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The NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship (''Campeonato Mundial Historico de Peso Welter de la NWA'' in
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) is a
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championship governed by
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(CMLL). CMLL had held the
NWA World Welterweight Championship The NWA World Welterweight Championship ( es, Campeonato Mundial Welter de NWA) is an inactive professional wrestling championship governed by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and most recently promoted by NWA Mexico. The championship was ori ...
for over 53 years even after leaving the NWA in 1989. In 2010 the
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, represented by
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, 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 and .
Volador Jr. Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a ''Face (professional ...
is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, having defeated
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on August 3, 2018. This is Volador Jr.'s third reign with the title; he is the ninth overall champion. Volador Jr.'s second reign was the longest of any NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, 1,337 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
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matches in Japan.


History

In 1948 the Mexican ''
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'' or
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Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as ''Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre'' (''EMLL'') (''Mexi ...
(EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise") created the
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. When EMLL became a member of the
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(NWA) in 1952 the championship was given the "NWA" prefix and became known as the NWA World Welterweight Championship. In the late 1980s, EMLL left the
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(NWA) to avoid the politics of the NWA. While they left the NWA they did retain control of the NWA World Welterweight Championship as their main championship of the welterweight division. They also promoted the
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as a secondary title in the Welterweight division. In 1992 EMLL changed their name and became known as ''Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre'' (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") to rebrand themselves as a separate entity after leaving the NWA. They added a third welterweight championship to the promotion when they created the
CMLL World Welterweight Championship The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Spanish: ''Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter del CMLL'') is a professional wrestling world championship in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The official ...
on February 15, 1992. After the introduction of the CMLL championship, the then-reigning NWA World Welterweight Championship Misterioso left CMLL, vacating the championship. For the subsequent three years, CMLL did not promote the NWA World Welterweight Championship until bringing it back in the winter of 1995.
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won the championship, holding it until August 1996 where he lost it as part of a tournament to create the
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, eight championships unified as one. from 1996 through 2007 the championship was promoted in Japan, but on November 27, 2007,
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defeated
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to bring the championship back to CMLL. In 2010 the NWA, represented by NWA Mexico president
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, reached out to CMLL and asked them to stop using the NWA-branded championships since they were not part of the NWA. Blue Demon Jr. was in the process of establishing NWA Mexico as a promotion and wanted to use the championship. There had been previous attempts by the NWA to gain back control of the three NWA-branded championships that CMLL used, the welterweight championship as well as the
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and the
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, but in those instances, CMLL had not responded to those requests at all. The promotion did not directly respond to the latest claim; the NWA Welterweight Champion,
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, commented instead, simply stating that the championships belonged to CMLL. Finally, 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 called the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship.


Reigns

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is the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion, having won the title on March 30, 2018, defeating
Volador Jr. Ramón Ibarra Rivera (born January 26, 1981), better known by his ring name Volador Jr., is a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador'' (or professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He portrays a ''Face (professional ...
He is the eight overall champion and the first wrestler from the United States to hold the championship. Volador Jr. and
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are the only two wrestlers to hold the championship twice. Volador Jr's second reign is the longest individual reign while La Sombra's 56-day reign in 2014 is the shortest of all championship reigns. On January 22, 2012, La Sombra became the first champion to defend the NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship outside of Mexico as he defeated Volador Jr. during the CMLL and
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(NJPW) co-promoted
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in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of when he won the championship the first time, La Sombra is the youngest wrestler to win the championship. At at the time of his title win,
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is the oldest wrestler to win the championship.


Rules

As a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a predefined outcome of matches. The Championship is designated as a welterweight title, which means that the championship can officially only be competed for by wrestlers weighing between and . In the 20th century Mexican wrestling enforced the weight divisions more strictly, but in the 21st century the rules have occasionally been ignored for some of the weight divisions. The heaviest welterweight champion on record is
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who was announced as weighing , above the official maximum weight limit. While the heavyweight championship is traditionally considered the most prestigious weight division in professional wrestling, CMLL places more emphasis on the lower weight divisions. All title matches promoted in Mexico take place under best two-out-of-three falls rules, while championship matches promoted in Japan followed the local custom and were only one fall matches.


Title history


Combined reigns

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Footnotes


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