The WWA Light Heavyweight Championship (''Campeonato Mundial peso Semi Completo de WWA'' in

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) is a singles

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promoted by

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(WWA) in Mexico since 1987. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between and , but is not always strictly enforced. As it was a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company. It was first won by

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in 1987 and has since then been held by at least 9 wrestlers, although records for parts of the title history has not been found. The current champion is

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, who won it in December 2014. Since the WWA titles have been largely unsanctioned since the late 1990s it means that they can be defended on any wrestling show, not just limited to WWA promoted shows.

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W.W.A. World Light Heavyweight Title (Mexico)
{{World Wrestling Association Light heavyweight wrestling championships World Wrestling Association (Mexico) Championships

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