NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship

This article is about the current NWA welterweight title that CMLL introduced in 2010. For the original NWA welterweight title created in 1946, see NWA World Welterweight Championship.

NWA World Historic Welterweight 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)Máscara Dorada 2.0
Date wonDecember 15, 2023
Other name(s)
CMLL Historic Welterweight Championship[1]
Statistics
First champion(s)Mephisto[1]
Most reignsVolador Jr. (3 reigns)
Longest reignVolador Jr. (3,645)[2]
Shortest reignLa Sombra (56 days)[2][3]
Oldest championNegro Casas (52 years, 34 days)[a]
Youngest championLa Sombra (21 years, 130 days)[b]
Heaviest championMatt Taven (99 kg (218 lb))[6]
Lightest championMáscara Dorada (80 kg (180 lb))[c]

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".

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.

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference VoladorJr2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LaSombra2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2008 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 69. 2008 Edition.
  5. ^ "Tecnicos – La Sombra". Fuego en el ring (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  6. ^ "Statistics for Professional wrestlers". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 72. 2007 Edition.
  7. ^ マスカラ・ドラダ [Mascara Dorada]. New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2015.


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