IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship

IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
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Current champion(s)	Devon Moore
Date won	September 1, 2012
Date established	January 6, 1996
Promotion	Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
Other name(s)
IWA Mid-South Lightweight Championship
Statistics First champion(s) American Kickboxer Most reigns Tarek the Great (11 times) Longest reign Josh Abercrombie (449 Days) Shortest reign The Suicide Kid, Tarek the Great & American Kickboxer (1 day)

The IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship is one of the major titles in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. The title debuted as the Lightweight Title in 1996, evolving to the current weight class in 1998.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
American Kickboxer	1	January 6, 1996	New Albany, Indiana	Defeated El Perro to become the first Lightweight champion.
El Perro (Tarek The Great)	1	October 17, 1996	Louisville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	2	October 31, 1996	Louisville, Kentucky	Won a mask vs. mask match against Perro, who unmasked as Tarek the Great.
Tarek the Great	2	1996	Louisville, Kentucky
Wild Child	1	November 28, 1996	Louisville, Kentucky
Tarek the Great	3	December 5, 1996	Louisville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	3	Date Unknown	Louisville, Kentucky
Tarek the Great	4	February 20, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	4	February 27, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
Tarek the Great	5	March 5, 1997	Campbellsville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	5	March 6, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
Tarek the Great	6	March 12, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	6	March 13, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Stripped on March 27, 1997.
Danny Dee	1	March 27, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated Tarek the Great; stripped on 97/04/10.
Wild Child	2	April 10, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Wins a 4-way match.
Bull Pain	1	April 10, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Stripped on May 15, 1997 when Pain exceeded the weight limit.
American Kickboxer	7	May 15, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated J.C. Ice.
Tarek the Great	7	June 5, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
Tyrin	1	June 12, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
J.C. Ice	1	June 26, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
Tyrin	2	July 3, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
American Kickboxer	8	July 19, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky
Tarek the Great	8	August 1, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Stripped on 97/09/04.
Reckless Youth	1	September 4, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated The American Kickboxer; stripped on November 8, 1997.
American Kickboxer	9	November 8, 1997	Lexington, Kentucky	Won a 3-way match.
Twiggy Ramirez	1	November 27, 1997	Louisville, Kentucky	Stripped on March 26, 1998.
Tarek the Great	9	March 26, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated The American Kickboxer and The Suicide Kid in a 3-way match; stripped on April 2, 1998.
The Suicide Kid	1	April 2, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated The American Kickboxer.
Tarek the Great	10	April 3, 1998	Scottsburg, Indiana
Tyrin	3	April 30, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky
Harry Palmer	1	April 30, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky
Mike Sensation	1	June 11, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky
Became "Light Heavyweight Championship."
Cash Flo	1	June 25, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky
Adam Pearce	1	July 30, 1998	Louisville, Kentucky	Stripped on January 7, 1999 due to non-defense.
BDL	1	January 7, 1999	Louisville, Kentucky	Defeated Twiggy Ramirez and The Suicide Kid in a 3-way match.
Harry Palmer	1	February 2, 1999	Louisville, Kentucky
Suicide Kid	2	April 29, 1999	Salem, Indiana
J Prodigy (BDL)	2	Date Unknown	Louisville, Kentucky
Harry Palmer	3	February 4, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Held up on February 16, 2000; no champion was crowned in a rematch on February 23, 2000.
Mike Sensation	2	[March 4, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana	Awarded.
Hy-Zya	1	March 4, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
American Kickboxer	10	March 4, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Hy-Zya	2	April 1, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Vacant.
Suicide Kid	3	April 22, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana	Defeated Prophet Daniel Quinn in a 3-man tournament final.
Paul E. Smooth	1	July 15, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Prophet Daniel Quinn	1	August 5, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Hy-Zya	3	August 30, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Richard X	1	September 23, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Hy-Zya	4	September 30, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Richard X	2	October 13, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Vacant.
Hy-Zya	5	December 16, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana	Defeated Todd Morton.
Mark Wolf	1	December 20, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Paul E. Smooth	2	December 29, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Mark Wolf	2	December 30, 2000	Charlestown, Indiana
Paul E. Smooth	3	January 10, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana
Hy-Zya	6	April 7, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana
Mark Wolf	3	May 6, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana	Defeated Hy-Zaya and Richard X in a 3-way match.
CM Punk	1	June 9, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana
Tarek the Great	11	July 14, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana
Mark Wolf	4	September 29, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana	Defeated Tarek and Hy-Zya in a 3-way match.
Tarek the Great	12	October 6, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana
CM Punk	2	November 3, 2001	Charlestown, Indiana	Stripped for no-defense.
Kurt Krueger	1	February 1, 2002	Charlestown, Indiana	Defeated Cuefa in tournament final.
Ace Steel	1	February 8, 2002	Indianapolis, Indiana
Vic Capri	1	March 8, 2002	Charlestown, Indiana
Ace Steel	2	May 3, 2002	Clarksville, Indiana	Stripped in June 2002 for not defending it within 30 days.
Vacant.
Kurt Krueger	2	August 3, 2002	Clarksville, Indiana	Defeated Tarek the Great in an 8-man tournament final.
Nate Webb	1	October 5, 2002	Clarksville, Indiana
Danny Daniels	1	November 16, 2002	Clarksville, Indiana
Shark Boy	1	December 28, 2002	Clarksville, Indiana
Nate Webb	2	March 11, 2003	Clarksville, Indiana
J. C. Bailey	1	March 29, 2003	Clarksville, Indiana
Michael Todd Stratton (Todd Morton)	1	May 24, 2003	Clarksville, Indiana
J.C. Bailey	2	May 31, 2003	Clarksville, Indiana
Sonjay Dutt	1	August 9, 2003	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J.C. Bailey	3	November 21, 2003	Highland, Indiana	Defeated Sonjay Dutt and Nate Webb in 3-way match.
Matt Sydal	1	January 17, 2004	Highland, Indiana
Delirious	1	June 26, 2004	Oolitic, Indiana
Held up on August 21, 2004 in Highland, Indiana when a match against Jimmy Jacobs ended with a double pin.
Jimmy Jacobs	1	September 17, 2004	Highland, Indiana	Defeated Delirious in a ladder match
Delirious	2	December 12, 2004	Highland, Indiana
Josh Abercrombie	1	June 11, 2005	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tyler Black	1	October 15, 2005	Midlothian, Illinois	Defeated Abercrombie in a best of 7 series.
Josh Abercrombie	2	January 21, 2006	Midlothian, Illinois
Brandon Thomaselli	1	April 14, 2007	Shelbyville, Indiana
Chuck Taylor	1	August 31, 2007	Midlothian, Illinois
Mike Quackenbush	1	September 1, 2007	Pelham, Alabama
Chuck Taylor	2	December 7, 2007	Plainfield, Illinois	Defeated Quackenbush in a match also involving Chris Hero and Eddie Kingston.
Jason Hades	1	April 12, 2008	Joliet, Illinois
Dingo	1	n\a	Joliet, Illinois
Quick Carter Gray	1	January 17, 2009	Joliet, Illinois
Jimmy Jacobs	2	March 7, 2009	Joliet, Illinois
Jason Hades	2	June 5, 2009	Joliet, Illinois
Ryan Phoenix	1	February 19, 2010	Bellevue, Illinois
Jaysin Strife	1	June 26, 2010	Bellevue, Illinois	This was a No DQ match. Matt Cage, Hunter Matthews and Markus Crane beat down Phoenix en route to Strife gaining the victory.
Title retired on March 28, 2011, when IWA Mid-South ceases its operations.
BJ Whitmer	1	September 16, 2011	Bellevue, Illinois	Defeated Bucky Collins for the vacant title when Jaysin Strife could not appear to defend it when IWA-MS reopened under new ownership.
Bucky Collins	1	October 14, 2011	Bellevue, Illinois
Oliver Cain	1	March 2, 2012	Bellevue, Illinois	Triple threat with Bucky Collins and CZW World Champ Scotty Vortex, whose title was also on the line where the belt changed hands if the title-holder was pinned.
Bucky Collins	2	June 16, 2012	Bellevue, Illinois	2/3 Fall Match won 2-1 over Cain
Devon Moore	1	September 1, 2012	Bellevue, Illinois	Won in a Chicago Street Fight

External links

• IWA Mid-South Title Histories