WWC North American Heavyweight Championship
Encyclopedia
The WWC North American Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling
championship
defended in the Puerto Rican
promotion
, the World Wrestling Council
. Created in 1974, it was the primary singles championship of the promotion until the creation of the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
in 1982. It was then relegated to secondary status until it was abandoned sometime in late 1991.
Professional wrestling
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championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
defended in the Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
, the World Wrestling Council
World Wrestling Council
The World Wrestling Council is one of Puerto Rico's two main professional wrestling promotions, the other one being the International Wrestling Association....
. Created in 1974, it was the primary singles championship of the promotion until the creation of the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship
The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. The championship was established in July 1982, as the WWC World Heavyweight...
in 1982. It was then relegated to secondary status until it was abandoned sometime in late 1991.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Gil Hayes | 1 | April 1974 | ||
| Carlos Colón | 1 | June 22, 1974 | Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas , founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey.... |
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| Ernie Ladd Ernie Ladd Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:... |
1 | October 21, 1974 | San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... |
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| Vacated | November 23, 1974 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Title held up after a match against Carlos Colón. | |
| Carlos Colón | 2 | December 7, 1974 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated Ladd in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| Pierre Martel | 1 | March 1, 1975 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico Bayamón, Puerto Rico Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo... |
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| Carlos Colón | 3 | March 22, 1975 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Spoiler I | 1 | August 25, 1975 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Carlos Colón | 4 | September 20, 1975 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Cowboy Bob Ellis | 1 | February 21, 1976 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Carlos Colón | 5 | April 17, 1976 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Eric the Red | 1 | October 16, 1976 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Vacated | November 13, 1976 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Title held up after a match against Carlos Colón. | |
| Carlos Colón | 6 | November 27, 1976 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Defeated Eric the Red in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| Hartford Love | 1 | April 25, 1977 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Gorilla Monsoon Gorilla Monsoon Robert James "Gino" Marella , better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play announcer, and booker... |
1 | July 30, 1977 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Bruno Sammartino Bruno Sammartino Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino is an Italian-American former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation , holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign... |
1 | May 5, 1978 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Gorilla Monsoon | 2 | July 22, 1978 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Carlos Colón | 7 | March 3, 1979 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Don Kent Don Kent (wrestler) Leo Joseph "Joe" Smith Jr. was an American professional wrestler who wrestled as Don Kent and also as The Black Dragon, Doug Kent, Joe Smith and Super Medico III during his 20 years in professional wrestling.Don Kent is one half of The Fabulous Kangaroos alongside partners Al Costello, Bruno... |
1 | August 3, 1979 | Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the... |
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| Invader I Jose Gonzalez (wrestler) José Huertas González, better known as Invader #1, is a former professional wrestler who wrestled in the United States and around the world, especially in Puerto Rico, and the man who killed, allegedly in self-defense, Frank Goodish, also known as Bruiser Brody.-Wrestling career:Since 1973, he has... |
1 | August 30, 1979 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Roger Kirby | 1 | October 29, 1979 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 2 | November 17, 1979 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Mr. Fuji Harry Fujiwara Harry Fujiwara is an American former professional wrestler and manager, best known by his ring name Mr. Fuji. He was infamous for often throwing salt in the eyes of face wrestlers... |
1 | January 26, 1980 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Pierre Martel | 2 | July 19, 1980 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Killer Karl Krupp Killer Karl Krupp George Momberg , better known by the ring name Killer Karl Krupp, was a Dutch-born professional wrestler famous during the 1970s and early 1980s.-Early life:... |
1 | March 14, 1981 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Vacated | May 2, 1981 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Title held up after a match against Carlos Colón. | |
| Carlos Colón | 8 | May 9, 1981 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Abdullah the Butcher Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time... |
1 | August 11, 1981 | Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles... |
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| Vacated | November 21, 1981 | Abdullah was stripped of the title due to attacking Carlos Colón's brother. | ||
| Bobby Jaggers | 1 | February 25, 1982 | Jaggers was awarded the vacant title. | |
| Invader I | 3 | March 27, 1982 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | Invader I unmasked after winning the title. |
| Mad Dog Lafaib | 1 | December 3, 1982 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Pierre Martel | 3 | January 29, 1983 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Buddy Landel Buddy Landel William Ansor is a professional wrestler better knownas "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.-Career:Buddy Landel started his career in 1979 as a young talented athlete in ICW. He left high school even though he had received letters of intent to play baseball and football at the University of Tennessee... |
1 | March 5, 1983 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Pedro Morales Pedro Morales Pedro Morales is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He began his wrestling career as a teenager in 1959 and continued through to the late 1980s... |
1 | June 25, 1983 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Guaynabo is a municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas; south of Cataño; east of Bayamón; and west of San Juan... |
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| Sweet Daddy Siki | 1 | January 6, 1984 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Pedro Morales | 2 | March 23, 1984 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Randy Savage Randy Savage Randall Mario Poffo , better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling .Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and was a... |
1 | September 15, 1984 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Hercules Ayala | 1 | March 2, 1985 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Jos LeDuc | 1 | January 6, 1986 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Al Perez Al Perez Al Perez is a retired American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:Perez began wrestling as an amateur in high school and was one of the top athletes in his home state of Florida. He started professional wrestling in 1982.He formed a team in ICW with Joe Savoldi known as the "New... |
1 | March 7, 1986 | Fajardo, Puerto Rico Fajardo, Puerto Rico Fajardo is a small city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Downtown Fajardo , which serves as the administrative center of the city... |
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| Vacated | September 1986 | Perez vacated the title. | ||
| Bob Heffernan | 1 | December 21, 1986 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Miguel Pérez, Jr. Miguel Pérez, Jr. Miguel Perez, Jr. is a professional wrestler who competed as a member of the Los Boricuas stable led by Savio Vega from June 1997 to October 1998 in the World Wrestling Federation.-ECW and WWF:Pérez is the son of Miguel Pérez, Sr... |
1 | February 21, 1987 | Cataño, Puerto Rico Cataño, Puerto Rico Cataño is a municipality located on northern coast of Puerto Rico bordering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the north and east by San Juan; north of Bayamón and Guaynabo; east of Toa Baja and west of Guaynabo and is part of the San Juan Metropolitan Area. Cataño is spread over 7 wards and... |
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| TNT Savio Vega Juan Rivera is a professional wrestler best known under the name Savio Vega. During the mid-late 1990s, he was an active wrestler in the World Wrestling Federation... |
1 | May 2, 1987 | Caguas, Puerto Rico | |
| Abdullah the Butcher | 2 | January 30, 1988 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Invader I | 4 | April 15, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Title abandoned | November 1989 | |||
| Manny Fernandez Manny Fernandez (wrestler) Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for different independent promotions. He is best known by the his ring name "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | September 1991 | Title shortly revived when Fernandez is recognized as the North American Heavyweight Champion by the WWC as he was the reigning South Atlantic Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. | |
| Title abandoned | 1991 | |||