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World Wrestling Association
Acronym	WWA
Founded	1986
Style	Lucha libre
Headquarters	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Founder(s)	Benjamin Mora, Jr.
Owner(s)	Benjamin Mora Jr.

For other uses, see World Wrestling Association (disambiguation).

The World Wrestling Association (WWA) is a lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana-area of Mexico. It was founded in 1986 by Benjamin Mora, Jr..^[1] It featured some of Mexico's best luchadores at the time such as Rey Mysterio, Jr., La Parka and Juventud Guerrera during the late 1980s and early 1990s and was also featured on American television via the Fox Sports en Español channel.

Although inactive during the late 1990s, during which time much of its roster had left to compete in World Championship Wrestling and international promotions, the World Wrestling Association resumed operations in 2004.

[edit] Championships

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won	Location
WWA World Heavyweight Champion	Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.	April 21, 2003	Tijuana
WWA World Light Heavyweight Champion	Vacant ¹	N/A	N/A
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship ²	Nicho El Millonario	August 20, 2004	Tijuana
WWA World Middleweight Champion	Olímpico	February 20, 2009	Tijuana
WWA World Welterweight Champion	El Hijo del Santo	September 26, 2004	Ciudad Juárez
WWA World Lightweight Champion	Vacant ³	N/A	N/A
WWA World Tag Team Champions	Perro Aguayo, Jr. and Héctor Garza	January 31, 2008	Tijuana
WWA World Trios Champions	Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata & El Brazo)	June 12, 1998	Tijuana
WWA World Women's Champion	Ayako Hamada	March 23, 2003

[edit] Footnotes

¹ The last recorded champion was The Kizz who defeated Rey Misterio, Sr. in Tijuana on January 17, 2003.

² Although the official WWA Junior Heavyweight title is currently being defended in Mexico, A desputed Branch of the title has surfaced in Japan.

³ The last recorded champion was Rey Misterio, Jr. who defeated Juventud Guerrera in Querétaro on June 16, 1995.

[edit] Roster

The roster included some widely popular wrestlers such as:

L.A. Park
Super Parka
Blue Panther
El Hijo del Santo
Rey Misterio, Sr.
Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Blue Demon, Jr.
Nicho el Millionario
Juventud Guerrera
Pentagon Black
The Patriot
Racing Dawg
Espectro, Jr.
Scorpio, Jr.
Tiger Jeet Singh
Alcatraz Backstage interviewer ( also Benjamin Moras Brother)
Armando Munoz Backstage interviewer
Extreme Tiger
Tinieblas Jr
Mil Mascaras
Rayo de Jalisco
Perro Aquayo
Brazo de Plata(Super Porky)
Kayra
Lola Gonzales
Shocker
Vampiro

[edit] On DVD

in 2006 World Wrestling Organization was released on DVD. It features 25 matches from The WWA broadcasts that were featured on Fox sports en Espanol.

[edit] References

^ "Wrestling Promoters List". Wrestling Information Archive. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/promoters.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

[edit] External links

WWA Title Histories

[mora-0] "Wrestling Promoters List". Wrestling Information Archive. http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/promoters.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-29.

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