NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship

This article is about the NWA middleweight title that CMLL introduced in 2010. For the original NWA middleweight title created in 1939, see NWA World Middleweight Championship.

NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship
A championship belt with a silver front plate
The belt design of all three NWA Historic championships
Details
PromotionConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Date establishedAugust 12, 2010[1]
Current champion(s)Vacant
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Middleweight Championship[2]
Statistics
First champion(s)Averno[1]
Longest reignMístico (6 years, 71 days)
Shortest reignVolador Jr. (45 days)
Oldest championÚltimo Guerrero (43 years, 183 days)
Youngest championLa Sombra (23 years, 78 days)
Heaviest championÚltimo Guerrero (93 kg (205 lb))
Lightest championAverno (73 kg (161 lb))

The NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Medio de la NWA in Spanish) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The official definition of the middleweight weight class in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but is not always strictly enforced. For example, previous NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion Último Guerrero is billed as weighing 95 kg (209 lb). Místico is the current champion, he is the eighth champion overall and he is in his first reign.

For over 62 years CMLL controlled the NWA World Middleweight Championship, even after leaving the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the late 1980s. Up until 2010 the NWA more or less ignored CMLL's use of the championship, but in March 2010 Blue Demon Jr., the president of the newly formed NWA Mexico, sent letters to CMLL, demanding that they stop promoting the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the organization. NWA Mexico had previously tried to reclaim the three NWA-branded championships promoted by CMLL, but was ignored by CMLL. Finally, on August 12, 2010, CMLL debuted the new NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship belt and named Averno, the final CMLL-recognized NWA World Middleweight Champion, as the inaugural champion.

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