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Statistics
First champion(s)	Lightning Kid
Most reigns	Alex Pourteau (4 reigns)
Longest reign	Lightning Kid (103 days)
Shortest reign	Chaz Taylor (2 days)

GWF World Light Heavyweight Championship
GWF World Light Heavyweight Championship
	The championship belt
Details
Promotion	Global Wrestling Federation; United States Wrestling Association
Date retired	September 21, 1994
Other name(s)
	USWA Light Heavyweight Championship;
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Lightning Kid
Most reigns	Alex Pourteau (4 reigns)
Longest reign	Lightning Kid (103 days)
Shortest reign	Chaz Taylor (2 days)

The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship was the secondary title in the Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. The title existed from 1991 until 1994, when GWF closed. The title was defended on the promotion's show that aired nationally on ESPN.

Tournaments

1991

The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a twenty-four man tournament for the inaugural GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on July 12 and July 13, 1991. The Lightning Kid defeated Jerry Lynn in the final to win the tournament.^[1]

First Round

Second Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Handsome Stranger

Butch Blackheart

Handsome Stranger

Rip Rogers

Rip Rogers

Ray Evans

Handsome Stranger

Lightning Kid

Chaz

Ed Robinson

Chaz

Lightning Kid

Bubba Fangman

Lightning Kid

Steve Simpson

Mike Davis

Victor Gonzales

Mike Davis

Brian Adias

El Bandolero

Brian Adias

Mike Davis

Steve Simpson

Adrian Street

Iceman King Parsons

Adrian Street

Steve Simpson

Mike Stetson

Lightning Kid

Jerry Lynn

John Tatum

Khris Germany

John Tatum

Terry Garvin

Terry Garvin

Kenny the Stinger

John Tatum

Jerry Lynn

Terry Daniels

Rick Garren

Terry Daniels

Jerry Lynn

Randy Rhodes

Jerry Lynn

BYE

1992

The GWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a three-man tournament for the vacated GWF Light Heavyweight Championship held on May 29, 1992. The title was vacated after previous champion Danny Davis left the company for United States Wrestling Association. Terry Simms defeated Chaz in the final to win the tournament.^[2]

Semifinals		Finals

1	Terry Simms

4	Nick Busick
		Terry Simms

		Chaz
3	Chaz

2	BYE

Title history

Key
No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held
N/A	Unknown information
†	Championship change is unrecognized by the promotion

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Lightning Kid	July 13, 1991	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	62	Defeated Jerry Lynn in tournament final.	^[3]
2	Chaz Taylor	September 13, 1991	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	2
3	Lightning Kid	September 15, 1991	House show	Marietta, Georgia	2	103		^[4]
4	Jerry Lynn	December 27, 1991	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	42
5	Barry Horowitz	February 7, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	14
6	Ben Jordan	February 21, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	7
7	Barry Horowitz	February 28, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	2	5
8	Danny Davis	April 3, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	21		^[5]
—	Vacated	April 24, 1992	—	—	—	—	Davis left for the USWA and later wrestles as GWF champion in Memphis.
9	Terry Simms	May 29, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	63	Defeats Chaz in tournament final.	^[6]
10	Alex Pourteau	July 31, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	^{[Note 1]}		^[7]
†	Danny Davis	August 2, 1992	House show	—	2	^{[Note 2]}	Supposedly won the title somewhere between August 3 and August 24, 1992. Is possible this was Davis using the title he took with him from the GWF when he quit.
†	Brian Christopher	October 5, 1992	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	1	7
†	Danny Davis	October 12, 1992	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	3	7
†	Brian Christopher	October 19, 1992	House show	Memphis, Tennessee	2	4
11	Mike Dahl	October 23, 1992	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	92
12	Alex Pourteau	January 22, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	2	34
13	Calvin Knapp	February 26, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	78		^[8]
—	Vacated	November 3, 1993	—	—	—	—	Vacated for undocumented reasons
14	Alex Pourteau	November 26, 1993	House show	Dallas, Texas	3	86
15	Calvin Knapp	February 20, 1994	House show	N/A	2	^{[Note 3]}
—	Vacated	July 20, 1994	—	—	—	—	Vacated for undisclosed reasons
16	Alex Pourteau	August 20, 1994	House show	Guatemala	4	^{[Note 4]}	Records unclear as to how he won the title or if there was even a match for it
17	Osamu Nishimura	August 26, 1994	House show	Dallas, Texas	1	26
—	Deactivated	September 21, 1994	—	—	—	—	When Global Wrestling Federation closed.

Combined reigns

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days
1	Calvin Knapp	2	268
2	Lightning Kid	2	165
3	Alex Pourteau	4	124-228
4	Mike Dahl	1	92
5	Danny Davis	3	70-91
6	Terry Simms	1	63
7	Jerry Lynn	1	42
8	Osamu Nishimura	1	26
9	Barry Horowitz	2	19
10	Brian Christopher	2	11
11	Ben Jordan	1	7
12	Chaz Taylor	1	2

Footnotes

^ Records are unclear when Porteau lost the championship and also unclear if he lost it to Danny Davis in the USWA in August or not until October. His title reign lasted between 3 and 84 days/
^ Records are unclear when Davis won the championship, putting his title reign lasted between 42 and 63 days/
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is not known, putting Knapp's championship reign at between 1 day and 191 days.
^ The exact date Porteau won the championship is not known, putting his championship reign at between 1 day and 24 days.