List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions

A masked wrestler, Místico, wearing a silver colored mask trunks, posing on the turnbuckles during a wrestling event
Místico, the 22nd CMLL World Welterweight Champion

The CMLL World Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Mundial de Peso Welter CMLL in Spanish) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling-based promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) since 1992. As it is 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 official definition of the Welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 70 kg (150 lb) and 78 kg (172 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 1][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] All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

The first champion to be recognized by CMLL was Fuerza Guerrera, who defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament that took place on February 15, 1992. In addition to being the first champion, Fuerza Guerrera is the individual to have held the championship the shortest time, at 22 days. Mephisto holds the record for longest individual title reign, at 1,141 days, while El Felino's three reigns give him the longest combined reign, 1,186 days in total.[G][3] Mephisto is the champion; he is on his second reign as CMLL World Welterweight Champion, and is the 32nd overall champion. He defeated Máscara Dorada on May 3, 2016, to win the title.[4] In 1996, then reigning champion El Pantera planned on leaving CMLL to join their main rival AAA; before doing so he lost the CMLL Welterweight Title to Super Delfin in a match not sanctioned by CMLL. As CMLL knew that Pantera was leaving they used the opportunity to vacate the title, stating that Super Delfin's claim to the title was void. After El Felino became the CMLL-endorsed champion, he defeated Super Delfin to ensure that there was only one undisputed CMLL World Welterweight Champion.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
 1  Fuerza Guerrera  February 15, 1992  Sabados Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  1  22 Defeated El Khalifa in the finals of a four-man tournament [G]
  2  América  March 8, 1992  Domingos de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  131 América later held the title as Pantera and then Pantera II. [G]
  3  El Felino  July 17, 1992  Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  1  308   [G]
  4  Ciclón Ramírez  May 21, 1993  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  313   [G]
  5  El Felino  March 30, 1994  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  2  83   [G]
  6  El Pantera  June 21, 1994  Live event Cuernavaca, Morelos  2  633   [G]
— Vacated  March 15, 1996 — — — — Championship vacated when Pantera lost the title to Super Delfin without it being sanctioned by CMLL. [G]
  7  Máscara Mágica  May 21, 1996  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  73 Defeated El Felino in the finals of a 16-man tournament. [G]
  8  Guerrero de la Muerte  August 2, 1996  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  [Note 2]   [G]
  9  Máscara Mágica  January 1998  Live event N/A  2  [Note 3]   [G]
  10  Karloff Lagarde, Jr.  February 6, 1998  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  221   [G]
  11  Olímpico  September 15, 1998  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  38   [G]
  12  Halcón Negro  October 23, 1998  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  51   [G]
  13  Olímpico  December 13, 1998  Live event Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  76   [G]
  14  Super Delfin  February 27, 1999  Live event Nagoya, Japan  1  164   [G]
  15  Arkangel de la Muerte  August 10, 1999  Live event Kawasaki, Japan  1  [Note 4]   [G]
  16  Nosawa  January 2001  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  1  [Note 5]   [5]
  17  Pantera II  March 2, 2001  Live event Acapulco, Guerrero  3  31 Won the title by forfeit due to Nosawa being injured. [6]
  18  Nosawa  April 2, 2001  Lunes Arena Puebla Puebla, Puebla  2  172   [7]
  19  El Felino  September 21, 2001  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Distrito Federal  3  795   [3]
  20  El Satánico  November 25, 2003  Martes de Coliso Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  91   [8]
  21  Mephisto  February 24, 2004  Martes de Coliseo Mexico City, Distrito Federal  1  1,141   [9]
  22  Místico  April 10, 2007  Guadalajara Martes Guadalajara, Jalisco  1  710   [10]
  23  Negro Casas  March 20, 2009  Homenaje a Dos Leyendas Mexico City, Mexico  1  536   [11]
  24  Máscara Dorada  September 7, 2010  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  137   [12]
  25  Ryusuke Taguchi  January 22, 2011  Fantastica Mania 2011 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan  1  147   [13]
  26  Máscara Dorada  June 18, 2011  Dominion 6.18 Osaka, Japan  2  512 This was a one fall match. [14]
  27  Pólvora  November 11, 2012  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  462   [15]
  28  Místico (II)  February 16, 2014  Domingos Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico  1  276  Not the same Místico who won the title in 2007. [16]
— Vacated  November 19, 2014 — — — — Vacated due to Místico suffering a severe injury from a motorcycle accident. [17]
  29  Máscara Dorada  January 2, 2015  CMLL Super Viernes Mexico City, Mexico  3  351 Defeated Negro Casas in the finals of a tournament. [18]
  30  Bushi  December 19, 2015  Road to Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan  1  34 This was a one fall match. [19]
  31  Máscara Dorada  January 22, 2016  Fantastica Mania 2016 Tokyo, Japan  4  103 This was a one fall match. [20]
  32  Mephisto  May 4, 2016  CMLL Martes Arena Mexico Mexico City, Distrito Federal  2  892   [4]

Championship reigns by combined length

Key
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
days		 Ref(s).
1 Mephisto † 2 2,033+ [9][10][4]
2 El Felino 3 1,186 [G]
3 Máscara Dorada 4 1,103 [12][13][14][15][18][19][20][4]
4 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 875¤
[Note 4]		 [G]
5 Pantera II 3 795 [G]
6 Místico 1 710 [10][11]
7 Negro Casas 1 536 [11][12]
8 Guerrero de la Muerte 1 517¤
[Note 2]		 [G]
9 Pólvora 1 462 [15][16]
10 Ciclón Ramírez 1 313 [G]
11 Místico (II) 1 277 [16][17]
12 Karloff Lagarde, Jr. 1 221 [G]
13 Nosawa 2 203¤
[Note 5]		 [G]
14 Super Delfin 1 164 [G]
15 Ryusuke Taguchi 1 147 [13][14]
16 Olímpico 2 114 [G]
17 El Satánico 1 91 [G]
18 Máscara Mágica 1 79¤
[Note 3]		 [G]
19 Bushi 1 34 [18][19]
20 Fuerza Guerrera 1 22

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with a 78 kg (172 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  2. 1 2 The exact date on which Guerrero de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 517 and 547 days.
  3. 1 2 The exact date on which Máscara Magica won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 6 and 36 days and his combined reigns at 79 days, at the least.
  4. 1 2 The exact date on which Arkangel de la Muerte lost the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 875 and 905 days.
  5. 1 2 The exact date on which Nosawa won the championship is not known, which means the title reign lasted between 30 and 60 days and his combined reigns 203 days, at the least.

References

General source

[G] - Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: EMLL CMLL Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

Specific
  1. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2000). "Reglamento de Box y Lucha Libre Professional del Estado de Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2009. Articulo 242: "Ligero 70 kilos / Welter 77 kilos"
  2. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  3. 1 2 "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 21.09.2001 - 25.11.2003: El Felino (2)". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 López Peralta, Gonzalo (May 4, 2016). "Lucha Libre Arena México 03 de Mayo de 2016". Yahoo Deportes (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > xx.01.2001 - 02.03.2001: Nosawa". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 02.03.2001 -: Nosawa (2)". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 02.04.2001 - 21.09.2001: Nosawa (2)". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 25.11.2003 - 24.02.2004: El Satanico (2)". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 24.02.2004 - 10.04.2007: Mephisto". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "CMLL World Welterweight Championship > Title Reigns > 10.04.2007 - 20.03.2009: Negro Casas". CageMatch. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 Migueli, Jose (March 21, 2009). Ocampo, Ernesto, ed. "Resultados: Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2009 – El Villano V es Raymundo Díaz Mendoza, con 32 años de luchador, 46 de edad – Toscano con tobillo fracturado – Negro Casas nuevo campeón". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Impresos Camsam, SA de CV. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 "Máscara Dorada tretacampeón, un luchador de oro puro". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). September 9, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  13. 1 2 3 Flores, Manuel (January 22, 2011). "Resultados "Fantasticamanía" – CMLL/NJPW en Japón – Los mexicanos perdieron todos los duelos por campeonatos". SuperLuchas. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  14. 1 2 3 "Dominion 6.18" (in Japanese). New Japan Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  15. 1 2 3 "¡Pólvora Dorada!". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  16. 1 2 3 Reducindo, Miguel (February 17, 2014). "Resultados - Domingo 16 de Febrero '14". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  17. 1 2 Angelita (November 19, 2014). "CMLL: Conferencia de prensa de Infierno en el Ring" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  18. 1 2 3 Reducindo, Miguel (January 3, 2015). "Resultados Arena México Viernes 2 de Enero '15". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  19. 1 2 3 "Road to Tokyo Dome". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  20. 1 2 "NJPW Presents CMLL Fantastica Mania 2016". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

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