List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions

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Current champion Titan Titan (wrestler).jpg
Current champion Titán

The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1992. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. [Note 1] [1] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion. [2] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

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The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Fuerza Guerrera, who defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament that took place on February 15, 1992. In addition to being the first champion, Fuerza Guerrera is the individual to have held the championship the shortest time, at 22 days. Mephisto holds the record for the longest individual title reign, at 1,141 days, as well as the longest combined reign, 2,191 days in total. [G] [3] Titán is the current champion; [4] he is on his first reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion and is the 34th overall champion. He defeated Soberano Jr. on December 8, 2019, to win the title. In 1996, then reigning champion El Pantera planned on leaving CMLL to join their main rival AAA; before doing so he lost the CMLL Welterweight Title to Super Delfin in a match not sanctioned by CMLL. As CMLL knew that Pantera was leaving they used the opportunity to vacate the title, stating that Super Delfin's claim to the title was void. After El Felino became the CMLL-endorsed champion, he defeated Super Delfin to ensure that there was only one undisputed CMLL World Welterweight Champion.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
N/AUnknown information
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1 Fuerza Guerrera  February 15, 1992  Sabados Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  1 22Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament [G]
  2  América  March 8, 1992  Domingos de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 131América later held the title as Pantera and then Pantera II. [G]
  3  El Felino  July 17, 1992 Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  1 308  [G]
  4  Ciclón Ramírez  May 21, 1993 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 313  [G]
  5  El Felino  March 30, 1994 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  2 83  [G]
  6  El Pantera  June 21, 1994 Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  2 633  [G]
— Vacated  March 15, 1996————Championship vacated when Pantera lost the title to Super Delfin without it being sanctioned by CMLL. [G]
  7  Máscara Mágica  May 21, 1996  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 73Defeated El Felino in the finals of a 16-man tournament. [G]
  8 Guerrero de la Muerte August 2, 1996 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  [Note 2]   [G]
  9  Máscara Mágica  January 1998 Live event N/A 2  [Note 3]   [G]
  10  Karloff Lagarde Jr.  February 6, 1998 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 221  [G]
  11 Olímpico  September 15, 1998  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 38  [G]
  12 Halcón Negro October 23, 1998  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 51  [G]
  13 Olímpico  December 13, 1998 Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2 76  [G]
  14 Super Delfin  February 27, 1999 Live event Nagoya, Japan  1 164  [G]
  15 Arkangel de la Muerte  August 10, 1999 Live event Kawasaki, Japan  1  [Note 4]   [G]
  16  Nosawa  January 2001 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  1  [Note 5]   [5]
  17  Pantera II  March 2, 2001 Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  3 31Won the title by forfeit due to Nosawa being injured. [6]
  18  Nosawa  April 2, 2001  Lunes Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  2 172  [7]
  19  El Felino  September 21, 2001  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  3 795  [3]
  20  El Satánico  November 25, 2003  Martes de Coliso Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 91  [8]
  21 Mephisto  February 24, 2004  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 1,141  [9]
  22 Místico  April 10, 2007  Guadalajara Martes Guadalajara, Jalisco  1 710  [10]
  23  Negro Casas  March 20, 2009  Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico  1 536  [11]
  24 Máscara Dorada  September 7, 2010  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1 137  [12]
  25 Ryusuke Taguchi  January 22, 2011  Fantastica Mania 2011 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan  1 147  [13]
  26 Máscara Dorada  June 18, 2011  Dominion 6.18 Osaka, Japan  2 512This was a one fall match. [14]
  27 Pólvora  November 11, 2012  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1 462  [15]
  28 Místico (II)  February 16, 2014  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1 276 Not the same Místico who won the title in 2007. [16]
— Vacated  November 19, 2014————Vacated due to Místico suffering a severe injury from a motorcycle accident. [17]
  29 Máscara Dorada  January 2, 2015  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Mexico  3 351Defeated Negro Casas in the finals of a tournament. [18]
  30  Bushi  December 19, 2015 Road to Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan  1 34This was a one fall match. [19]
  31 Máscara Dorada  January 22, 2016 Fantastica Mania 2016 Tokyo, Japan  4 103This was a one fall match. [20]
  32 Mephisto  May 4, 2016  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2 1,049  [21]
  33 Dragon Lee  March 19, 2019  CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 193  [22] [23]
— Vacated September 28, 2019————Championship vacated when Dragon Lee was fired by CMLL [24]
  34 Titán  December 8, 2019  CMLL Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1 1,499+Defeated Soberano Jr. in a tournament final to win the vacant championship [4] [25]

Combined reigns

Current champion Titan Titan (wrestler).jpg
Current champion Titán

As of January15, 2024.

†Indicates the current champion
¤The exact length of the title reign is uncertain.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined daysRefs.
1 Mephisto 22,191 [9] [10] [21] [22]
2 Titán †11,499+ [4]
3 El Felino 31,186 [G]
4 Máscara Dorada 41,103 [12] [13]
5 Arkangel de la Muerte 1875¤ [G]
6 Pantera II 3795 [G]
7 Místico 1710 [10] [11]
8 Negro Casas 1536 [11] [12]
9Guerrero de la Muerte1517¤ [G]
10 Pólvora 1462 [15] [16]
11 Ciclón Ramírez 1313 [G]
12 Místico (II) 1277 [16] [17]
13 Karloff Lagarde Jr. 1221 [G]
14 Nosawa 2203¤ [G]
15 Dragon Lee 1193 [22]
16 Super Delfin 1164 [G]
17 Ryusuke Taguchi 1147 [13] [14]
18 Olímpico 2114 [G]
19 El Satánico 191 [G]
20 Máscara Mágica 179¤ [G]
21 Bushi 134 [18] [19]
22 Fuerza Guerrera 122 [G]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. ↑ The exact date on which Guerrero de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 517 and 547 days.
  3. ↑ The exact date on which Máscara Magica won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 6 and 36 days and his combined reigns at 79 days, at the least.
  4. ↑ The exact date on which Arkangel de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 875 and 905 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date on which Nosawa won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 30 and 60 days and his combined reigns 203 days, at the least.

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