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The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship ( Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de UWA in Spanish) is a singles professional wrestling championship initially promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling based promotion Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) from 1975 until the UWA closed in 1995 and since then been defended on the Mexican independent circuit until 2007. By the year 2000 the title became a mainstay in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) when it was won by El Zorro who worked for AAA. The official definition of the Light Heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (203 lb) and 97 kg (214 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.

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45-457: Chessman was the last UWA Light Heavyweight champion recognized by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración having defeated El Zorro in April, 2007. in 2007 Chessman competed in the tournament to crown the first ever AAA Mega Champion and put his title on the line in the tournament. In the finals he lost to El Mesias by disqualification, while the title does not change hands on a disqualification

90-684: A Street Fight where Cibernético won by pinning El Zorro. In late 2008, Chessman made a move to seemingly unite with his former stable the Black Family, but double-crossed them instead. Chessman turned to the Psycho Circus and together they won the National Atómicos Titles from the Black Family. Chessman's third run with the Atómicos titles ended after just 16 days when AAA Commissioner Vampiro stripped Chessman and

135-418: A face paint/mask combo inspired by Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley 's "Spaceman" look. Picudo changed his look to resemble Gene Simmons ' "Demon" outfit as well. The team made their first pay-per-view appearance when they defeated Los Vipers ( Histeria , Maniaco , Mosco de la Merced and Psicosis II ) at the 1998 Verano de Escandalo . The Verano de Escandalo match was just the first encounter in

180-687: A long storyline feud between the two groups that would last for several years. On February 14, 1999, Los Vatos Locos defeated Los Vipers to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship . The team successfully defended the championship against Los Vipers at the 1999 Rey de Reyes show. Los Vatos Locos reign with the Atómicos title lasted only 63 days as they lost the championship to Los Junior Atómicos ( Blue Demon Jr. , La Parka, Jr. , Mascara Sagrada Jr. and Perro Aguayo Jr. ) on April 18, 1999. The Vatos Locos / Los Vipers feud continued through 1999 with

225-566: A member of Los Vatos Locos , a Kiss look-alike group of wrestlers, with whom he held the Mexican National Atómicos Championship . Nygma was also a part of the Cibernético led group Los Bizarros . Currently, he is part of a team called Los Exóticos , a group of Exotico , or transvestite wrestlers. Nygma's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept

270-448: A much larger group, the Black Family still worked as a unit, a stable within the stable. The Black Family made their first major show appearance at Verano de Escandalo (2001) where they lost an elimination match to Los Vatos Locos ( Espiritu , Nygma , Silver Cat and Picudo); also in the match were Los Vipers (Psicosis II, Histeria, Maniaco and Mosco de la Merced) and Los Exoticos. The team did not make another major show appearance until

315-513: A much lighter schedule, working more backstage than in the ring. This left Nygma in limbo with no direction. At the 2007 Antonio Peña Memorial Show Nygma returned to action, siding with Exóticos Polvo de Estrellas , Jessy and Yuriko, forming a group called Los Night Queens . As a group, their first action was to attack Pimpinela Escarlata and Cassandro , starting a storyline with the other exóticos in AAA. Los Night Queens attempted to qualify for

360-463: A new version of Los Bizarros with Cibernético, Amadeus , Escoria and Taboo. On November 22 Los Bizarros solidified their statuses as tweeners by attacking not only rudo stable La Sociedad , but also technico La Parka. On December 5, 2010, at Guerra de Titanes Charly Manson was revealed as the newest member of Los Bizarros , as he made a surprise jump from Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) back to AAA. Los Bizarros' lineup

405-543: A newly formed group called The Black Family , in his place Los Vatos brought in Espiritu to replace him. In keeping with the "Kiss" theme set by Nygma and Picudo, Espiritu altered his appearance to look more like Paul Stanley 's "Starchild" character. This combination of Los Vatos Locos (Nygma, Picudo, May Flowers, and Espiritu) did not last long, as May Flowers left the group in early 2001 to form his own Exóticos group. Los Vatos replaced May Flowers with Silver Cat ,

450-568: A ring persona patterned after Kiss drummer Peter Criss "the Catman" character, making Los Vatos Locos ; the group even began carrying instruments to the ring and "perform". On November 23, 2001 the new incarnation of Los Vatos Locos defeated longtime rivals Los Vipers to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship once more. Los Vatos third title reign lasted for over a year, 374 days, before they lost

495-507: A secret from the wrestling fans. The wrestler who later became known as Nygma made his debut in 1992 under the ring name Galaxi after training under Rodolfo Ruiz, Raúl Reyes and Bestia Negra. He was signed by Promo Azteca shortly after the group was formed and his ring persona was changed to "Nygma", inspired partly by the comic book character The Riddler whose name is "Edward Nygma". In 1996 Nygma moved from Promo Azteca to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), initially working as

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540-606: A serious injury and was forced to take some time off just as Cibernético made his return to the ring and won the AAA Mega title. At Triplemania XVI , Chessman teamed up with La Parka and Silver King in a losing effort to the La Legión team of Bobby Lashley , Electroshock and Kenzo Suzuki. When Vampiro was brought in to take Manson's place, rumors of a break-up of Los Hell Brothers began circulating. The rumors seemed to be reinforced when Chessman won an elimination match to earn

585-528: A shot at the AAA Mega title. At first, Cibernético congratulated his partner but seemed reluctant to actually set a date for Chessman's title match. The tension came to a head in September when Cibernético came to the ring to congratulate Chessman on a recent win; Manson came to the ring to try and mediate between the two but, when he could not pick sides, the Hell Brothers officially disbanded. With

630-673: A singles wrestler. On June 13, 1997, Nygma defeated El Salsero to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship , the first wrestling championship of his career. Nygma only held the title for 42 days and lost it to El Torero in his first title defense. In mid-1998 AAA owner Antonio Peña put together a new group of wrestlers, a stable called Los Vatos Locos ( Spanish for "the crazy guys") consisting of Nygma, Charly Manson , May Flowers and Picudo . After joining Los Vatos Locos Nygma changed his appearance slightly, adopting an outfit and

675-417: A year later when they unsuccessfully challenged Los Vatos Locos for the Mexican National Atómicos Championship at Verano de Escandalo (2002) . That challenge was the first of many as the Black Family began chasing the Atómicos title and feuding with Los Vatos Locos. On April 19, 2002, Chessman teamed up with fellow LLL stable mate Electroshock to defeat the team of La Parka, Jr. and Mascara Sagrada to win

720-427: Is a Mexican Luchador or professional wrestler , better known under his ring name Chessman . He is signed to Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). Throughout his career, Chessman has been a part of several factions , such as The Black Family , Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), La Secta Cibernetica , La Secta del Mesías and Los Hell Brothers . Chessman has been associated with Cibernético and Charly Manson in one way or

765-518: Is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company. There have been a total of 45 reigns shared between 29 different champions. The current title holder is Misa Kagura , who is in her first reign. As of November 28, 2024. Chessman (wrestler) Kevin Citlali Zamora (born June 2, 1975)

810-473: The .357 Magnum revolver cartridge . In 1996, he renamed himself Magnum, which was again inspired by the same gun cartridge. In 1998, he completely changed his character and became Quinto Elemento (Spanish for "Fifth Element"). In 2000, he changed his character once again, this time working unmasked but instead with his face painted red and black, using the name Chessman and adopting a Goth -inspired look. The name came from famous criminal Caryl Chessman and

855-578: The Mexican National Tag Team Championship . When Los Vatos Locos lost the titles to someone else in late 2002, the Black Family started to target the new champions Oscar Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys ( Alan , Billy Boy and Decnnis). When Charly Manson returned to action he sided with Los Vipers instead of the Black Family, leading to a match at Guerra de Titanes 2002 , where the Black Family defeated Manson, Histeria, Mosco de la Merced, and Psicosis II. On July 18, 2003,

900-577: The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship . The title win was a first round match of a tournament to crown the first ever AAA Mega Champion . In the second round, Chessman defeated his teammate Cibernético and earned a spot in the finals. At Verano de Escandalo (2007) , Chessman faced El Mesias in the finals but lost the match due to disqualification and thus also lost his UWA title. On that same show, El Zorro turned on Los Hell Brothers and joined La Legión after

945-704: The vacant AAA Latin American Championship . On September 26, Chessman and Cibernético reformed Los Hell Brothers with new member Averno . In February 2015, Los Hell Brothers officially joined La Sociedad . On June 14, 2015, at Verano de Escándalo , Los Hell Brothers won the AAA World Trios Championship . On August 31, Chessman lost the Latin American Championship to Psycho Clown . After Cibernético left AAA, Los Hell Brothers were stripped of

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990-465: The "Punk" lifestyle), Emo Extreme (Emo lifestyle) and Steel Rock ("Rocker" lifestyle). The team worked a couple of independent wrestling shows before Cibernético returned to AAA. On July 3, 2009, Los Bizarros helped Cibernético attack his rival Dr. Wagner, Jr. Subsequently, Los Bizarros worked a match for AAA on August 30, 2009, but disappeared from AAA shortly thereafter. After fourteen months away from AAA, Nygma returned on October 31, 2010, forming

1035-419: The 2008 Rey de Reyes twice but lost to Real Fuerza Aérea ( Aero Star , El Ángel , Pegasso , and Rey Cometa ) on February 23, 2008 and to Abismo Negro and Psicosis on March 5. In mid-2009 Nygma left AAA and became part of Los Bizarros , a group led by Cibernético who himself had left AAA, and consisted of Nygma (representing the homosexual lifestyle via his Exótico persona), Punket (representing

1080-471: The 2010 Rey de Reyes . In April 2011, Chessman joined forces with Silver King and Último Gladiador to form La Maniarquía , a subgroup within La Sociedad . On June 18 at Triplemanía XIX , La Maniarquía was defeated by Electroshock, Heavy Metal and Joe Líder in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match . On September 16, Konnan rewarded Chessman by moving him back to La Legión Extranjera and naming him

1125-646: The AAA World Trios Championship on November 4. They lost the title to El Apache , Faby Apache and Mary Apache on March 5, 2017, when Marvin was defeated by Faby in a singles match. Nygma (wrestler) Nygma (born January 21, 1974) is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler best known from his appearances in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) which he has worked for with only short breaks since 1995/1996. Nygma has been

1170-523: The Black Family won their first championship as a unit when they defeated Oscar Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys for the Atómicos title, but their run only lasted 31 days before Sevilla and Los Barrio Boys regained the titles. Chessman's run of bad luck continued as Octagón and La Parka won the Mexican National Tag Team titles from Chessman and Electroshock. The Black Family would wait over a year before they got another opportunity to hold

1215-400: The Psycho Circus of the titles after they had attacked him the previous night. The feud with the Black Family continued into 2009 until Chessman segued into a feud with the new AAA World Champion El Mesias. The feud with El Mesias started during a television taping where Chessman and El Mesias faced off in a match; the match got so out of hand that Chessman ended up being thrown over the side of

1260-577: The Trios Championship on January 6, 2016. On January 22 at Guerra de Titanes , Chessman and Averno won the vacant AAA World Tag Team Championship. However, immediately afterwards, La Sociedad turned on the two. Chessman and Averno lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Angélico and Jack Evans on July 17, 2016. Chessman and Averno then paired up with Ricky Marvin to form a new trio named OGT, winning

1305-533: The UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was eliminated as the purpose of the tournament was to find one top champion and clear up the muddled championship picture in AAA. As a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers . On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there

1350-411: The annual Triplemania, Triplemania XV , Los Hell Brothers were once again successful in their fight against La Legión Extranjera as they defeated El Mesias , Sean Waltman , and Kenzo Suzuki in a Domo De La Muerte cage match . Because of their victory, Los Hell Brothers forced Kenzo Susuki to have his head shaved due to his loss. In August 2007, Chessman defeated Los Hell Brothers ally El Zorro to win

1395-418: The balcony and through a stack of tables. The show went to commercial with Chessman looking seriously injured as he received medical treatment. The following week, another singles match between the two was scheduled but Chessman came out on crutches wearing a neck brace. Just as El Mesias thought Chessman was going to announce that he was too injured to wrestle, Chessman attacked him with a crutch revealing that

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1440-521: The cage and avoid having to face each other in a Hair vs. Hair match. On October 7 at Héroes Inmortales , Chessman and Abyss lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Joe Líder and Vampiro, ending their reign at 364 days. On December 2 at Guerra de Titanes , Chessman won Vampiro's hair in a six-way steel cage Lucha de Apuestas , which also included Cibernético, Dr. Wagner, Jr. , L.A. Park and El Hijo del Perro Aguayo . On March 16, 2014, at Rey de Reyes , Chessman defeated Villano IV to win

1485-505: The group's new general. On October 9 at Héroes Inmortales , Chessman and Abyss defeated Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship . On August 5, 2012, at Triplemanía XX , Chessman teamed with Juventud Guerrera for one night to take part in a Parejas Suicidas steel cage match. However, both Chessman and Guerrera managed to escape

1530-401: The injury was nothing but a ruse to give Chessman an advantage. At Rey de Reyes (2009) , Chessman challenged El Mesias for the AAA Mega title inside a Steel Cage but lost. On March 12, 2010 Chessman competed for and won the 2010 Rey de Reyes tournament. In the first round, he outlasted La Parka, El Zorro and Octagón and in the finals, he defeated Hernandez and Marco Corleone to become

1575-451: The other throughout most of his career, either teaming with them or wrestling against them. After training with Lucha Libre legend El Canek and the father of the Casas family Pepe Casas (father of Negro Casas , Heavy Metal and El Felino ), Zamora made his debut on July 3, 1995 working as an enmascarado (the Mexican term for a masked wrestler) using the name M-357, which was inspired by

1620-499: The red face paint was supposed to symbolize the blood of his many victims. In 2001, Chessman made his AAA debut as part of a new stable called the Black Family , alongside its leader Charly Manson , Ozz , Escoria and Cuervo . The Black Family soon became a part of Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), the Mexican version of the New World Order , a group led by Chessman's long time friend Cibernético . Even though they were part of

1665-408: The ring after a long absence due to injuries, he formed the stable Los Hell Brothers along with longtime friends Cibernético and Charly Manson. The group quickly became the top technicós group due to their battles with La Secta del Mesías and Konnan 's La Legión Extranjera (Foreign Legion). At Rey de Reyes (2007) , Los Hell Brothers defeated Muerta Cibernetica, Scott Steiner and Kenzo Suzuki . At

1710-482: The split of Los Hell Brothers, Chessman became a "rudo" and the title match he earned was booked for Verano de Escandalo . On that night, Cibernético was able to retain the title but not without Chessman putting up a stiff fight. Chessman was granted another shot at the world title, this was in a match that also included El Zorro. The three men faced off at the Antonio Peña Memorial Show 2008 in

1755-417: The team won the main event. In December 2007, Cibernético was badly burned during a match and had to take several months off to recover. While Cibernético recovered, Chessman and Charly Manson kept wrestling La Legión but without as much success as they had initially due to a series of unfortunate incidents where Chessman would cause the team to lose by accident. In the spring of 2008, Charly Manson suffered

1800-432: The titles as they won them on August 20, 2004. In 2005, Cibernético formed a new group called La Secta Cibernetica that included his friends Charly Manson and Chessman and, through Chessman's membership, the Black Family was also invited to join this new super group. The group assisted Cibernético in his fight with La Parka (the AAA version), being unable to prevent him from being unmasked at Triplemania XII . Later in

1845-467: The titles back to Los Vipers . After losing the Atómicos title Los Vatos Locos featured less prominently on AAA shows, not making a single major show appearance after September 16, 2002, when they appeared at Verano de Escandalo (2002) . In 2005 Espiritu left the group to join La Secta de Mesias , keeping a friendly relationship with his old group. By mid-2007 both Picudo and Silver Cat began working

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1890-689: The titles on August 1, 2004, after which Chessman stopped teaming with Tiffany. Muerta Cibernetica, like Cibernético two years later, was himself unmasked by La Parka at Triplemania XIV . After holding the Atómicos titles for 789 days, the Black Family lost to the Mexican Powers ( Crazy Boy , Juventud Guerrera , Joe Líder and Psicosis II) on October 18, 2006. Not long after they lost the tag team titles Chessman turned face (called "Technicó" in Mexico) and sided with Cibernético and Charly Manson to form "Los Hell Brothers". When Cibernetico returned to

1935-451: The two teams wrestling to a double disqualification at Triplemanía VII in June. Los Vatos Locos finally regained the Atómicos title from Los Vipers at the 1999 Guerra de Titanes show. The group's second Atómicos reign was only slightly longer than their first as they lost the title on April 15, 2000 to Los Vipers . In late 2000 Charly Manson broke away from Los Vatos Locos to join

1980-594: The year, Muerta Cibernetica was brought in to get revenge on La Parka. When Cibernético suffered a severe knee injury, Muerta Cibernetica took over the group and kicked Cibernético out. Chessman teamed up with Tiffany to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship on September 16, 2003 from Chessman's former tag team partner Electroshock and Lady Apache . The team held the Mixed titles until Gran Apache and Faby Apache defeated them for

2025-441: Was completed on March 13, 2011, when La Sociedad member Billy Boy revealed himself as Cibernético's mole and jumped to Los Bizarros , renaming himself Billy el Malo in the process. On August 19, 2011, Nygma reformed Los Night Queens with Pasión Cristal, Polvo de Estrellas and Yuriko, when the four attacked AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Pimpinela Escarlata, jealous over his recent success. Nygma's departure from Los Bizarros

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