Mexican National Welterweight Championship

Mexican National Welterweight Championship

A masked wrestler posing on the second turnbuckle during a wrestling event

Rey Misterio, Jr., the 52nd Mexican National Welterweight Champion
Details
Promotion Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (Sanctioning body)
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (–1992, 1998–current)
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (1992–1998)
Date established June 17, 1934
Current champion(s) Rey Cometa
Date won June 10, 2016[1]

The Mexican National Welterweight Championship (Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter in Spanish) is a Mexican professional wrestling championship created and sanctioned by Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission). While the commission sanctions the title, it does not promote the events at which the title is defended. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotes the events and has the everyday control of the championship.[Note 1] The official definition of the welterweight weight class in Mexico is between 77 kg (170 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but is not always strictly enforced.[Note 2][2] Because Lucha Libre emphasizes the lower weight classes, this division is considered more important than the normally more prestigious heavyweight division of a promotion.[3] 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. All title matches take place under two out of three falls rules.

The championship was created in 1934, making it one of the oldest titles still promoted and older than any title promoted in the United States, Canada or Japan.[4] Documentation is unclear on the details of the tournament other than that Mario Nuñez won the title by defeating Tony Canales in the final on June 17, 1934. In the early days of the championship no single professional wrestling promotion had exclusive control of the championship, but as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; later renamed Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) became dominant it became the main promoter of the championship, with the Commission pre-approving the champions. After El Felino vacated the title in 1992, control of the championship was granted to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which promoted the title for the next six years. In 1998 control of the Welterweight Championship was returned to CMLL when Arkangel de la Muerte defeated El Toreo on a CMLL show. Since then the title has been promoted exclusively by CMLL.

Karloff Lagarde holds all "longevity" records for the championship. He has had the longest individual reign (1,859 days), the longest combined reign (2,731 days) and the most reigns of any champion, with four. Psicosis holds the record for the shortest reign, having held the title for only two days.[Note 3] Rey Cometa is the current champion, having defeated Bárbaro Cavernario on June 10, 2016, to win the championship.[1] It is Rey Cometa's first Welterweight Championship reign, he is the 74th overall champion and the 55th person to hold the title.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
# The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
— Used for vacated reigns
N/A The specific information is not known.
(n) Used to indicate that the title change took place "no later than"[Note 4]
+ Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Mario Nuñez 1 June 17, 1934 [Note 5] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Tony Canales to become the first champion  
— Vacated N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons.  
2 López, TarzánTarzán López 1 March 11, 1936 [Note 6] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Dientes Hernández.  
— Vacated N/A 1939 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons.  
3 Bobby Arreola 1 February 3, 1940 [Note 7] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Won a tournament final  
— Vacated N/A 1940 N/A N/A N/A Arreola was stripped of the title due to injury  
4 Lobo Negro 1 April 6, 1941 231 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Bobby Bonales in a tournament final  
5 Jack O'Brien 1 November 23, 1941 98 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
6 Ciclón Veloz 1 March 1, 1942 357 Puebla, Puebla Live event    
7 Santo, ElEl Santo 1 February 21, 1943 362 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
8 Jack O'Brien 2 February 18, 1944 427 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
9 Guerrero, GoryGory Guerrero 1 April 20, 1945 309 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated N/A February 23, 1946 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Guerrero won the NWA World Middleweight Championship  
10 Santo, ElEl Santo 2 1950 (n) [Note 8] N/A Live event Records unclear as to who Santo defeated, as well as when and where  
11 Blue Demon 1 September 25, 1953 [Note 9] Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
— Vacated N/A 1953 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for unknown reasons  
12 Jalisco Gonzalez 1 April 6, 1956 538 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Defeated El Enfermero in a tournament final  
13 Lagarde, KarloffKarloff Lagarde 1 March 2, 1957 1,859 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
14 Blue Demon 2 April 4, 1962 24 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
15 Lagarde, KarloffKarloff Lagarde 2 April 28, 1962 [Note 10] Pachuca, Hidalgo Live event    
— Vacated N/A 1963 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated, as Lagarde already held the NWA World Welterweight Championship  
16 Javier Escobedo 1 November 15, 1963 [Note 11] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Halcón Dorado in a tournament final  
— Vacated N/A 1964 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Escobedo died in an automobile accident  
17 Rizado Ruiz 1 April 13, 1964 [Note 12] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Black Shadow in a tournament final  
18 Ramírez, HuracánHuracán Ramírez 1 February 1965 [Note 13] Acapulco, Guerrero Live event   [5]
19 Muñoz, AlbertoAlberto Muñoz 1 February 6, 1966 979 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
— Vacated N/A October 20, 1968 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Muñoz won the Mexican National Middleweight Championship  
20 Ramírez, HuracánHuracán Ramírez 2 June 14, 1969 87 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
21 Lagarde, KarloffKarloff Lagarde 3 September 9, 1969 329 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
22 Ramírez, HuracánHuracán Ramírez 3 August 4, 1970 808 N/A Live event    
23 Lagarde, KarloffKarloff Lagarde 4 October 20, 1972 295 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
24 El Marquez 1 August 11, 1973 53 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
25 Fishman 1 October 3, 1973 577 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event    
— Vacated N/A May 3, 1975 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated for reasons that have not been documented.  
26 Fishman 1 October 12, 1975 180 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event Defeated Alberto Muñoz in a tournament final.  
— Vacated N/A April 9, 1976 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Fishman won the NWA World Welterweight Championship  
27 Blue Demon 3 July 30, 1976 212 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Mano Negra in a tournament final  
28 Fishman 3 February 27, 1977 211 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
29 Kung Fu 1 September 26, 1977 154 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
30 Rocca, AméricoAmérico Rocca 1 February 7, 1978 70 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
31 Lizmark 1 April 18, 1978 711 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event    
32 Rocca, AméricoAmérico Rocca 2 March 29, 1980 217 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
33 Columbo, FrancoFranco Columbo 1 November 1, 1980 92 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
34 El Supremo 1 February 1, 1981 422 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
35 Talismán 1 March 30, 1982 227 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
36 Cota, MochoMocho Cota 1 November 12, 1982 265 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
37 Valaguez, ChamacoChamaco Valaguez 1 August 4, 1983 357 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event    
— Vacated N/A July 26, 1984 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Valaquez won the NWA World Welterweight Championship.  
38 Talismán 2 August 19, 1984 222 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Rocca, AméricoAmérico Rocca in a tournament final.  
39 Rocca, AméricoAmérico Rocca 3 March 29, 1985 156 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
40 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 1 September 1, 1985 77 Guadalajara, Jalisco Live event    
— Vacated N/A November 17, 1985 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after El Dandy won the NWA World Welterweight Championship
41 Fuerza Guerrera 1 December 3, 1985 [Note 14] Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Javier Cruz  
— Vacated N/A August 1986 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Fuerza Guerrera left EMLL  
42 Símbolo 1 January 27, 1987 173 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Solar II in a tournament final  
43 Águila Solitaria 1 July 19, 1987 605 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
44 Bestia Salvaje 1 September 3, 1988 388 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
45 Ángel Azteca 1 February 26, 1989 61 N/A Live event    
— Vacated N/A April 28, 1989 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after Ángel Azteca won the NWA World Middleweight Championship  
46 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 1 May 21, 1989 430 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Bestia Salvaje in a tournament final
47 Canelo Casas 1 July 25, 1990 203 Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event   [6]
48 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 2 February 13, 1991 508 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event    
49 Felino, ElEl Felino 1 July 5, 1992 11 Mexico City, Mexico Live event  
— Vacated N/A July 16, 1992 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated after El Felino won the CMLL World Welterweight Championship  
50 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 3 August 16, 1992 45 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Defeated Fantasma de la Quebrada in the finals of a 16-man tournament.  
51 Fantasma de la Quebrada 1 September 30, 1992 28 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event  
52 Rey Misterio, Jr. 1 October 28, 1992 121 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Live event    
53 Heavy Metal 2 February 26, 1993 245 Mexico City, Mexico Live event Previously held the title as "Canelo Casas"  
54 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 1 October 29, 1993 475 Mexico City, Mexico Live event El Hijo del Santo's WWA World Welterweight Championship was also at stake  
55 Psicosis 1 February 16, 1995 336 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes Live event    
56 Ultraman 2000 1 January 18, 1996 61 Tijuana, Baja California Live event    
— Vacated N/A March 19, 1996 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated when Ultraman 2000 changed his identity to Damián 666  
57 Psicosis 2 February 14, 1997 2 Xochimilco, Mexico Live event Defeated Super Elektra in a tournament final  
58 El Salsero 1 February 16, 1997 117 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Live event    
59 Nygma 1 June 13, 1997 42 Xochimilco, Mexico Live event    
60 Torero, ElEl Torero 1 July 25, 1997 427 Cuautitlán, Mexico Live event    
61 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 September 25, 1998 178 Acapulco, Guerrero Live event    
62 Astro Rey, Jr. 1 March 22, 1999 581 Puebla, Puebla Live event    
63 Lagarde, Jr., KarloffKarloff Lagarde, Jr. 1 October 23, 2000 176 Puebla, Puebla Live event   [7]
64 Tigre Blanco 1 April 17, 2001 693 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
65 Doctor X 1 March 11, 2003 794 Mexico City, Mexico Live event    
66 La Máscara 1 May 13, 2005 583 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [8]
67 Sangre Azteca 1 December 17, 2006 973 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [9]
68 Valiente 1 August 16, 2009 698 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [10]
69 Pólvora 1 July 15, 2011 417 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [11]
70 Titán 1 September 4, 2012 197 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [12]
— Vacated N/A March 20, 2013 N/A N/A N/A Championship vacated due to an injury to Titán. [13]
71 Averno 1 April 26, 2013 219 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show Defeated Místico II in a tournament final [14]
72 Titán 2 December 1, 2013 518 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [15]
73 Bárbaro Cavernario 1 May 3, 2015 404 Mexico City, Mexico Live event   [16]
74 Rey Cometa 1 June 10, 2016 189+ Mexico City, Mexico CMLL Super Viernes   [1]

List of combined reigns

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.
+ Indicates that the date changes daily for the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 Lagarde, KarloffKarloff Lagarde 4 2,731¤
[Note 10]
2 Santo, ElEl Santo 2 1,361¤
[Note 8]
3 Ramírez, HuracánHuracán Ramírez 3 1,238¤
[Note 13]
4 López, TarzánTarzán López 1 1,026¤
[Note 6]
5 Ramírez, CiclónCiclón Ramírez 3 983
6 Muñoz, AlbertoAlberto Muñoz 1 979
7 Fishman 3 968
8 Sangre Azteca 1 973
9 Doctor X 1 794
10 Torero, ElEl Torero 1 792
11 Titán 2 715
12 Lizmark 1 711
13 Valiente 1 698
14 Tigre Blanco 1 693
15 Águila Solitaria 1 605
16 La Máscara 1 583
17 Astro Rey, Jr. 1 581
18 Jalisco Gonzalez 1 538
19 Jack O'Brien 2 525
20 Hijo del Santo, ElEl Hijo del Santo 1 475
21 Talismán 2 449
22 Heavy Metal 2 448
23 Rocca, AméricoAmérico Rocca 3 443
24 El Supremo 1 422
25 Pólvora 1 417
26 Blue Demon 3 416¤
[Note 9]
27 Bárbaro Cavernario 1 404
28 Bestia Salvaje 1 388
30 Valaguez, ChamacoChamaco Valaguez 1 357
Ciclón Veloz 1 357
31 Psicosis 2 338
32 Guerrero, GoryGory Guerrero 1 309
33 Rizado Ruiz 1 294¤
[Note 12]
34 Cota, MochoMocho Cota 1 265
35 Fuerza Guerrera 1 241¤
[Note 14]
36 Lobo Negro 1 231
37 Averno 1 219
38 Arkangel de la Muerte 1 178
39 Lagarde Jr., KarloffKarloff Lagarde Jr. 1 176
49 Símbolo 1 173
41 Kung Fu 1 154
42 Rey Misterio Jr. 1 121
43 Salsero, ElEl Salsero 1 117
44 Columbo, FrancoFranco Columbo 1 92
45 Dandy, ElEl Dandy 1 77
46 Ángel Azteca 1 61
Ultraman 2000 1 61
48 El Marquez 1 53
49 Javier Excobar 1 45¤
[Note 11]
59 Nygma 1 42
51 Fantasma de la Quebrada 1 28
52 Felino, ElEl Felino 1 11
53 Rey Cometa † 1 189+
54 Bobby Arreola 1 1¤
[Note 7]
54 Mario Nuñez N/A 1¤
[Note 5]

1992 Championship tournament

On July 16, 1992 then reigning Mexican National Welterweight Champion El Felino defeated América to win his first ever CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the title El Felino vacates the Mexican National title to focus on his CMLL World Welterweight Championship. CMLL held a 16-man tournament over two days, starting on August 9 with the finals of the tournament the following week on August 15. All matches took place at the Pista Arena Revolucion in Mexico City, Mexico

First round   Second round   Semifinals   Final
                           
 Ciclón Ramírez W  
 Águila Solitaria        Ciclón Ramírez W  
 Kato Kung Lee, Jr.      Talisman, Jr.    
 Talisman, Jr. W        Ciclón Ramírez W  
 Pegasso[Note 15] W        El Contado    
 Babe Richard        Pegasso W
 El Cortado W    El Contado    
 Ludwig Star          Ciclón Ramírez  
 Fantasma de la Quebrada W        Fantasma de la Quebrada  
 Guerrero Samurai II        Fantasma de la Quebrada W  
 Apolo Chino W    Apolo Chino    
 El Mestizo          Fantasma de la Quebrada W
 Solar II W        El Solar II    
 Bello Incognito        El Solar II W
 Gran Apache I W    Gran Apache I    
 El Vencedor    

April 2013 Championship tournament

The Mexican National Welterweight Championship was vacated on March 20, 2013 when the then-champion Titán was unable to defend the championship due to a long term injury.[13] CMLL announced that they would hold a tournament for the vacant championship starting on April 19, 2013. 10 wrestlers would compete in a Torneo cibernetico elimination match with the last two wrestlers meeting at a later date in a match to determine the next champion. CMLL announced the that Místico La Nueva Era, Valiente, Rey Cometa, Guerrero Maya, Jr., Fuego, Volador, Jr., Averno, Tiger, Sangre Azteca and Namajague.[17] Of the group Valiente and Sagre Azteca had held the Welterweight championship before. The tournament saw Averno and Místico La Nueva Era outlast everyone to earn the rights to wrestle for the title on April 26, 2013 as the main event of CMLL's Arena Mexico 57th Anniversary Show.[18] In the finals Averno, with the help of his cornerman Mephisto was able to defeat La Nueva Era to win the championship for the first time.[14]

Torneo Cibernetico order of elimination
# Eliminated Eliminated by
1 Sangre Azteca Fuego
2 Guerrero Maya, Jr. Volador, Jr.
3 Fuego Tiger
4 Namajague Disqualification
5 Rey Cometa Averno
6 Tiger Valiente
7 Valiente Volador, Jr.
8 Volador, Jr. Místico La Nueva Era
9 Místico La Nueva Era Winner
10 Averno Winner

Footnotes

  1. ↑ In this statement, "control" refers to the everyday use of the championship, determining which storylines the championship is being used in, who gets to challenge for it and how to use it in a public relations sense.
  2. ↑ The most recent case of this is Mephisto's holding the NWA World Welterweight Championship, a belt with an 87 kg (192 lb) upper limit, despite weighing 90 kg (200 lb).
  3. ↑ Bobby Arreola and Mario Nuñez have reigns that could potentially be shorter than two days, Psicosis two-day regin is the shortest documented reign.
  4. ↑ This is indicated when no specific date of the title change is found but a record of the new champion defending the championship.
  5. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 632 days.
  6. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1,026 and 1,390 days.
  7. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 332 days.
  8. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 999 and 1,363 days.
  9. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 1 and 97 days.
  10. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 248 and 565 days.
  11. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 45 and 147 days.
  12. 1 2 The exact date Ruiz lost the championship is unknown, placing his reign at between 294 and 321 days.
  13. 1 2 The exact date Ramirez won the championship is unknown, placing his reign at between 343 and 370 days.
  14. 1 2 The exact date on which the title was vacated is unknown, which means the title reign lasted between 241 and 271 days.
  15. ↑ Not the same wrestler who works as Pegasso today.

References

General source for title history before December 2004
  • Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Welterweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 392. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  • Lucha 2000 Staff (December 20, 2004). "Los Reyes de Mexico: La Historia de Los Campeonatos Nacionales". Lucha 2000 (in Spanish). Especial 21. 
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 "Rey Cometa, nuevo campeón nacional welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Arturo Montiel Rojas (August 30, 2001). "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 2006-11-30. Retrieved September 5, 2009. Articulo 242: "Welter 77 kilos / Medio 87 kilos"
  3. ↑ Madigan, Dan (2007). ""Okay... what is Lucha Libre?"". Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 29–40. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  4. ↑ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 8–438. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ↑ "Billy the Kid" (March 14, 1965). "Huracán Ramírez". Lucha Libre Magazine (in Spanish). 73.
  6. ↑ Centinela, Teddy (February 26, 2015). "En un día como hoy… 1993: Heavy Metal se corona como campeón venciendo a Rey Mysterio… Comienza el torneo por el título de parejas CMLL". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling International -- 2000: The Year-In-Review Mexico". Slam Wrestling!. Canoe.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ SuperLuchas staff (January 3, 2006). "2005 Lo Mejor de la Lucha Mexicana". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). 140.
  9. ↑ SuperLuchas staff (December 23, 2006). "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana 2009". SuperLuchas (in Spanish). January 8, 2009. 348.
  11. ↑ Rodríguez, Édgar (July 16, 2011). "Pólvora, nuevo Campeón Welter". Récord. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  12. ↑ Salazar López, Alexis A. (September 5, 2012). "Martes 4 de Septiembre del 2012". Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  13. 1 2 "Titan renuncia al cameponato nacional welter" (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  14. 1 2 "¡Averno… monarca tramposo!". Superluchas (in Spanish). SuperLucha Magazine. April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Titán recuperó el Campeonato Nacional Welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Bárbaro Cavernario, nuevo Campeón Nacional Welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  17. ↑ Valdés, Apolo (April 20, 2013). "Místico y Averno por el Campeonato Nacional Welter". MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  18. ↑ "57 Aniversario de la Arena México: Rey Cometa vs. Namajague – Místico (II) vs. Averno – Final del Torneo "La Gran Alternativa" 2013". Superluchas.com (in Spanish). SuperLuchas Magazine. April 20, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.

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