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IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship
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The IPWA Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship in Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (IPWA). The inaugural champion was Mark "The Shark" Shrader, who defeated Quinn Nash (substituting for Earl the Pearl) in a tournament final on June 7, 1996 to become the first IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion.
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![]() Joey Matthews is a former IPWA Light Heavyweight Champion. | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||||
Date established | June 7, 1996 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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There were 7 officially recognized champions with Julio Sanchez winning the title a record 4-times. He was also its longest reigning champion with his second title reign lasting 273 days. Some of the top "indy cruiserweights" on the East Coast wrestled for the title during its near 6-year history with former champions including Steve Corino, Christian York, and Joey Matthews.