The British Welterweight Championship is the welterweight

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 title

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 competed for throughout the British wrestling

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 circuit.

Many versions of the British Welterweight Championship exist in the independent circuit

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 of the United Kingdom

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 at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies version. When another company becomes dominant the title often manages to unify itself or is brought into that company.

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 Joint Promotions following its 1952 formation. The title would later be transplanted to All-Star Wrestling following champion Danny Collins' 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

Revolution British Wrestling

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 in 2003-2005 before most recently being contested for in LDN

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's Academy/Spirit League since 2006.

The title first became recognised by RBW in August 2003, when a decider contest was held between Spud 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)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Harold Angus	1	1938		Champion under 'All-In' rules, granted recognition as incumbent champion by Mountevans Committee in 1947. Vacated in 1948 when Angus dies following a firearms-related accident.
Mick McManus	1	1949		Defeats Eddie Capelli.
Jack Dempsey	1	1951
Alan Colbeck	1	??/05/1952		Defeats Les Stent.

Joint Promotions (1953-1989)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Tony Lawrence	1	1953
Jack Dempsey	2	1953
Mick McManus	2	05/01/1957	London
Jack Dempsey	2	23/04/1958	London	Vacated in October 1966 when Dempsey temporarily retired due to illness.
Alan Sargeant	1	26/11/1966	Hemel Hempstead	Defeats Alan Wood in tournament final.
Jim Breaks	1	06/11/1967	Leeds
Alan Sargeant	2	??/09/1968
Brian Maxine Brian Maxine Brian Maxine , known as 'Goldbelt', was a professional wrestler and cabaret artist. He held the British Welterweight Championship from 1969 to 1971. He won the British middleweight championship in 1971 and by briefly holding the two belts simultaneously he became the first champion at two weights...	1	30/09/1969	Croydon	May have won the title earlier in the month and defend against Sarjeant on this day; vacates in June 1971 after winning the middleweight title.
Vic Faulkner	1	20/07/1971	Croydon	Defeats Adrian Street.
Jim Breaks	2	31/05/1976	Bradford
Vic Faulkner	2	28/08/1976	Manchester
Jim Breaks	3	09/03/1977	Buxton
Vic Faulkner	3	05/07/1977	Leicester	Title immediately held up by Joint Promotions because of the interference by Bert Royal.
Jim Breaks	4	30/11/1977	London	Defeats Faulkner in rematch.
Dynamite Kid Dynamite Kid Thomas Wilton Billington , best known by the ring name Dynamite Kid, is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in the World Wrestling Federation, Stampede Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling in the mid- to late-1980s...	1	25/01/1978	Preston	Vacant in 1979 when Kid left the country.
Jim Breaks	5	27/06/1979	London	Defeats Steve Grey in 8-man tournament final.
Alan Dennison	1	11/06/1980	London
Jim Breaks	6	29/03/1983	Croydon
Steve Grey	1	25/05/1982	Croydon
Alan Dennison	2	21/06/1982
Jim Breaks	7	29/03/1983	Croydon	May have won the title from Dennison before this date.
Alan Dennison	3	29/04/1983
Jim Breaks	8	09/12/1983	Barnsley
Danny Collins	1	21/03/1984	Croydon
Steve Grey	2	21/06/1984	Malvern
Danny Collins	2	22/06/1984	Bath
Steve Grey	3	21/08/1984	Malvern
Danny Collins	3	01/11/1984	Mandchester
Sid Cooper	1	23/05/1985	Bristol
Danny Collins	4	26/08/1985		Takes title to All Star circa 1988
Title vacated on 04/07/1989 when Collins won the heavy middleweight title.

All-Star Promotions (1989-1993)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Mal Sanders	1	21/12/1989	Bristol	Defeats Steve Grey.
Doc Dean Ian Dean Ian Dean is a retired professional wrestler, best known as Doc Dean.-Career:Dean made his debut at the age of 14 in 1984 for All Star Promotions. He later teamed up with Robbie Brookside to form The Liverpool Lads, a successful tag team in Britain...	1	25/10/1990	Southampton
Blondie Barrett	1	17/12/1991	Chelmsford
Doc Dean	2	18/07/1992	Norwich
Steve Prince	1	09/10/1993	Croydon	May have been in October.

The Wrestling Alliance (2002-2003)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Jonny Storm Jonny Storm Jonathan Whitcombe is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent promotions across the United Kingdom, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and One Pro Wrestling...	1	17/01/2002	Southampton	Defeated Jody Fleisch.
Jody Fleisch Jody Fleisch Jerome Fleisch is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling...	1	03/10/2002	Southampton
Jonny Storm Jonny Storm Jonathan Whitcombe is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent promotions across the United Kingdom, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and One Pro Wrestling...	2	27/11/2002	Plymouth
Title abandoned with TWA's closure in 2003.

Revolution British Wrestling (2003-2005)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Spud	1	30/08/2003		Defeated Jack Hazard in a match to be crowned first champion
Ross Jordan Ross Jordan Ross Jones, better known by his ring name Ross Jordan, is a British professional wrestler. He is currently working under the ring name RJ Singh...	1	07/12/2003
Sammy Ray	1	27/03/2004
Ross Jordan	2	24/07/2004	Chingford Chingford Chingford is a district of north east London, bordering on Enfield and Edmonton to the west, Woodford to the east, Walthamstow and Stratford to the south and Essex to the north. It is situated northeast of Charing Cross and forms part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Kid Regis	1	05/02/2005	Chingford, London
RBW closes in late 2005, Regis continued to claim title (as detailed below).

LDN Academy (2006-present)

Wrestler:	Reign:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Tex Benedict Tex Benedict Darren Benedick is a retired British professional wrestler who worked for many independent promotions throughout the United Kingdom, mostly using a phony American character called Tex Benedict.-Career:...	1	04/06/2006	Walthamstow, London	Defeats Kid Regis, thus keeping continuity with RBW version
Alan Travis	1	20/09/2008	Hanley Hanley Hanley, in Staffordshire, England, is one of the six major towns that joined together to form the city of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough... , Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...