WCPW Midget Championship

The WCPW Midget Championship was a professional wrestling midget title in Windy City Pro Wrestling (WCPW). Originally, WCPW was known as Windy City Wrestling (WCW), however, a lawsuit brought by World Championship Wrestling forced the smaller promotion to change its name to "Windy City Pro Wrestling" in 1997. The championship remained active until 2001 when it was discontinued.

WCPW Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionWindy City Pro Wrestling
Date establishedApril 13, 1988
Date retired2001
Other name(s)
WCW Midget Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Little Tokyo
Final champion(s)Lone Eagle
(won August 1999)
Most reignsLittle Tokyo (2)
Lone Eagle (2)
Longest reignLittle Tokyo (1,758 days)
Shortest reignChris Cruz (85 days)

The inaugural champion was Little Tokyo, who defeated Cowboy Cottrell at a live event in Chicago, Illinois on January 1, 1988 to become the first WCW Midget Champion. Little Tokyo and Lone Eagle both hold the record for most reigns, with two each. At 1,758 days, Little Tokyo's first reign was the longest in the title's history. Chris Cruz's only reign was the shortest in the history of the title lasting only 85 days. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 6 wrestlers, with two vacancies, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

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Key
# 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
WCW Midget Championship 1992 — 1996
WCPW Midget Championship 1997 — 2001

Reigns

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# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held
Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Little Tokyo 1 January 1, 1988 1,758 St. Joseph, Missouri Live event Little Tokyo defeated Cowboy Cottrell to become the first WCW Midget Champion. [1][2]
2 Chris Cruz 1 October 24, 1992 85 Mt. Vernon, Illinois Live event [1][2]
3 Karate Kid 1 January 17, 1993 1,119 Springfield, Illinois Live event [1][2]
4 Little Tokyo 2 February 10, 1996 189 St. Joseph, Missouri Live event [1][2]
5 Bobby Dean 1 August 17, 1996 394 Springfield, Illinois Live event [1][2]
6 Lone Eagle 2 September 15, 1997 687 Nashville, Tennessee Live event [1][2]
Vacated August 3, 1999 N/A Live event [1][2]
7 Puppet the Psycho Dwarf 1 August 17, 1999 N/A Sedalia, Missouri Live event [1][2]
Vacated August 1999 N/A N/A The title is vacated when Puppet the Psycho Dwarf is stripped of the title. [2]
8 Lone Eagle 2 August 1999 N/A N/A N/A Lone Eagle is awarded the vacant championship. [2]
Deactivated 2001 N/A N/A The title becomes inactive after 2001 and is subsequently discontinued.

List of combined reigns

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Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Little Tokyo 2 1,947
2 Karate Kid 1 1,119
3 Lone Eagle 2 687+
4 Bobby Dean 1 394
5 Chris Cruz 1 85

See also

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Notes

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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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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Windy City Pro Wrestling (2000). "Midget..." Title Histories. WindyCityProWrestling.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2000. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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