- NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship
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NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship 
Shocker, the 57th and 61st NWA World Light Heavyweight ChampionDetails Current champion(s) Vacated Date won August 12, 2010 Promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) Date established November 6, 1952 Statistics Most reigns Ray Mendoza (6 reigns) First champion(s) Gypsy Joe Longest reign Frank Stojack (1,573 days) Shortest reign Roddy Piper (2 days) Oldest champion Frank Stojack (41 years, 182 days) Youngest champion Gypsy Joe (18 years, 341 days) Heaviest champion Vampiro (260 lb (120 kg)) Lightest champion Tarzan Boy (190 lb (86 kg)) The NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship is a currently inactive professional wrestling championship promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). For the majority of its existence it has been promoted by Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where it was known as the Campeonato Mundial Semi Completo de NWA. It began as an official National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) title and was given to the NWA's Mexican affiliate, Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL), to control. The title was also promoted in NWA's Los Angeles, California circuit until its closure in 1981. The title remained under the control of EMLL even after EMLL pulled out of the Alliance and changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Due to its history, it was considered the most important title in EMLL/CMLL.[1][2] Being 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 light heavyweight weight class in Mexico is between 92 kg (200 lb) and 97 kg (210 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][3]
The first champion was Gypsy Joe, who won the title on November 6, 1952. In 1957 the NWA stripped Frank Stojack of the title for lack of NWA-mandated title defenses, but Stojack kept the physical belt and defended the title for over a year until the NWA regained possession of the actual Championship belt. After Stojack was stripped of the title, the NWA Executive board decided to give Salvador Lutteroth and Empressa Mexican de Lucha Libre control of the championship in 1958.[4] The first champion under Lutteroth's authority was Dory Dixon, who had worked for EMLL for many years. During the late 1970s and early 1980s the title was also defended in the Los Angeles area until that promotion closed in the mid-1980s; from then on the title has only been defended in Mexico.
In March 2010 Blue Demon, Jr., the president of NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, telling them to stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim either; the NWA Welterweight Champion, Mephisto, commented, simply stating that the titles belonged to CMLL.[5] Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship and returned the old title to NWA.[6] NWA has not determined a new champion since receiving the belt back.
There have been a total of 64 reigns shared between 39 wrestlers. Ray Mendoza has held the Championship the highest number of times with six title reigns; Gory Guerrero's two reigns combined come to 1,963 days, the highest total of any champion. Roddy Piper is the champion with the shortest reign, 2 days; while the longest title reign belongs to Frank Stojack with 1,573 days.
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Title history
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Symbol Meaning # The overall championship reign Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed. Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands N/A The specific information is not known — Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign [Note] Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details # Wrestler Reign Date Days
heldLocation Event Notes 1 Gypsy Joe 1 November 6, 1952 277 Des Moines, Iowa Live event Gypsy Joe defeated Johnny Balbo in a decision match to become the inaugural champion. 2 Frank Stojack 1 August 10, 1953 1,573 Spokane, Washington Live event — Vacated — November 30, 1957 — N/A N/A Stojack was stripped of the title due to inactivity. 3 Dory Dixon 1 February 13, 1958 575 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Dixon defeated Al Kashley to win the vacant championship.[4] 4 Ray Mendoza 1 September 11, 1959 323 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 5 Gory Guerrero 1 July 30, 1960 1,102 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 6 Ali Bey 1 August 6, 1963 49 El Paso, Texas Live event 7 Gory Guerrero 2 September 24, 1963 861 Mexico City, Mexico Live event — Vacated — February 1, 1966 — N/A N/A Guerrero was stripped of the title after leaving the promotion; Guerrero kept the physical belt for nine years after being stripped of the championship.[citation needed] 8 Ray Mendoza 2 August 4, 1967 289 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Mendoza defeated Dory Dixon in a tournament final to win the vacant title. 9 Ángel Blanco 1 May 19, 1968 220 Torreón, Coahuila Live event 10 Ray Mendoza 3 December 25, 1968 359 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 11 Coloso Colosetti 1 December 19, 1969 91 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 12 Ray Mendoza 4 March 20, 1970 252 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 13 El Solitario 1 November 27, 1970 476 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 14 David Morgan 1 March 17, 1972 35 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 15 Ray Mendoza 5 April 21, 1972 53 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 16 Alfonso Dantés 1 June 13, 1972 381 Tijuana, Baja California Live event 17 Kim Sung Ho 1 June 29, 1973 175 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 18 Ray Mendoza 6 December 21, 1973 [Note 2] Los Angeles, California Live event — Vacated — February 1974 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Mendoza left EMLL to form the Universal Wrestling Association. 19 Dr. Wagner 1 September 22, 1974 523 Mexico City, Mexico EMLL 41st Anniversary Show Dr. Wagner defeated El Halcon in a tournament final to win the vacant title. 20 Adorable Rubí 1 February 27, 1976 231 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 21 Carlos Plata 1 July 16, 1976 100 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 22 Alfonso Dantés 2 October 24, 1976 110 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 23 Chavo Guerrero 1 February 11, 1977 30 Los Angeles, California Live event 24 Roddy Piper 1 March 13, 1977 2 California Live event 25 Chavo Guerrero 2 March 15, 1977 6 Los Angeles, California Live event 26 Alfonso Dantés 3 April 21, 1977 407 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 27 El Faraón 1 June 2, 1978 193 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 28 Pak Choo 1 December 8, 1978 145 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 29 Alfonso Dantés 4 April 30, 1979 265 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 30 Raul Mata 1 January 20, 1980 330 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 31 Alfonso Dantés 5 December 15, 1980 112 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 32 Tony Salazar 1 April 3, 1981 353 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 33 David Morgan 2 March 22, 1982 11 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 34 Máscara Año 2000 1 April 2, 1982 228 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 35 El Faraón 2 November 16, 1982 60 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 36 Ringo Mendoza 1 January 15, 1983 194 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 37 El Satánico 1 July 28, 1983 87 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 38 Ringo Mendoza 2 October 23, 1983 479 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 39 MS-1 1 February 13, 1985 39 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 40 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. 1 June 21, 1985 637 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 41 MS-1 2 March 20, 1987 65 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 42 Cien Caras 1 June 24, 1987 270 Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico State Live event 43 Lizmark 1 March 20, 1988 96 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 44 Fabuloso Blondy 1 June 24, 1988 168 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 45 Lizmark 2 December 9, 1988 224 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 46 El Satánico 2 July 21, 1989 92 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 47 Pirata Morgan 1 October 21, 1989 116 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 48 Fabuloso Blondy 2 February 14, 1990 35 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 49 Lizmark 3 March 21, 1990 249 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 50 El Satánico 3 November 25, 1990 157 León, Guanajuato Live event 51 Lizmark 4 May 1, 1991 340 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 52 El Satánico 4 April 5, 1992 111 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL Domingos Arena Mexico 53 Apolo Dantés 1 July 25, 1992 243 Puebla, Puebla Live event 54 Jaque Mate 1 March 25, 1993 619 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 55 El Dandy 1 December 4, 1994 681 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 56 Black Warrior 1 October 15, 1996 201 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 57 Shocker 1 May 4, 1997 310 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 58 Black Warrior 2 March 10, 1998 727 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 59 Tarzan Boy 1 March 6, 2000 [Note 3] Puebla, Puebla Live event — Vacated — 2003 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when Tarzan Boy was unable to defend the championship due to injury.[7] 60 Vampiro Canadiense 1 February 9, 2003 450 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Vampiro defeated Tarzan Boy in a decision match for the vacant title.[7] 61 Shocker 2 May 3, 2004 [Note 4] Puebla, Puebla Live event [8] — Vacated — 2005 — N/A N/A CMLL stripped Shocker of the title when he did not appear for a scheduled title defense.[9] 62 Dr. Wagner, Jr. 1 April 17, 2005 461 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL Domingos De Coliseo Dr. Wagner, Jr. defeated Último Guerrero in a decision match for the vacant title.[9] 63 Atlantis 1 July 22, 2006 988 Mexico City, Mexico CMLL Super Viernes [10] 64 El Texano, Jr. 1 April 5, 2009 494 Guadalajara, Jalisco CMLL Guadalajara Domingos Title renamed the NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship on August 12, 2010.[11] — Vacated — August 12, 2010 — N/A N/A The championship was vacated when CMLL returned it to NWA.[12] Reigns by combined length
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Symbol Meaning † Indicates the current champion ¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. + Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion. Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days 1 Gory Guerrero 2 1,963 2 Ray Mendoza 6 1,318¤
[Note 2]3 Alfonso Dantés 5 1,275 4 Apolo Dantés 1 1,098 5 Tarzan Boy 1 1,031¤
[Note 3]6 Atlantis 1 988 7 Black Warrior 2 928 8 Lizmark 4 909 9 El Dandy 1 681 10 Ringo Mendoza 2 673 11 Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. 1 637 12 Jaque Mate 1 619 13 Dory Dixon 1 575 14 Shocker 3 553¤
[Note 4]15 Dr. Wagner 1 523 16 Fabuloso Blondy 2 511 17 El Texano, Jr. 1 494 18 El Solitario 1 476 19 Dr. Wagner, Jr. 1 461 20 Vampiro Canadiense 1 450 21 El Satánico 4 447 22 Tony Salazar 1 353 23 Raul Mata 1 330 24 Gypsy Joe 1 277 25 Cien Caras 1 270 26 El Faraón 2 253 27 Adorable Rubí 1 231 28 Máscara Año 2000 1 228 29 Ángel Blanco 1 220 30 Kim Sung Ho 1 175 31 Pak Choo 1 145 32 Pirata Morgan 1 116 33 MS-1 1 104 34 Carlos Plata 1 100 35 Coloso Colosetti 1 91 36 Ali Bey 1 49 37 David Morgan 2 46 38 Chavo Guerrero 2 36 39 Roddy Piper 1 2 Footnotes
- ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (170 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
- ^ a b The exact date on which Ray Mendoza vacated the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 42 and 69 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which Tarzan Boy vacated the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1,031 and 1,069 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which Shocker vacates the title is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 243 and 348 days.
- The NWA endorced another NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in New Jersey in 1997 and 1998, referred to as the "New Jersey version"; this short-lived title was not connected to the CMLL version.[13]
References
- General source for title changes before 2000
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "Mexico: EMLL NWA World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 389. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Specific
- ^ Various (2005). "Pastor y Luchador / Both a priest and a wrestler". Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.. pp. 191–194. ISBN 968-6842-48-9.
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). "Ángel Blanco". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 102–105. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (in Spanish) (PDF). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F.. http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Estatal/ESTADO%20DE%20MEXICO/Reglamentos/MEXREG004.pdf. Retrieved July 27, 2009. "Articulo 242: "Super medio 92 kilos / Semi Completo 97 kilos""[dead link]
- ^ a b Hornbaker, Tim (2007). "Distinguished Wrestling Champions". National Wrestling Alliance: the untold story of the monopoly that strangled pro wrestling. ECW Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
- ^ Ruiz Glez, Alex (March 12, 2010). "Mephisto responde a Blue Demon Jr.: “No tengo que entrar a ninguna eliminatoria porque yo soy el campeón…”" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. http://superluchas.net/2010/03/12/mephisto-responde-a-blue-demon-jr-%E2%80%9Cno-tengo-que-entrar-a-ninguna-eliminatoria-porque-yo-soy-el-campeon-%E2%80%9D/. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ "Campeones" (in Spanish). Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. http://www.cmll.com/04_campeones/camp_nac_nwa.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
- ^ a b SuperLuchas staff (January 5, 2004). "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2003" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. 40.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (January 24, 2005). "Número Especial – Lo mejr de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2004" (in Spanish). Super Luchas. 91.
- ^ a b SuperLuchas staff (January 3, 2006). "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. 140.
- ^ SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. 192. http://superluchas.net/?p=44. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ Ocampo, Jorge (April 13, 2009). "Texanito derrota Atlantis" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas. issue 310.
- ^ Boutwell, Josh (August 20, 2010). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. http://vip.wrestleview.com/viewnews.php?id=1282333662. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "New Jersey: NWA Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 53. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
External links
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- Championships promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Cruiserweight wrestling championships
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