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World Welterweight Championship
(March 15, 1946 — July 1948)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
El Santo Mar 15, 1946 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 336 days
Defeated Pete Pancoff to become the inaugural champion.
Jack O'Brien Feb 14, 1947 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 805 days
Gory Guerrero Apr 29, 1949 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 805 days
Bobby Bonales Jul 13, 1951 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 441 days
El Santo Sep 26, 1952 Anniversary Show Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 364 days
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Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
World Welterweight Championship
(1953 — Mid-1986)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
The Blue Demon Sep 25, 1953 Anniversary Show Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 1589 days
Karloff Lagarde Jan 31, 1958 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 2743 days
Huracán Ramírez Aug 5, 1965 Live Event Cuernavaca, MOR, Mexico 50 days
Karloff Lagarde Sep 24, 1965 Anniversary Show Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 590 days
Vento Castella May 7, 1967 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 57 days
Karloff Lagarde Jul 3, 1967 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 1469 days
Alberto Muñoz Jul 11, 1971 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 715 days
** Title Vacated ** Jun 25, 1973 -- --
Vacated after Muñoz suffers a near-fatal injury.
Mano Negra Dec 14, 1973 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 562 days
The Blue Demon Jun 29, 1975 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 285 days
Fishman Apr 9, 1976 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 224 days
Mano Negra Nov 19, 1976 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 892 days
Américo Rocca Apr 30, 1979 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 264 days
Kato Kung Lee Jan 19, 1980 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 106 days
El Supremo May 4, 1980 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 31 days
Lizmark Jun 4, 1980 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 506 days
La Fiera Oct 23, 1981 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 268 days
Américo Rocca Jul 18, 1982 Live Event Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico 558 days
Mocho Cota Jan 27, 1984 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 181 days
Chamaco Valaguez Jul 26, 1984 Live Event Cuernavaca, MOR, Mexico 359 days
** Title Vacated ** Jul 20, 1985 -- --
Vacated after Valaguez wins the N.W.A. World Middleweight Championship.
El Dandy Nov 17, 1985 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 141 days
Javier Cruz Apr 7, 1986 Live Event Monterrey, NLE, Mexico 139 days
Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
World Welterweight Championship
(Mid-1986 — Late 1991)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
El Dandy Aug 24, 1986 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 70 days
Américo Rocca Nov 2, 1986 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 636 days
Solar II Jul 30, 1988 Live Event Cuernavaca, MOR, Mexico 66 days
Fuerza Guerrera Oct 4, 1988 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 241 days
Águila Solitaria Jun 2, 1989 Super Viernes Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 111 days
Fuerza Guerrera Sep 21, 1989 Jueves Arena Pu… Puebla, PUE, Mexico 806 days
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
World Welterweight Championship
(Late 1991 — November 1997)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Misterioso Dec 6, 1991 Domingos Arena … Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 196 days
** Title Vacated ** Jun 19, 1992 -- --
Vacated after Misterioso left the promotion.
Negro Casas Dec 1, 1995 El Juicio Final Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 246 days
Defeated El Hijo del Santo in a final of a tournament to win the vacant title
Shinjiro Otani Aug 3, 1996 G1 Climax Tokyo, Japan 1 day
Último Dragón Aug 4, 1996 G1 Climax Tokyo, Japan 1 day
The Great Sasuke Aug 5, 1996 G1 Climax Tokyo, Japan 67 days
The championship became one of eight championships comprising New Japan Pro-Wrestling's J-Crown Championship.
Último Dragón Oct 11, 1996 Osaka Crush Night! Osaka, Japan 85 days
Jushin Liger Jan 4, 1997 Wrestling World Tokyo, Japan 183 days
El Samurai Jul 6, 1997 Summer Struggle Sapporo, Japan 35 days
Shinjiro Otani Aug 10, 1997 The Four Heaven Nagoya, Japan 87 days
** Title Vacated ** Nov 5, 1997 -- --
Otani vacated six of the seven remaining J-Crown titles after being forced by the World Wrestling Federation to return their Light Heavyweight Championship belt, ending the J-Crown Championship.
Toryumon Japan/Mexico
World Welterweight Championship
(February 6, 1999 — November 26, 2007)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
The Dragon Kid Feb 6, 1999 King of Dragon Nagoya, Japan 78 days
Judo Suwa Apr 25, 1999 Dragon Fever Kawasaki, Japan 454 days
Kenichiro Arai Jul 22, 2000 Dragon's Crash Tokyo, Japan 152 days
** Title Vacated ** Dec 21, 2000 -- --
Vacated after outside interference during a match on December 15 in Kawasaki, Japan, in which Susumu Mochizuki defeated Arai.
Kenichiro Arai Jan 29, 2001 Muy Bien Tokyo, Japan 118 days
Arai defeated Yasushi Kanda in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Susumu Mochizuki May 27, 2001 Premium Live Match Kobe, Japan 335 days
Genki Horiguchi Apr 27, 2002 Premium Live Match Kobe, Japan 57 days
** Title Vacated ** Jun 23, 2002 -- --
Vacated following a no contest between Horiguchi and Dragon Kid
Ricky Marvin Jul 7, 2002 Aniversario Kobe, Japan 17 days
Genki Horiguchi Jul 24, 2002 Verano Peligroso Kumamoto, Japan 4 days
Darkness Dragon Jul 28, 2002 Verano Peligroso Shimonoseki, Japan 236 days
** Title Vacated ** Mar 21, 2003 -- --
Vacated due to injury.
YOSSINO Mar 22, 2003 El Numero Uno Sapporo, Japan 456 days
** Title Vacated ** Jun 20, 2004 -- --
Vacated by YOSSINO in order to focus on winning the Toryumon Último Dragón Gym Championship.
Hajime Ohara May 13, 2006 Live Event Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 252 days
Super Delfin Jan 20, 2007 Saturday Night … Osaka, Japan 21 days
Hajime Ohara Feb 10, 2007 Saturday Night … Osaka, Japan 290 days
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
World Welterweight Championship
(November 27, 2007 — August 12, 2010)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
La Sombra Nov 27, 2007 Martes Arena Me… Mexico City, DFE, Mexico 547 days
Mephisto May 27, 2009 Live Event Acapulco de Juárez, Mexico 442 days
** Title Vacated ** Aug 12, 2010 -- --
Vacated when C.M.L.L. returned the title to N.W.A. and replaced the championship with the N.W.A. World Historic Welterweight Championship.
National Wrestling Alliance - Mexico
World Welterweight Championship
(June 25, 2011 — August 30, 2017)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Cassandro Jun 25, 2011 Live Event London, England 1331 days
Magno Feb 15, 2015 Live Event El Paso, TX, USA 70 days
** Title Vacated ** Apr 26, 2015 -- --
Vacated after Magno leaves for W.W.E.
Imposter Jr. May 31, 2015 Live Event El Paso, TX, USA 189 days
Último Samurai Dec 6, 2015 Live Event El Paso, TX, USA 19 days
Imposter Jr. Dec 25, 2015 Live Event El Paso, TX, USA 121 days
Akantus Apr 24, 2016 Live Event El Paso, TX, USA 495 days
** Deactivated ** Sep 1, 2017 -- --
Records of title matches/defenses are not available past August 2016. All championships are vacated after Lightning One acquires N.W.A. and all it's properties and cancels all subsidiary contracts.