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.
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| Promotion | Windy City Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | April 13, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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WCW Midget Championship | |||||||||||||
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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
- 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
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| WCW Midget Championship | 1992 — 1996 |
| WCPW Midget Championship | 1997 — 2001 |
Reigns
| # | 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
| 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 |
Notes
- Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.
References
- Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Windy City Pro Wrestling (2000). "Midget..." Title Histories. WindyCityProWrestling.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2000. Retrieved November 12, 2011.