World Wrestling Association

The World Wrestling Association (WWA) (Asociación Mundial de Lucha Libre in Spanish) is a lucha libre promotion based in the Tijuana-area of Mexico. It was founded in 1986 by Benjamin Mora Jr.. It featured some of Mexico's best luchadores at the time, such as Rey Misterio 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.

For other uses, see World Wrestling Association (disambiguation).
World Wrestling Association
AcronymWWA
Founded1986
StyleLucha libre
HeadquartersTijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Founder(s)Benjamin Mora Jr.
Owner(s)Benjamin Mora Jr.

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.

Championships
Championship Current champion(s) Date won Days Location
WWA World Heavyweight Championship Rayo de Jalisco Jr. March 21, 2003 7,523 Tijuana
WWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Cien Caras Jr. May 5, 2014 3,460 Guadalajara
WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship 1 Atlantis December 5, 2014 3,246 Tijuana
WWA World Light Heavyweight Championship Heddi Karaoui November 11, 2013 3,635 Mexico City
WWA World Lightweight Championship TJ Boy May 17, 2013 3,813 Tijuana
WWA World Middleweight Championship Olímpico February 20, 2009 5,360 Puebla
WWA World Minis Championship Mascarita Sagrada July 11, 2015 3,028 London
WWA World Tag Team Championship Bestia 666 and Damián 666 December 5, 2014 3,246 Tijuana
WWA World Trios Championship Trios Fantasia
(Super Muñeco, Super Pinocho & Super Raton)		 December 14, 2013 3,602 Tampico
WWA World Welterweight Championship Bandido September 28, 2017 2,218 Aguascalientes

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

Roster

The roster included some widely popular wrestlers such as:

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.

See also

References
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