- Mexican National Welterweight Championship
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Mexican National Heavyweight Championship
Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter
Rey Misterio, Jr., the 52nd Mexican National Welterweight ChampionDetails Current champion(s) Pólvora Date won July 15, 2011 Promotion Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (Sanctioning body)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (–1992, 1998–current)
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1992–1998)Date established June 17, 1934 Statistics Most reigns Karloff Lagarde (4 reigns) First champion(s) Mario Nuñez Longest reign Karloff Lagarde (1,859 days) Shortest reign Psicosis (2 days) The Mexican National Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). While the commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events at which the title is defended. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotes the events and has the every day control of the championship.[Note 1] The official definition of the welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 77 kg (170 lb) and 87 kg (190 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 2][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] 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 Championship was created in 1934, making it one of the oldest titles still promoted and older than any title promoted in the United States, Canada or Japan.[3] Documentation is unclear on the details of the tournament other than that Mario Nuñez won the title by defeating Tony Canales in the final on June 17, 1934. In the early days of the championship no single professional wrestling promotion had exclusive control of the championship, but as Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; later renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) became dominant it became the main promoter of the championship, with the Commission pre-approving the champions. After El Felino vacated the title in 1992, control of the championship was granted to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which promoted the title for the next six years. In 1998 control of the Welterweight Championship was returned to CMLL when Arkangel de la Muerte defeated El Toreo on a CMLL show. Since then the title has been promoted exclusively by CMLL.
Karloff Lagarde holds all "longevity" records for the championship. He has had the longest individual reign (1,859 days), the longest combined reign (2,731 days) and the most reigns of any champion, with four. Psicosis holds the record for the shortest reign, having held the title for only two days.[Note 3] The current champion is Pólvora, who has held the title since July 15, 2011, having defeated Valiente.[4] Pólvora is the 69th overall champion, it is his first title reign and he is the 51st person to hold the championship.
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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 — Used for vacated reigns N/A The specific information is not known. (n) Used to indicate that the title change took place "no later than"[Note 4] + Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion # Wrestler Reign Date Days
heldLocation Event Notes 1 Mario Nuñez 1 June 17, 1934 [Note 5] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Tony Canales to become the first champion — Vacated N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 2 Tarzán López 1 March 11, 1936 [Note 6] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Dientes Hernández — Vacated N/A 1939 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 3 Bobby Arreola 1 February 3, 1940 [Note 7] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Won a tournament final — Vacated N/A 1940 N/A N/A N/A Arreola was stripped of the title due to injury 4 Lobo Negro 1 April 6, 1941 231 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Bobby Bonales in a tournament final 5 Jack O'Brien 1 November 23, 1941 98 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 6 Ciclón Veloz 1 March 1, 1942 357 Puebla, Puebla Live event 7 El Santo 1 February 21, 1943 362 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 8 Jack O'Brien 2 February 18, 1944 427 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 9 Gory Guerrero 1 April 20, 1945 309 Mexico City, Mexico Live event — Vacated N/A February 23, 1946 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Guerrero won the NWA World Middleweight Championship 10 El Santo 2 1950 (n) [Note 8] N/A Live event Records unclear as to who Santo defeated, as well as when and where 11 Blue Demon 1 September 25, 1953 [Note 9] Mexico City, Mexico Live event — Vacated N/A 1953 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 12 Jalisco Gonzalez 1 April 6, 1956 538 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Defeated El Enfermero in a tournament final 13 Karloff Lagarde 1 March 2, 1957 1,859 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 14 Blue Demon 2 April 4, 1962 24 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 15 Karloff Lagarde 2 April 28, 1962 [Note 10] Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event — Vacated N/A 1963 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated, as Lagarde already held the NWA World Welterweight Championship 16 Javier Escobedo 1 November 15, 1963 [Note 11] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Halcón Dorado in a tournament final — Vacated N/A 1964 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Escobedo died in an automobile accident 17 Rizado Ruiz 1 April 13, 1964 355 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Black Shadow in a tournament final 18 Huracán Ramírez 1 April 3, 1965 309 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 19 Alberto Muñoz 1 February 6, 1966 979 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event — Vacated N/A October 20, 1968 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Muñoz won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship 20 Huracán Ramírez 2 June 14, 1969 87 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 21 Karloff Lagarde 3 September 9, 1969 329 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 22 Huracán Ramírez 3 August 4, 1970 808 N/A Live event 23 Karloff Lagarde 4 October 20, 1972 295 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 24 El Marquez 1 August 11, 1973 53 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 25 Fishman 1 October 3, 1973 577 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event — Vacated N/A May 3, 1975 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons 26 Fishman 1 October 12, 1975 180 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Defeated Alberto Muñoz in a tournament final — Vacated N/A April 9, 1976 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Fishman won the NWA World Welterweight Championship 27 Blue Demon 3 July 30, 1976 212 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Mano Negra in a tournament final 28 Fishman 3 February 27, 1977 211 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 29 Kung Fu 1 September 26, 1977 154 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 30 Américo Rocca 1 February 7, 1978 70 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 31 Lizmark 1 April 18, 1978 711 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 32 Américo Rocca 2 March 29, 1980 217 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 33 Franco Columbo 1 November 1, 1980 92 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 34 El Supremo 1 February 1, 1981 422 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event 35 Talismán 1 March 30, 1982 227 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 36 Mocho Cota 1 November 12, 1982 265 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 37 Chamaco Valaguez 1 August 4, 1983 357 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event — Vacated N/A July 26, 1984 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Valaquez won the NWA World Welterweight Championship 38 Talismán 2 August 19, 1984 222 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Américo Rocca in a tournament final 39 Américo Rocca 3 March 29, 1985 156 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 40 El Dandy 1 September 1, 1985 77 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event — Vacated N/A November 17, 1985 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after El Dandy won the NWA World Welterweight Championship 41 Fuerza Guerrera 1 December 3, 1985 [Note 12] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Javier Cruz — Vacated N/A August 1986 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Fuerza Guerrera left EMLL 42 Símbolo 1 January 27, 1987 173 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Solar II in a tournament final 43 Águila Solitaria 1 July 19, 1987 605 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 44 Bestia Salvaje 1 September 3, 1988 388 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 45 Ángel Azteca 1 February 26, 1989 61 N/A Live event — Vacated N/A April 28, 1989 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Ángel Azteca won the NWA World Middleweight Championship 46 Ciclón Ramírez 1 May 21, 1989 430 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Bestia Salvaje in a tournament final 47 Canelo Casas 1 July 25, 1990 203 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event 48 Ciclón Ramírez 2 February 13, 1991 508 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 49 El Felino 1 July 5, 1992 11 Mexico City, Mexico Live event — Vacated N/A July 16, 1992 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after El Felino won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship 50 Ciclón Ramírez 3 August 16, 1992 45 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Fantasma de la Quebrada in a tournament final 51 Fantasma de la Quebrada 1 September 30, 1992 28 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 52 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 October 28, 1992 121 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Live event 53 Heavy Metal 2 February 26, 1993 245 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Previously held the title as "Canelo Casas" 54 El Hijo del Santo 1 October 29, 1993 475 Mexico City, Mexico Live event El Hijo del Santo's WWA World Welterweight Championship was also at stake 55 Psicosis 1 February 16, 1995 336 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Live event 56 Ultraman 2000 1 January 18, 1996 61 Tijuana, Baja California Live event — Vacated N/A March 19, 1996 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated when Ultraman 2000 changed his identity to Damián 666 57 Psicosis 2 February 14, 1997 2 Xochimilco, Mexico Live event Defeated Super Elektra in a tournament final 58 El Salsero 1 February 16, 1997 117 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event 59 Nygma 1 June 13, 1997 42 Xochimilco, Mexico Live event 60 El Torero 1 July 25, 1997 427 Cuautitlán, Mexico Live event 61 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 September 25, 1998 178 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event 62 Astro Rey, Jr. 1 March 22, 1999 581 Puebla, Puebla Live event 63 Karloff Lagarde, Jr. 1 October 23, 2000 176 Puebla, Puebla Live event 64 Tigre Blanco 1 April 17, 2001 693 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 65 Doctor X 1 March 11, 2003 794 Mexico City, Mexico Live event 66 La Máscara 1 May 13, 2005 583 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [5] 67 Sangre Azteca 1 December 17, 2006 973 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [6] 68 Valiente 1 August 16, 2009 698 Mexico City, Mexico Live event [7] 69 Pólvora 1 July 15, 2011 113+ Mexico City, Mexico Live event [4] 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 Karloff Lagarde 4 2,731¤
[Note 10]2 El Hijo del Santo 2 1,474¤
[Note 8]3 Huracán Ramírez 3 1,204 4 Tarzán López 1 1,026¤
[Note 6]5 Ciclón Ramírez 3 983 6 Alberto Muñoz 1 979 7 Fishman 3 968 8 Sangre Azteca 1 973 9 Doctor X 1 794 10 El Torero 1 792 11 Lizmark 1 711 12 Valiente 1 698 13 Tigre Blanco 1 693 14 Águila Solitaria 1 605 15 La Máscara 1 583 16 Astro Rey, Jr. 1 581 17 Jalisco Gonzalez 1 538 18 Jack O'Brien 2 525 19 Talismán 2 449 20 Heavy Metal 2 448 21 Américo Rocca 3 443 22 El Supremo 1 422 23 Blue Demon 3 416¤
[Note 9]24 Bestia Salvaje 1 388 25 El Santo 1 362 26 Chamaco Valaguez 1 357 27 Ciclón Veloz 1 357 28 Rizado Ruiz 1 355 29 Psicosis 2 338 30 Gory Guerrero 1 309 31 Mocho Cota 1 265 32 Fuerza Guerrera 1 241¤
[Note 12]33 Lobo Negro 1 231 34 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 178 35 Karloff Lagarde, Jr. 1 176 36 Símbolo 1 173 37 Kung Fu 1 154 38 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 121 39 El Salsero 1 117 40 Franco Columbo 1 92 41 El Dandy 1 77 42 Ángel Azteca 1 61 43 Ultraman 2000 1 61 44 El Marquez 1 53 45 Javier Excobar 1 45¤
[Note 11]46 Nygma 1 42 47 Fantasma de la Quebrada 1 28 48 El Felino 1 11 49 Pólvora † 1 113+ 50 Bobby Arreola 1 1¤
[Note 7]51 Mario Nuñez N/A 1¤
[Note 5]Footnotes
- ^ In this statement, "control" refers to the every day use of the championship, determining which storylines the championship is being used in, who gets to challenge for it and how to use it in a public relations sense.
- ^ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with an 87 kg (190 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
- ^ Bobby Arreola and Mario Nuñez have reigns that could potentially be shorter than two days, Psicosis two-day regin is the shortest documented reign.
- ^ This is indicated when no specific date of the title change is found but a record of the new champion defending the championship.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 632 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1,026 and 1,390 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 332 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 999 and 1,363 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 97 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 248 and 565 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 45 and 147 days.
- ^ a b The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 241 and 271 days.
References
- General source for title history before December 2004
- Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales" (in Spanish). Lucha 2000. Especial 21.
- Specific
- ^ 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 September 5, 2009. "Articulo 242: "Welter 77 kilos / Medio 87 kilos""[dead link]
- ^ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 8–438. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ a b Rodríguez, Édgar (July 16, 2011). "Pólvora, nuevo Campeón Welter". Récord. http://www.record.com.mx/luchalibre/2011-07-16/polvora-nuevo-campeon-welter. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
- ^ 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/2006/12/23/super-luchas-193/. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ Mendoza, Gabriela (August 16, 2009). "El Valiente es nuevo Campeón Welter" (in Spanish). Récord.com.mx. http://www.record.com.mx/tmf/el-valiente-es-nuevo-campeon-welter.html. Retrieved August 17, 2009.[dead link]
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