The IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship (''Campeonato Intercontinental Welter IWRG'' in

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) is a

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promoted by the Mexican wrestling promotion

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(IWRG) since 1998. The official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between and , but the weight limits are not always strictly adhered to. Because Lucha Libre puts more emphasis on the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of the

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. The first Welterweight champion was

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, winning the title on March 1, 1998, in a tournament final against Shiima Nobunaga. Tonalli is the current champion, having defeated Jessy Ventura for the title on December 25, 2022. Tonalli is the 39th overall champion and the 21st person to have held the championship.

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is the person with most title reigns, a total of seven. He also has the distinction of having the shortest reign (at seven days) and the longest reign (1,246 days). As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship was not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers. On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline, or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship, or leaving the company.

Title history

Combined reigns

As of , .

Footnotes

References

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External links

IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship
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