NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship

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NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship
NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship.jpg
The belt design of all three NWA Historic championships
Details
Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedAugust 12, 2010 [1]
Current champion(s) Máscara Dorada 2.0
Date wonDecember 15, 2023
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship [1]
Statistics
First champion(s) Mephisto [1]
Most reigns Volador Jr. (3 reigns)
Longest reign Volador Jr. (3,743) [2]
Shortest reign La Sombra (56 days) [2] [3]
Oldest champion Negro Casas (52 years, 34 days) [lower-alpha 1]
Youngest champion La Sombra (21 years, 130 days) [lower-alpha 2]
Heaviest champion Matt Taven (99 kg (218 lb)) [6]
Lightest champion Máscara Dorada (80 kg (180 lb)) [lower-alpha 3]

The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Welter de la NWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship governed by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). CMLL had held the NWA World Welterweight Championship for over 53 years even after leaving the NWA in 1989. In 2010 the National Wrestling Alliance, represented by Blue Demon Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL telling them to stop promoting NWA-branded championships since CMLL was not part of the NWA any longer. On August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship belt and named Mephisto, the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Welterweight Champion, as the inaugural champion. The championship was initially announced as the CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship, but when the belt was unveiled, it was labelled the "NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship".

Contents

In Mexico, the lucha libre commission's definition of the welterweight weight class is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb). Rocky Romero is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, having defeated Volador Jr. on January 20, 2023. This is Romero's first reign with the title; he is the tenth overall champion. Volador Jr.'s third reign was the longest of any NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion at 1,631 days. All title matches take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules when they take place in Mexico, but has been defended in single fall matches in Japan.

History

Mephisto, the last NWA World Welterweight Champion Mephisto CMLL.jpg
Mephisto, the last NWA World Welterweight Champion

In 1948 the Mexican lucha libre or professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") created the World Welterweight Championship. [lower-alpha 4] When EMLL became a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1952 the championship was given the "NWA" prefix and became known as the NWA World Welterweight Championship. In the late 1980s, EMLL left the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to avoid the politics of the NWA. [lower-alpha 5] While they left the NWA they did retain control of the NWA World Welterweight Championship as their main championship of the welterweight division. They also promoted the Mexican National Welterweight Championship as a secondary title in the Welterweight division. [lower-alpha 6] In 1992 EMLL changed their name and became known as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to rebrand themselves as a separate entity after leaving the NWA. [lower-alpha 7] They added a third welterweight championship to the promotion when they created the CMLL World Welterweight Championship on February 15, 1992. [12]

After the introduction of the CMLL championship, the then-reigning NWA World Welterweight Championship Misterioso left CMLL, vacating the championship. [lower-alpha 8] For the subsequent three years, CMLL did not promote the NWA World Welterweight Championship until bringing it back in the winter of 1995. Negro Casas won the championship, holding it until August 1996 where he lost it as part of a tournament to create the J-Crown, eight championships unified as one. [13] from 1996 through 2007 the championship was promoted in Japan, but on November 27, 2007, La Sombra defeated Hajime Ohara to bring the championship back to CMLL. [14]

In 2010 the NWA, represented by NWA Mexico president Blue Demon Jr., reached out to CMLL and asked them to stop using the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. Blue Demon Jr. was in the process of establishing NWA Mexico as a promotion and wanted to use the championship. [lower-alpha 9] There had been previous attempts by the NWA to gain back control of the three NWA-branded championships that CMLL used, the welterweight championship as well as the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Middleweight Championship, but in those instances, CMLL had not responded to those requests at all. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented instead, simply stating that the championships belonged to CMLL. [lower-alpha 10] Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship belt and named Mephisto, the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Welterweight Champion, as the inaugural champion. [1] The championship was initially announced as the CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship, [1] but when the belt was unveiled, it was called the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. [1]

Reigns

La Sombra, the youngest wrestler to win the championship La Sombra.jpg
La Sombra, the youngest wrestler to win the championship

Máscara Dorada 2.0 is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, having won the title on December 15, 2023, defeating Rocky Romero He is the eleventh overall champion. Volador Jr. and La Sombra are the only two wrestlers to hold the championship at least twice. Volador Jr's second reign is the longest individual reign while La Sombra's 56-day reign in 2014 is the shortest of all championship reigns. [3] [2] On January 22, 2012, La Sombra became the first champion to defend the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship outside of Mexico as he defeated Volador Jr. during the CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) co-promoted Fantastica Mania 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 12]

At the age of 21 years, 130 days when he won the championship the first time, La Sombra is the youngest wrestler to win the championship. [5] At 52 years, 34 days at the time of his title win, Negro Casas is the oldest wrestler to win the championship. [4]

Rules

As a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a predefined outcome of matches. [lower-alpha 13] The Championship is designated as a welterweight title, which means that the championship can officially only be competed for by wrestlers weighing between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb). [lower-alpha 14] In the 20th century Mexican wrestling enforced the weight divisions more strictly, but in the 21st century the rules have occasionally been ignored for some of the weight divisions. The heaviest welterweight champion on record is Mephisto who was announced as weighing 90 kg (200 lb), 12 kg (26 lb) above the official maximum weight limit. [6] While the heavyweight championship is traditionally considered the most prestigious weight division in professional wrestling, CMLL places more emphasis on the lower weight divisions. [lower-alpha 15] All title matches promoted in Mexico take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules, [lower-alpha 16] while championship matches promoted in Japan followed the local custom and were only one fall matches. [17] [18]

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Mephisto August 12, 2010Press conference at Arena México Mexico City 1213Mephisto was the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Welterweight Champion and was thus named the first NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion. [1]
2 La Sombra March 13, 2011Domingo Familiar Mexico City 1337 [lower-alpha 17]
3 Negro Casas February 13, 2012 Live event Puebla, Puebla 1475 [lower-alpha 18]
4 Máscara Dorada June 2, 2013 Sin Salida Mexico City 1170 [lower-alpha 19]
5 Volador Jr. November 19, 2013Martes Popular Mexico City 1199 [lower-alpha 20]
6 La Sombra June 6, 2014 Super Viernes Mexico City 256This match was also for La Sombra's NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship. [lower-alpha 21]
7 Volador Jr. August 1, 2014 El Juicio Final Mexico City 21,337 [lower-alpha 22]
8 Matt Taven March 30, 2018 Super Viernes Mexico City 1126
9 Volador Jr. August 3, 2018 Negro Casas 40th Anniversary Show Mexico City 31,631 [26]
10 Rocky Romero January 20, 2023 Super Viernes Mexico City 1328 [27]
11 Máscara Dorada 2.0 December 15, 2023 Super Viernes Mexico City 1320+

Combined reigns

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Negro Casas, the oldest wrestler to win the championship
Key
†Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined
days		Ref(s).
1 Volador Jr. 33167 [2] [3] [25]
2 Negro Casas 1475 [23] [24]
3 La Sombra 2393 [2] [3] [22] [23]
4 Rocky Romero 1328
5 Máscara Dorada 2.0 †1320+
6 Mephisto 1213 [1] [22]
7 Máscara Dorada 1170 [24]
8 Matt Taven 1126

Footnotes

  1. ↑ PWI Almanac p. 69: "Date of birth: January 10, 1960" [4]
  2. ↑ "Fuego en el Ring": "Fecha de nacimiento: 03 de Noviembre de 1983" ("Date of Birth: November 3, 1983") [5]
  3. ↑ NJPW: "体重 80kg" ("Weight 80 kg") [7]
  4. ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 390, Chapter name "EMLL NWA Welterweight Title" [8]
  5. ↑ Hornbakker (2006) p 305: "EMLL was a member of the NWA from 1952 to 1986, and Lutteroth controlled the Alliance world light heavyweight, middleweight and welterweight titles." [9]
  6. ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 392 chapter name "Mexico: National Welterweight Title [10]
  7. ↑ Madigan "in the late 1980s EMLL withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance" [11]
  8. ↑ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 390 "Vacant in 92/05 when Misterioso leaves EMLL." [8]
  9. ↑ Súper Luchas (March 4, 2010): "Blue Demon Jr. informó que NWA México desconoce los títulos mundiales que tienen los elementos del CMLL" ("Blue Demon Jr. Reported that NWA Mexico does not recognize the world championships controlled by CMLL") [15]
  10. ↑ Súper Luchas (March 12, 2010): "esos campeonatos siempre han estado en luchadores del CMLL" ("those championships have always belonged to CMLL wrestlers") [16]
  11. ↑ NJPW (January 22, 2012): "メインイベントは、現在のCMLLでトップ2と言われるラ・ソンブラとボラドール・ジュニアが、NWA世界ヒストリック・ウェルター王座を懸けて激突。" ("In the main event, La Sombra and Volador Jr., who are said to currently be the top 2 in CMLL, met in a match for the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship. ") [17]
  12. ↑ Súper Luchas (January 22, 2012): "NWA World Historic Welterweight Title: La Sombra (c) vence a Volador Jr. (21:47) con un Moonsault Press defendiendo el título." ("NWA World Historic Welterweight Title: La Sombra (c) defeated Volador Jr. (21:47) with a Moonsault Press defending the title.") [18]
  13. ↑ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win–loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities - but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters" [19]
  14. ↑ Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre p. 42 "Welter77 kilos" ("Welterweight 77 Kilos") [20]
  15. ↑ Madigan (2007): "Traditionally the heavyweight division was not considered the biggest draw, nor the most important division in Mexico" [21]
  16. ↑ Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre p. 44 "ARTICULO 258.- Cada combate de lucha libre tendrá como limite tres caídas; cada caída será sin limite de tiempo, ganará quien obtenga dos caídas de las tres en disputa" ("ARTICLE 258.- Each wrestling match shall have as limit three falls; Each fall will be without time limit. The winner will be the one to first obtain two of the three falls in the match,") [20]
  17. ↑ Súper Luchas (March 14, 2011): "5.- Campeonato mundial histórico NWA peso Welter: Sombra nuevo campeón al vencer a Mephisto" ("5 NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship Sombra became the new champion with a victory over Mephisto") [22]
  18. ↑ Cinco Radio: "obtuvo el histórico campeonato mundial welter de la NWA" ("he won the historic NWA welterweight championship ") [23]
  19. ↑ CMLL (June 3, 2013): "El Campeonato Mundial Histórico NWA de Peso Welter tiene un nuevo dueño: Máscara Dorada." ("The NWA Welterweight World Championship has a new owner: Máscara Dorada") [24]
  20. ↑ CMLL (November 20, 2013): "uego de haber transcurridos varios minutos y con una caída por bando, Máscara Dorada no pudo soportar más y tras ser impactado de forma brutal con un Canadian Destroyer perdió el título" ("After several minutes and with a fall by side, Máscara Dorada could not take any more and after being brutally hit with a Canadian Destroyer lost the title") [25]
  21. ↑ CMLL (June 6, 2014): "Pero al final con la ayuda de Rush y La Máscara; La Sombra se convierte en doble campeón." ("in the end with the help of Rush and La Máscara; La Sombra becomes a double champion") [3]
  22. ↑ CMLL (August 2, 2014): "pero Volador reaccionó y clavó a La Sombra en la lona, el toque de espaldas fue inminente. Hay nuevo Campeón." ("but Volador reacted and drove La Sombra into the canvas, the pinfall followed. There is new Champion.") [2]

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