champion Alan Travis in 2008.

Title histories

This is the combined list of different versions of the British Welterweight Titles, each of which was probably the most significant version at the time. Each version may or may not be connected to another. However, all title changes are either actual or "official" unless indicated otherwise.

British independent circuit (1938-1953)

Joint Promotions (1953-1989)

All Star Wrestling (1989-1993)

The Wrestling Alliance (2002-2003)

Revolution British Wrestling (2003-2005)

LDN Wrestling (2006-present)

References

External links

www.revolutionbritishwrestling.org.uk - Revolution British Wrestling's former official site (no longer active)1StopWrestling's news and results archive
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