British Welterweight Championship
- British Welterweight Championship
The British Welterweight Championship is the welterweight title competed for throughout the British wrestling circuit.
Many versions of the British Welterweight Championship exist in the independent circuit of the United Kingdom at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies version. When another company becomes dominant the title often manages to unify itself or is brought into that company.
History
The British Welterweight title's lineage can be traced back to 1938 before being recognised in Joint Promotions. The title would later be used in All-Star Promotions and The Wrestling Alliance before last being contested for in Revolution British Wrestling.
The title first became recognised by RBW in August 2003, when a decider contest was held between Spud and Jack Hazard which saw Spud crowned RBW's first British Welterweight Champion. The last RBW holder would be Kid Regis who would hold the belt until RBW's eventual closer in late 2005.
Regis continued to defend the Welterweight Championship on the indy circuit, eventually losing it to Tex Benedict, who currently holds the title and defends it regularly on the independent circuit.
Title histories
This is the combined list of different versions of the British Heavyweight Titles, each of which was probably the most significant version at the time. Each version may or may not be connected to another. However, all title changes are either actual or "official" unless indicated otherwise.
British Indy Circuit (1938-1953)
The Wrestling Alliance (2002-2003)
References
* [http://www.revolutionbritishwrestling.org.uk www.revolutionbritishwrestling.org.uk - Revolution British Wrestling's former official site (no longer active)]
* [http://www.1stopwrestling.co.uk/ 1StopWrestling's news and results archive]
* [http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/bri-wl.html Wrestling Titles.com website with full history of British Welterweight Championship]
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