IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship

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IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship
File:Joey Mathews (Adam Birch).jpg
Joey Matthews is a former IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.
Details
PromotionIndependent Professional Wrestling Alliance
Date establishedJune 7, 1996
Date retired2001
Statistics
First championMark Shrader
Final championsJacey North
(won March 25, 2000)
Most reignsJulio Sanchez (4)
Longest reignJulio Sanchez (11 days)
Shortest reignJulio Sanchez (273 days)

The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.

There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Coast wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino, Christian York, and Joey Matthews.

Title history

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# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

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Name Years
IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship 1996 — 2001

Reigns

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# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Mark Shrader 1 June 7, 1996 98 Alexandria, Virginia Live event Shrader defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl in a tournament final to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion. [1][2]
— Vacated — September 13, 1996 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated after Mark Shrader wins the MEWF Heavyweight Championship. [1]
2 Earl the Pearl 1 September 21, 1996 35 Alexandria Live event Defeated Johnny Graham and Sheik Ali Amin in a three-way match to win the vacant title. [1]
3 Mark Shrader 2 May 1996 N/A Alexandria Live event [1]
4 Julio Sanchez 1 March 22, 1997 38 Lenoir, North Carolina Live event [1][3][4][5][6]
— Vacated — April 29, 1997 — N/A N/A [1][3][4][5]
5 Steve Corino 1 May 2, 1997 223 Pikeville, North Carolina Live event Corino defeated Christian York in a tournament final to win both the IPWA and NWA 2000 Light Heavyweight Championships. [1][3][4][5]
6 Julio Sanchez 2 December 7, 1997 273 Alexandria Live event [1][3][4][5][7]
7 Christian York 1 June 13, 1998 70 Alexandria Live event [1][3][4][5][8]
8 Julio Sanchez 3 August 22, 1998 11 Chincoteague, Virginia Live event [3][4][5]
9 Christian York 2 September 2, 1998 210 Richmond, Virginia Live event [3][4][5]
10 Joey Matthews 1 January 9, 1999 14 Chincoteague Live event [1][3][4][5][9]
11 Julio Sanchez 4 January 23, 1999 N/A Alexandria Live event Sanchez defeated Joey Matthews and Christian York in a three-way match. [1][3][4][5]
12 Joey Matthews 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A [10]
13 Jacey North 1 March 25, 2000 N/A Quantico, Virginia Live event [10]
— Deactivated — 2001 — N/A N/A The IPWA ceases promoting events and closes in the spring of 2001.

List of combined reigns

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A picture of wrestler Julio Sanchez in the ring.
Julio Sanchez, who was the longest-reigning IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Julio Sanchez 4 344
2 Christian York 2 280
3 Steve Corino 1 223
4 Mark Shrader 2 98+
5 Earl the Pearl 1 35

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

References

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  2. ^ DiMuzio, Michael J. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. November 1996: 52+.
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  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Watkins, Marcus. "Arena Reports: North Carolina - IPWA at Lenoir High School." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. August 1997: 74+.
  7. ^ Walker, Timothy A. "Arena Reports: Virginia - Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance at the Secret Cove at Secret Cove Sports Arena." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. May 1998: 51+.
  8. ^ Walker, Timothy A. and Jeff Amdur. "Arena Reports: Virginia - IPWA at Secret Cove." Pro Wrestling Illustrated. December 1998: 51+.
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  10. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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